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6:20 PM ET, January 5, 2022

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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 …
Discussion: Rochester Beacon
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CNN:
Ex-White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham to meet with 1/6 committee  —  (CNN)Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham will meet Wednesday evening on Capitol Hill with the select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, according to multiple sources familiar with the meeting.
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.
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 …
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Did the January 6th Coup Fail?
Politico:
‘Shocked and stunned and horrified’: How Joe Biden processed Jan. 6
Discussion: TheGrio
Matt Fuller / The Daily Beast:
The Real Tragedy of Jan. 6 Is That It's Still Not Over
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Prosecutors Move Quickly on Jan. 6 Cases, but One Big Question Remains
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
More than 1,000 US public figures aided Trump's effort to overturn election
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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Washington Post:
How Congress can fix the Electoral Count Act  —  Edward B. Foley is a professor of constitutional law at Ohio State University, where he heads the university's election law program.  Michael W. McConnell, formerly a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   Fixing the Electoral Count Act is no substitute for voting reform
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Omicron, snowstorm thwart Schumer's midterm year quick start
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
2022 House Overview: Still a GOP Advantage, but Redistricting Looks Like a Wash  —  The surprising good news for Democrats: on the current trajectory, there will be a few more Biden-won districts after redistricting than there are now — producing a congressional map slightly less biased in the GOP's favor than the last decade's.
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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.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Surprise: Democrats dodged a gerrymandering fiasco. A top analyst explains why.
Discussion: Sacramento Bee
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Yet Another Resident of The Villages Busted for 2020 Voter Fraud  —  SOME KIND OF HEAVEN  —  A fourth retiree from The Villages has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into voter fraud at the well-known central Florida retirement community.  Charles Franklin Barnes, 64 …
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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Jim Heintz / Associated Press:
Report: Kazakh president's home ablaze as protests escalate
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.
Kate Gibson / CBS News:
Most, but not all, corporations kept their post-January 6 PAC pledges  —  After the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, dozens of major corporations publicly pledged to pause their financial contributions to 147 Republican lawmakers who had voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Discussion: Insider and Popular Information
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Karl Evers-Hillstrom / The Hill:   Corporations seek to rebuild bridges with GOP objectors ahead of midterms
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.
Discussion: Insider and Washington Post
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Omicron Is Milder  —  How should that affect your behavior?  —  The details of the Omicron variant are becoming clearer, and they are encouraging.  —  They're not entirely encouraging, and I will get into some detail about one of the biggest problems — the stress on hospitals …
Discussion: Bloomberg, HotAir and The Racket News
Nick Bromberg / Yahoo Sports:
NASCAR doesn't approve 'Let's Go Brandon' cryptocurrency sponsorship of Xfinity Series driver Brandon Brown  —  Brandon Brown won't be capitalizing on his “Let's Go Brandon” fame on the side of his Xfinity Series car.  —  Per multiple reports, NASCAR will not allow Brown to run a sponsorship …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The GOP isn't even trying to sound coherent anymore  —  We must stop pretending the GOP is a real political party made up of coherent adults.  To understand why, let's examine a single day this week.  —  On Tuesday, former president Donald Trump, the undisputed head of the party …
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
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Brooke Staggs / Orange County Register:
Husband: Kelly Ernby wasn't vaccinated when she died of COVID-19 complications  —  GOP leaders say Ernby's death won't deter them from speaking out against coronavirus vaccine mandates.  —  Deputy District Attorney and GOP activist Kelly Ernby wasn't vaccinated when she died early this week …
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 …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
GOP officials in Arizona's largest county affirm 2020 election was secure in rebuttal to Trump claims  —  The November 2020 election in Arizona's largest county was administered properly and not marred by fraud, the Republican-led local government concluded in a lengthy report released Wednesday.
Discussion: New York Times and NBC News
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Can Democrats make protecting democracy matter in 2022?  This candidate says yes.  —  Some Democrats have taken to suggesting that highlighting the GOP abandonment of democracy — and vowing to use one's position to guard against it at all costs — might be devolving into one of those dreaded …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The ridiculous hypocrisy of Sean Hannity hiding behind ‘freedom of the press’  —  The Fox News host spent years disavowing and attacking the U.S. media.  Now his lawyer is trying to hide behind the First Amendment.  —  The House Jan. 6 committee asked this week that Fox News host Sean Hannity appear …
Discussion: The Mahablog and PRESS RUN
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
The January Sixers Have Their Own Unit at the DC Jail.  Here's What Life Is Like Inside  —  They've got their own internal justice system for problem-solving—and a Sunday comedy ritual.  —  There's a strong chance Jacob Chansley is who you think of when you recall the January 6 riot.
ABC News:
CDC panel recommends Pfizer boosters for 12-15 year olds, final call expected from CDC director  —  The CDC director is expected to sign off, making shots quickly available.  —  Boosters for children ages 12 to 15 are one step closer after a panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control …
Discussion: Politico and UPI
Richard Belcher / 95.5 WSB:
Georgia judge facing possible expulsion after he's caught on video attacking defendant  —  ATLANTA — A county magistrate judge from middle Georgia is facing possible expulsion from the bench because of an incident captured on security video showing him he physically attacking a defendant.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Law of Unintended Political Consequences Strikes Again
Discussion: National Review
Grace Hauck / USA Today:
Virtual ‘walkout’: Chicago teachers vote for remote learning; city cancels classes for most of its 330,000 students
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Truthout
Washington Post:
Garland: DOJ will hold those responsible for Jan. 6 riot accountable, whether they were present or committed other crimes
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
A Year Later, GOP Lawmakers Still Won't Say If Joe Biden Is Actually President
 Earlier Items: 
Tess Owen / VICE:
The Proud Boys Changed Tactics After Jan. 6. We Tracked Their Activity.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kieran Press-Reynolds / Insider:
One year after the Capitol riot, QAnon is evolving — and finding new ways to stay alive
Discussion: Raw Story and Insider
Washington Post:
More than 40 percent of Americans live in counties hit by climate disasters in 2021
Discussion: Insider
Matthew Dalton / Wall Street Journal:
France's Macron Rails Against Unvaccinated People
Kevin T. Dugan / New York Magazine:
The Dark Side of COVID Testing
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When the Right Plays With Jew-Hate
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