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Politico:
GOP shudders at Trump Jan. 6 speech — Senate Republicans are cringing at former President Donald Trump's plans to speak on Jan. 6, openly fretting he's trying to pull their party back into debating his false election claims. — “I don't think that's a good idea,” said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.).
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David Rothkopf / USA Today:
What if the Jan. 6 insurrection had succeeded in illegally installing Trump? — What if Donald Trump were illegally installed for a second term? Election stealer would then have moved quickly to consolidate power, with Republican help. — View Comments
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Police officer lawsuits pile up against Trump over Jan. 6 — Three more police officers who responded to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — including two who aided the evacuation of lawmakers — have sued Donald Trump, seeking damages for their physical and emotional injuries.
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CNN, Bloomberg, Forbes, Raw Story and Political Wire
Miles Parks / NPR:
Here's where election-denying candidates are running to control voting — Mark Finchem was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. — He says he didn't go inside, but he snapped some photos of people who did. — “What happens when the People feel they have been ignored, and Congress refuses …
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Washington Post and Florida Politics
Ann Telnaes / Washington Post:
The insurrectionists' roll call
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Jan. 6 committee to request Sean Hannity's cooperation — The Jan. 6 select committee is preparing to ask Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity for his voluntary cooperation with its investigation of the assault on the U.S. Capitol, a source with direct knowledge of the plans tells Axios.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The smoking gun that Liz Cheney is looking for on Trump comes into view — For weeks, Rep. Liz Cheney has hinted that the House select committee examining Jan. 6 might urge the Justice Department to consider prosecuting Donald Trump. The grounds for this criminal referral might be that Trump obstructed the …
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Election Falsehoods Surged on Podcasts Before Capitol Riots, Researchers Find
Election Falsehoods Surged on Podcasts Before Capitol Riots, Researchers Find
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Brookings and Media Matters for America
New York Times:
In the Capitol's Shadow, the Jan. 6 Panel Quietly Ramps Up Its Inquiry
In the Capitol's Shadow, the Jan. 6 Panel Quietly Ramps Up Its Inquiry
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The Guardian, TheGrio, CNN, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Japan Times, Washington Post, New Republic and HuffPost
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Trump's Legal Fate Haunts Garland's DOJ a Year After Jan. 6 Riot
Trump's Legal Fate Haunts Garland's DOJ a Year After Jan. 6 Riot
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Los Angeles Times, PolitiFact, The Western Journal, Daily Kos, New York Times and The Mahablog, more at Mediagazer »
David Gelles / New York Times:
Ben Smith Is Leaving The Times for a Global News Start-Up — Mr. Smith will help start a new organization with Justin Smith, the chief executive of Bloomberg Media. — Ben Smith, the media columnist for The New York Times, is leaving the paper to start a new global news organization with Justin Smith …
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Politico, One America News Network, Deadline and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith Steps Down to Found News Startup
Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith Steps Down to Found News Startup
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Washington Post, New York Post, The Hill and Hollywood Reporter, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
Facebook groups topped 10,000 daily attacks on election before Jan. 6, analysis shows … Facebook groups swelled with at least 650,000 posts attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden's victory between Election Day and the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, with many calling for executions …
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New York Magazine, PolitiFact, Raw Story, Insider, climate hygge, Poynter, Ace of Spades HQ and USA Today, more at Techmeme »
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What Merrick Garland should say about Jan. 6
What Merrick Garland should say about Jan. 6
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RedState, Mediaite and CyberDisobedience
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Hundreds of crimes, little punishment: Inside the sentences since the Capitol attack
Hundreds of crimes, little punishment: Inside the sentences since the Capitol attack
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Talking Points Memo, GovExec.com, Raw Story, The Guardian, Washington Post, Daily Mail, National Zero, The Hill and New York Times
Stephen Marche / The Guardian:
The next US civil war is already here - we just refuse to see it
The next US civil war is already here - we just refuse to see it
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Politico, American Greatness, UPI, Politico, Insider, Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog, Axios, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, New York Magazine, Washington Post and NBC News
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Gallego: Garland ‘extremely weak’ on Jan. 6 cases
Gallego: Garland ‘extremely weak’ on Jan. 6 cases
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New York Post and The Hill
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The Good Coup — Peter Navarro had a perfectly legal strategy to overturn the 2020 election.
The Good Coup — Peter Navarro had a perfectly legal strategy to overturn the 2020 election.
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Raw Story and Rolling Stone
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
No Way to Grow Up — American children are in crisis. — American children are starting 2022 in crisis. — I have long been aware that the pandemic was upending children's lives. But until I spent time pulling together data and reading reports, I did not understand just how alarming the situation had become.
