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10:30 PM ET, January 6, 2022

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Susan Glasser / New Yorker:
Biden, Back Into the Breach  —  A year after the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol, the President delivered the speech that he never wanted to give.  —  He never mentioned Donald Trump by name.  He didn't have to.  Joe Biden gave the speech of his Presidency on Thursday …
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Dick Cheney comes to Capitol on Jan. 6, says he's ‘deeply disappointed’ in GOP leadership  —  He spoke with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl.  —  While most Republicans were absent on Capitol Hill for the Jan. 6 anniversary Thursday, one of the party's most prominent elder statesmen was there.
Washington Post:
On Jan. 6 anniversary, Biden calls out Trump for ‘web of lies’ about 2020 election … President Biden on Thursday decried the violent mob of Trump supporters who breached the Capitol a year ago, saying that “democracy was attacked” and urging Americans to ensure such an attack “never, never happens again.”
The White House:
Remarks By President Biden To Mark One Year Since The January 6th Deadly Assault On The U.S. Capitol  —  THE PRESIDENT: Madam Vice President, my fellow Americans: To state the obvious, one year ago today, in this sacred place, democracy was attacked — simply attacked.  The will of the people was under assault.
Yacob Reyes / Axios:   Gaetz: “We're proud of the work we did” on Jan. 6
YouTube:
Remarks to Mark One Year Since the Deadly Assault on the Capitol
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump did not want to tweet ‘stay peaceful’ during January 6 riot, key former aide says  —  (CNN)A former Trump White House official said then-President Donald Trump initially refused to tweet the words “stay peaceful” as the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was escalating.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Biden breaks his silence: Inside his decision to forcefully denounce Trump  —  Throughout the first year of Joe Biden's presidency, Donald Trump was the name that shalt not be spoken.  —  As the former president solidified control over the Republican Party, spread lies about the 2020 election …
Discussion: CNN and Breitbart
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Ignoring Trump Didn't Work. Biden Goes After ‘a Defeated Former President.’
Axios:   In photos: An hour-by-hour record of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Geneva Sands / CNN:
DHS warns online threats have increased on extremist platforms over past 48 hours with some against lawmakers
Discussion: The Guardian and GovExec.com
Associated Press:
Taking on Trump is Biden's reluctant calling
Politico:
Harris was inside DNC on Jan. 6 when pipe bomb was discovered outside  —  Then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was inside Democratic National Committee headquarters on Jan. 6, 2021, when a pipe bomb was discovered outside the building, according to four people familiar with her movements that day.
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Katelyn Caralle / Daily Mail:   SEVENTH aide since Kamala Harris's disastrous June border trip announces he is leaving in staff exodus: Press director Peter Velz heads to the State Department …
NBC News:
Kamala Harris was at DNC on Jan. 6 when pipe bomb was found outside
Discussion: National Review and Insider
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
White House, USPS finalizing plans to begin shipping coronavirus test kits to U.S. households  —  The White House is finalizing details with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver 500 million coronavirus test kits to households across the country, according to four people familiar with the plans …
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Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
White House backs Dem chances in midterm races amid high turnover: 'we'd rather be us than them'  —  Concern over who will hold House, Senate majorities commences as Biden has yet to pass Build Back Better  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for January 6  —  Democrats on the Hill are gearing …
Discussion: Townhall
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Mike Pompeo tells The Post how he lost 90 pounds in six months  —  America isn't just seeing less of Mike Pompeo because the Trump administration is no longer in the White House.  We are seeing less of the former Secretary of State because there is literally less of him — 90 pounds, to be exact.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Advisers to Biden's Transition Team Call for Altered U.S. Strategy  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  Some health advisers to Biden's transition team call on the administration to change its Covid strategy.  —  On the day President Biden was inaugurated …
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Is a Civil War Ahead?  —  A year after the attack on the Capitol, America is suspended between democracy and autocracy.  —  The edifice of American exceptionalism has always wobbled on a shoddy foundation of self-delusion, and yet most Americans have readily accepted the commonplace …
Discussion: Today in Tabs
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John F. Harris / Politico:
We Are In a New Civil War ... About What Exactly?
Zoe Richards / The Daily Beast:
Family Fumes After Capitol Rioter Out on Bond Kills Young Mom in Drunken Crash  —  Emily Hernandez, 22, infamously appeared in photos carrying a broken sign from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office.  —  A 22-year-old woman who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was drunk and driving …
Discussion: KMOV-TV
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Woman tied to Capitol riots was wrong-way driver in fatal crash in Franklin County
Discussion: New York Post, Raw Story and Insider
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Mo Brooks was ‘cheering on’ Trump supporters invading the Capitol: Former Kevin McCarthy staffer  —  A former staffer for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Thursday made an explosive claim about Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) and his reaction to the January 6th Capitol riots.
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
We Reviewed All 733 Arrests From the Insurrection.  Here Is What We Found.  —  We reviewed all 733 criminal cases connected to the insurrection.  Here is what we found.  —  Thursday marks one year since a violent mob stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop the democratic transfer of power.
Discussion: Orange County Register and START
Hillary Borrud / Oregonian:
Democratic hopeful Nick Kristof doesn't qualify to run for governor, Secretary of State Shemia Fagan says  —  Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Nick Kristof does not meet Oregon's residency requirement to qualify to run for governor, Secretary of State Shemia Fagan announced Thursday morning.
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Washington Post:
In the nation's hospitals, this covid wave is different  —  The number of Americans hospitalized with covid-19 reached more than 126,000 this week — the highest level in a year.  But this wave of the pandemic looks different from what came before, with dueling variants on the move.
Audacy:
“Sick and Tired of People Talking About What Went Wrong”  —  Governor Ralph Northam Angrily Responds to Question Over I95 Backup  —  Richmond, Va. (Newsradiowrva.com) - In a one-on-one zoom interview with WRVA to discuss the end of his term, Governor Ralph Northam forcefully responded …
 
 
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Ken Bensinger / BuzzFeed News:
The Government Says A Key Informant In The Michigan Kidnapping Case Was A “Double Agent”
Selene San Felice / Axios:
Florida leads nation in Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases
Discussion: Palm Beach Post and National Zero
Haley Talbot / InStyle:
I Was in the Capitol on Jan. 6, and I Won't Stop Telling My Story
Discussion: Daily Kos
Shannon Bond / NPR:
Kicked off Facebook and Twitter, far-right groups lose online clout
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
If the Jan. 6 coup succeeded, what would Michigan Republicans have done?
Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Don't come to Atlanta without a plan to pass voting laws, groups tell Biden, Harris
Discussion: The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
White House Nominates Airborne Officer to Lead Central Command
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George Korda / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Color these (new) Tennessee former blue-staters red
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Enjoyed Riot So Much He Rewound TV to Watch It Twice, Ex-Aide Says
Washington Post:
Would Americans ever support a coup? 40 percent now say yes.
Discussion: Townhall
Jonah Goldberg / Common Sense:
The January 6th Republicans
 

 
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