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Mike D'Onofrio / Axios:
Capitol rioter who threw fire extinguisher at police gets more than 5 years in prison — A capitol rioter from Florida has been sentenced in federal court to more than five years in prison for assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump ally Straka has provided potentially significant information — Brandon Straka, a Donald Trump ally who spoke at a Jan. 5 “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington — and has since pleaded guilty for joining the mob that stormed onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol the next day …
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Trump Rioter Who Attacked Cops With Fire Extinguisher Gets Longest Jan. 6 Sentence Yet
Trump Rioter Who Attacked Cops With Fire Extinguisher Gets Longest Jan. 6 Sentence Yet
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CNN, CBS News, Law & Crime and Alternet.org
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Florida man gets 5 years for assault in Capitol riot, the longest sentence yet
Florida man gets 5 years for assault in Capitol riot, the longest sentence yet
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Raw Story, WHTM-TV, Joe.My.God. and Associated Press
Politico:
Judge: Lack of charges for Trump over Jan. 6 is no basis for leniency for others
Judge: Lack of charges for Trump over Jan. 6 is no basis for leniency for others
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Fox News and Rolling Stone
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
McConnell says what the Jan. 6 committee uncovers is ‘something the public needs to know’
McConnell says what the Jan. 6 committee uncovers is ‘something the public needs to know’
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ABC News, Washington Examiner, Insider, Talking Points Memo and HuffPost
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Fla. man sentenced to 5 years for attacking police, the longest Jan. 6 riot sentence yet
Fla. man sentenced to 5 years for attacking police, the longest Jan. 6 riot sentence yet
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BuzzFeed News and Insider
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Man Gets 5 Years on Capitol Riot Charges, Longest Sentence So Far
Man Gets 5 Years on Capitol Riot Charges, Longest Sentence So Far
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NPR, Mediaite and Associated Press
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump White House made ‘deliberate efforts’ to undermine Covid response, report says — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration engaged in “deliberate efforts” to undermine the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic for political purposes, a congressional report released Friday concludes.
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HuffPost and Metro.co.uk
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Trump invokes antisemitic tropes while discussing his support for Israel — Former President Donald Trump veered into several antisemitic tropes in a recent interview, claiming that Israel used to have “absolute power over Congress” and saying that American Jews — the majority of whom vote Democratic …
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Morgan Phillips / Daily Mail:
Trump accused of ‘vile anti-Semitism’ for saying American Jews ‘no longer love or care about Israel’ because of Biden, Obama and the ‘Jewish people’ who run the New York Times
Trump accused of ‘vile anti-Semitism’ for saying American Jews ‘no longer love or care about Israel’ because of Biden, Obama and the ‘Jewish people’ who run the New York Times
CNN:
House oversight committee releases report detailing efforts of Trump administration officials to ‘undermine’ Covid-19 efforts in US
House oversight committee releases report detailing efforts of Trump administration officials to ‘undermine’ Covid-19 efforts in US
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Claims Israel Controlled Congress, Jews Run New York Times
Trump Claims Israel Controlled Congress, Jews Run New York Times
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Trump Admin Sabotaged COVID Efforts to Score Political Points, House Probe Finds
Trump Admin Sabotaged COVID Efforts to Score Political Points, House Probe Finds
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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Jan 6 investigators believe Nov. 4 text pushing ‘strategy’ to undermine election came from Rick Perry — Washington (CNN)Members of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol believe that former Texas Governor and Trump Energy Secretary Rick Perry …
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Randall Lane / Forbes:
Forbes Testified Before The Trump Grand Jury Yesterday - Here's Why We Fought Their Subpoena — Almost three months ago, I was subpoenaed by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. to appear before the grand jury investigating Donald Trump. I was asked to testify about the 2015 cover story …
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Randall Lane / Forbes:
Inside The Epic Fantasy That's Driven Donald Trump For 33 Years
Inside The Epic Fantasy That's Driven Donald Trump For 33 Years
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
3 retired generals: The military must prepare now for a 2024 insurrection — Paul D. Eaton is a retired U.S. Army major general and a senior adviser to VoteVets. Antonio M. Taguba is a retired Army major general, with 34 years of active duty service. Steven M. Anderson is a retired brigadier general …
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
New York Hits Covid-19 Case Record as Omicron Looms — Hospitalizations, deaths are rising in the U.S. while variant presents new risks — Officials worked to shore up testing and healthcare capacity, as new Covid-19 infections hit a daily record in New York state and the Omicron variant added …
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Vox, Axios, Slate, New York Post and Associated Press
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Antony Sguazzin / Bloomberg:
South Africa Hospitalization Rate Plunges in Omicron Wave
South Africa Hospitalization Rate Plunges in Omicron Wave
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The Last Refuge, TheBlaze, HotAir, The Daily Wire, RedState, Townhall and New York Post
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Omicron Threatens Red America
Omicron Threatens Red America
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Bloomberg, The Guardian, CNN, Make Orwell Fiction Again, Instapundit, ACA Signups, POLITICUSUSA and New York Post
USA Today:
Southwest CEO said masks don't do much on planes at maskless Senate hearing. He tested positive for COVID the next day. — Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly has tested positive for COVID-19 after a high-profile Senate commerce committee hearing in Washington, D.C.
