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1:15 PM ET, January 31, 2022

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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Biden warns Russia of ‘swift and severe consequences’ if they ‘walk away’ from diplomacy and attack Ukraine
Discussion: Politico, The White House and WTOP News
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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New York Times:
Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S.  —  Challenges to books about sexual and racial identity are nothing new in American schools, but the tactics and politicization are.  —  In Wyoming, a county prosecutor's office considered charges against library employees for stocking books like “Sex Is a Funny Word” and “This Book Is Gay.”
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:   A GOP proposal targeting ‘negative’ U.S. history is cause for renewed alarm
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 …
Discussion: National Review
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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
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: Washington Post and Townhall
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Lawrence Richard / Fox News:
Second GOP governor calls for Trump-less 2024 election
Discussion: The Hill and Insider
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
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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.
CNN:
Exclusive: Kamala Harris drove within several yards of pipe bomb at DNC headquarters during Capitol riot  —  (CNN)Then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris drove within several yards of a pipe bomb lying next to a bench outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters on January 6, 2021 …
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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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
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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FOX 35 Orlando:
Deputies investigating fight involving demonstrators wearing Nazi symbols, yelling anti-Semitic slurs
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Nick Cohen / Persuasion:
Boris Johnson's Nine Lives Are Up
Discussion: Politico
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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 …
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.
Neil Irwin / Axios:
White House braces for bad Omicron jobs numbers  —  Job growth numbers may be about to turn negative for the first time since President Biden took office, and the White House is seeking to get ahead of potential negative headlines.  —  The big picture: Vast numbers of Americans missed work …
Discussion: New York Post and Twitchy
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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
Jane Kitchen / Common Sense:
Last Year, I Was a Bryn Mawr Girl.  Now I'm at Hillsdale.  —  Growing up in a conservative town, I always dreamed of attending college with liberals like me.  The pandemic changed everything.  —  My family is liberal and not at all religious.  Depending on where you grew up …
David Eggert / Associated Press:
John James announces run for Michigan congressional seat  —  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan businessman, military veteran and two-time Republican Senate candidate John James announced Monday he will run for an open House seat in the Detroit area.  —  The 10th District, newly created through …
Discussion: BizPac Review
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Guidebook aims to help communities tap infrastructure funds
Discussion: The White House and WTOP News
Robby Soave / Reason:
Hispanic Students Were Forced To Learn Critical Race Theory. They Hated It.
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
The Harvard Crimson:
Potential SCOTUS Nominee, on Harvard Board of Overseers, Could Face Conflict of Interest Questions in Affirmative Action Case
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Amnesty International describes Israel as an apartheid state in new report
Discussion: WTOP News
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Joe Rogan Apologizes, Spotify Publishes Content Policy in Response to Neil Young Outcry
Ashley Wong / New York Times:
N.Y.C. is offering free home delivery of Covid antiviral pills, though supply is limited.
Washington Examiner:
The Black Lives Matter scam
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
Jack Posobiec / Newsweek:
This Year's Olympics Will Double as Xi Jinping's Coronation
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Rents are up 40 percent in some cities, forcing millions to find another place to live
Discussion: HotAir, Breitbart and Political Wire
 

 
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