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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
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Civil rights leaders see a turning point for Biden — DRIVING THE DAY — SPOTTED: Speaker NANCY PELOSI, Senate Majority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER and wife, IRIS WEINSHALL, Sens. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-Minn.) and DICK DURBIN (D-Ill.) dining together at Le Diplomate on Friday night.
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Bryan Marquard / The Boston Globe:
Lani Guinier, civil rights champion and Harvard law professor, dies at 71
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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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Matt Labash / Slack Tide:
Was January 6 an Inside Job? — Have you been asking yourself some tough questions lately? You sound like you're not rowing with both oars in the water. Stop talking to yourself, and start asking Matt Labash. That's why we call this Slack Tide feature “Ask Matt Labash.”
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Where was Justice Neil Gorsuch's mask? — Where was Justice Neil M. Gorsuch's mask? If you think this sounds like a trivial question, I dissent. I believe it goes to the heart of our fraying social fabric. — When the Supreme Court justices took their seats Friday morning …
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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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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 …
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
The ongoing mortification of Ted Cruz — Have you ever watched a wind sock deflate until it is just a sad polyester shell crumpled on the pavement? Have you ever left some soft cheese near a hot stove and come back to find a demoralized puddle in its place?
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New York Times:
Conflict Quickly Emerges Between Top Prosecutor and Police Commissioner — A memo by New York City's new police leader sharply questioned Manhattan's new district attorney over his strategy for prosecuting crime. — New York City's new police commissioner has expressed severe dissatisfaction …
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Jeff Coltin / City & State New York:
Can Eric Adams really hire his brother?
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Amanda Prestigiacomo / The Daily Wire:
Matt Walsh Suspended From Twitter Over Transgender Tweets. Here's What Twitter Has Censored. — The Daily Wire's Matt Walsh on Friday night was suspended from Twitter over tweets he posted recognizing biological realities and not so-called “gender identity.”
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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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Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook's Former Elections Boss Now Questions Social Media's Impact on Politics — Katie Harbath says she left Facebook disillusioned; now she pushes for more online guardrails — Katie Harbath joined Facebook more than a decade ago as the first Republican employee in the company's Washington …
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune, an ally of McConnell who has been criticized by Trump, will seek reelection — Sen. John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, announced Saturday he will run for reelection in 2022, ending months of speculation about whether he would seek to remain in the Senate.
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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.
Austin Jenkins / Northwest News Network:
Inslee says lying about elections should be a crime — In a surprise announcement Thursday, the anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced that he's drafting legislation to make it a crime for elected officials and candidates …
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Congressman's memoir corrected to remove reporter criticism — NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of a memoir by Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona is correcting a passage about a deadly Iraq War battle that falsely alleged that Ellen Knickmeyer, the Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post …
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