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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Capitol attack panel investigates Trump over potential criminal conspiracy — Messages between Mark Meadows and others suggest the Trump White House coordinated efforts to stop Joe Biden's certification — The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack is examining whether Donald Trump oversaw …
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Claudia Grisales / NPR:
The chair of the Jan. 6 panel says the committee will ask Mike Pence to appear — Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the Democratic-led House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, says they expect to ask former Vice President Mike Pence to voluntarily appear this month.
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Jan. 6 committee indicates it will ask Pence to appear this month — The head of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot indicated Friday that the panel will ask former Vice President Mike Pence this month to voluntarily meet with lawmakers.
New York Times:
As More Teachers' Unions Push for Remote Schooling, Parents Worry. So Do Democrats. — Chicago teachers have voted to go remote. Other unions are agitating for change. For Democrats, who promised to keep schools open, the tensions are a distinctly unwelcome development.
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Jeff Coltin / City & State New York:
Can Eric Adams really hire his brother? — Bernard Adams wouldn't be the first family member of a mayor to work in their administration. — New York City Mayor Eric Adams' brother, Bernard Adams, is getting a high level job as deputy commissioner in the New York City Police Department …
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Craig McCarthy / New York Post:
Eric Adams taps younger brother Bernard as a deputy police commissioner
Eric Adams taps younger brother Bernard as a deputy police commissioner
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Ted Cruz Debases Himself for the Base — The Texas senator tries to be all things to all people, and ends up pleasing no one. — U.S. — What Happened on January 6 — By KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON — The Capitol riot was just the tip of a very dangerous spear. — U.S. — Anniversary of a Disgrace
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Was the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol an Act of ‘Terrorism’?
Was the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol an Act of ‘Terrorism’?
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Ted Cruz Grovels To Tucker Carlson, Cements New GOP Standard: No Criticism Of Jan. 6
Ted Cruz Grovels To Tucker Carlson, Cements New GOP Standard: No Criticism Of Jan. 6
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
America's Omicron Wave Already Looks More Severe Than Europe's — From abroad, where COVID-conscious Americans now look for portents of our near-term Omicron future, nearly all the signs have been positive over the last few weeks. In fact, case numbers aside, the U.K. and continental surges …
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Sam Rosenfeld / Washington Post:
Democracy is on the brink of disaster. For voters, it's politics as usual. … It was the scariest of times, it was the stablest of times. — Contemporary American politics offers an unsettling study in contrasts. On the one hand, Donald Trump's lies about a stolen presidential election …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Manchin's $1.8 trillion spending offer appears no longer to be on the table — The West Virginia Democrat, who has consulted Mitt Romney and Trump's former economic adviser, had backed climate and education spending, but talks are now on ice — The week before Christmas …
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Ninfa Saavedra / Click2Houston.com:
Cy-Fair ISD teacher put 13-year-old son in her trunk while driving to testing site for fear of COVID-19 exposure, documents reveal — Ninfa Saavedra, Digital Content Specialist — HOUSTON - A mother has been charged after her 13-year-old son was found in the trunk of her car …
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Slate:
COVID Is an Emergency. To SCOTUS's Conservatives, It's Also an Opportunity. — Where the liberal justices see sickness and death, the conservatives see a chance to crush government. — A Trucker Stuck for 14-Plus Hours on a Virginia Highway Explains What It's Like—and How She's Peeing
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court appears ready to slash Biden's vaccine mandate for workers
The Supreme Court appears ready to slash Biden's vaccine mandate for workers
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
The racist 1890 law that's still blocking thousands of Black Americans from voting — Revealed: Fewer than 200 of those affected have been able to regain their voting rights in the last quarter-century — The Mississippi officials met in the heat of summer with a singular goal in mind: stopping Black people from voting.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
QAnon Star Who Said Only ‘Idiots’ Get Vax Dies of COVID — Cirsten Weldon told her fans not to get vaccinated and wanted Dr. Anthony Fauci executed. She just died of COVID. — A leading QAnon promoter who urged both her followers and strangers she passed on the street …
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wusa9.com:
‘The last straw’ | After months of curfew violations and threats, DOJ wants Proud Boy locked up — Federal prosecutors say Joshua Pruitt has shown he won't abide by court-ordered restrictions while he awaits trial on charges related to January 6. — WASHINGTON — The Department …
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Biden, funerals and a bygone America — LAS VEGAS — He spoke at a private memorial for the former first lady of Indiana, eulogized two former Republican senators and sat in the audience to honor the life of a onetime GOP secretary of state. — He flew to Delaware to pay homage to the state's former governor.
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Bryan Marquard / The Boston Globe:
Lani Guinier, civil rights champion and Harvard law professor, dies at 71 — A leading voice for voting rights long before her nomination to lead the US Justice Department's Civil Rights Division made her nationally known, Lani Guinier died Friday. — Ms. Guinier, the Bennett Boskey professor …
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Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
Covid may raise the risk of diabetes in children, C.D.C. researchers reported. — Children who have recovered from Covid-19 appear to be at significantly increased risk of developing Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday.
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Kansas City Star:
Mike Pompeo didn't lose all that weight the way he claims — OPINION AND COMMENTARY — Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. — BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD
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Natalie Swaby / KING-TV:
Just 1% of the 7 million US climbers are African American, study finds — The lack of diversity in outdoor recreation is receiving more attention. Facing Race looks at how Washington state is pushing for more equity and inclusion outdoors. — SEATTLE — Locking in and taking the first step …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
DeSantis confirms as many as 1 million Covid tests expired in state stockpile — Hospitals struggle amid explosion of omicron and CDC guideline confusion — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state's top emergency management official confirmed Thursday that 800,000 to 1 million Covid test kits …
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Mary Papenfuss / Yahoo News:
Up To 1 Million COVID Tests Expired In Florida As Gov. DeSantis Kept Mum On Surging Cases
Up To 1 Million COVID Tests Expired In Florida As Gov. DeSantis Kept Mum On Surging Cases
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Politico:
Drudge hits ‘mute’ on Biden — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With Allie Bice. — The Drudge Report made its name by making life hell for Democrats in the White House. — But over the past several months …
William Bredderman / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Sought Bizarre Loan as His Jan. 6 Woes Spiraled — Amid mounting legal problems, Bannon seems to have tried to borrow against property linked to a nonprofit he founded with a Chinese billionaire. … Ex-White House strategist Steve Bannon appears to have recently sought a loan …
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Adam Brewster / CBS News:
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson expected to run for reelection — Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson is expected to run for reelection and kick off his campaign next week, according to a source familiar with his decision. — For months, the incumbent Republican declined to say whether …
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Louis Jacobson / PolitiFact:
Fact-checking Sotomayor on kids with severe COVID-19 — • The number of coronavirus-positive pediatric hospitalizations has risen with the spread of the omicron variant. However, Sotomayor's number was way off. — • At the time she made this comment, federal data showed …
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