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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 — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Sunday that he believes only American citizens should be voting in elections and that photo ID “is the most secure way of making sure you can identify who the voter is.”
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The Hill, CBS News and Talking Points Memo
Politico:
‘We are going right to the belly of the beast’: Biden takes on Georgia
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CNN, Breitbart, Los Angeles Times and Washington Examiner
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Pelosi: Republicans carrying out ‘legislative continuation’ of Jan. 6 with election laws
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, Breitbart and That Guy in Hutch
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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ABC News, Politico, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Fox News, UPI, Mediaite, HuffPost, Mother Jones, Washington Post, Orange County Register, NPR and The Daily Caller
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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.
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 …
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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.
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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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.
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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
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Raw Story
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.
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Mother Jones and 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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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Breitbart
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Prospects dim as US, Russia prepare to meet over Ukraine
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New York Times, ABC News, One America News Network, HotAir, Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera, Associated Press and The White House
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Russia may have bolstered its hand in Kazakhstan. But the danger remains high.
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Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Reuters, New York Times and CNN
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Walensky says Sotomayor's pediatric COVID hospitalization number was off 96.5% — The Supreme Court justice claimed there are more than 100,000 children in ‘serious condition’ from COVID-19 — CDC director corrects Justice Sotomayor on mischaracterization of pediatric hospitalizations
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The Hill, The Daily Beast, National Review, New York Post, Todd Starnes, The Daily Wire and Washington Times
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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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Sam Raskin / New York Post:
Adams defends brother's NYPD job, says he'll protect against white supremacists
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Insider, The Daily Beast, The Guardian and TheGrio
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 …
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The Hill and Rolling Stone
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.
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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