memeorandum: Kicked off Facebook and Twitter, far-right groups lose online clout (Shannon Bond/NPR)

9:40 PM ET, January 6, 2022

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Susan Glasser / New Yorker:

Biden, Back Into the Breach — A year after the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol, the President delivered the speech that he never wanted to give. — He never mentioned Donald Trump by name. He didn't have to. Joe Biden gave the speech of his Presidency on Thursday …

Discussion: New York Magazine, NBC News, New York Times, New York Times, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Politico, PBS NewsHour, Washington Post, The Daily Signal, Alternet.org, One America News Network and KNSD-TV

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.”

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.

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Times, The Hill, Washington Examiner, HotAir, New York Post, UPI, Daily Kos, Fox News, HuffPost, Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, Discourse Blog, Twitchy and IJR

The White House:

Remarks By President Biden To Mark One Year Since The January 6th Deadly Assault On The U.S. Capitol — THE PRESIDENT: Madam Vice President, my fellow Americans: To state the obvious, one year ago today, in this sacred place, democracy was attacked — simply attacked. The will of the people was under assault.

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Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:

Republicans stay away, leaving Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene to play. — The anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol was marked with solemnity, but it wasn't exactly bipartisan. Both President Biden and Vice-President Harris addressed the nation from Statuary Hall.

Discussion: VICE, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, Alternet.org, Metro.co.uk, New York Times and Insider

Yacob Reyes / Axios: Gaetz: “We're proud of the work we did” on Jan. 6

YouTube:
Remarks to Mark One Year Since the Deadly Assault on the Capitol

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Washington Post:
Dick Cheney returns to the House and receives a warm welcome . . . from Democrats

Discussion: New York Times, Fox News, Self-Evident, PBS NewsHour and Political Wire

Sarakshi Rai / The Hill:
Trump lashes out at Biden over Jan. 6 speech

Discussion: Washington Examiner, CNBC, Washington Post, SABC News, Insider, POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Beast

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

Washington Post:

Biden breaks his silence: Inside his decision to forcefully denounce Trump — Throughout the first year of Joe Biden's presidency, Donald Trump was the name that shalt not be spoken. — As the former president solidified control over the Republican Party, spread lies about the 2020 election …

Discussion: CNN

Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Ignoring Trump Didn't Work. Biden Goes After ‘a Defeated Former President.’

Discussion: HuffPost, NBC News, Associated Press, CBS News, The Floridian, Voice of America, Daily Kos, Bloomberg, Oregon Capital Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, WRIC-TV and NBC4 Washington

Politico:
Ex-Trumpers set to plot how to try and take down Trump

Discussion: New York Magazine, CNN, Raw Story, TheBlaze and Washington Post

Washington Examiner:
The cult of Jan. 6 — A year ago today, a mob determined to intimidate Vice President Mike Pence …

Discussion: Newsbusters, Instapundit, The Bulwark and The Western Journal

Axios: In photos: An hour-by-hour record of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Geneva Sands / CNN:
DHS warns online threats have increased on extremist platforms over past 48 hours with some against lawmakers

Discussion: The Guardian and GovExec.com

Associated Press:
Taking on Trump is Biden's reluctant calling

Discussion: The American Independent, New York Post, BuzzFeed News, WTOP News, PolitiFact, Todd Starnes, Bloomberg, Metro.co.uk, The Hill, Insider, Truthout, Washington Post and Election Law Blog

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: Washington Post, HuffPost, CBS News, Washington Examiner, CNN, Fox News, Insider, ABC News, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Mediaite, The Guardian, Townhall, Forbes, National Zero and TheGrio

Katelyn Caralle / Daily Mail:

SEVENTH aide since Kamala Harris's disastrous June border trip announces he is leaving in staff exodus: Press director Peter Velz heads to the State Department after allegations of turmoil and ‘bullying’ in her office — Vince Evans confirmed he is leaving Vice President Kamala Harris' office …

NBC News:
Kamala Harris was at DNC on Jan. 6 when pipe bomb was found outside

Discussion: Insider

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, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller and Political Wire

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

JAMA Network:
A National Strategy for the “New Normal” of Life With COVID

Discussion: Washington Post, PBS NewsHour and Fox News

David Remnick / New Yorker:

Is a Civil War Ahead? — A year after the attack on the Capitol, America is suspended between democracy and autocracy. — The edifice of American exceptionalism has always wobbled on a shoddy foundation of self-delusion, and yet most Americans have readily accepted the commonplace …

Discussion: Today in Tabs

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

Discussion: New York Times and Wrong Side of History

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, Oregon Capital Chronicle, Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, Lawyers, Guns & Money and opb

opb:
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: CBS News, Washington Post, New York Magazine, HuffPost and Politico

Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:

White House, USPS finalizing plans to begin shipping coronavirus test kits to U.S. households — The White House is finalizing details with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver 500 million coronavirus test kits to households across the country, according to four people familiar with the plans …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Press Herald

Zoe Richards / The Daily Beast:

Family Fumes After Capitol Rioter Out on Bond Kills Young Mom in Drunken Crash — Emily Hernandez, 22, infamously appeared in photos carrying a broken sign from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office. — A 22-year-old woman who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was drunk and driving …

Discussion: KMOV-TV

St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Woman tied to Capitol riots was wrong-way driver in fatal crash in Franklin County

Discussion: New York Post, Insider and Raw Story

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 Examiner, WRIC-TV, Twitchy, Blue Virginia, The Daily Caller, RedState and Instapundit

Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon: Tim Kaine's I-95 Traffic Ordeal His Own Damn Fault, Says Blackface Governor

Brad Reed / Raw Story:

Mo Brooks was ‘cheering on’ Trump supporters invading the Capitol: Former Kevin McCarthy staffer — A former staffer for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Thursday made an explosive claim about Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) and his reaction to the January 6th Capitol riots.

New York Times:

Corporations Donated Millions to Lawmakers Who Voted to Overturn Election Results — One year after the Capitol riot, many businesses resumed corporate donations to lawmakers who voted against certifying the 2020 election. — WASHINGTON — At its annual summit on the state of American business …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Washington Post, Associated Press, Roll Call, Daily Kos, Washington Times and BuzzFeed News

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

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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.

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: Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Daily Dot and New York Daily News

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.”