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9:05 PM ET, January 10, 2022

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
West Virginia's coal miners just made Joe Manchin's life a lot harder  —  For months, Sen. Joe Manchin III has sold his opposition to the Build Back Better proposal as driven uniformly by a brave and hardheaded assessment of the national interest.  He has warned that BBB will fuel inflation …
Discussion: Wonk's Notes
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Jeff Goodell / Rolling Stone:
Manchin's Coal Corruption Is So Much Worse Than You Knew  —  The senator from West Virginia is bought and paid for by Big Coal.  With his help the dying industry is pulling one final heist — and the entire planet may pay the price  —  One of the hardest things to grasp about the climate crisis is the connectedness of all things.
Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
Bernie Sanders says Democrats are failing: ‘The party has turned its back on the working class’
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Joe Manchin's former aides gain influential lobbying clients as their ex-boss battles Biden's agenda
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans.  The Biden administration announced the change Monday as it looks …
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:   Covid Live Updates: U.S. Hospitalizations Break Record as Omicron Surges
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Mitch McConnell's Electoral Count Act offer is a poison pill for voting rights  —  Fate of voting rights legislation rests on pressure from ‘spotlight of history’  —  The Electoral Count Act, the law governing how Congress certifies presidential elections, is filled with gaps and ambiguities.
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Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Issues Threat to Democrats on Filibuster Changes  —  Republican leader says he would force votes on GOP-sponsored legislation  —  WASHINGTON—Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) issued a pre-emptive threat to Senate Democrats considering an overhaul of the chamber's …
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Wire
New York Times:
Voting Rights Groups Skipping Biden's Speech in Georgia Over Inaction  —  Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor, also will not be there, but she cited a scheduling conflict.  —  When President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deliver major speeches on voting rights …
CNN:
Democrats scramble to sink Cruz's plan to impose sanctions over Nord Stream pipeline  —  Germany suspends approval of Nord Stream 2 pipeline  —  (CNN)Top Senate Democrats and the Biden administration are maneuvering behind the scenes to defeat a measure from GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas …
Discussion: The Hill and Wall Street Journal
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia Airs Bizarre Jan. 6 Spectacle Featuring Ashli Babbitt's Mom
Discussion: Raw Story and TASS
Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
US ‘Unequivocal’ to Russia on Right of Ukraine, Others, to Join NATO
New York Times:
Live Updates: Russia Plays Down Threat to Ukraine After Meetings with U.S.
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Mocking anti-vaxxers' deaths is ghoulish, yes — but necessary  —  Among all the ways that COVID-19 affects our lives, the pandemic confronts us with a profound moral dilemma:  —  How should we react to the deaths of the unvaccinated?  —  On the one hand, a hallmark of civilized thought is the sense that every life is precious.
Discussion: Mediaite and Twitchy
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Kevin McCarthy Plans to Strip Ilhan Omar off Foreign Affairs, Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff off Intelligence Committee  —  House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy told Breitbart News that as speaker of the House he would strip Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) …
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Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:
McCarthy Again Threatens To Strip Dems Of Committee Seats If He Becomes Speaker
Discussion: Breitbart
Teaganne Finn / NBC News:
McCarthy says if House speaker, he would strip some Democrats of committee assignments
Discussion: Breitbart and CNN
Melissa Brown / The Tennessean:
Tennessee Republicans plan to split Nashville congressional seat  —  Tennessee Republicans will present plans to split booming Nashville and Davidson County into multiple congressional districts, paving the way for the party to dilute its existing Democratic voter base and gain an additional congressional seat.
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Associated Press:
Speaker: Nashville US House seat to split in redistricting
Washington Post:
More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people.  This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.  —  The Washington Post has compiled the first database of slaveholding members of Congress by examining thousands of pages of census records and historical documents
Discussion: Supercreator
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
How do we know Trump's election fraud claims are bogus?  Take a look at Pennsylvania.  —  Former president Donald Trump, like a tone-deaf musician, used the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot last week to once again allege, without evidence, that the 2020 election was rigged.
