memeorandum: 8 Times Left-Wing Protesters Broke Into Government Buildings And Assaulted Democracy (Kylee Zempel/The Federalist)

11:40 AM ET, January 7, 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: CNN, Washington Post, New York Times, NBC News, PBS NewsHour, The Daily Signal, Patriot Fetch, New York Times, Associated Press, New York Magazine, Politico and Los Angeles Times

Tara Palmeri / Politico: POLITICO Playbook: Biden finds a new Manchin whisperer

Washington Post:
Biden breaks his silence: Inside his decision to forcefully denounce Trump

Discussion: Washington Examiner and Breitbart

Joseph Klein / Front Page Magazine:
Biden's January 6 Anniversary Speech - and His Big Lies

Discussion: Small Dead Animals, Townhall and ABC News

Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Placeholder President — The most impassioned speech of Joe Biden's presidency …

Discussion: The Western Journal and Sabato's Crystal Ball

ABC News:
Biden's ‘inflection point’ in confronting Trumpism: The Note

Discussion: NBC News, National Review, NPR, Times of San Diego and Daily Kos

CNN:
Inside Biden's fiery speech and his decision to confront Trump's danger head-on

Discussion: Politics and History, Common Dreams, Mediaite, Washington Post and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Biden's Speech on the Jan. 6 Riot, Annotated

Donald J. Trump:

Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America — To watch Biden speaking is very hurtful to many people. They're the ones who tried to stop the peaceful transfer with a rigged election. Just look at the numbers. Does anybody really think that Biden beat Obama …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Axios, HotAir, CNN, Digby's Hullabaloo, Political Wire and New York Magazine

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Ted Cruz Begs Tucker Carlson's Forgiveness for Being Mean to Violent Insurrectionists — Senator Ted Cruz has tried to cling to what has become the safest ground in the Republican Party: Denouncing the violent attack on the Capitol one year ago without criticizing either the lies that inspired …

Discussion: Insider, Rolling Stone, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Washington Post, The Texas Tribune, The Daily Caller, Newsweek, IJR, Townhall, Alternet.org, BizPac Review, Summit News, [your]NEWS, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Breitbart and TheBlaze

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

Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Republicans stay away, leaving Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene to play.

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

Ed Morrissey / HotAir:

Politico: Dems call in Epstein frequent flier to convince Manchin to kill the filibuster — Among others, that is, which prompts the question: just how popular are the Clintons in West Virginia? Or for that matter Barack Obama? Oprah Winfrey might have a bigger TV fan base in the Mountain State …

Discussion: Louder With Crowder

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Bill Clinton, Oprah and his fellow centrists: Dems go all-out to sway Manchin — The strongest voices lobbying Joe Manchin to change Senate rules and advance elections reform aren't liberal activists or die-hard filibuster opponents. Instead, they're a small group of his friends who once shared his reluctance.

Discussion: HotAir and Insider

Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Should the filibuster stay or go? Here's how to argue about it.

Discussion: Arizona Republic, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Alternet.org, The Federalist and Punchbowl News

Jeff Cox / CNBC:

Hiring falters in December as payrolls rise only 199,000, though the unemployment fell to 3.9% — Nonfarm payrolls rose by 199,000 in December, far fewer than the 422,000 estimate. — The unemployment rate dropped to 3.9%, better than the 4.1% estimate. — Wages increased more than expected, rising 4.7% year over year.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, HotAir, CBS News, KTLA, UPI, Los Angeles Times, Deadline and Political Wire

Noah Smith / Noahpinion:

The Biden Boom — We kept ourselves out of debt, so now we're enjoying a speedy recovery. — The official numbers aren't in yet, but In the 4th quarter of 2021, the United States economy is believed to have grown by about 5.5% or 6%. That's a pretty incredible number …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

William Grimes / New York Times:

Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 — The first Black performer to win the Academy Award for best actor, for “Lilies of the Field,” he once said he felt “as if I were representing 15, 18 million people with every move I made.”

