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4:45 PM ET, January 29, 2022

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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
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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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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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
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
‘Putin only understands strength’: Estonian PM on Ukraine tensions
Discussion: National Review
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.
Discussion: Hackwhackers
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.
Discussion: Fox News and National Review
CNN:
US official: Indications Russia has moved blood supplies to Ukraine border  —  Gen. Milley has message for Russia about Ukraine  —  (CNN)The US has seen indications that Russia has positioned supplies of blood near Ukraine's borders, according to a senior US defense official …
Discussion: Associated Press
Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
Texas GOP Governor Faces Backlash Over Problems With National Guard Deployment at Border  —  Gov. Greg Abbott faces challenges from fellow Republicans and Democrats over pay problems and poor morale among National Guardsmen  —  Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is being blamed by GOP opponents …
Techno Fog / The Reactionary:
Has Peter Strzok testified before a Durham grand jury?  —  And - what Durham has collected thus far  —  The Evidence Thus Far.  —  In this post I'll be detailing the evidence, testimony, and documents we know - or can assume - Special Counsel John Durham has obtained during his investigation.
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
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
LGBTQ+ dating apps used by police in dozens of drug arrests  —  The six-month sting operation produced more than 60 arrests, the Polk County Sheriff's Office in Florida said.  —  Story at a glance  — Authorities in Florida this week said they used dating apps like Grindr and Scruff to make more than 60 drug-related arrests.
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 …
Katie Harbath / New York Times:
I Worked at Facebook.  It's Not Ready for This Year's Election Wave.  —  Ms. Harbath is the chief executive of Anchor Change, a company focused on issues at the intersection of tech and democracy.  She is a former public policy director at Facebook.  —  The world is not ready for the coming electoral tsunami.
Scott Wartman / Cincinnati.com:
After outcry, Vance moves Sunday's Marjorie Taylor Greene event from Loveland to Mason  —  The management at the Landing Event Center in Loveland didn't know much about the event that was scheduled for Sunday, the general manager told The Enquirer.  —  Just that a client asked to rent …
Discussion: Raw Story
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SistersInLaw are Now in Session  —  Politicon brings a brilliant team of political and legal masterminds together for an exciting new podcast, #SistersInLaw.  —  Joyce Vance, Jill Wine-Banks, Barb McQuade and Kimberly Atkins Stohr pull back the curtain on how our government actually works …
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 …
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Nicole Gaudiano / Insider:
Donald Trump should not lead the country again, says the Republican leader of the National Governors Association
Denise Lavoie / Associated Press:
Virginia Republicans push for changes in marijuana law
Discussion: The Hill and USA Today
Washington Post:
Pope Francis calls access to accurate information on coronavirus vaccines ‘a human right’
Discussion: UPI
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Pennsylvania Democrats consider endorsing in Senate primary
Discussion: Politico and WTAJ
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Republican-led states rush to pass antiabortion bills before Supreme Court rules on Roe
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump facing legal, political headwinds as he eyes comeback
 Earlier Items: 
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
New York Police Officers Remember Jason Rivera
Discussion: Fox News
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?
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Washington trooper who defied state vaccine mandate and told gov to ‘kiss my a—’ dies from COVID-19
Discussion: Mediaite
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Kansas Man on ‘Mission From God’ Charged With Threatening Biden's Life
Discussion: Insider, CNN and New York Post
 

 
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Google releases a new free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions and chat via text, voice, or camera, as well as use conversational Gemini Live
 
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