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5:55 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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Remarks to Mark One Year Since the Deadly Assault on the Capitol  —  President Biden and Vice President Harris Deliver Remarks to Mark One Year Since the January 6th Deadly Assault on the CapitolWashington, DC
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.
Discussion: Insider, Townhall, Forbes and TheGrio
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.
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.
The White House:
Remarks By President Biden To Mark One Year Since The January 6th Deadly Assault On The U.S. Capitol
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Jan. 6 live updates: Biden slams Trump for ‘web of lies’ about Jan. 6, election loss
Reuters:
Biden calls Trump threat to democracy on anniversary of Capitol attack
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:   The Strangest Ongoing Mystery of January 6
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 Examiner:
The cult of Jan. 6  —  A year ago today, a mob determined to intimidate Vice President Mike Pence and Congress into delaying the certification of the 2020 presidential election descended upon the Capitol from the Ellipse, where President Donald Trump had falsely told them, “We won this election, and we won it by a landslide.”
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
If the Jan. 6 coup succeeded, what would Michigan Republicans have done?
Wall Street Journal:
Democracy Isn't Dying  —  Jan. 6 was a riot, not an insurrection, and U.S. institutions held.
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
McConnell open to changing how Congress certifies presidential elections
Discussion: Mother Jones, USA Today and IJR
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How the both-sides media would cover a successful Trump coup  —  There is a tremendous amount of terrific journalistic work being done documenting Donald Trump's ongoing efforts to destroy democracy and his party's eager acquiescence in them.  But there's still a great deal of both-sidesing …
Tom Hogan / The Bulwark:
New Poll: One Year After Jan. 6th, Disturbing Support for Authoritarianism
Discussion: Page Array
Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Year Later, Jan. 6 Becomes Just Another Wedge in a Divided Nation
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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Oregon election officials say former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof has not been a resident of the state long enough to run for governor.
Discussion: New York Magazine and HuffPost
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof ineligible to run for governor, Oregon secretary of state says
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.
Politico:
Ex-Trumpers set to plot how to try and take down Trump  —  Those involved include Stephanie Grisham, Miles Taylor, Olivia Troye and Anthony Scaramucci.  —  Then-White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham listens to former President Donald Trump talk to reporters.
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Enjoyed Riot So Much He Rewound TV to Watch It Twice, Ex-Aide Says
Discussion: New Republic and New York Post
CNN:
Stephanie Grisham says group of ex-Trump officials to meet next week to discuss how to ‘stop’ him
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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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:   Tim Kaine's I-95 Traffic Ordeal His Own Damn Fault, Says Blackface Governor
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 …
David Gilbert / VICE:
Anti-Vax Podcaster Who Got COVID at a Conspiracy Conference Has Died  —  Doug Kuzma, 61, used his show to push an array of conspiracy theories ranging from QAnon to COVID denial and election fraud lies.  —  DG  —  A QAnon and anti-vaccine podcaster has died from complications due to COVID-19 …
Discussion: The Daily Dot
Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Don't come to Atlanta without a plan to pass voting laws, groups tell Biden, Harris  —  A coalition of Georgia voting rights groups says President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris should skip traveling to Atlanta next week unless they come with a concrete plan to pass federal voting laws immediately.
Discussion: The Hill
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
The awkward issue of Biden's age
Discussion: The Daily Wire
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 …
George Korda / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Color these (new) Tennessee former blue-staters red  —  Blue-state advocates will sometimes claim that it's only because of a lower cost of living that blue-staters are stampeding for the exits.  But that oversimplifies the issue.  —  Blue-state America's tired, poor (or not) …
 
 
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Tom Porter / Insider:
QAnon networks are evading Twitter's crackdown on disinformation to pump out pro-Capitol-riot propaganda, study says
Discussion: Raw Story
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White Backlash Is A Type Of Racial Reckoning, Too
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 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Memo: Steven Ginsberg named managing editor
Washington Post:
Would Americans ever support a coup? 40 percent now say yes.
Discussion: Townhall
Joel Currier / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Mark McCloskey's guns haven't been destroyed and he wants them back. The city says no.
Discussion: CBS News and Insider
John F. Harris / Politico:
We Are In a New Civil War ... About What Exactly?
Discussion: New York Times
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