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Sinema censured by Arizona Democrats over filibuster stance that blocked voting rights legislation — (CNN)The Arizona Democratic Party's executive board announced Saturday that it formally censured Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for voting to maintain the Senate's filibuster rules …
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Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
Sinema faces blowback in Arizona for votes defying Democrats — PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is growing increasingly isolated from some of her party's most influential officials and donors after playing a key role in scuttling voting rights legislation that many Democrats consider essential to preserving democracy.
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AZ Democratic Party censures Sen. Sinema after blocking voting rights legislation — PHOENIX — Arizona Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema is growing increasingly isolated from some of her party's most influential officials and donors after playing a key role in scuttling voting rights legislation …
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Maeve Sheehey / Politico:
Arizona Democratic Party censures Sinema over voting rights stance
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
As invasion looms, Ukrainians are calmly defiant — KYIV, Ukraine — With 100,000 Russian guns pointed at their heads, Ukrainians appear to take a stoical pride in not seeming rattled. They appear ready for what could be a savage war. Their main worry is that the United States and its allies …
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Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
Russia, NATO maintain dicey impasse, experts divided on best next steps — U.S., NATO prepare for a Russian invasion of Ukraine — Fox News Flash top headlines for January 22 — The U.S. and NATO remain at a diplomatic impasse with Russia as the Kremlin has yet to make any moves …
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Julia Ioffe / Puck:
Trump's Former Russia Guru Explains His Putin Complex — A conversation with Fiona Hill about the Russia-Ukraine crisis, Putin's next move, and where the White House goes from here. — With more than 100,000 Russian troops lurking on the border of Ukraine, and the terrifying possibility …
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Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Families of US Embassy personnel in Ukraine ordered to begin evacuating as soon as Monday: officials
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump may let his kids take the fall as the legal net tightens around him: DC insider — In her column for the Daily Beast, longtime Washington D.C. insider Margaret Carlson claimed it is not beyond the realm of possibilities that Donald Trump will let his kids take the brunt of the prosecution …
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HillReporter.com and The Daily Beast
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
‘House of Trump is crumbling’: why ex-president's legal net is tightening — Some Trumpland observers are convinced that he is in serious legal trouble as New York's AG investigation of Trump Organizations's finances intensifies — hen Donald Trump announced plans in 2006 to build …
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Judge Issues Stinging Free Speech Ruling Against University of Florida — While a lawsuit is being resolved, the university cannot bar professors from offering expert testimony in lawsuits against the state, the federal judge ruled. — WASHINGTON — A federal judge handed a crucial free-speech victory …
Niall O'Connor / TheJournal.ie:
Russia to conduct missile tests in Irish-patrolled waters 240km off south-west coast — RUSSIAN BOMBERS and naval ships are set to test missiles off the coast of Ireland. — The Journal has learned that the Irish Government has received a warning of a major exercise by the Russian navy …
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Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
‘That raise meant nothing’: Inflation is wiping out pay increases for most Americans — After years of barely budging, wages are finally up. But the same strong recovery that is emboldening workers is also driving up inflation, leaving most Americans with less spending power than they had a year ago.
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James D. Robenalt / Washington Post:
Jan. 22, 1973: The day that changed America — It was a day unlike any other in U.S. history. Jan. 22, 1973, was the day Henry Kissinger flew to Paris to end the Vietnam War for the United States. It was the day the Supreme Court issued its opinion on abortion rights in Roe v. Wade.
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Zaid Jilani / INQUIRE:
The ACLU Suddenly Reverses Its Support For Transparency — The long-time civil liberties organization continues its partisan transformation. — At least a dozen state legislatures are considering legislation that would require more transparency in school curricula and materials.
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Washington Post:
Bitcoin price falls sharply amid Wall Street sell-off, with value cut in half since November — Investors are fleeing riskier assets from tech stocks to cryptocurrencies as the Federal Reserve weighs whether to launch a U.S. digital currency — A dramatic sell-off in bitcoin …
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Videos show ‘Stop the Steal’ rally organizer saying he would work with extremist groups — Videos show what ‘Stop the Steal’ leader was thinking leading up to Jan. 6 — (CNN)An organizer of the “Stop the Steal” rallies that preceded the attack on the US Capitol a year ago said he would work …
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Rob Picheta / CNN:
Omicron has changed the shape of the pandemic. Will it end it for good? — (CNN)The world feared the worst when a worrying new coronavirus variant emerged in late November and ripped through South Africa at a pace not seen before in the pandemic. — But two months later …
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Mark Williams / The Columbus Dispatch:
Here's how Ohio won a bid by Intel to build the world's largest chip factory — It was a Christmas morning surprise for Ohio's governor and lieutenant governor: Intel was coming to Ohio. — Gov. Mike DeWine was enjoying the kind of chaotic Christmas morning at the Governor's Residence that most parents and grandparents experience.
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Matt Lombardi / Sports Illustrated:
Report: Aaron Rodgers Criticizes President Biden for Pandemic-Related Quote — Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has gotten plenty of attention for his play on the field this season in leading his squad to a 13-4 record and the NFC's top seed for the playoffs.
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Kevin Van Valkenburg / ESPN:
The unfiltered year of Aaron Rodgers
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Bobby Harrison / Mississippi Today:
Every Black Mississippi senator walked out as white colleagues voted to ban critical race theory — Every Black Mississippi senator walked out of the chamber Friday, choosing not to vote on a bill that sponsors said would prohibit the teaching of critical race theory in the state's public schools and colleges and universities.
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