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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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TMZ.com:
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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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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Wall Street Journal:
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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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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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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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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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 …
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 …
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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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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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 …
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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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.
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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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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.
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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 …
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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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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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 …
Chay Quinn / Daily Mail:
Finland and Sweden are ‘closer than ever’ to joining NATO after Putin's demands that US ban them from the military alliance backfire — The Nordic countries are closer to joining Nato in the wake of Russian threats — Vladimir Putin had demanded that Nato not expand its membership last week
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