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8:25 PM ET, January 31, 2022

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CNN:
Exclusive: Mike Pence's former chief of staff testifies in House January 6 investigation  —  (CNN)Marc Short, former Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, quietly testified before the House select committee investigating January 6 last week in response to a subpoena, sources tell CNN …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump makes the coup-deniers look silly again  —  Key members of the Republican Party have spent the better part of six years pretending Donald Trump wasn't really doing that.  This is often followed by Trump himself confirming that's precisely what he was doing.
CNN:
Some Trump White House records handed over to January 6 committee had been ripped up
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
The Jan. 6 panel's on a hot streak against Trump World. Now what?
Discussion: Raw Story
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
The New York Times Buys Wordle  —  The word game, released in October, has millions of daily users.  —  The sudden hit Wordle, in which once a day players get six chances to guess a five-letter word, has been acquired by The New York Times Company.  —  The purchase, announced by The Times on Monday …
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The New York Times Company:
Wordle Is Joining The New York Times Games  —  Wordle, Josh Wardle's stimulating and wildly popular daily word game, is joining The New York Times's portfolio of original, engaging puzzle games that delight and challenge solvers everyday.  —  New York Times Games have captivated solvers since the launch of The Crossword in 1942.
Washington Post:
Russia responds in writing to U.S. proposal on Ukraine crisis  —  The Russian government has delivered a written response to a U.S. proposal aimed at de-escalating the Ukraine crisis, said a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic discussions.
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:   Trump's Mega-Fans in Moscow Declare They're ‘Ready to Elect Him Again’
Washington Post:
U.S., Russia clash sharply over Ukraine at U.N. meeting
Claire Atkinson / Insider:
Rachel Maddow to take a temporary break from her MSNBC show to work on movie and podcast projects  — Rachel Maddow is taking a hiatus from her top-rated MSNBC show starting February 7.  — The star anchor will work for a few weeks on new projects with her former boss Phil Griffin.
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Time to Accept Covid and Move On?  —  Americans still concerned about virus, but lose faith in federal measures  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Americans continue to be concerned about the spread of Covid, but the vast majority say it is time to accept it as part of life.
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump ally pushes Republican Party to expel Cheney, Kinzinger  —  The resolution, to be debated at the RNC annual meeting in Salt Lake City this week, would be an unusual and public rebuke from a political party against two of its incumbent members of Congress
Discussion: Raw Story and Power Line
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The question for the GOP: Trump or American democracy?
Discussion: CNN
FIRE:
Faculty Letter in Support of Ilya Shapiro, January 31, 2022  —  Dear Dean Treanor:  —  We understand that some have called for Ilya Shapiro to be fired from his position as Executive Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution, because of his tweet criticizing President Biden's pledge to appoint a black woman as a Justice.
Discussion: Reason
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FIRE:
FIRE statement on Georgetown's suspension and investigation of Ilya Shapiro
Discussion: Insider and Inside Higher Ed
Julian Mark / Washington Post:
He's declining a coronavirus vaccine at the expense of a lifesaving transplant: 'I was born free, I'll die free'  —  For more than four years, Chad Carswell, 38, has suffered from severe kidney disease.  In July 2020, he started on dialysis — but now his kidneys are functioning at just 4 percent.
The Guardian:
US to target Putin's inner circle with sanctions in event of Ukraine invasion  —  Washington official says sanctions list will comprise oligarchs and their family members  —  Washington and its allies have prepared a list of Russian elites in or near Vladimir Putin's inner circle who would be hit …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Power of Boosters  —  New C.D.C. data shows their effectiveness.  —  The C.D.C. has begun to publish data on Covid outcomes among people who have received booster shots, and the numbers are striking:  —  As you can see, vaccination without a booster provides a lot of protection.
Discussion: HotAir
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump World adjusts to the growing influence of vaccine skeptics within its ranks
Discussion: CNN
Christopher Hutton / Washington Examiner:
Gabbard compares Biden's future Supreme Court pick to ‘disaster’ Kamala Harris  —  Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard compared President Joe Biden's future Supreme Court pick to the “disaster” that she believes Kamala Harris has been as vice president.  —  Gabbard expressed concerns on Monday on Twitter about Biden's future Supreme Court pick.
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Politico:
Gray Lady ain't done with Hunter yet  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With Allie Bice.  —  The New York Times is still digging into HUNTER BIDEN's business relationships.
George Packer / The Atlantic:
The Betrayal  —  I.  —  The End  —  It took four presidencies for America to finish abandoning Afghanistan.  George W. Bush's attention wandered off soon after American Special Forces rode horseback through the northern mountains and the first schoolgirls gathered in freezing classrooms.
Discussion: HotAir
Washington Post:
Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children under 5 could be available by the end of February, people with knowledge say  —  Coronavirus vaccines for children younger than 5 could be available far sooner than expected — perhaps by the end of February — under a plan that would lead …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News wanted viewers to hear an anti-vax trooper's story - until he died of COVID  —  Last week's toll of more than 16,000 recorded U.S. deaths from COVID-19 is made all the more heartbreaking because so many of the deceased had the opportunity to take vaccines that dramatically reduce the danger posed by the virus.
Scott Powers / Florida Politics:
Gov. Ron DeSantis' Press Secretary's tweet suggests denial of Nazi protest  —  The Press Secretary for Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared Sunday night to question whether a Nazi flag hung from an Orange County bridge was in fact the effort of Nazis.  —  In a tweet she posted Sunday night and later deleted …
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Biden's chief of staff leaked Breyer retirement to ‘limited’ group, Durbin says  —  President Joe Biden's chief of staff leaked Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's plan to retire to “a limited group” on Wednesday, a top Democrat told reporters.  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman …
Robby Soave / Reason:
Hispanic Students Were Forced To Learn Critical Race Theory.  They Hated It.  —  During the 2020 fall semester, Kali Fontanilla—a high school English language teacher working in the Salinas, California, school district—noticed that many of her students were failing one of their other classes: ethnic studies.
Discussion: HotAir and Twitchy
Victoria Eavis / Casper Star-Tribune:
Rep. Liz Cheney breaks her campaign's quarterly fundraising record  —  Rep. Liz Cheney reported her highest fundraising quarter yet, raising $2.05 million in the fourth quarter of last year, according to figures first shared Monday with the Star-Tribune.  —  The haul exceeds amounts raised earlier in the year.
Philip Klein / National Review:
Trump's Continuing Disgrace  —  President Trump has already inflicted more than enough damage on the country simply because his fragile ego prevented him from acknowledging that he lost the 2020 election.  But the January 6 Capitol riot, which followed months of him whipping supporters …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A GOP proposal targeting ‘negative’ U.S. history is cause for renewed alarm  —  In recent weeks, it has become inescapably obvious: The mania for muzzling how teachers address race and other topics is only accelerating.  —  We're seeing dozens of GOP proposals to bar whole concepts from classrooms outright.
Chris Blattman:
Why I do not expect a civil war in America (and what does worry me)  —  It began a few years ago, when prominent democracy rating organizations started downgrading the United States, putting its institutions on par with Panama, Argentina, or Romania.  —  In retrospect, that seems like the good news.
Associated Press:
US federal prisons on lockdown after 2 Texas inmates killed  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal prison system has been placed on a nationwide lockdown after two inmates were killed and two others were injured Monday during a gang altercation at a federal penitentiary in Texas.
 
 
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Calling the Ottawa protests ‘peaceful’ plays down non-violent dangers, critics say
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