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2:30 PM ET, January 29, 2022

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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Wicker: Black Woman Supreme Court Pick An Affirmative Action ‘Beneficiary’  —  The first Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court in history will be a “beneficiary” of affirmative action, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker told a radio show this afternoon.  The senior Republican senator from Mississippi …
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John Fritze / USA Today:
Biden considering Judge J. Michelle Childs and may be casting wider net for Supreme Court vacancy  —  WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is considering a federal judge in South Carolina as one of several candidates to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, the White House confirmed …
NBC News:
DNC chair Jaime Harrison has considered early exit amid White House tensions  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison is frustrated, isolated and trapped in a job he long thought he wanted, according to party insiders, a dynamic driven by escalating tensions with the White House over his role.
Aidin Vaziri / Datebook:
Spotify loses $4 billion in market value after Neil Young controversy  —  Spotify lost $4 billion in market value this week after rock icon Neil Young called out the company for allowing comedian Joe Rogan to use its service to spread misinformation about the COVID vaccine on his popular podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
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Ellise Shafer / Variety:
Joni Mitchell Says She's Removing Music From Spotify: ‘Irresponsible People Are Spreading Lies’ … Joni Mitchell has pledged to remove her music from Spotify, just a few days after fellow singer-songwriter icon Neil Young did the same.  —  In a note on her official website titled …
Joni Mitchell:
News Item  —  I Stand With Neil Young!  —  I've decided to remove all my music from Spotify.  Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives.  I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.  —Joni Mitchell
Timothy Snyder / Washington Post:
Putin's case for invading Ukraine rests on phony grievances and ancient myths … Last July, Vladimir Putin supplied the mythical basis for Russian war propaganda in an essay titled “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians.”  The essential idea is that Russia has the right to Ukraine …
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Washington Post:
U.S. and allies debate the intelligence on how quickly Putin will order an invasion of Ukraine — or whether he will at all  —  As the United States and Britain sound the alarm, the Ukrainian president appears unconvinced; meanwhile, France and Germany hedge.
New York Times:
U.S. Sanctions Aimed at Russia Could Take a Wide Toll
New York Times:
White House Warnings Over Russia Strain Ukraine-U.S. Partnership
Nate Gartrell / Mercury News:
Federal judge bucks prosecutors, jails CA man who mailed 75 racist death threats to anti-Trump politicians  —  Cards included racist language, ‘KKK’ signature  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In a rare rebuke of prosecutors, a federal judge handed down a jail sentence to a California man who spent …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Mostly dead or slightly alive?  Democrats don't yet know if Build Back Better can be revived  —  The fate of Democrats' top agenda item will not only have major policy repercussions for the country but also the party's political prospects in the midterm elections.
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Washington Examiner:
Shovel more dirt onto Build Back Better
Discussion: Chalkbeat Tennessee
Michael Cavna / Washington Post:
Art Spiegelman sees the new ban of his book ‘Maus’ as a ‘red alert’  —  Art Spiegelman didn't set out to write an educational aid for young-adult readers.  A half-century ago, he simply wanted to better know his own origin story, discover more about his parents' histories — and hear from his father …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Forbes
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Washington Post:
Pope Francis calls access to accurate information on coronavirus vaccines ‘a human right’  —  Pope Francis denounced on Friday the “distortion of reality based on fear” that has ripped across the world during the coronavirus pandemic, but he also called for compassion, urging journalists …
Discussion: UPI
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Republican-led states rush to pass antiabortion bills before Supreme Court rules on Roe  —  Lawmakers in at least 29 states, anticipating a new legal landscape, have filed measures to restrict abortion.  —  Nebraska lawmakers kicked off the new year by introducing a bill to ban all abortions …
Jared Malsin / Wall Street Journal:
Turkey's Erdogan Fires Statistics Chief After Record Inflation  —  President also appoints another member of ruling party as justice minister  —  ISTANBUL—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan replaced the head of the state statistics agency weeks after it reported record inflation …
Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
TikTokers spam Virginia GOP governor's tip line for snitching on teachers  —  Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a vocal opponent of critical race theory, encouraged parents to report “inherently divisive practices” at schools.  TikTokers devised a brilliant way to troll him.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
New York Police Officers Remember Jason Rivera  —  We don't hear much about good cops these days.  —  Their stories get lost amid the scalding episodes with trigger-happy, racist and sadistic cops.  —  The good ones get tarred with the same brush, even though the last person who wants …
Discussion: Fox News
U.S. Department of Justice:
American Woman Who Led ISIS Battalion Charged with Providing Material Support to a Terrorist Organization  —  A criminal complaint filed in 2019 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which is now unsealed, alleges that Allison Fluke-Ekren, a United States citizen …
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump facing legal, political headwinds as he eyes comeback  —  CONROE, Texas (AP) — As he prepared to tee off at one of his Florida golf courses, a fellow player introduced Donald Trump as the “45th president of the United States.”  —  “45th and 47th,” Trump responded matter-of-factly, before hitting his drive.
New York Times:
Democrats Decried Dark Money.  Then They Won With It in 2020.  —  A New York Times analysis reveals how the left outdid the right at raising and spending millions from undisclosed donors to defeat Donald Trump and win power in Washington.  —  Ken Vogel's reporting from Washington focuses …
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Washington trooper who defied state vaccine mandate and told gov to ‘kiss my a—’ dies from COVID-19  —  Former Trooper Robert LaMay was 51 years old  —  Ivy League parents take stand over college vaccine booster mandates  —  A Washington State Patrol officer who defied a statewide vaccine mandate …
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Denise Lavoie / Associated Press:
Virginia Republicans push for changes in marijuana law
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Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Pennsylvania Democrats consider endorsing in Senate primary
Jacob Sullum / Reason:
Why Can't the CDC Admit There Is No Solid Evidence To Support ‘Universal Masking’ in Schools?
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Adriana Cohen / New York Post:
Why hasn't Fauci been fired and put under FBI investigation yet?
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Had Strategy to Beat Covid-19. Then Variants Arrived.
Jesse Wegman / New York Times:
The Equal Rights Amendment Is Now the Law of the Land. Isn't It?
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Kansas Man on ‘Mission From God’ Charged With Threatening Biden's Life
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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Trump Tower Lawyer Veselnitskaya Accused of Brand New Crime in Leaked Docs
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John McWhorter / New York Times:
It's Time to End Race-Based Affirmative Action
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CNN:
Trump WH spokesman is sent subpoena by January 6 committee
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What I Learned in 25 Years of Writing for Slate
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