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7:30 PM ET, January 5, 2022

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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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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.
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.
Politico:
‘Shocked and stunned and horrified’: How Joe Biden processed Jan. 6
Discussion: TheGrio and TheBlaze
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Did the January 6th Coup Fail?
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
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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
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 …
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 …
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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
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Surprise: Democrats dodged a gerrymandering fiasco. A top analyst explains why.
Discussion: Sacramento Bee
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Can Democrats make protecting democracy matter in 2022? This candidate says yes.
Discussion: Daily Kos
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
How to get real accountability for Jan. 6
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.
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.
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.
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
Jim Heintz / Associated Press:
Report: Kazakh president's home ablaze as protests escalate  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Protesters in Kazakhstan's largest city stormed the presidential residence and the mayor's office on Wednesday and set both buildings on fire, according to new reports, as demonstrations sparked by a rise in fuel prices …
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Karl Evers-Hillstrom / The Hill:
Corporations seek to rebuild bridges with GOP objectors ahead of midterms  —  Major U.S. corporations are looking to quietly restore ties with Republicans who objected to certifying the 2020 election results following the Jan. 6 insurrection, believing that they cannot afford to burn bridges …
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Kate Gibson / CBS News:
Most, but not all, corporations kept their post-January 6 PAC pledges
Discussion: The Root and Insider
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 …
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.
Washington Post:
Garland: DOJ will hold those responsible for Jan. 6 riot accountable, whether they were present or committed other crimes  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed to hold all those responsible for the Jan. 6 riot accountable — whether they were at the Capitol or committed other crimes surrounding …
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.
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.
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
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: PRESS RUN
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Law of Unintended Political Consequences Strikes Again  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  The killing of George Floyd and the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests that followed drove an exceptionally large increase …
Discussion: National Review
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Sanctions Milorad Dodik and Associated Media Platform for Destabilizing and Corrupt Activity  —  Dodik's Destabilizing and Corrupt Activities Undermine 26 years of Progress Since the Dayton Peace Accords  —  WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control …
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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Texas Is Still Not Recognizing The Full Death Toll Of The Last Year's Devastating Winter Storm
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Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Biden administration may instruct prisons to house transgender inmates without regard to biological sex: Report
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NASCAR doesn't approve 'Let's Go Brandon' cryptocurrency sponsorship of Xfinity Series driver Brandon Brown
Grace Hauck / USA Today:
Virtual ‘walkout’: Chicago teachers vote for remote learning; city cancels classes for most of its 330,000 students
Discussion: TheGrio, The Daily Caller and Truthout
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