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8:50 PM ET, January 5, 2022

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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 …
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.
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.
Washington Post:
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?
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Jan. 6 anniversary speech: Biden to call out Trump's ‘responsibility’
Politico:
‘Shocked and stunned and horrified’: How Joe Biden processed Jan. 6
Discussion: NBC News
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's phone records
Discussion: CBS News, The Daily Beast and CNN
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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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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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Fixing the Electoral Count Act is no substitute for voting reform
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Washington Post:
How Congress can fix the Electoral Count Act
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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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
How to get real accountability for Jan. 6
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The GOP isn't even trying to sound coherent anymore
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: Sacramento Bee
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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.
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: Talking Points Memo and Insider
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.
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.
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com and WTOP News
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.
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 …
Discussion: CNN
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
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.
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.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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.
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 …
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 …
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: Reuters, LifeSite and GovExec.com
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
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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Christopher F. Rufo / City Journal:
The Price of Dissent  —  A Reuters data scientist questioned the Black Lives Matter narrative—so the company fired him.
BuzzFeed News:
Texas Is Still Not Recognizing The Full Death Toll Of The Last Year's Devastating Winter Storm
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Can Democrats make protecting democracy matter in 2022? This candidate says yes.
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
GOP officials in Arizona's largest county affirm 2020 election was secure in rebuttal to Trump claims
Discussion: The Hill, New York Times and NBC News
 Earlier Items: 
Nick Bromberg / Yahoo Sports:
NASCAR doesn't approve 'Let's Go Brandon' cryptocurrency sponsorship of Xfinity Series driver Brandon Brown
Kate Gibson / CBS News:
Most, but not all, corporations kept their post-January 6 PAC pledges
Discussion: The Hill and The Root
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
The January Sixers Have Their Own Unit at the DC Jail. Here's What Life Is Like Inside
Richard Belcher / 95.5 WSB:
Georgia judge facing possible expulsion after he's caught on video attacking defendant
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Dalton / Wall Street Journal:
France's Macron Rails Against Unvaccinated People