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7:45 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 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.
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.
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
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Jan. 6 live updates: Biden slams Trump for ‘web of lies’ about Jan. 6, election loss
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
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Yacob Reyes / Axios:
Gaetz: “We're proud of the work we did” on Jan. 6  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) doubled down on his rhetoric about the Capitol insurrection on Thursday, telling Steve Bannon on his podcast that he is “ashamed of nothing” and “proud of the work we did” on Jan. 6.
Discussion: New York Magazine and VICE
Axios:   In photos: An hour-by-hour record of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Wall Street Journal:
Democracy Isn't Dying  —  Jan. 6 was a riot, not an insurrection, and U.S. institutions held.
Associated Press:
Taking on Trump is Biden's reluctant calling
Selene San Felice / Axios:
Florida leads nation in Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases
Discussion: Palm Beach Post and National Zero
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.
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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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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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
Discussion: New Republic and New York Post
CNN:
Stephanie Grisham says group of ex-Trump officials to meet next week to discuss how to ‘stop’ him
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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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof ineligible to run for governor, Oregon secretary of state says
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
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John F. Harris / Politico:
We Are In a New Civil War ... About What Exactly?
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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:   Tim Kaine's I-95 Traffic Ordeal His Own Damn Fault, Says Blackface Governor
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
Discussion: Mother Jones and IJR
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 …
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.”
Wall Street Journal:
White House Nominates Airborne Officer to Lead Central Command  —  Army Lt. Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla would succeed Gen. Frank McKenzie and oversee operations in the Middle East  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden has nominated a top Army general to be the next commander of U.S. military operations …
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 …
 
 
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 More Items: 
Haley Talbot / InStyle:
I Was in the Capitol on Jan. 6, and I Won't Stop Telling My Story
Shannon Bond / NPR:
Kicked off Facebook and Twitter, far-right groups lose online clout
Discussion: Raw Story and Mother Jones
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
If the Jan. 6 coup succeeded, what would Michigan Republicans have done?
Discussion: NPR
Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Don't come to Atlanta without a plan to pass voting laws, groups tell Biden, Harris
Discussion: The Hill
Tom Porter / Insider:
QAnon networks are evading Twitter's crackdown on disinformation to pump out pro-Capitol-riot propaganda, study says
Discussion: Raw Story
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George Korda / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Color these (new) Tennessee former blue-staters red
Washington Post:
Would Americans ever support a coup? 40 percent now say yes.
Discussion: Townhall
 

 
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