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8:25 PM ET, January 4, 2022

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Politico:
Trump cancels Jan. 6 event amid GOP complaints  —  Senate Republicans can now breathe easier on Jan. 6.  —  Former President Donald Trump's announcement Tuesday evening that he would cancel a previously planned press conference is good news for Senate Republicans, who earlier in the day openly fretted …
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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.
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump cancels Jan. 6 press conference  —  Former President Trump is scrapping a planned news conference on the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.  —  The former president had planned to use the Thursday news conference at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. …
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 …
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
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump cancels Jan. 6 news conference at Mar-a-Lago, blames news media and House committee investigating attack on Capitol  —  Former president Donald Trump has canceled the news conference he planned to hold on Jan. 6 to mark the first anniversary of the attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters.
Discussion: Fox News, New York Post and Raw Story
New York Times:
How Trump Kept His Grip After Jan. 6
Discussion: Daily Kos and IJR
Billy House / Bloomberg:
Capitol Riot Panel Weighs Televised Hearings During Prime Time
Miles Parks / NPR:
Here's where election-denying candidates are running to control voting
CNN:
January 6 committee chairman wants to speak directly with Mike Pence
Discussion: Raw Story
Ann Telnaes / Washington Post:   The insurrectionists' roll call
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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Clare Malone / New Yorker:
Ben Smith Can't Say What His New Media Venture Is  —  The departing Times media columnist and former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News wants to push the envelope but isn't yet ready to say just how.  —  Ben Smith had a hundred-and-forty-four unread text messages when we talked …
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 …
John Sexton / HotAir:
Democracy is not in crisis just because Democrats are losing  —  Everywhere you look, Democrats are warning about the threat to democracy currently posed by Trump or the GOP or some combination of the two.  The panic seems omnipresent and is peaking as we approach the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riots at the capitol.
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Washington Post:
How Republicans benefit from being united against protecting democracy
Alejandro Alvarez / WTOP News:
I-95 remains shutdown as VDOT says no more motorists are stranded  —  Have you or someone you know been stuck on I-95?  Tell WTOP about your experiences.  —  Listen to WTOP live online and on the radio at 103.5 FM.  Download the free WTOP News app for Android and Apple phones to sign up for custom traffic and weather alerts.
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.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What Merrick Garland should say about Jan. 6  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland will give a speech Wednesday about the investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection and the prosecution of those responsible.  Garland will reportedly reaffirm his “unwavering commitment to defend Americans …
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Washington Post:
Facebook groups topped 10,000 daily attacks on election before Jan. 6, analysis shows
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.
Discussion: Althouse
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 …
Discussion: CBS New York, Twitchy and Page Array
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.
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
New York Times:
Leftists Are Ascendant in Latin America as Key Elections Loom  —  Growing inequality and sputtering economies have helped fuel a wave of leftist victories that may soon extend to Brazil and Colombia.  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — In the final weeks of 2021, Chile and Honduras voted decisively …
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.
Discussion: Townhall
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.
Politico:
White House embraces a manage-not-contain Omicron game plan  —  When President Joe Biden took office last January amid a winter Covid-19 surge, he vowed an all-out federal assault aimed at vanquishing the virus.  —  A year later, with the country facing unprecedented levels of disease once again …
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.
Discussion: The Covid Chronicles and Daily Kos
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.
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 …
Discussion: Fox News, KFXP-TV, Breitbart and Bloomberg
Garion Frankel / Chalkboard Review:
BREAKING: Chicago Teachers Union Begins Strike Over in-Person Learning  —  As many schools across the country resume in-person learning after the holiday break, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) finds itself in turmoil.  —  On Tuesday, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) voted to refuse anything but a return to remote learning.
Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News and Forbes
 
 
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Sen. Ted Cruz says Republicans are likely to impeach Biden if they retake House
Andrew Miller / Fox News:
DeSantis announces plan to release testing guidance based on risk levels
Washington Post:
‘No pictures, no pictures’: The enduring images from Jan. 6
Discussion: Florida Politics
Emily Crane / New York Post:
Flights carrying illegal immigrants now landing in Pennsylvania: reports
Discussion: The Western Journal and Fox News
Leah Brennan / Houston Chronicle:
4-year-old grandniece of George Floyd shot in Houston's Southside on New Year's Day
Discussion: New York Post and TMZ.com
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Federal judge to DoD: You can't punish SEALs who claim religious exemption on vaccine mandate
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Sharon Terlep / Wall Street Journal:
Walmart, Kroger Raise Prices of Covid-19 Test Kits
Discussion: Bloomberg and CBS News
Fortesa Latifi / Teen Vogue:
This is what it's like to be the child of a January 6 insurrectionist.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
As Midterms and 2024 Loom, Trump Political Operation Revs Up
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Plunging Natural Gas Supply Shows Texas Still Not Ready for Cold
Discussion: Washington Post
albanycountyda.com:
Statement from DA David Soares
Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Biden disapproval hits new high as voters give him bad grades on economy, new CNBC/Change poll says
 

 
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