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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
During January 6 Hearing, Schiff Doctored Text Messages Between Mark Meadows And Rep. Jim Jordan  —  Democrat Adam Schiff doctored text messages between Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan during Monday's Jan. 6 hearings, an investigation by The Federalist shows.  —  Oops, he did it again.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
Gone Too Far  —  The Capitol riot happened because President Donald Trump simply lied, and lied, and lied.  —  s cable television broadcast the scenes of Trump supporters breaking past police lines and even smashing their way into the Capitol on January 6, the president's son, Donald Trump Jr. …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and CNN
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The lawyer behind the Trump coup memo unmasks the absurdity of the coverup  —  In their frantic efforts to disrupt the work of the House select committee examining Jan. 6, Donald Trump's co-conspirators have advanced a singular argument: The committee lacks any “legitimate legislative purpose.”
Politico:
‘Going very poorly’: Biden can't nail Manchin down on Dems' bill  —  President Joe Biden is running out of patience as Sen. Joe Manchin continues to drag his feet on supporting the party's domestic spending legislation.  —  Tensions are boiling over as discussions about finishing Democrats …
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NBC News:
Democrats' hopes dim that Build Back Better will pass before New Year
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Final Child Tax Credit Payments Go Out Amid Doubt Over Program's Future
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Democrats push Manchin on ‘nuclear option’ for voting rights
Discussion: Insider
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Black leaders to push Biden White House for more voting rights muscle
National Archives:
JFK Assassination Records - 2021 Additional Documents Release  —  Have a question about JFK Assassination Records?  —  Ask it on HistoryHub!  —  The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is processing previously withheld John F. Kennedy assassination-related records to comply …
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Katie Bo Lillis / CNN:
Biden administration releases previously classified JFK assassination documents
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
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Raleigh News & Observer:
Mark Meadows should face charges for stonewalling Congress  —  OPINION AND COMMENTARY  —  Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters.  —  BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD
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Angie Drobnic Holan / PolitiFact:
The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Officials Project Three Rate Rises Next Year and Accelerate Wind Down of Stimulus  —  Reducing bond-buying program more quickly opens door to earlier interest rate rise  —  Most Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday they were prepared to raise their short-term benchmark rate …
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Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Fed moves to accelerate rate hikes to limit inflation
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
The military-intelligence veterans who helped lead Trump's campaign of disinformation  —  After Donald Trump lost the White House, ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and three other current and former U.S. Army officers challenged the vote's legitimacy and pushed baseless conspiracy claims.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Pelosi rejects stock-trading ban for members of Congress: ‘We are a free market economy.  They should be able to participate in that’  — Speaker Pelosi rejected the idea of banning members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks.  — “We are free market economy.
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Insider:
Congress and top Capitol Hill staff have violated the STOCK Act hundreds of times. But the consequences are minimal, inconsistent, and not recorded publicly.
Discussion: Washington Post
Matt Labash / Slack Tide:
Bassholes  —  Stop culturally appropriating, or, a meditation on the importance of fishing hats  —  Whenever I'm lecturing in journalism schools, eyeing row upon row of tomorrow's Tom Wolfes and Janet Malcolms - or as editors like to call them, future listicle writers - I tell the kids, “Journalism is easy, I just make it look hard.”
Dylan McGuinness / Houston Chronicle:
Former Houston cop who thought A/C repairman was a voter fraud mastermind indicted on felony assault charge  —  A Harris County grand jury on Tuesday indicted former Houston police captain Mark Aguirre on an assault charge after he was accused of running a man off the road and pointing to a gun …
Discussion: Off the Kuff and Political Wire
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ABC13:   Ex-HPD captain indicted for aggravated assault in bizarre voter fraud conspiracy case
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
Omicron Is About to Overwhelm Us … For all their limitations, the models right now are flashing bright red.  Over the course of the pandemic, again and again, projections based on simplistic extrapolations of current trends have missed the mark when the trajectories turned.
Elizabeth Warren / The Boston Globe:
Expand the Supreme Court  —  I don't come to this conclusion lightly or because I disagree with a particular decision; I come to this conclusion because I believe the current court threatens the democratic foundations of our nation.  —  This month, a majority of justices …
The Columbus Dispatch:
Romin Iqbal, of CAIR-Ohio, fired for allegedly leaking information to anti-Muslim group  —  Danae King Yilun ChengThe Columbus Dispatch  —  The Ohio chapter of a national Muslim-American advocacy and civil rights group announced on Tuesday that its director was working with a national anti-Muslim group and had been for years.
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com and CBS News
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Build Back Better would make Biden's annus horribilis even worse  —  At the end of his year of Old Testament afflictions — the political equivalent of Job losing his camels and acquiring boils — President Biden might be muttering: Job was at least spared Sens. Joe Manchin III and Kyrsten Sinema.
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Derek Chauvin Pleads Guilty to Violating George Floyd's Rights  —  The guilty plea is likely to lengthen the imprisonment of Mr. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who is already serving a prison sentence of 22 and a half years for murder.  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. …
Washington Post:
This block used to be for first-time homebuyers.  Then global investors bought in.  —  LA VERGNE, TENN. — The homes on Tammy Sue Lane aren't fancy.  Modest in size and clad in vinyl siding, the houses were priced below $200,000 when most were built about 15 years ago …
Zach Cunning / Heartland Signal:
GOP gubernatorial candidate's campaign video celebrates Minnesota with stock images from Eastern Europe  —  In a recent campaign video by Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. Scott Jensen, worldly stock footage abounds.  The clips purport to be from all over the state …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Most Americans ‘Worn Out’ By Covid  —  Public officials' Covid ratings down; dip in support for mandates  —  West Long Branch, NJ - A majority of Americans say they feel “worn out” by how Covid has impacted their daily lives, and nearly half feel “angry” about it.
Niskanen Center:
Inflation, Especially Gas Prices, Hurts Presidents—And It's Not the Media's Fault  —  Inflation is high, and President Biden's approval is low.  News stories are focused on the rising prices at the pump, upsetting voters.  But don't blame the media for the poor performance of the president's party.
Yarimar Bonilla / New York Times:
The ‘West Side Story’ Remake We Didn't Need  —  Ms. Bonilla is the director of Centro, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, and a professor of anthropology at the City University of New York Graduate Center.  —  I have to confess that I never saw the original “West Side Story.”
Discussion: The Stranger
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Hillary 2024?  Given the competition, she may be the Dems' best hope  —  There may be a rematch coming in the 2024 race for the White House.  But we're not talking (God help us) Biden-Trump II.  —  Instead, 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is an interesting prospect to consider …
 
 
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Joe Walsh / Forbes:
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Phil Mattingly / CNN:
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