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12:55 PM ET, January 6, 2022

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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 President Donald Trump's supporters who breached the Capitol a year ago, saying that “democracy was attacked” and urging Americans to make sure such an attack “never, never happens again.”
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
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.
Sarakshi Rai / The Hill:
Trump lashes out at Biden over Jan. 6 speech  —  Former President Trump on Thursday responded to President Biden's fiery speech on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol saying the remarks alluding to Trump's role in the riot deepened political divides in the country.
Reuters:
Biden calls Trump threat to democracy on anniversary of Capitol attack  —  President Joe Biden on Thursday accused his predecessor Donald Trump of posing a continuing threat to American democracy in a speech on the anniversary of the deadly U.S. Capitol attack by Trump supporters who tried to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
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.
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 …
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
McConnell open to changing how Congress certifies presidential elections  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would consider changes to the way Congress certifies presidential elections, telling reporters in the Capitol Wednesday the system might need reform.
Discussion: USA Today
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Jan. 6 live updates: Biden slams Trump for ‘web of lies’ about Jan. 6, election loss
Jimmy Carter / New York Times:
I Fear for Our Democracy  —  Mr. Carter was the 39th president of the United States.
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.
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David Siders / Politico:
GOP commemorates denialism day
Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner:
Ted Cruz criticized for calling Jan. 6 riot a ‘violent terrorist attack’
Jonah Goldberg / Common Sense:
The January 6th Republicans  —  When I first met Jonah Goldberg, he boasted that he came from “one of the great New York Times-hating families.”  They hated it, he told me, but respected it.  “My father paid it the high compliment of thinking it deserved his enmity.”
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David Rohde / New Yorker:
The January 6th Criminal Case Against Donald Trump
Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
NYT To Buy The Athletic for $550 Million  —  The New York Times Co has agreed to acquire subscription sports site The Athletic in a deal valued at around $550 million, according to a person familiar with the situation.  —  The deal is a major acquisition for the Times …
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
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Issues & Insights:
Think Jan. 6 Was A Big Deal? Here Are 30 Far More Significant Events On That Day In History
Discussion: Instapundit and Associated Press
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News During the Jan. 6 Riots Was Even Worse Than You Remember
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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 …
Discussion: HotAir
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
The Strangest Ongoing Mystery of January 6  —  The security-camera footage is grainy and gray with no sound, like an old silent film.  Night has fallen in Washington, and a person wearing a light-colored hoodie, a face mask, and Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers strides down the sidewalk along South Capitol Street carrying a backpack.
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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 …
Discussion: RedState
John Kruzel / The Hill:
Democrats quietly explore barring Trump from office over Jan. 6  —  In the year since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a handful of Democrats, constitutional scholars and pro-democracy advocates have been quietly exploring how a post-Civil War amendment to the Constitution might be used …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Jamal Simmons to be named Harris communication director  —  Jamal Simmons, a longtime top Democratic communications aide, will be tapped as communications director to Vice President Harris, sources tell The Hill.  —  The announcement is expected to be made on Thursday, the sources say.
Discussion: CNN
Peter Spiegel / Financial Times:
Kazakhs shine a light on Putin's weakness — at the worst possible time  —  Russian president's brinkmanship over Ukraine was an attempt to project regional strength; a new uprising has foiled the gambit  —  It was not much more than a week ago that it appeared Vladimir Putin once again had the west cornered.
Discussion: Bloomberg
 
 
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Washington Post:
Would Americans ever support a coup? 40 percent now say yes.
Joel Currier / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Mark McCloskey's guns haven't been destroyed and he wants them back. The city says no.
Discussion: Insider and CBS News
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
The false prophets who inspired the violence on Jan. 6
Discussion: Alternet.org
John F. Harris / Politico:
We Are In a New Civil War ... About What Exactly?
Discussion: Washington Post
Jean Guerrero / Los Angeles Times:
How the insurrection's ideology came straight out of 1990s California politics
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Thomas Lecaque / The Bulwark:
The Twisted, Trumpist Religion of Jan. 6th
Discussion: Salon and Raw Story
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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
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Christopher F. Rufo / City Journal:
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