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3:25 PM ET, January 9, 2022

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Ron Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
Why I'm Seeking a Third Senate Term  —  I'd like to retire, but I think the country is in too much peril.  —  I decided to run for the U.S. Senate in 2010 because growing entitlements and out-of-control federal spending had exploded our national debt to $14 trillion.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Ron Johnson, G.O.P. Senator From Wisconsin, Will Seek Re-election  —  The renewed bid for office by Mr. Johnson, who has spread many false claims about the 2020 election and Covid, ensures that both parties will be highly invested in Wisconsin's 2022 Senate race.
Discussion: NBC News and NRSC
Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
Republican leadership bars journalists from Iowa Senate floor, worrying press advocates  —  When Iowa's 2022 legislative session commences Monday, there will be a notable absence on the floor of the state Senate: reporters.  —  Republican leaders in the state Senate told journalists last week …
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
How a Simple Twist of Fate Could End Democrats' Control of the Senate  —  The list of what threatens to end the Democrats' control of the Senate is familiar: History says the White House's party usually loses seats in midterms.  The president's low approval ratings in battleground states …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Steve Bannon Is Onto Something  —  In his 2020 book “Politics Is for Power,” Eitan Hersh, a political scientist at Tufts, sketched a day in the life of many political obsessives in sharp, if cruel, terms.  —  To Hersh, that's not politics.  It's what he calls “political hobbyism.”
New York Times:
Early Data Hints at Omicron's Potential Toll Across America  —  The extremely transmissible Omicron variant is spreading quickly across the United States, making up a vast majority of U.S. cases after becoming dominant in the week before Christmas.  —  The Centers for Disease Control …
Dawn Fallik / Washington Post:
They bought a blender.  Three weeks later, their cats continue to hold it hostage.  —  On Black Friday, Jessica and Nikii Gerson-Neeves bought a blender.  It was a Vitamix blender, a professional-grade splurge, and the couple was looking forward to a winter of smoothies and soups.
Politico:
‘We are going right to the belly of the beast’: Biden takes on Georgia  —  Fresh off a high-profile speech in which he warned that a dagger had been placed at the throat of American democracy, President Joe Biden will travel to the state that White House officials view as “ground zero” for Republican-led election suppression efforts.
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Washington Post:
Trump's Cable Cabinet: New texts reveal the influence of Fox hosts on previous White House  —  Stephanie Grisham, former press secretary to President Donald Trump, remembers the challenges that came from so many Fox News hosts having the direct number to reach Trump in the White House residence.
Discussion: Rolling Stone, Insider and Raw Story
Sandra E. Garcia / New York Times:
What New Yorkers See in This Portrait of the Mayor's Mother  —  Dorothy Mae Adams-Streeter posed for a portrait at her 75th birthday party.  Her image, floating in a brandy snifter, has a powerful resonance.  —  On New Year's Day, when Eric Adams was sworn in as the 110th mayor of New York City …
Hannah Allam / Washington Post:
A rural Washington school board race shows how far-right extremists are shifting to local power … EATONVILLE, Wash. — On the morning she met her opponent for coffee, Sarah Cole walked in with a front-runner's confidence.  —  To Cole, the school board seat in this rural red district about an hour outside Seattle was all but hers.
Discussion: Rigid Thinking
Gabriel Pogrund / The Sunday Times:
Alan Dershowitz asked Donald Trump to grant Ghislaine Maxwell a pre-emptive pardon  —  Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer lobbied Donald Trump to pre-emptively pardon Ghislaine Maxwell during the final days of his presidency after talks with her family.  —  Alan Dershowitz, 83 …
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Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Next Target for Epstein Prosecutors Could Be His Assistant Sarah Kellen
Discussion: Raw Story
Luke McGee / CNN:
The West has a rare window to put Putin in his place  —  Biden to Ukraine: US ‘will respond decisively if Russia further invades’  —  (CNN)Next week may see one of the most significant and defining moments in relations between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Russia since the break-up of the Soviet Union.
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Wall Street Journal:
How the Trump Social-Media Ban Paid Off for Trump, Platforms  —  One year after being kicked off Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, the former president is raking in campaign cash and planning his own social-media company  —  For an entire year, Donald Trump has been banned from mainstream social-media outlets.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Raw Story
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Adams says Democratic Party has to be ‘radically practical’ in midterms  —  New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) on Sunday said the Democratic Party has to be “radically practical” if it wants to win November's midterm elections.  —  Asked by co-anchor Jake Tapper on CNN's “State of the Union” …
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Dan Diamond:
A couple Sunday-morning thoughts on where we are now in the nation's covid fight, summarizing the attached story and some of our other recent coverage.  —  1) It's a tale of two variants right now.  The older Delta variant is still responsible for some severe cases, hospitalizations and deaths, particularly in the Midwest.
David Cohen / Politico:
GOP senator says Trump's election allegations are unfounded  —  Sen. Mike Rounds on Sunday made it clear that he didn't subscribe to Trump's conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being stolen from him.  —  “As a part of our due diligence, we looked at over 60 different accusations …
Discussion: The Hill and Rolling Stone
Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: Unfounded theory used to dismiss COVID measures  —  An unfounded theory taking root online suggests millions of people have been “hypnotized” into believing mainstream ideas about COVID-19, including steps to combat it such as testing and vaccination.
 
 
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Ali Velshi / MSNBC:
Mary Trump: Donald Trump has found people weaker than he is whom he can bend to his will
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
‘A wounded healer’: Ralph Northam wraps up extraordinary term in office, forged by scandal into a governor of lasting consequence
Discussion: Instapundit
Jevans Nyabiage / South China Morning Post:
'China's now a big player': why Beijing is doing more in Horn of Africa
The White House:
Statement by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Iranian Threats and Provocations Against American Citizens
Discussion: The Hill and The Times of Israel
Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Detain Prominent Critic, Intensifying Crackdown on Dissent in Afghanistan
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Political Wire
Erin Douglas / The Texas Tribune:
Texas GOP's voting meme shows how Trump-style messaging wins internet's attention
Discussion: Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Omicron explosion spurs nationwide breakdown of services
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The Asset Economy  —  A common theme of this blog is that rising housing costs—or …
 Earlier Items: 
Carter Walker / LancasterOnline:
Militia, ‘patriots’ met in Lancaster County 3 days before Jan. 6 Capitol attack; here's a look at why
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
White Supremacist Group Patriot Front Heckled Out of Chicago March for Life
Discussion: Insider and Chicago Tribune
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Baby lost in chaos of Afghanistan airlift found, returned to family
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
A Rise in Deadly Border Patrol Chases Renews Concerns About Accountability
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Graham: 'These are the most dangerous times since the late ‘30s’
Discussion: Insider, The National and New York Post
Bhavan Jaipragas / South China Morning Post:
Myanmar military's massacres mount as activists call for arms embargo
Discussion: Barbed Wires
 

 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

CBS News:
Greg Gumbel, a CBS Sports anchor and commentator who covered the NFL and college basketball for more than 20 years, died at 78 of cancer

Youkyung Lee / Bloomberg:
Shares of South Korean entertainment companies related to Squid Game drop 20%+ following a less-than-perfect debut for the new season of the series on Netflix

 
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