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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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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The Good Coup — Peter Navarro had a perfectly legal strategy to overturn the 2020 election. And he would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those meddling insurrectionists. — Donald Trump's former White House advisor Peter Navarro is mad.
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Raw Story
Laurence H Tribe / The Guardian:
The risk of a coup in the next US election is greater now than it ever was under Trump
The risk of a coup in the next US election is greater now than it ever was under Trump
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USA Today, New York Times, Today's Edition Newsletter, FiveThirtyEight and Vox
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.
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Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
'It's Chaos' as Schools Confront Omicron
'It's Chaos' as Schools Confront Omicron
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Politico, Los Angeles Times, Breitbart and NBC Chicago
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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The Daily Caller
Stephen Marche / The Guardian:
The next US civil war is already here - we just refuse to see it — The right has recognized that the system is in collapse, and it has a plan: violence and solidarity with treasonous far-right factions — Nobody wants what's coming, so nobody wants to see what's coming.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jan. 6 committee seeking phone records of 2 Oath Keepers facing conspiracy charges — Two Florida-based members of the Oath Keepers facing conspiracy charges for breaching the Capitol are suing the Jan. 6 committee to block a subpoena for their personal phone records.
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Raw Story and National Zero
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Hundreds of crimes, little punishment: Inside the sentences since the Capitol attack — This is a living database that will be updated weekly with new sentencing information, analysis and data throughout 2022. — More than 150 people have pleaded guilty to storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Why DOJ is avoiding domestic terrorism sentences for Jan. 6 defendants
Why DOJ is avoiding domestic terrorism sentences for Jan. 6 defendants
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Raw Story and The Dispatch
New York Times:
Elizabeth Holmes Found Guilty of Four Charges of Fraud — Here's what you need to know: — Elizabeth Holmes is 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 of 11 charges …
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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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 …
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 …
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Orange County Register, The Daily Beast and National Zero
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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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: David Perdue staffs up with seasoned GOP operatives...and Kemp allies — Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue has loaded his campaign for governor with experienced operatives, including several strategists who were once allied with GOP incumbent Brian Kemp.It's an indication …
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New York Magazine
Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Biden disapproval hits new high as voters give him bad grades on economy, new CNBC/Change poll says — President Joe Biden's overall disapproval rating reached a new high in December as more voters signaled their unhappiness with his handling of the economy and the Covid pandemic.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How January 6 Birthed a New Right — January 6, 2021, may be the most contentious date in American history. To Democrats and the surviving remnant of anti-Trump Republicans, the event was a spasm of right-wing political violence aimed at terminating the republican experiment.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservatism and Fascism Are Not the Same Thing
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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Washington Post, The Illinoize, The Gateway Pundit, NBC News, New York Times, Fox News, NBC Chicago, The Daily Caller, Politico and The Hill
CNN:
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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New York Times:
New York A.G. Seeks to Question Trump Children in Fraud Inquiry
New York A.G. Seeks to Question Trump Children in Fraud Inquiry
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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 …
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Latino groups want to do away with “Latinx” — Elected officials, a major newspaper and the oldest Latino civil rights organization in the U.S. have all spoken out strongly in recent weeks against the continued use of “Latinx,” the gender-neutral term promoted by progressives to describe people of Spanish-speaking origin.
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 …
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 …
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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Ella Lee / USA Today:
Fact check: False claim that Bidens' visit to children's hospital on Christmas Eve was staged — The claim: The Bidens faked a Christmas Eve children's hospital visit — Some on social media falsely claim the president and first lady's Christmas Eve visit to the Children's National Hospital was a sham.
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Attorney general 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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New York Times and The Hill
UFCW Local 400:
Politics and Prose Becomes First Unionized Bookstore in DC — A joint announcement by Politics and Prose and UFCW Local 400: — We are pleased to announce that Politics and Prose and UFCW Local 400 have reached agreement on the scope of a bargaining unit at P&P, and the union …
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DCist, The Hill, WTOP News and Washington Post