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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 …
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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.
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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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.
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Biden to squarely blame Trump for Jan. 6 assault — President Biden will squarely blame former president Donald Trump for the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, and for continuing to propagate falsehoods and unrest over the past year, when he speaks Thursday on the one-year anniversary of the insurrection.
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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
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Did the January 6th Coup Fail?
Did the January 6th Coup Fail?
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's phone records
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's phone records
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Psaki says Biden will address Trump's role in Capitol riot
Psaki says Biden will address Trump's role in Capitol riot
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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 …
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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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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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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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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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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The GOP isn't even trying to sound coherent anymore
The GOP isn't even trying to sound coherent anymore
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The Texas Tribune
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Surprise: Democrats dodged a gerrymandering fiasco. A top analyst explains why. — The long-awaited, long-feared Gerrymandering Apocalypse of 2021 has not materialized for Democrats after all. — Throughout last year, many analysts and panicked Democrats alike concluded that Republicans …
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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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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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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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FiveThirtyEight:
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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.
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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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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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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 …
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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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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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Grace Hauck / USA Today:
Virtual ‘walkout’: Chicago teachers vote for remote learning; city cancels classes for most of its 330,000 students — CHICAGO — Teachers in the nation's third-largest school district voted Tuesday to switch to remote learning, and city leaders reacted by canceling classes for most of the district's 330,000 students.
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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Power Line, Ford Foundation and National Review
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 …
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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 …
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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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