Ben Winslow / KSTU:
Entrata founder emails Utah tech CEOs, claiming COVID vaccine part of extermination plot by ‘the Jews’ — SALT LAKE CITY — The founder and chair of Entrata, a Silcon Slopes tech firm, sent an email to a number of tech CEOs and Utah business and political leaders, claiming the COVID-19 vaccine …
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WTOP News and Deseret News
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The election reform idea gaining currency on the right — DRIVING THE DAY — TODAY'S BIG EVENT: Senate Democrats will hold a virtual meeting at 12:45 p.m. It will be the first opportunity of the new year for all 50 caucus members to talk about where Build Back Better 2. stands …
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New York Magazine, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Breitbart, NBC News, National Zero, PBS NewsHour, New York Times and Election Law Blog
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Washington Post:
How Republicans benefit from being united against protecting democracy
How Republicans benefit from being united against protecting democracy
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HotAir, Insider, Wall Street Journal, Power Line, IJR, Breitbart, Truthout and Talking Points Memo
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin: ‘Heavy lift’ to change the filibuster through nuclear option
Manchin: ‘Heavy lift’ to change the filibuster through nuclear option
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CNN, Fox News, National Review, Washington Times and Balloon Juice
Simon van Zuylen-Wood / Washington Post:
The Radicalization of J.D. Vance — As he runs for the Senate, the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author has gone from media darling to establishment pariah. Is his new, fiery, right-wing persona an act? Or is something more interesting going on? — Let's start with the beard. J.D. Vance didn't used to have one.
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Althouse
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Ron Johnson escalates attack on vaccines: ‘Why do we think that we can create something better than God?’ — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) this week doubled down on his campaign to promote the so-called “natural immunity” that occurs after one has been infected by Covid-19.
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA and Mediaite
Erin Cunningham / Washington Post:
U.S. charges Colombian national in plot to kill Haitian president — Mario Antonio Palacios was detained at an airport in Panama and transported to the United States — U.S. authorities have arrested a Colombian national suspected of a role in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse …
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U.S. Department of Justice, CBS News, Bloomberg, Associated Press, National Zero, CBS Miami and Al Jazeera
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ron DeSantis's Vaccination Status Is Now a State Secret … Florida governor Ron DeSantis has been walking a delicate balancing act on vaccinations, assiduously courting vaccine skeptics without going so far to the right that he lands in Marjorie Taylor Greene territory.
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Washington Post
FOX 35 Orlando:
New COVID-19 variant named IHU discovered in France — What is the IHU variant? — A new COVID-19 variant has been discovered in France. It is called IHU. — NEW YORK - A new COVID-19 variant has been detected in France. The variant has been named IHU.
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Townhall
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Federal judge to DoD: You can't punish SEALs who claim religious exemption on vaccine mandate — So much for Lloyd Austin's vaccine mandate ... at least for 35 Navy SEALs. A federal judge imposed a preliminary injunction on the Department of Defense after the commandos objected …
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Washington Examiner, New York Post, WINK NEWS, Ace of Spades HQ and CBS News
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Kara Voght / New Republic:
Inside D.C.'s Rowdy New Progressive Scene — Once a month, in the latter, vaccinated half of 2021, denizens of D.C.'s progressive ecosystem flocked to a bar in Washington's Adams Morgan neighborhood for a happy hour hosted by the pollster and think tank Data for Progress.
NBC News:
Capitol rioter compares attacks on her to treatment of ‘Jews in Germany’ — Jenna Ryan, a Texas realtor who has sought to parlay her role in the Capitol riot into a career as a right-wing media personality, posted a tweet in March last year that quickly went viral.
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
Lies are bad. A press corps enabling liars is worse — Propaganda works when reporters fear telling the truth. — It's conventional wisdom among newspaper reporters that we should let readers decide. Don't come to conclusions. Just present the facts objectively. Leave the rest to the op-ed page.
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Daily Kos and The BRAD BLOG
Leah Brennan / Houston Chronicle:
4-year-old grandniece of George Floyd shot in Houston's Southside on New Year's Day — A 4-year-old relative of George Floyd was shot while inside an apartment in the city's Southside on New Year's Day, according to a family friend. — ABC13 first reported the connection Tuesday.
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TMZ.com
Susan Page / USA Today:
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Red flags for the GOP on the midterms, for Biden on leadership — A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll raises a red flag for Republicans on the midterm elections and offers mixed advice for President Joe Biden on whether he should fight or fold on his big domestic initiative.
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Fox News, Truthout, The American Independent and The Hill
New York Post:
Manhattan DA to stop seeking prison sentences in slew of criminal cases — Who needs soft-on-crime judges when the district attorney doesn't even want to lock up the bad guys? — Manhattan's new DA has ordered his prosecutors to stop seeking prison sentences for hordes of criminals …
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Page Array and CBS New York
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Kamala Harris aide leaves vice president's office for Capitol Hill on heels of other departures — Another aide is leaving Vice President Kamala Harris' office soon after two other advisors departed late last year. — Vincent Evans, who was Harris' deputy director of public engagement …
ABC News:
CDC clarifies isolation guidance after criticism but still no call for testing — An update on the CDC website gives Americans more details on the guidance. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday clarified its guidelines around what to do when you get COVID-19 …
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Politico, WPRI-TV, NBC Chicago, LifeSite and CNN
Gabriel San Román / Los Angeles Times:
Kelly Ernby, former Orange County GOP state Assembly candidate and deputy D.A., dies of COVID-19 — Kelly Ernby, a political newcomer who ran for an Orange County state Assembly seat two years ago as a Republican, died this week of COVID-19. In addition to political activism …