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Southwest CEO tests positive for COVID-19 after Senate hearing - airline
Southwest CEO tests positive for COVID-19 after Senate hearing - airline
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CNBC and CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Appeals court reinstates Biden's vaccine policy for businesses, setting up a likely showdown at Supreme Court — A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated the Biden administration's coronavirus vaccination policy for large private businesses, reversing an earlier court ruling that had halted …
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CNBC and Political Wire
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Kevin Daley / Washington Free Beacon:
Influential Judge Deals Blow to Biden's Employer Vaccine Mandate
Influential Judge Deals Blow to Biden's Employer Vaccine Mandate
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Townhall
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A glimmer of hope on Joe Manchin and voting rights? — By now, you'd be forgiven for concluding the chances of Sen. Joe Manchin III supporting a filibuster carve-out to pass democracy protections are somewhere between nonexistent and extremely nonexistent. — The West Virginia Democrat …
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Zoya Teirstein / Grist:
Build Back Better is stalled, and so are Biden's ambitious climate plans
Build Back Better is stalled, and so are Biden's ambitious climate plans
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Wall Street Journal:
‘The Corpse Bride Diet’: How TikTok Inundates Teens With Eating-Disorder Videos — The app's algorithm can send users down rabbit holes of narrow interest, resulting in potentially dangerous content such as emaciated images, purging techniques, hazardous diets and body shaming
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Protocol and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
I Canceled My Birthday Party Because of Omicron — I turn 40 today, and I was planning to have a party. The Delta surge made me nervous about it. The arrival of Omicron made me cancel it. — The plan was to have an extended house party, with a couple dozen people popping by over the weekend.
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National Review, The US Sun and Twitchy
Politico:
GOP blows off Trump's bid to oust McConnell — Former President Donald Trump has hit a wall in his efforts to oust Mitch McConnell as GOP leader. — Despite months of attacks, the Trump-led campaign to depose the Senate minority leader has resulted in firm pledges from just two Republican candidates …
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Reuters:
Special Report: Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm — Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping's speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago, when Beijing delivered an edict, according to two people familiar with the incident.
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The Daily Caller, more at Techmeme »
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
New York Times fires ‘Wirecutter’ editor accused of leaving profane voicemails for gun rights group — Erin Marquis, a staffer for the popular product-review site, had also lashed out at a gun-rights organization on Twitter. — The New York Times has fired an editor for Wirecutter …
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The Hill, Mediaite, New York Post, HotAir, TheBlaze and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
Bill McCarthy / PolitiFact:
Video of child giving Biden vial of blood to drink is doctored — “Boy passes Joe Biden a vial of fresh blood to drink on his way back to the White House” — stated on December 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: — “Santa Claus arrested by German police for not wearing a mask.”
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Reinstating indoor mask mandate ‘on the table’ as coronavirus cases surge, Bowser says — D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Friday said that reinstating the District's indoor mask mandate is “on the table,” among other measures, as the city sees its highest-ever daily numbers of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began.
TMZ.com:
NFL LEGEND LAWRENCE TAYLOR ARRESTED IN FLORIDA ... Mug Shot Released — EXCLUSIVE DETAILS — 3.2K … 4:21 PM PT — Taylor's attorney, Arthur Aidala, tells us ... “Lawrence Taylor has been compliant with all of the rules and regulations regarding his legal status for the past decade.
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The Daily Caller, ProFootballTalk, New York Post, The US Sun and Boston Herald
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Kamala Harris, in interview, says administration did not anticipate Omicron variant — Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that the administration failed to anticipate the variants that have prolonged and worsened the COVID-19 pandemic and that she underestimated the role misinformation …