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3:40 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
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.
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Jan. 6 live updates: Biden slams Trump for ‘web of lies’ about Jan. 6, election loss
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 …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Year Later, Jan. 6 Becomes Just Another Wedge in a Divided Nation
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans' Jan. 6 Responsibility
FiveThirtyEight:
White Backlash Is A Type Of Racial Reckoning, Too
Discussion: Raw Story
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
McConnell open to changing how Congress certifies presidential elections
Discussion: USA Today, Mother Jones and IJR
George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
Trump must have his day in court for Jan. 6
Newt Gingrich / Gingrich 360:
Democrats Are Making a Mistake Focusing on Jan. 6
Discussion: Breitbart and The Federalist
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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Tom Hogan / The Bulwark:
New Poll: One Year After Jan. 6th, Disturbing Support for Authoritarianism
Discussion: Page Array
John F. Harris / Politico:
We Are In a New Civil War ... About What Exactly?
Discussion: Washington Post
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.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, The Hill and National Review
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof ineligible to run for governor, Oregon secretary of state says
Discussion: Associated Press, opb and Twitchy
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  —  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
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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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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 …
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) …
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’
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New York Times:
The Next Big Lies: Jan. 6 Was No Big Deal, or a Left-Wing Plot  —  How revisionist histories of Jan. 6 picked up where the “stop the steal” campaign left off, warping beliefs about what transpired at the Capitol.  —  It was mere hours after a mob spurred on by the “stop the steal” …
Discussion: Raw Story, Metro.co.uk and Daily Kos
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.
Discussion: Insider
 
 
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Joel Currier / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Mark McCloskey's guns haven't been destroyed and he wants them back. The city says no.
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Peter Spiegel / Financial Times:
Kazakhs shine a light on Putin's weakness — at the worst possible time
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