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump calls GOP senator a ‘jerk’ after he rejects former president's false claims of widespread election fraud
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that's no joke  —  NEW YORK — Greg Gutfeld is picking through a long, narrow closet.  He wrenches a painting from the depth of the clutter.  A painting of himself.  That familiar arched right eyebrow.  That sideways grin.
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
An Indiana GOP state senator said teachers ‘need to be impartial’ during lessons about Nazism and fascism  —  On Wednesday, during an Indiana state Senate committee hearing about a proposed bill that would ban “divisive concepts” in school classrooms, Republican Sen. Scott Baldwin …
New York Times:
Mike Pence Seen as Key Witness in Jan. 6 Investigation  —  Getting the former vice president to answer questions under oath could be crucial as the House panel focuses on Donald Trump's responsibility for the Capitol riot.  —  As the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault …
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Vax Leader Urges Followers to Drink Their Own Urine to Fight COVID  —  ‘EVERYTHING WE NEED’  —  Anti-COVID-19 “Vaccine Police” leader Christopher Key has a new quarter-baked conspiracy theory for his anti-vax followers to use to cure themselves of COVID-19: Drink their own urine.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and KXAN-TV
Jeff Asher / The Atlantic:
The Data Are Pointing to One Major Driver of America's Murder Spike  —  After murders in the United States soared to more than 21,000 in 2020, researchers began searching for a definitive explanation why.  Many factors may have contributed, such as a pandemic-driven loss of social programs …
Allahpundit / HotAir:
No, the CDC chief didn't say that 75% of all COVID deaths involved four comorbidities  —  This clip, suspiciously shorn of context, has gone viral on righty Twitter today for the same reason that all content goes viral in political media, because it confirms (or appears to confirm) the audience's priors.
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Fed vice chair to resign over stock trading controversy  —  Richard Clarida is the third Federal Reserve official to quit over questionable behavior during the coronavirus pandemic  —  Richard Clarida, the Federal Reserve's vice chair, announced Monday that he will resign …
Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
North Carolina voters dispute Cawthorn candidacy over Jan. 6  —  A group of North Carolina voters want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified as a congressional candidate  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — A group of North Carolina voters told state officials on Monday they want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox, MSNBC and CNN show differing directions with new hosts and shows  —  New York (CNN Business)On Monday morning CNN, MSNBC and Fox all made programming announcements that doubled as statements about each network's positioning in the news and talk marketplace.
Discussion: Variety and Twitchy
Adam Beam / Associated Press:
California's Newsom wants health coverage for all immigrants  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Backed by soaring revenues amid the pandemic, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday proposed a budget that would pay for the health care of all the state's low-income residents living in the country illegally …
Sarah Zhang / The Atlantic:
Omicron Is Forcing Us to Rethink Mild COVID  —  When Delta swept across the United States last year, the extremely transmissible and deadlier variant threw us into pandemic limbo.  The virus remained a danger mostly to unvaccinated people, but they largely wanted to move on.
Discussion: The Federalist
Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
Yale, Georgetown, Other Top Schools Illegally Collude to Limit Student Financial Aid, Lawsuit Alleges  —  A new federal suit adds to continuing efforts to change college admissions practices  —  Sixteen major U.S. universities, including Yale University, Georgetown University and Northwestern University …
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Robert Durst, Real Estate Scion Convicted as a Killer, Dies at 78  —  He was a suspect in three lurid murders and became a fugitive.  In September, he was found guilty in the fatal shooting of a confidante and sentenced to life in prison.  —  Robert A. Durst, the scion …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
I Spent Insurrection Week Listening to Steve Bannon  —  For three hours every day, the Republican coup plotters who inspired the domestic terror attack at the U.S. Capitol last year gather to discuss their next move.  On their January 6th anniversary program, the Dead Cops Society beseeched …
Discussion: HotAir, Overtime and Raw Story
 
 
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Eric Kleefeld / Media Matters for America:
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