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12:05 PM ET, January 2, 2022

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Brittany Shepherd / ABC News:
Majority of Americans think Jan. 6 attack threatened democracy: POLL  —  Most Americans condemn it and believe Trump is at least partially to blame.  —  Nearly a year after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a strong majority of Americans condemn it and believe former President Donald Trump is at least partially to blame.
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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Republican Liz Cheney calls Trump ‘clearly unfit for future office’  —  Rep. Liz Cheney said Jan. 6 panel gives her “hope.”  —  Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., the top Republican on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, said former President Donald Trump is …
David Catanese / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Making the Midterms a Referendum on Himself  —  The former president is already picking favorites in Republican contests.  Whether they win will be a test of his power.  —  When the 2022 midterm elections are appraised less than a year from now, the Washington commentariat …
CBS News:
CBS News poll: A year after Jan. 6, violence still seen threatening U.S. democracy, and some say force can be justified  —  Even as so many Americans decry the events of January 6, the day has had lasting impacts on the nation's psyche, the most immediate of which is that millions of Americans …
David Cohen / Politico:
Liz Cheney on Trump: He's a threat to American democracy  —  Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday she fears that if former President Donald Trump were to become president again, it could be a lethal blow to American democracy.  —  “He crossed lines no American president has ever crossed before,” …
Washington Post:
Republicans and Democrats divided over Jan. 6 insurrection and Trump's culpability, Post-UMD poll finds  —  One year after the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, Republicans and Democrats are deeply divided over what happened that day and the degree to which former president Donald Trump bears responsibility …
Washington Post:
1 in 3 Americans say violence against government can be justified, citing fears of political schism, pandemic
Discussion: New York Post and Insider
Davey Alba / New York Times:
Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's Account  —  The social media service said the Republican congresswoman had violated its policy on coronavirus misinformation.  —  Twitter on Sunday permanently suspended the personal account of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene …
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Doha Madani / NBC News:
Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account  —  Twitter suspended a personal account for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after “repeated violations” of the Covid-19 misinformation policy, the company said Sunday.  —  “We permanently suspended the account you referenced …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
One of Marjorie Taylor Greene's verified Twitter accounts permanently suspended from Twitter  —  (CNN)Twitter has permanently suspended Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Twitter account @mtgreenee, the company confirmed to CNN Sunday morning.  —  A Twitter spokesperson said the company …
Insider:
Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for spreading COVID-19 misinformation  — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal Twitter account has been suspended, per a statement from Twitter.  — Twitter said that it was suspending Greene “for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy.”
Discussion: Fox News and The Guardian
Richard Milne / Financial Times:
Finland insists has right to join Nato, defying Russia's demands  —  Moscow's military build-up on Ukraine border and its security conditions fires up debate in Baltics  —  Russia's sabre-rattling in Ukraine has reignited the debate in Finland as to whether the Nordic country should join Nato …
Lauren Hodges / NPR:
Trump still says his supporters weren't behind the Jan. 6 attack — but I was there  —  Editor's note: This story contains language that may be offensive.  —  “I was standing amid thousands of Trump supporters on the lawn rising up to the Washington Monument,” says NPR's Tom Bowman.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Chilling Trump Letter Calling For ‘Seizure’ Of Election Material Revealed In Log To Jan. 6 Probers  —  The letter was created a day before Trump discussed naming conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell “special counsel” to probe baseless election fraud claims.  —  A chilling item in a document log provided …
Hyonhee Shin / Reuters:
South Korean crosses armed border in rare defection to North  —  A South Korean has crossed the heavily fortified border in a rare defection to North Korea, South Korea's military said on Sunday.  —  The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it carried out a search operation after detecting …
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
The New Political Cry in South Korea: ‘Out With Man Haters’
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