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3:05 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.”

Discussion: New York Times, National Review, Breitbart, Fox News, Politico, Raw Story, The Daily Beast, TMZ.com, Mercury News, The Hill, Al Jazeera, Dispatches From A …, Common Dreams, CNN, UPI, YouTube, Wall Street Journal and Mediaite

YouTube:

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, Mediaite, Daily Kos, The Moderate Voice, Fox News, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Balloon Juice, WINK NEWS, National Zero, New York Times and CNN

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

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

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

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

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

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, WSVN-TV and Denver Post

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

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

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

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

Discussion: The American Independent, National Review, New York Magazine, Associated Press, The Atlantic, PBS NewsHour, Daily Kos, Wayne Besen, BizPac Review, Truthout, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Alternet.org, NBC Connecticut, Washington Post and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, Can We Still Govern?, 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 and The Federalist

Axios:
Biden blames Trump for Jan. 6 Capitol riot

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

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: Vox, HuffPost, 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 …

Discussion: Page Array

John F. Harris / Politico:
We Are In a New Civil War ... About What Exactly?

Discussion: Washington Post

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

Discussion: New York Post, CNN, NPR, BuzzFeed News, JONATHAN TURLEY and 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

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: Politico, Associated Press, The Hill, National Review and opb

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.

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

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

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: Washington Free Beacon, RedState, The Daily Caller, Twitchy and Blue Virginia

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) …

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.

Discussion: Associated Press, The Guardian, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Bloomberg, HotAir, The National Interest, NPR, The Diplomat, Insider, UPI, WINK NEWS, Al Jazeera, Japan Times and Agence France-Presse

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 »

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

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 …

Discussion: New York Times, The Hill, New York Post, Deadline, TechCrunch, One America News Network and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:

Florida's DeSantis: Comparisons of Jan. 6 to 9/11 ‘insult to the people that were going into those buildings’ — DeSantis says Jan. 6 anniversary is media's ‘Christmas’ — DeSantis rips ‘lockdown-politicians’ for hypocrisy as AOC, Swalwell vacation in Florida: ‘This is a ruling class mentality’

Discussion: Politico, The Hill, RedState, The Federalist, TheBlaze and The Floridian

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, One America News Network and CNN

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 …