memeorandum: Does Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 documentary hold up under scrutiny? (Jon Ward/Yahoo News)

9:00 AM ET, January 6, 2022

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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.

Discussion: New York Times, Outside the Beltway, Wide World of News, The Hill, Mediaite, Washington Post, The Western Journal, Political Wire and Politico

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 …

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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.

Discussion: Insider, Talking Points Memo, Alternet.org, Bulletin, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, New York Post, Washington Post, The Hill, USA Today, Mediaite, National Zero, Politico and Balloon Juice

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.

Discussion: The Mutant Toe, New York Post and NBC Los Angeles

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: CBS News, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, Axios, Democracy Diary, Daily Kos, New Republic, Insider, CNN, The Moderate Voice, Alternet.org, Mediaite, New York Post, KRQE-TV and Rochester Beacon

Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner:

Ted Cruz criticized for calling Jan. 6 riot a ‘violent terrorist attack’ — Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz got blowback from some on the right, including Fox News host Tucker Carlson, after he called the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol a “violent terrorist attack.”

Discussion: The Federalist, New York Times, The Daily Beast, American Greatness, The Hill, Washington Post, Page Array, Raw Story, Conservative Caucus and CNN

Dean Obeidallah / MSNBC:

Garland needs to bring Jan. 6 criminal charges against Donald Trump — Garland: Justice Department will hold all Jan. 6th rioters ‘accountable under law’ — Attorney General Merrick Garland has not yet charged any of the alleged ringleaders of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol …

Discussion: BuzzFeed News, CBS News, CNN, The Atlantic and Washington Post

Scott Stump / TODAY.com:

Liz Cheney says too many in GOP are ‘looking the other way’ on Jan. 6: 'That's how democracies die' — On the one-year anniversary of the riot at the U.S. Capitol, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney believes the country's democracy remains under attack. — “The threat continues,” …

Discussion: CNN, KTLA, Mediaite and The Guardian

Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: Your guide to Jan. 6 anniversary coverage — DRIVING THE DAY — Jan. 6 is about DONALD TRUMP. — For those who always despised him, feel betrayed by him, or fear his return to power, today is about remembering — never forgetting — his lowest point as president …

Discussion: Axios, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, Wall Street Journal, Voice of America, Can We Still Govern?, The Federalist, The Daily Caller and NBC Boston

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story, Bloomberg and Politico

Reuters:

Biden to call Trump a threat to democracy on U.S. Capitol attack anniversary — President Joe Biden will accuse his predecessor Donald Trump of posing a continuing threat to democracy on Thursday, the anniversary of the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters who tried to overturn his election defeat.

Discussion: New York Times, HuffPost, KTLA, National Zero, CNN and Political Wire

Peter Baker / New York Times:

A Year Later, Jan. 6 Becomes Just Another Wedge in a Divided Nation — The nearly universal outrage after the assault on the Capitol has reverted to separate blue and red realities, and former President Donald J. Trump has remained the dominant force in his party.

FiveThirtyEight:

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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Nation marks anniversary of Jan. 6 storming of U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump mob

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David Rohde / New Yorker:
The January 6th Criminal Case Against Donald Trump

Discussion: NPR, Breitbart, The Shipler Report, Washington Post, Associated Press, Townhall, Chicago Sun-Times, The Lid, emptywheel, Los Angeles Times, Politico and Political Wire

Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Biden to squarely blame Trump for Jan. 6 assault

Discussion: Fox News, YouTube, Reuters, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Moderate Voice, USA Today, InQueensland, Breitbart, The BRAD BLOG, ArkLaTexHomepage, TheBlaze, Politico, New York Post, The Daily Wire, Todd Starnes and The Guardian

Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Georgia Republicans planned a vigil for ‘J6 Patriots’ on Jan. 6. One critic called it an ‘homage to treason.’

Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and The Hill

Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says his phone records were subpoenaed by House Jan. 6 committee

Discussion: NBC News, Politico, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, NOQ Report, New York Post, The Daily Beast, Insider and The Hill

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Sean Hannity's bottomless corruption

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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
One Year Later, Assault Still Casts a Pall Over the Capitol and Its Occupants

Discussion: USA Today, Politico, Brookings, Roll Call, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Townhall, January 6th Truth Seekers, Missouri Independent, HuffPost, Fox News, PolitiFact and Mother Jones

Washington Post:
How Republicans became the party of Trump's election lie after Jan. 6

Discussion: Election Law Blog, New York Times, American Thinker, Associated Press, NBC News, Raw Story, Wall Street Journal, America, America, Sabato's Crystal Ball, CBS Philly, The Hill and The Guardian

Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Cobb GOP cancels ‘homage to treason’ for Jan. 6 insurrection

Discussion: Politico, Breitbart, CNN, HuffPost, Raw Story, Washington Times, FiveThirtyEight, The Hill and HotAir

Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
The AP Interview: Pelosi says ‘democracy won’ on Jan. 6

Discussion: NBC4 Washington, NBC Boston, The Hill and NBC New York

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The ridiculous hypocrisy of Sean Hannity hiding behind ‘freedom of the press’

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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.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Hill, Raw Story, Associated Press, MyNorthwest.com, WTOP News and National Zero

Axios:

Scoop: Bipartisan Senate group in talks about election reform measure — A new bipartisan Senate group is in early discussions about crafting an election reform measure, as the Democrats' sweeping voting rights proposals continue to run into steep procedural hurdles.

Discussion: Common Dreams, HotAir, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and Politico

Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
The Time Is Now for Democrats To Save Democracy

Discussion: CNN, The Hill, Politico, The 19th and Stephanie's Newsletter

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.

Allahpundit / HotAir:
More liberals are turning against school closures — and teachers unions too?

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Breitbart and The Daily Caller

Washington Post:

Russian troops arrive in protest-roiled Kazakhstan, where security forces have killed dozens of protesters — MOSCOW — Kazakhstan's sweeping anti-government protests turned deadly early Thursday, as overnight clashes saw “dozens” of demonstrators “eliminated,” authorities said, and Russian troops arrived to help the government.

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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 …

Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner

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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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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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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times and HotAir

American Greatness:

Who Are the Real Insurrectionists? — Stone-cold sober elites are systematically waging a far more dangerous and insidious revolution in the shadows than anything threatened by the American Right. — Recently, Democrats have been despondent over Joe Biden's sinking polls.

Discussion: Bloomberg and Small Dead Animals

Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:

Postal Service asks for temporary waiver from Biden vaccine requirement — In a letter to OSHA, the Postal Service says its ability to deliver the mail would be hurt because employees would either leave over the mandate or be disciplined for disobeying it. — The U.S. Postal Service …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Reuters, LifeSite, TheBlaze, Washington Times and GovExec.com