Discussion: Deadline, Insider, FOX 5 San Diego and Variety

Daniel Arkin / NBC News:

Sidney Poitier, trailblazing Hollywood icon who broke barriers for Black actors, dies at 94 — Remembering Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier, dead at 94 — Sidney Poitier, the renowned Hollywood actor, director and activist who commanded the screen, reshaped the culture and paved …

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Kylee Zempel / The Federalist:

8 Times Left-Wing Protesters Broke Into Government Buildings And Assaulted Democracy — Left-wing demonstrators have long made a habit of attacking, infiltrating, and occupying government buildings. — Self-absorbed congressional Democrats held a group therapy session on Capitol Hill …

CNN:

CDC director turns to media consultant as Covid-19 messaging frustrations mount — (CNN)Dr. Rochelle Walensky assumed her new role as the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last January with a vow to restore trust in the agency. But last fall, several months …

Discussion: Mediaite

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: Insider, The Hill, TheGrio, The Root, KRQE-TV, Gizmodo, Wide World of News, New York Post, Fox News, The White House, Wall Street Journal and Press Herald

Ed Yong / The Atlantic:

Omicron Isn't Mild for the Health-Care System — When a health-care system crumbles, this is what it looks like. Much of what's wrong happens invisibly. At first, there's just a lot of waiting. Emergency rooms get so full that “you'll wait hours and hours, and you may not be able …

Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:

What Role Will January 6 Play in The 2022 Midterms? — The following things can be true at the same time. First, the attack on the Capitol on January 6 was a dark moment in American history and one in which the former president bears responsibility. Second, the attack on the Capitol …

Discussion: Arizona Republic, Dame Magazine, The Signorile Report, The Morning Edition, Democrats, Daily Kos, BizPac Review, Raw Story and IJR

Washington Post:

Do Republicans really believe Trump won the 2020 election? Our research suggests that they do. — All credible evidence tells us that the 2020 election was very secure. Experts on both sides of the political aisle, and even President Donald Trump's own Justice Department, have confirmed that 2020 was a free and fair election.

Discussion: Mediaite and FiveThirtyEight

David Brooks / New York Times:

Democrats Are Failing to Defend Democracy — When it comes to elections, the Republican Party operates within a carapace of lies. So we rely on the Democrats to preserve our system of government. — The problem is that Democrats live within their own insular echo chamber.

Discussion: The Liberal Patriot and Washington Post

Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Democrats Will Have to Do More to Save Democracy From Trump

Discussion: CounterPunch, RedState and New York Post

Philip Banks III / New York Daily News:

My call to protect and serve NYC: Philip Banks, Eric Adams' newly appointed deputy mayor for public safety, defends himself — The law is in my blood. My brothers and I grew up with it, watching my father leave the house every day from our home in Cambria Heights, off to protect the people of the city.

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: National Zero, Insider, Liberty Unyielding and TheBlaze

Washington Post:

Thompson says some of the Jan. 6 protesters met with members of Congress — The Chair of the House committee investigating the Jan 6. attack on the Capitol said Thursday that the committee has received information showing that members of Congress met with people who came to Washington …

Discussion: Deadline, CNN, Talking Points Memo and PBS NewsHour

Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:

Cyber Ninjas faces fine over Arizona election review records — PHOENIX (AP) — A judge said Thursday he will fine Cyber Ninjas, the contractor that led Arizona Republicans' 2020 election review, $50,000 a day if the firm doesn't immediately turn over public records related to the unprecedented inquiry.

Discussion: Metacurity, HuffPost, Insider, The Hill and Raw Story

Washington Post:

Kazakhstan president gives shoot-to-kill order against protesters, dismissing calls for negotiations — MOSCOW — Kazakhstan's president said Friday he had ordered his troops to “shoot to kill without warning” in an effort to quash anti-government protests that have been raging since the weekend.

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Dan Merica / CNN:

Sen. Mark Kelly raises nearly $9 million in final three months of 2021 — (CNN)Sen. Mark Kelly raised nearly $9 million in the final three months of 2021, a figure that surpasses what he raised in the previous three months and positions the Arizona Democrat to be one of the best funded candidates in the 2022 midterms.

Discussion: The Hill

Laura Cassels / Florida Phoenix:

DeSantis admits, up to 1 million COVID test kits DID expire in FL — Quality Journalism for Critical Times — Gov. Ron DeSantis and Kevin Guthrie, director of Florida's Division of Emergency Management, acknowledged Thursday that 800,000 to a million COVID tests had expired in a state stockpile …

Discussion: Palm Beach Post, HuffPost, Florida Politics, WPLG-TV, Insider, Fox News, Alternet.org, WPEC, The Capitolist and CBS Miami

Axios:

Conservative social media app Parler raises $20 million — Parler, the social media app that was temporarily booted from app stores in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, has raised $20 million in new funding, according to a filing with federal securities regulators.