memeorandum: Images of chaos: AP photographers capture US Capitol riot (Associated Press)

10:45 AM ET, January 5, 2022

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Francis Fukuyama / New York Times:

One Single Day. That's All It Took for the World to Look Away From Us. — Mr. Fukuyama is the author of the forthcoming book “Liberalism and Its Discontents.” — The Jan. 6 attack on Congress by a mob inspired by former President Donald Trump marked an ominous precedent for U.S. politics.

Discussion: CounterPunch, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and HotAir

Matt Fuller / The Daily Beast:

The Real Tragedy of Jan. 6 Is That It's Still Not Over — I had a front-row seat to the riot. A year later, one thing is clear: Nothing has changed. … It was around noon on Jan. 6, 2021, and I was already late. — I was supposed to be covering the counting of the electoral votes …

Discussion: Associated Press, UPI, ABC News, OttoPolitico, Roll Call, The Federalist, The Colorado Sun, NPR, The Bias, WTOP News, The Bulwark and Political Wire

Alan Feuer / New York Times:

Prosecutors Move Quickly on Jan. 6 Cases, but Big Questions Remain — In the year since the assault on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, more than 700 people have been arrested, with little public indication from the Justice Department of how high the investigation might reach.

Discussion: Associated Press, Insider, The Hill, ABC News, Althouse, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, PRESS RUN, Florida Politics, NPR, Instapundit and USA Today

Mona Charen / The Bulwark:

Did the January 6 Coup Fail? — By warping the Republican party, Trump made another coup attempt possible. — January 6th should have been the point of no return, the pivot point at which even the most blinkered sugarcoaters of Trumpism recoiled in disgust from what they had wrought.

Discussion: NBC News, CNN, Associated Press, Summit News, AFP, Rolling Stone, Morning Shots, Politico, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times and Insider

Associated Press:

Images of chaos: AP photographers capture US Capitol riot — WASHINGTON (AP) — When supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, The Associated Press had nine photographers inside and outside the building. — As the chaotic day unfolded …

Discussion: Election Law Blog, WAMU, Forbes and Mediaite

E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:

Real accountability for Jan. 6 requires political reform — The Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was an attempt, through force and violence, to overturn the will of the majority expressed in a free and fair election. In a well-functioning democratic republic, its anniversary would engender …

Discussion: The Hill, The Hat Tip, Media Matters for America, Rolling Stone, Daily Kos, Los Angeles Times, Blue Virginia and CNN

New York Times:
How Trump Kept His Grip After Jan. 6

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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
More than 1,000 US public figures aided Trump's effort to overturn election

Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Monthly, Insider, Bloomberg and The Daily Caller

Politico:
Jan. 6 committee seeking phone records from Sebastian Gorka

Discussion: CBS News, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, CNN, The Daily Beast, IJR, New York Times and Raw Story

John Nichols / The Nation:
To Avert Another January 6, Expel Coup Plotters From Congress

Discussion: Axios, Unlicensed Punditry, Roll Call and The Colorado Sun

CNN:
Fact check: Five enduring lies about the Capitol insurrection

Discussion: Associated Press, NBC Los Angeles and The Federalist

Emily Davies / Washington Post:
Another U.S. Capitol Police officer sues Trump for damages from Jan. 6

Discussion: New York Times, CBS News and Forbes

Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans dodge and deflect ahead of Jan. 6

Discussion: Good Faith, Wall Street Journal and RedState

Paul Blest / Discourse Blog:
January 6 Isn't an Electoral Strategy

Discussion: CNN, Washington Post, New York Times, The Bulwark, Bloomberg and USA Today

Washington Post:
The government we defended last Jan. 6 has a duty to hold all the perpetrators accountable

Discussion: Daily Kos, Poynter, TheBlaze, Raw Story, CNN, Politico and Axios

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 …

Discussion: Election Law Blog

Sophia Cai / Axios:
Top Senate Republican signals support for election reform

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Election Law Blog, The Guardian, Raw Story, New York Magazine and Political Wire

Alayna Treene / Axios:
Omicron, snowstorm thwart Schumer's midterm year quick start

Discussion: email.punchbowl.news, RedState, Washington Post and The Hill

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin floats modest Senate rules changes

Discussion: Roll Call, The Daily Wire, Ohio Capital Journal, ABC News and Political Wire

Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Democrats haven't learned from Harry Reid's mistakes

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, CNN, Truthout and New York Post

Tony Romm / Washington Post:

Lawmakers begin early talks about another round of coronavirus relief targeting businesses — Democrats and Republicans have discussed setting aside billions to help restaurants, gyms and performance venues, though GOP concerns about spending could scuttle the effort

