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2:35 PM ET, January 6, 2022

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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

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Examiner, UPI, Fox News, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Balloon Juice, WINK NEWS and National Zero

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.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, CNBC, Insider, KRQE-TV and POLITICUSUSA

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.

Discussion: The Hill, BuzzFeed News, HuffPost, Insider, Bloomberg, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The American Independent, Forbes, Associated Press and Political Wire

Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
A year later, GOP accuses Democrats of ‘exploiting’ Capitol riot

Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg, Metro.co.uk, The Federalist, The American Independent, CNN and One America News Network

USA Today:
‘A dagger at the throat of democracy’: Read the transcript of Biden's full speech calling out Trump

Discussion: The White House, New York Magazine, Daily Montanan, Associated Press, Variety and Los Angeles Times

Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Jan. 6 live updates: Biden slams Trump for ‘web of lies’ about Jan. 6, election loss

Discussion: Fox News, Public Notice, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, The Hill, HotAir, Insider, True North Research, FiveThirtyEight, Raw Story, SABC News, Voice of America, IJR and Twitchy

CBS News:
Live Updates: Biden warns democracy is at risk on January 6 anniversary

Discussion: NBC News, Washington Examiner, Common Dreams, Politics with Pete, BizPac Review, National Nurses United, Arizona Mirror, IJR and Metro.co.uk

Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
The false prophets who inspired the violence on Jan. 6

Discussion: Alternet.org

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.

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 …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Shot in the Dark and WSVN-TV

Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Year Later, Jan. 6 Becomes Just Another Wedge in a Divided Nation

Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
McConnell open to changing how Congress certifies presidential elections

Discussion: USA Today and Mother Jones

George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
Trump must have his day in court for his crimes on Jan. 6

Dean Obeidallah / MSNBC:
Garland needs to bring Jan. 6 criminal charges against Donald Trump

Discussion: CNN, NPR, BuzzFeed News, JONATHAN TURLEY and Washington Post

David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Republicans for Democracy — American democracy may depend on a conservative-liberal alliance.

Discussion: ABC News, NPR, The Present Age, Kevin Drum, Washington Post, The Flashpoint and BizPac Review

Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Your guide to Jan. 6 anniversary coverage

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Can We Still Govern?, New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, Bloomberg, Washington Times, The Hill, The Daily Caller and CNN

Newt Gingrich / Gingrich 360:
Democrats Are Making a Mistake Focusing on Jan. 6

Discussion: Breitbart, The Federalist and Mediaite

Axios:
Biden blames Trump for Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill, Media Matters for America, CBS News, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Western Journal, HuffPost, Mother Jones, The Guardian and IJR

Ivana Saric / Axios:
Garland: “No higher priority” than holding Capitol rioters accountable

Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire

FiveThirtyEight:
White Backlash Is A Type Of Racial Reckoning, Too

Discussion: Raw Story

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.”

Discussion: HuffPost, Vox, Law & Liberty, US Politics Reconsidered, Daily Kos, Raw Story and America, America

Tom Hogan / The Bulwark:

New Poll: One Year After Jan. 6th, Disturbing Support for Authoritarianism — Survey suggests that millions of Americans would support an “armed revolt” to put Trump back in the White House. — A year after supporters of Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn his election defeat …

John F. Harris / Politico:

We Are In a New Civil War ... About What Exactly? — For most of my reporting career, to refer to some dispute or another — over a judicial nomination, perhaps, or an uproar over a proposed shopping mall near a battlefield — as “a new Civil War” was to reach for a metaphor.

Discussion: Washington Post

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: Raw Story

Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:

Trump Enjoyed Riot So Much He Rewound TV to Watch It Twice, Ex-Aide Says — PLAY IT AGAIN — Donald Trump had such a good time watching the Capitol riot unfold on live TV that he rewound the coverage to watch it twice, according to his former press secretary Stephanie Grisham.

Discussion: New York Post

Alayna Treene / Axios:
Mike Pence's team helping Jan. 6 committee

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, Screaming into the Void and Twitchy

Oregon.gov:

PRESS ADVISORY: Notice of 11 AM Media Availability on Kristof Eligibility — Records Do Not Support Residency Requirements for Office of Oregon Governor — Salem, OR—Media Contact: Molly Woon, Senior Advisor, 971-375-2640, molly.woon@sos.oregon.gov — 11:00 AM Media Availability Information Below

Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill, National Review, Oregon Capital Chronicle and WTOP News

Hillary Borrud / Oregonian:
Democratic hopeful Nick Kristof doesn't qualify to run for governor, Secretary of State Shemia Fagan says

Discussion: Washington Post, Oregon Capital Chronicle and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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) …

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

Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News During the Jan. 6 Riots Was Even Worse Than You Remember

Discussion: Raw Story

Issues & Insights:
Think Jan. 6 Was A Big Deal? Here Are 30 Far More Significant Events On That Day In History

Discussion: Instapundit

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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Olzhas Auyezov / Reuters:
Fresh violence in Kazakhstan after Russia sends troops to put down uprising

Discussion: Radio Free Europe/Radio …, The Diplomat, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, Insider and TASS, more at Techmeme »

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, The Daily Caller, Twitchy and Blue Virginia

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 …