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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans' Jan. 6 Responsibility — The GOP has a duty to condemn the riot and those who refuse to acknowledge it. — We're in an acrimonious period of partisan tribalism and have been for some time. Both parties are guilty of overwrought denunciations of their political opponents.
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George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
Trump must have his day in court for his crimes on Jan. 6 — Attorney General Merrick Garland said all the right things. His speech marking the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection was a studied call for patience — and a promise of full justice. He explained how massive …
Jimmy Carter / New York Times:
I Fear for Our Democracy — Mr. Carter was the 39th president of the United States. — One year ago, a violent mob, guided by unscrupulous politicians, stormed the Capitol and almost succeeded in preventing the democratic transfer of power. All four of us former presidents condemned …
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FiveThirtyEight:
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Sean Hannity's bottomless corruption — Fox News is keeping quiet about the latest Sean Hannity scandal, in which the longtime host sent text messages to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and others providing political advice regarding President Donald Trump in the days surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
The 1/6 question: Not what, but when — DELIVERED — It's the timestamps, stupid. — Investigators, prosecutors and journalists have spent a year reconstructing the horror of Jan. 6 in granular, painstaking detail — unearthing eye-popping vignettes about a president obsessed with subverting …
Jon Ward / Yahoo News:
Does Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 documentary hold up under scrutiny? — For the last several months, Tucker Carlson has been arguing that the effort to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election victory, which culminated in the Jan. 6 insurrection, was “a setup,” a trap set for ordinary patriots by shadowy forces in the government.
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The Mutant Toe, New York Post and Daily Montanan
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The ridiculous hypocrisy of Sean Hannity hiding behind ‘freedom of the press’
The ridiculous hypocrisy of Sean Hannity hiding behind ‘freedom of the press’
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Mike Pence's team helping Jan. 6 committee — People in and around former Vice President Mike Pence's office have been particularly cooperative as the Jan. 6 select committee focuses on what former President Trump was doing during the more than three hours the Capitol was under attack, sources familiar with the testimony tell Axios.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says his phone records were subpoenaed by House Jan. 6 committee — MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says his phone records have been subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. — “I wasn't there on January 6th and yes they did subpoena …
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, NOQ Report, The Daily Beast, Mediaite and The Hill
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Cobb GOP cancels ‘homage to treason’ for Jan. 6 insurrection — The Cobb County GOP has canceled its prayer vigil Thursday to honor the pro-Donald Trump insurrectionists who stampeded into the Capitol to try to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden's victory.The county party cited …
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Biden to squarely blame Trump for Jan. 6 assault
Biden to squarely blame Trump for Jan. 6 assault
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CNN:
Stephanie Grisham met with January 6 panel
Stephanie Grisham met with January 6 panel
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Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner:
Ted Cruz criticized for calling Jan. 6 riot a ‘violent terrorist attack’
Ted Cruz criticized for calling Jan. 6 riot a ‘violent terrorist attack’
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The Daily Beast, American Greatness, Page Array and Conservative Caucus
Washington Post:
Garland: DOJ will hold those responsible for Jan. 6 riot accountable, whether they were present or committed other crimes
Garland: DOJ will hold those responsible for Jan. 6 riot accountable, whether they were present or committed other crimes
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Greene, Gaetz to hold Jan. 6 presser after Trump cancels
Greene, Gaetz to hold Jan. 6 presser after Trump cancels
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Washington Times, Raw Story, The Washington Current and Washington Examiner
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell cracks door to Electoral Count Act reform — Mitch McConnell is signaling he's open to reforming the Electoral Count Act, one year after a mass of Republicans objected to certification of President Joe Biden's win ahead of an attempted insurrection.
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Axios:
Scoop: Bipartisan Senate group in talks about election reform measure
Scoop: Bipartisan Senate group in talks about election reform measure
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Washington Post, Patterico's Pontifications and CNN
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Fixing the Electoral Count Act is no substitute for voting reform
Fixing the Electoral Count Act is no substitute for voting reform
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Wall Street Journal, Attention to the Unseen, Politico and Reason
Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times:
Seattle police improperly faked radio chatter about Proud Boys as CHOP formed in 2020, investigation finds — At a crucial moment during 2020's racial justice protests, Seattle police exchanged a detailed series of fake radio transmissions about a nonexistent group of menacing right-wing extremists.
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The Daily Beast, Associated Press, Raw Story, MyNorthwest.com and WTOP News
New York Times:
For C.D.C.'s Walensky, a Steep Learning Curve on Messaging — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has stumbled in explaining her policy decisions. — WASHINGTON — Two days before Christmas, with the Omicron variant driving a near-vertical rise …
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
F.B.I. Arrests Man Accused of Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts — Filippo Bernardini, an Italian citizen who worked in publishing, was charged with wire fraud and identity theft for a scheme that prosecutors said affected hundreds of people over five or more years.
