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Comedian Bob Saget Dead at 65, Found in Orlando Hotel Room — BOB SAGET DEAD AT 65 — EXCLUSIVE — 741.5K … 5:59 PM PT — Bob's longtime friend and costar John Stamos just tweeted the following, “I am broken. I am gutted. I am in complete and utter shock. I will never ever have another friend like him.
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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.”
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Jordan Wolman / Politico:
Georgia secretary of state speaks of election integrity
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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 …
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Omicron Makes Biden's Vaccine Mandates Obsolete — There is no evidence so far that vaccines are reducing infections from the fast-spreading variant. — Federal courts considering the Biden administration's vaccination mandates—including the Supreme Court at Friday's oral argument—have focused on administrative-law issues.
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The Moderate Voice, Professionally Disgraced …, Townhall and The Hill
New York Post:
Horrific Bronx fire leaves at least 19 dead, dozens more critically injured — At least 19 people are dead, including nine children, after a horrific fire broke out in a Bronx apartment building Sunday morning, according to a police official. — The five-alarm blaze broke out at 333 E 181st St …
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Elizabeth Spiers / New York Times:
A Defense of Jeremy Strong (and All the Strivers With No Chill) — Ms. Spiers is a writer and digital media strategist. She was the editor in chief of The New York Observer, and the founding editor of Gawker. — In a December New Yorker profile of the actor Jeremy Strong …
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 …
Joe Kinsey / OutKick:
Penn's Transgender Swimmer Lost To Yale's Transgender Swimmer In A Hotly Contested Women's Ivy League 100 meter Race … Penn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who had been crushing her competition since joining the women's swim team after three years swimming as a biological male …
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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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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Dems on Manchin: “Like negotiating via Etch A Sketch” — President Biden, Democratic leaders and their emissaries are trying to convince Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to pass a sweeping federal elections bill with a menu of filibuster alternatives. The problem is speaking with him is …
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.
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Kevin Tober / Newsbusters:
ABC's ‘This Week’ Uses Jan 6 Anniversary to SMEAR Military As ‘Extremists’ — Text to Speech Font Size — On Sunday's This Week, former Clinton administration hack turned anchor George Stephanopoulos and ABC chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz decided to trash …
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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 …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Cheneys can't do it alone. We need Republican all-stars for democracy. — The tableau of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and her father, former vice president Richard B. Cheney, standing on the floor of the House as the sole Republicans to honor the police officers who died as a result …
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Saudi Princess Is Released, but Other Royals Are Still Locked Up — The Saudi government has not said why it detained or freed Princess Basmah bint Saud, a daughter of a former king who has criticized the country's policies. — BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Saudi princess, a critic of her country's government …
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Anna Phillips / Washington Post:
Biden faces delays in undoing Trump's war on efficient dishwashers, dryers and lightbulbs that made him ‘look orange’ — Nearly three dozen efficiency standards are overdue for an update, and further delays could undercut Biden's climate goals — Before Donald Trump launched his war …
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Left Out of High-Level Talks, Ukraine Tries Other Diplomatic Channels — While the United States and NATO speak with Russia this week, the Ukrainian government has been sidelined and is instead quietly pursuing separate negotiations with Moscow. — KYIV, Ukraine — Peace negotiations …
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Raskin: Ex-Trump press secretary gave “a lot of names” in Jan. 6 conversation — Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham named “a lot of names” during their phone call about the events of Jan. 6, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told CNN. — Catch up quick: Raskin …
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Tony Messenger / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Beer Hall Project aims to counter Jan. 6 disinformation, protect American democracy … It was the summer of 2015, and Fred Wellman was lost, politically speaking. — A lifelong Republican, West Point graduate and 22-year veteran of the Army, Wellman was distraught over the rise of Donald Trump …
Joseph Wilkinson / New York Daily News:
Vaccine appointments multiply after Quebec requires shots for weed, alcohol stores — They're going shots for shots. — First-dose vaccine appointments quadrupled in Quebec after the Canadian province required vaccine passports to buy alcohol and marijuana.
Bobby Caina Calvan / Associated Press:
Watershed moment in NYC: New law allows noncitizens to vote — NEW YORK (AP) — More than 800,000 noncitizens and “Dreamers” in New York City will have access to the ballot box — and could vote in municipal elections as early as next year — after Mayor Eric Adams allowed legislation to automatically become law Sunday.
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Sam Raskin / New York Post:
Adams defends brother's NYPD job, says he'll protect against white supremacists
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Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot slams teachers' union for ‘illegal walk-out,’ rejects proposal for remote learning — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot insisted schools are safest place for kids — Chicago parents sue teachers union over school closures — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot again lambasted …
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Politico:
Rep. Jim Jordan says he won't cooperate with Jan. 6 committee's interview request — HIs decision follows a similar rejection by Rep. Scott Perry, the only other lawmaker whose testimony the panel has requested so far. — Rep. Jim Jordan, one of former President Donald Trump's closest allies …
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David French / The French Press:
A Nation of Christians Is Not Necessarily a Christian Nation — We cannot equate Christian power with Christian justice. — Of all the remembrances of January 6, the most searing for me was a simple tweet thread. It came from a Presbyterian pastor named Duke Kwon, and it was a photo compilation of Christian imagery on January 6.
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