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David Corn / Mother Jones:
I Compared the New January 6 Texts to Mark Meadows' Book. It's Damning. — Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. — Mark Meadows, call your publisher. — It seems that Donald Trump's final White House chief …
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Claudia Grisales / NPR:
The House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt, sending a criminal referral to DOJ — A day after lawmakers shared an explosive series of text messages sent to Mark Meadows during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, the Democratic-led U.S. House voted to hold the former Trump White House chief of staff in criminal contempt of Congress.
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Washington Post:
House votes to hold Meadows in contempt for refusing to comply with Jan. 6 committee subpoena — The House on Tuesday voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena issued by the bipartisan committee investigating …
Riana Pfefferkorn / Just Security:
The Easiest Case for the Prosecution: Trump's Aiding and Abetting Unlawful Occupation of the Capitol
The Easiest Case for the Prosecution: Trump's Aiding and Abetting Unlawful Occupation of the Capitol
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Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
It Sure Sounds Like Trump Was Screening Don Jr.'s Calls During the Capitol Attack
It Sure Sounds Like Trump Was Screening Don Jr.'s Calls During the Capitol Attack
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
McConnell: Riot panel findings of GOP involvement ‘will be interesting’
McConnell: Riot panel findings of GOP involvement ‘will be interesting’
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
House Seeks Contempt Charge Against Meadows in Jan. 6 Inquiry
House Seeks Contempt Charge Against Meadows in Jan. 6 Inquiry
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
American Conservatism Is a Rotting Whale Carcass on the Beach
American Conservatism Is a Rotting Whale Carcass on the Beach
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New York Times:
Trump Fraud Inquiry's Focus: Did He Mislead His Own Accountants? — The investigation, by the Manhattan district attorney, is zeroing in on information the former president and his company shared about the value of his assets. — As prosecutors in Manhattan weigh whether to charge Donald J. Trump …
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Washington Post:
Trump's longtime accountant testifies to N.Y. grand jury in criminal probe — A longtime accountant for former president Donald Trump — who helped prepare Trump's taxes and the financial statements he used to woo lenders — testified recently before a New York grand jury investigating Trump's …
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Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press:
Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP finds — ATLANTA (AP) — An Associated Press review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 — a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election.
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New York Post:
Eric Adams picks Keechant Sewell as the first female police commissioner of the NYPD — Mayor-elect Eric Adams has tapped Nassau County Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell as the first female police commissioner of the NYPD — a stunning, close-to-home pick from a field of seasoned top women cops across …
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Lola Fadulu / New York Times:
Cornell University goes on high alert after finding evidence of the Omicron variant on campus. — Cornell University canceled a ceremony for December graduates, closed libraries and took other restrictive measures on Tuesday after the school's coronavirus testing lab found evidence …
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Executes People for Watching K-Pop, Rights Group Says — At least seven people have been put to death in the past decade for watching or distributing K-pop videos, as the North cracks down on what its leader calls a “vicious cancer.” — SEOUL — North Korea has publicly executed …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A junkie's guide to the 2022 midterms — DRIVING THE DAY — BREAKING OVERNIGHT — The House voted 222-208 to hold MARK MEADOWS in contempt of Congress and make a criminal referral to the Department of Justice. Just two Republicans — ADAM KINZINGER (Ill.) and LIZ CHENEY …
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Politico:
Judge scraps Trump lawsuit to shield tax returns from Congress — A federal judge has rejected former President Donald Trump's bid to block congressional Democrats from obtaining his tax returns. — Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee to federal district court in Washington …
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. lawmakers call for sanctions against Israel's NSO, spyware firms — A group of U.S. lawmakers is asking the Treasury Department and State Department to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and three other foreign surveillance companies they say helped authoritarian governments commit human rights abuses.
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Biden admin, House GOP scrutinize Ilhan Omar's Islamophobia bill — The Biden administration has outlined several issues it has with Omar's bill — Rep. Boebert: Rep Omar wants public humiliation, not a public apology — Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is pushing a controversial Islamophobia bill …
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Gorsuch writes scathing dissent after Supreme Court rejects New York vaccine mandate challenge — Justice Neil Gorsuch penned a scathing dissent after the Supreme Court left in place New York's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. — Only two other Republican-appointed justices …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Supreme Court Is Playing Constitutional Calvinball
The Supreme Court Is Playing Constitutional Calvinball
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden and Manchin deadlocked on length of BBB programs — President Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) are locked in a disagreement over how long programs in the Build Back Better agenda should be funded, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
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Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Phil Waldron, backer of Jan. 6 PowerPoint, is invited to speak to Louisiana voting panel — A retired Army colonel who worked with then-President Donald Trump's outside legal team to claim that the 2020 election results were rigged was an invited speaker Tuesday at a state commission charged with shaping Louisiana's voting system.
Associated Press:
The AP Interview: UN nuke chief says view of Iran blurred — ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday that the restrictions faced by his inspectors in Iran threaten to give the world only a “very blurred image” …
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Dionne Johnson / KLFY-TV:
Lafayette City Judge Michelle Odinet responds to use of racial slurs in home video following burglary — LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet confirmed with News 10 that over the weekend she and her family were victims of an armed burglary at their home in the upscale area of Bendel Gardens.
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Eric Geller / Politico:
Feds scramble to assess security flaw that threatens ‘hundreds of millions’ of devices — “Hundreds of millions” of internet-connected devices are vulnerable to hackers because of a newly discovered security flaw in a widely used piece of computer code, a federal official said Tuesday …
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Washington Post:
Omicron spreading rapidly in U.S. and could bring punishing wave as soon as January, CDC warns — But federal and some pharmaceutical executives signal they do not currently favor revising vaccines, saying existing regimen plus boosters are effective
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Tech's Looming Radical Chic Throwdown — The recall election of Chesa Boudin, San Francisco's avant-garde D.A., has turned bitter, pitting tech's billionaires against one another—and forcing the city to look at itself, and its past, in the mirror. — Last January, I fired up my AirPods …
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Biden Nominee Saule Omarova Speaks Out About The Campaign To Smear Her As ‘Soviet’ — Omarova says Wall Street backed the successful campaign to brand her a communist. — Saule Omarova left her confirmation hearing feeling calm. — She didn't think she'd been “savaged,” as some writers would later put it.
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
A Real Housewife of New York Dined and Dashed at D.C.'s Sceniest Restaurant — Live in Washington long enough, and you'll see some naughty behavior. This is a town that's seen three impeachments, two fake wars, one attempted coup, and too many sex scandals to count — and that's just the last four administrations.
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Blumenthal Speaks at Communist Party Awards Ceremony — Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) spoke at an awards ceremony over the weekend hosted by a Communist Party affiliate whose leaders used the event to recruit potential members to the organization. — Blumenthal, one of the wealthiest members …
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Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
Climate change has destabilized the Earth's poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril — New research shows how rising temperatures have irreversibly altered both the Arctic and Antarctic. Ripple effects will be felt around the globe. — The ice shelf was cracking up.
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Andrew Cuomo ordered to return $5.1M pandemic book profits to state — New York's ethics watchdog panel ordered disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo to return the $5.1 million in profits from his pandemic book deal to the state next month. — The extraordinary resolution was approved …
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