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2:45 PM ET, January 31, 2022

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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump's Grip on G.O.P. Faces New Strains  —  Shifts in polls of Republicans, disagreements on endorsements and jeers over vaccines hint at daylight between the former president and the right-wing movement he spawned.  —  About halfway into his Texas rally on Saturday evening …
Discussion: Raw Story, Vanity Fair and Townhall
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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.
Politico:
The Jan. 6 panel's on a hot streak against Trump World.  Now what?  —  The Jan. 6 select committee is on a winning streak.  Now comes the hard part.  —  In the past few weeks, the panel has prevailed against Donald Trump at the Supreme Court, obtained pivotal documents related …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The question for the GOP: Trump or American democracy?
Discussion: CNN and Insider
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Quiet part loud: Trump says Pence ‘could have overturned the election’
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Washington Post:
U.S., Russia clash sharply over Ukraine at U.N. meeting
Baltimore Sun:
Sherrilyn Ifill should be Biden's Supreme Court pick; here's why  —  A Black woman has never served on the U.S. Supreme Court, but there is no shortage of well-qualified individuals available to break that shameful barrier.  This was made clear enough last week with the announcement …
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The Harvard Crimson:   Potential SCOTUS Nominee, on Harvard Board of Overseers, Could Face Conflict of Interest Questions in Affirmative Action Case
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
North Carolina superintendent abruptly removes MLK-themed novel from 10th grade class  —  An acclaimed MLK-themed novel was removed from a 10th-grade English class in North Carolina.  Haywood County Superintendent Dr. Bill Nolte told Popular Information that he pulled the book …
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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.
Washington Post:
White House frustrations grow over health chief Becerra's handling of pandemic  —  Critics blame him for health officials' conflicting messages; defenders say administration gave him an unclear role  —  White House officials have grown so frustrated with top health official Xavier Becerra …
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Financial Times:
‘Pandemic of the unboosted’: low US Covid jab uptake piles pressure on hospitals
Discussion: Common Dreams and Eschaton
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Hmmm: Becerra first Cabinet secretary under the bus?
Discussion: Instapundit
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.
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Ghostface Trump Lives and Susan Collins Keeps Letting Him  —  The Good Republican won't rule out Trump 2024.  —  Donald Trump can't be killed because the rest of the Republican party is unwilling to take on the political pain required to kill him.  —  This has been the fundamental …
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
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.
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
2022 money race: RNC edges DNC last year in fundraising fight  —  Republican and Democratic national parties beefing up campaign coffers ahead of November's midterm elections  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for January 31  —  EXCLUSIVE - As it builds resources ahead of November's midterm elections …
Discussion: The Hill
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Georgia prosecutor investigating Trump requests FBI protection after former president targets her at rally  —  Ms Willis is investigating former president Donald Trump's efforts to pressure Georgia election officials into throwing out 2020 election results  —  The Georgia prosecutor …
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Nardine Saad / Los Angeles Times:
‘Maus’ ban makes Art Spiegelman's Holocaust graphic novel an Amazon bestseller  —  Two editions of Art Spiegelman's graphic novel “Maus,” about his parents' experiences during the Holocaust, have become bestsellers after being banned by a Tennessee school board earlier this month.
Discussion: Slate and The A.V. Club
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 …
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
What we talk about when we talk about a return to normal  —  The Biden White House thinks they're doing it, but they're not — yet  —  Last week Joanne Kenen in Politico ran a hit piece on David Leonhardt on behalf of the public health community.  This seems like a good opportunity to address …
Discussion: The Federalist
 
 
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Joe Trippi / The Lincoln Project:
Op-Ed: Five Reasons for Optimism in 2022
Discussion: Common Dreams and Roll Call
Victoria Eavis / Casper Star-Tribune:
Rep. Liz Cheney breaks her campaign's quarterly fundraising record
Philip Klein / National Review:
Trump's Continuing Disgrace
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Companies, executives donated nearly $300,000 to Manchin's campaign after he rejected Biden's Build Back Better bill
Peter Beinart / Jewish Currents:
AIPAC Refuses to Learn From Its Mistakes on Iran
Robby Soave / Reason:
Hispanic Students Were Forced To Learn Critical Race Theory. They Hated It.
 Earlier Items: 
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Power of Boosters  —  New C.D.C. data shows their effectiveness.
New York Times:
We Need to Talk About Covid, Part 2: A Conversation with Dr. Fauci
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Critics say Ginni Thomas's activism is a Supreme Court conflict. Under court rules, only her husband can decide if that's true.
Discussion: Raw Story
Neil Irwin / Axios:
White House braces for bad Omicron jobs numbers
Discussion: New York Post and Twitchy
Jane Kitchen / Common Sense:
Last Year, I Was a Bryn Mawr Girl. Now I'm at Hillsdale.
 

 
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