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Live Updates: Elizabeth Holmes Found Guilty of Four Charges of Fraud — Here's what you need to know: — Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of four counts of fraud. — SAN JOSE, Calif. — Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood testing start-up Theranos, was found guilty of four charges …
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Peter Navarro: Trump Distributed Bogus Election Fraud Research to ‘Every’ Congressional Republican — “There were over 100 congressmen ready to implement the plan,” Navarro says — When the 2020 election didn't go Trump's way, Peter Navarro did something dangerous. He began to do his own research.
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Brooke Staggs / Orange County Register:
Kelly Ernby, deputy DA and former Assembly candidate, has died of COVID-19 complications — Orange County Deputy District Attorney Kelly Ernby, who ran for state Assembly in 2020 and had become a leader with the Republican Party of Orange County, has died suddenly, a week after telling friends she was very sick with COVID-19.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bannon, Trump to counterprogram Dems for Jan. 6 anniversary — Former President Trump and fervent allies, including Steve Bannon, plan to go on the offense during Thursday's anniversary of the Capitol insurrection — in fiery contrast with House and Senate Republican leaders, who plan no events …
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Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
'It's Chaos' as Schools Confront Omicron — After an unrelenting spike in cases, a small but growing list of districts — including Newark, Atlanta, Milwaukee and Cleveland — moved temporarily to remote learning. — The Omicron surge threatens to upend any sense of peace in the nation's education system.
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Leana S. Wen / Washington Post:
Omicron is bad. But we don't need to resort to lockdowns. — We are entering the third year of the pandemic with a confusing state of affairs. The United States has far surpassed the number of daily covid-19 infections compared with the previous peak last winter, yet many businesses remain open …
Robby Soave / Reason:
CDC: 61% of Teenagers Hospitalized for COVID-19 Had Severe Obesity
CDC: 61% of Teenagers Hospitalized for COVID-19 Had Severe Obesity
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New York A.G. Seeks to Question Trump Children in Fraud Inquiry — The attorney general, Letitia James, has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump as part of a civil investigation. — The New York State attorney general's office, which last month subpoenaed Donald J. Trump as part …
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Trumps move to quash subpoenas for their testimony in civil investigation — (CNN)The Trumps moved late Monday to quash subpoenas from the New York attorney general's office to two of former President Donald Trump's children seeking their testimony as part of its civil investigation into whether …
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Laurence H Tribe / The Guardian:
The risk of a coup in the next US election is greater now than it ever was under Trump — Republicans are busy undermining the next election. But giving up on democracy isn't an option. We must fight back, and here's how — nly free and fair elections in which the loser abides …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP grip on states is becoming a horror show. Some Democrats see a way out.
The GOP grip on states is becoming a horror show. Some Democrats see a way out.
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
How does this end? — Where the crisis in American democracy might be headed.
How does this end? — Where the crisis in American democracy might be headed.
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William M. Arkin / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Secret Commandos with Shoot-to-Kill Authority Were at the Capitol — In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot. — On Sunday, January 3, the heads of a half-dozen elite government special operations teams met in Quantico, Virginia …
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun-Times:
Rep. Bobby Rush to retire after 15 terms — Rush, first elected to Congress in 1992, said in an interview he intends to stay active in his ministry and find ways to use his remarkable life story — a trajectory from a 1960s radical to House member — to inspire younger generations.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Another Far-Right Group Is Scrutinized About Its Efforts to Aid Trump — The organization, called 1st Amendment Praetorian, is not as well known as the Oath Keepers or the Proud Boys, but it worked closely with pro-Trump forces in the months after the 2020 election.
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
BlackBerry Ends Service on Its Once-Ubiquitous Mobile Devices — Android-powered devices carrying the BlackBerry name won't be affected. For some, it's a farewell to an era when BlackBerries dominated airport lounges and the West Wing. — To legions of executives, journalists and politicians …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
AG Merrick Garland plans speech on Jan. 6 investigation for Wednesday — Attorney General Merrick Garland will give a speech Wednesday about the Justice Department's efforts to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, stressing the department's …
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John L. Dorman / Insider:
Rep. Dan Crenshaw says Marjorie Taylor Greene is either ‘a Democrat - or just an idiot’ amid COVID-19 testing spat — Crenshaw blasted MTG for criticizing his suggestion that FEMA resources could help fight COVID-19. — The congressman said that he was simply stating a policy endorsed by former President Trump.
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Jordan Klepper Calls Out MAGA Mob Who Deny Jan. 6 Happened — In this exclusive behind-the-scenes look at “The Daily Show” correspondent's confrontations with insurrectionists, Jordan Klepper reflects on the madness one year later. … The one-year anniversary of the Capitol insurrection is upon us …
John Huey / Washington Post:
All the news I intend to quit — John Huey is a former Time Inc. editor in chief. — I only make New Year's resolutions when I sense something is amiss in my life: too much drinking, weight gain, not enough exercise. This year is no different, but the resolution is, to me, shocking.
Nina Siegal / New York Times:
A Film Captures Jewish Life in a Polish Town Before the Nazis Arrived — A documentary based on a home movie shot by an American in 1938 provides a look at the vibrancy of a Jewish community in Europe just before the Holocaust. — AMSTERDAM — Glenn Kurtz found the film reel in a corner …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Odds of Gerrymandering Grow in New York as Redistricting Panel Falters — Hopelessly gridlocked, the commission voted to send a pair of proposals to Albany, but Democratic lawmakers are increasingly likely to take over the process. — The independent commission created to strip politics …
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Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle are engaged — We're sending monogrammed “Pooh Bear and Junior Mint” sheets. — Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle are headed to the altar, having been engaged for nearly a year, a source close to both of them confirmed to Page Six on Monday.
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Karina Elwood / Washington Post:
Politics and Prose becomes first unionized bookstore in D.C. — Longtime D.C. institution Politics and Prose became the first unionized bookstore in Washington after the union and owners announced Monday they reached an agreement to voluntarily recognize the union.
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Nick Reisman / Spectrum News 1 Central NY:
How COVID hospitalization reporting will change in New York — Hospitals for the first time in New York state will be required to provide more granular detail on COVID-19 patients, a move that could provide better insight in how virulent the omicron variant has been over the last several weeks.
Politico:
Schumer tries to jump-start Dems with rules change threat — Chuck Schumer is attempting a filibuster Hail Mary as Democrats' agenda on both elections reform and President Joe Biden's economic plans remains stalled at the beginning of a critical midterm election year.
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Will a Doomed Voting-Rights Push Really Help Biden?
Will a Doomed Voting-Rights Push Really Help Biden?
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Robert Nott / Santa Fe New Mexican:
NM Legislature gearing up to crack down on crime — Democrats in the New Mexico House of Representatives announced months ago they planned to get tough on crime. — With start of the 2022 legislative session just weeks away, they now say they are ready to back up the boast with bills.
Tyler O'Neil / Fox Business:
Facebook ‘permanently’ locks account of conservative children's book publisher — Heroes of Liberty publishes books about Amy Coney Barrett, Ronald Reagan and Thomas Sowell — Facebook has “permanently disabled” the ads account of a conservative children's book publisher …
Tara Henley / Lean Out with Tara Henley:
Speaking Freely — Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation — For months now, I've been getting complaints about the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where I've worked as a TV and radio producer, and occasional on-air columnist, for much of the past decade.
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