Discussion: CNN, Breitbart, Chalkboard Review and Twitchy

Politico:
White House embraces a manage-not-contain Omicron game plan

Discussion: Associated Press, Politico, Common Dreams, Wide World of News, Deseret News, Fox News, FOX 11 Los Angeles, WSVN-TV, Digital Chosunilbo, New York Times, Townhall, National Zero and The Daily Caller

Marty Makary / New York Post:
Colleges take COVID testing way too far and spread hysteria

Discussion: Cafe Hayek and Common Sense

Sophia Tareen / Associated Press:
Chicago cancels classes after union backs remote learning

Discussion: USA Today, Fox News, HotAir, The Daily Caller, Wall Street Journal, UPI, PIX11, New York Post and Just The News

Alejandro Alvarez / WTOP News:

I-95 in Va. reopens as motorists battle bailout traffic jam on Route 1 — Have you or someone you know been stuck on I-95? Tell WTOP about your experiences. — Listen to WTOP live online and on the radio at 103.5 FM. Download the free WTOP News app for Android and Apple phones to sign up for custom traffic and weather alerts.

New York Times:
Stranded Drivers Are Freed After 24-Hour Snowy Ordeal on I-95 in Virginia

Discussion: WTOP News, Associated Press, Breitbart, Mediaite, CNN, WRIC-TV and Rolling Stone

Leila Abboud / Financial Times:

Macron says his strategy is to ‘piss off’ France's unvaccinated as Covid surges — Parliament suspends vaccine pass debate and rivals criticise president for ‘vulgar’ expression and ‘lack of empathy’ — President Emmanuel Macron has come under fire from political rivals for saying he wanted to …

Discussion: New York Times, Axios, The Guardian and Politico

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.

Discussion: The Daily Beast and Punchbowl News

New York Post:

Manhattan DA to stop seeking prison sentences in slew of criminal cases — Who needs soft-on-crime judges when the district attorney doesn't even want to lock up the bad guys? — Manhattan's new DA has ordered his prosecutors to stop seeking prison sentences for hordes of criminals …

Discussion: HotAir, Pirate's Cove, The Truth About Guns, National Review, Daily Mail, Fox News, Twitchy and Page Array

Clare Malone / New Yorker:

Ben Smith Can't Say What His New Media Venture Is — The departing Times media columnist and former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News wants to push the envelope but isn't yet ready to say just how. — Ben Smith had a hundred-and-forty-four unread text messages when we talked …

Discussion: Puck, Poynter, Indigenous Wire, DNyuz, Washington Post, The Hill, Wall Street Journal and Hollywood Reporter, more at Mediagazer »

Ben Winslow / KSTU:

Entrata founder emails Utah tech CEOs, claiming COVID vaccine part of extermination plot by ‘the Jews’ — SALT LAKE CITY — The founder and chair of Entrata, a Silcon Slopes tech firm, sent an email to a number of tech CEOs and Utah business and political leaders, claiming the COVID-19 vaccine …

Discussion: Salt Lake Tribune, The Daily Beast, Deseret News, Alternet.org, Insider, Raw Story, The Times of Israel, WTOP News, MyNorthwest.com, National Zero and WEB OF EVIL, more at Techmeme »

Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:

Don't Look Up Doesn't Get the Climate Crisis — Don't Look Up is an obscenely overlong, occasionally funny satire of American media and politics. But it aspires to be something more. — As he has emphasized in interviews, director Adam McKay conceived of the film as an allegory for the climate crisis.

Discussion: The Dispatch

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 …

Discussion: FOX 11 Los Angeles, Fox News, Breitbart, NBC Los Angeles, SFGATE and Daily Kos

Reuters:

Kazakhstan government resigns after violent protests over fuel price — Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government's resignation on Wednesday, his office said, after a fuel price increase in the oil-rich Central Asian country triggered protests in which nearly 100 police were injured.

Discussion: CBS News, Financial Times, BBC, Insider, UPI, The Guardian, The Moscow Times, Metro.co.uk, Fox News, Al Jazeera, SABC News, One America News Network and WTOP News

Jack Healy / New York Times:

How Gunfire Is Killing More American Children — Toddlers are discovering guns under piles of clothes and between couch cushions. Teenagers are obtaining untraceable ghost guns made from kits. Middle school students are carrying handguns for protection.

American Greatness:

The Ridiculous Fantasy of a National Divorce — The solution is not some sort of secession or civil war. The solution is for the Right to stop being rank amateurs when it comes to politics and governance. — Every now and then an absurd idea enters the discourse and picks up a sort of memetic traction in spite of itself.