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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 Trump supporters who breached the Capitol a year ago, saying that “democracy was attacked” and urging Americans to ensure such an attack “never, never happens again.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Washington Examiner:
The cult of Jan. 6 — A year ago today, a mob determined to intimidate Vice President Mike Pence …
The cult of Jan. 6 — A year ago today, a mob determined to intimidate Vice President Mike Pence …
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The Western Journal, Newsbusters, Instapundit and The Bulwark
Wall Street Journal:
Democracy Isn't Dying — Jan. 6 was a riot, not an insurrection, and U.S. institutions held.
Democracy Isn't Dying — Jan. 6 was a riot, not an insurrection, and U.S. institutions held.
Yacob Reyes / Axios:
Gaetz: “We're proud of the work we did” on Jan. 6
Gaetz: “We're proud of the work we did” on Jan. 6
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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.
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
The Strangest Ongoing Mystery of January 6
The Strangest Ongoing Mystery of January 6
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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.
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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.
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Insider, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
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.
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.
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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” …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Republicans for Democracy — American democracy may depend on a conservative-liberal alliance.
Republicans for Democracy — American democracy may depend on a conservative-liberal alliance.
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New York Times:
Corporations Donated Millions to Lawmakers Who Voted to Overturn Election Results
Corporations Donated Millions to Lawmakers Who Voted to Overturn Election Results
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Dick Cheney visits Capitol for Jan. 6, criticizes GOP leadership
Dick Cheney visits Capitol for Jan. 6, criticizes GOP leadership
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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 …
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
McConnell open to changing how Congress certifies presidential elections
McConnell open to changing how Congress certifies presidential elections
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Year Later, Jan. 6 Becomes Just Another Wedge in a Divided Nation
A Year Later, Jan. 6 Becomes Just Another Wedge in a Divided Nation
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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 …
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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
New Poll: One Year After Jan. 6th, Disturbing Support for Authoritarianism
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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) …
Washington Post:
In the nation's hospitals, this covid wave is different — The number of Americans hospitalized with covid-19 reached more than 126,000 this week — the highest level in a year. But this wave of the pandemic looks different from what came before, with dueling variants on the move.
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
If the Jan. 6 coup succeeded, what would Michigan Republicans have done? — Today is the most inauspicious of anniversaries, as we came closer to losing our democracy on Jan. 6, 2021, than anyone ever dared to imagine at the time. — As a European history major who's spent time studying coups …
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