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6:20 PM ET, February 4, 2022

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New York Times:
G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’  —  The Republican National Committee voted to censure Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the inquiry into the deadly riot at the Capitol.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican Party on Friday officially declared …
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
‘Trump Is Wrong,’ Pence Says of False Claim About Overturning Election  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a speech on Friday that he had no right to overturn the 2020 election, as the former president has falsely claimed.  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday offered …
CNN:
Exclusive: Newly obtained records show Trump and Jim Jordan spoke at length on morning of January 6  —  (CNN)The House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection is now in possession of White House records that provide new details about a phone call Donald Trump made to Republican …
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Revealed: Trump reviewed draft order that authorized voting machines to be seized  —  Then president, during contentious December 2020 meeting, also agreed to appoint Sidney Powell as special counsel to investigate fraud  —  Weeks after the 2020 election, Donald Trump reviewed a draft executive order …
Discussion: Raw Story and National Zero
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Michael Flynn Is Still at War  —  The general tried to persuade Donald Trump to use the military to overturn the 2020 election.  A year later, he and his followers are fighting the same battle by other means.  —  On Nov. 25, 2020, President Donald J. Trump announced via Twitter …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
‘President Trump is wrong’: Pence rejects claim he could have ‘overturned the election’  —  Former VP Pence: ‘President Trump is wrong.  I had no right to overturn the election.’  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday rejected former President Donald Trump's claim that he could have …
Brittany Shepherd / ABC News:
Pence, defending his actions on Jan. 6, rebukes Trump as ‘wrong’  —  In a speech, he went further than ever before in publicly criticizing Trump.  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday went further than he has before in publicly and directly criticizing former President Donald Trump …
Morgan Anderson / CheneyForWyoming.com:
Cheney: I Do Not Recognize Those In My Party Who Have Abandoned The Constitution To Embrace Donald Trump
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Republicans rebuke Liz Cheney in unprecedented moves
Ben Feuerherd / New York Post:
Michael Avenatti convicted of stealing $300k from Stormy Daniels  —  Attorney-turned-criminal Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday of swiping nearly $300,000 in book-advance money from his then-client Stormy Daniels.  —  The now twice-convicted felon — and one time rising star …
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Reactions to day one of the Sarah Palin vs NY Times trial (including from Michael Avenatti)
Gabby Orr / CNN:
In censure of Cheney and Kinzinger, RNC calls events of January 6 ‘legitimate political discourse’  —  Salt Lake City (CNN)In a resolution formally censuring GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the Republican National Committee on Friday called the events surrounding the January 6, 2021 …
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Washington Post:
Judge temporarily halts Youngkin order making masks optional in Va. schools after lawsuit from school boards  —  An Arlington judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring enforcement of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's mask-optional order for schools — a major victory for the seven school boards …
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Christine Rosen / Commentary Magazine:
The Masking Regime Is Coming Apart
Discussion: The Hill, RedState and CNN
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Inside CNN's explosive Zucker meeting  —  MUST-READ OF THE DAY: BEHIND THE SCENES AT CNN — WarnerMedia CEO JASON KILAR held a meeting with CNN staff on Wednesday night in an attempt to explain the sudden dismissal of JEFF ZUCKER as president of the network.  It didn't go well.
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James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Chris Cuomo ‘to get $9m from CNN’: Fired anchor 'will be paid half his contract to stop him filing lawsuit claiming that Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust …
Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
G.O.P. Lawsuit Casts N.Y. Congressional Maps as Brazen Gerrymandering  —  A Republican-led legal effort faces an uphill battle to overturn newly drawn congressional districts, which Democrats have defended as lawful.  —  A Republican-led group of voters filed a lawsuit late Thursday challenging …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:   Eric Holder's ‘Democracy’ Con
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US grants sanctions relief to Iran as nuke talks in balance  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday restored some sanctions relief to Iran's atomic program as talks aimed at salvaging the languishing 2015 nuclear deal enter a critical phase.
Discussion: CNN
Clémence Michallon / The Independent:
Jon Stewart sides with Joe Rogan as more artists leave Spotify: ‘This overreaction is a mistake’  —  Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and more have removed their catalogues from the streaming platform  —  Video mash-up compares Joe Rogan's apology to what he says on podcast
Matt Bonesteel / Washington Post:
Sixteen Penn swimmers say transgender teammate Lia Thomas should not be allowed to compete  —  Sixteen members of the University of Pennsylvania women's swimming team sent a letter to school and Ivy League officials Thursday asking that they not take legal action challenging the NCAA's recently updated transgender policy.
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Cristóbal Reyes / Orlando Sentinel:
Neo-Nazi group's leader among 3 arrested in attack at Orlando demonstration  —  Three members of the National Socialist Movement, including Kissimmee-based leader Burt Colucci, were arrested after a scuffle during a demonstration at Waterford Lakes last weekend made national headlines …
Discussion: Forbes
ABC News:
Biden touts stronger than expected jobs report: ‘America is back to work’  —  The White House had expected a disappointing report due to omicron.  —  After the White House braced for a disappointing January jobs report officials predicted would be skewed by the omicron variant …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Daily Kos
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Wall Street Journal:
Cyberattack on News Corp, Believed Linked to China, Targeted Emails of Journalists, Others  —  The attack, discovered on Jan. 20, affected publications including The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and the company's U.K. news operation  —  News Corp was the target of a hack that accessed emails …
Jade Bremner / The Independent:
Oklahoma bill would fine teachers $10k for teaching anything that contradicts religion  —  Under Senator Rob Standridge's Students' Religious Belief Protection Act subjects like LGBT+ issues, evolution and the big bang theory, even birth control could be off the table
Discussion: RedState and Deseret News
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
A new GOP bill would give workers an alternative to unions.  Republicans should get behind it.  —  Republicans such as Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Rep. Jim Banks (Ind.), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, have been working on ways to make the GOP policy agenda align better with its increasingly working-class voters.
Pippa Crerar / Mirror.co.uk:
Bombshell picture shows Boris Johnson holding can of beer at lockdown birthday party  —  Sources said that pictures taken by the official No10 photographer have been handed over to Scotland Yard for their investigation into the Downing Street parties - including one of the PM with a can of beer
Discussion: Raw Story and National Review
 
 
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