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WRAL-TV:
Secret maps, now gone, were used to draw parts of NC election map — North Carolina map-makers used “concept maps” unseen by the public to draw parts of the new state House map now under scrutiny in an ongoing gerrymandering lawsuit, according to a key lawmaker's deposition in the case.
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New York Times:
Kazakh Protesters Burn Government Offices as Unrest Sweeps Country — An uprising sparked by a gas price increase in the resource-rich Central Asian nation has taken on a political dimension despite concessions from the ruling party. — MOSCOW — The revolt began on Sunday in western Kazakhstan …
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Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Right wing brain worms are a real thing — This is a followup to Scott's post about the fresh martyrdom of yet another academic right winger. — I've known Larry Alexander for 30 years. I used to talk to him quite a bit back in the day — we have overlapping interests in regard …
Sonny Bunch / The Bulwark:
J.D. Vance Versus Film Twitter — How film critics helped send the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author off the cliff. — I'd be remiss if I didn't note, briefly, that the online collective known as Film Twitter—critics, Letterboxd users, and sundry others—managed to completely break Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance's brain.
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CBS Los Angeles:
LA's First Case Of Flurona Detected At COVID Testing Site Near Getty Center — LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The first case of flurona - the combination of both influenza and coronavirus - has been detected at the COVID-19 testing center across the street from the Getty Center.
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Gizmodo, Los Angeles Magazine, New York Post, NBC Los Angeles and Twitchy
Jill Tucker / San Francisco Chronicle:
‘Shut the whole system down’: S.F. teachers plan sickout as schools struggle amid omicron surge — A group of San Francisco teachers has organized a “sickout” Thursday, saying they will skip school because they feel the district failed to adequately protect them during the pandemic.
Karen Ruiz / Daily Mail:
Eric Swalwell goes maskless in Florida after slamming Republicans — Rep Eric Swalwell of California was apparently able to go ahead with his holiday travel plans and ditch his mask on Tuesday when he was spotted hanging out at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel.
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Harriet Sherwood / The Guardian:
Choosing pets over babies is ‘selfish and diminishes us’, says pope — Pontiff laments ‘denied parenthood’ and people who ‘substitute cats and dogs for children’ — In a move likely to raise the hackles of millions of cats, dogs and their human cohabitees, Pope Francis has suggested …
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Imagine Virginia's icy traffic catastrophe — but with only electric vehicles — Sometime after 3 a.m. Tuesday, as an epic 48-mile winter traffic jam on Interstate 95 in Virginia dragged on, a long-haul trucker from Canada heard a knock at the door of his cab.
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Reuters:
Djokovic stuck in airport, Serbian president demands Australian entry — Novak Djokovic was left stranded at a Melbourne airport overnight, caught in a internatonal political maelstrom over whether Australia would honour the World No. 1's medical exemption from vaccine requirements or send him home due to a visa blunder.
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Mike DeForest / WKMG:
4th resident of The Villages arrested for allegedly casting multiple ballots — Charles Franklin Barnes was not affiliated with a political party when allegedly voted twice — THE VILLAGES, Fla. - A fourth resident of The Villages has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into voter fraud.
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Joe Manchin Is Tired of Your Tiresome Questions — But he'll keep talking anyway because he loves the sound of his own voice. Happy Senate New Year! — The US Senate returned to work Tuesday, commencing a bright new year in which all things seemed possible.
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Man arrested on charges of attacking vaccination clinic, injuring staffers he called ‘murderers’ — A Southern California man was arrested after he recently attacked workers at a coronavirus vaccination clinic, allegedly calling them “murderers” and falsely accusing the staffers of causing …
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Families Together …, NBC News, The Hill and Los Angeles Times
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Accused Capitol Rioter Edward Jacob Lang Blasts Trump and Begs For His Help in Jailhouse Call — Calling in to a right-wing show, Edward Jacob Lang told Trump that “We are rotting in jail because we stood up for what you told us to stand up for!” — On the eve of the first anniversary …
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
A tech exec sent an antisemitic email about vaccines to lawmakers and business leaders. He resigned hours later. — A Utah tech executive acknowledged his email opining about coronavirus vaccines to state lawmakers and business executives “sounds bonkers.” But he sent it anyway.
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Jonathan H. Adler / Reason:
Divided Sixth Circuit Panel Refuses to Stay Injunction Against Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors — The panel rejects the argument that the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act allows the federal government to require vaccination for nearly one-fifth of the American workforce.
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