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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Josh Hawley: ‘It Is Not A Pro-Riot Mug’  —  The Missouri Republican said he only saluted the peaceful protesters, and the others should go to jail.  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) denied Tuesday that campaign merchandise depicting his infamous Jan. 6 salute celebrates the Capitol riot that day.
Discussion: The Hill and The Mind Shield
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
What the GOP meant when it called Jan. 6 ‘legitimate political discourse’
Discussion: Financial Times and Raw Story
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Sarah Palin's Libel Claim Against The Times Is Rejected by a Jury  —  The verdict came a day after the judge said that he planned to dismiss the case, ruling that Ms. Palin's legal team had failed to prove that the newspaper defamed her.  —  A jury returned a verdict against Sarah Palin …
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Washington Post:
Sarah Palin loses jury trial in closely watched New York Times libel case … For more than four years, Sarah Palin waited for her chance to go head-to-head with the New York Times in court.  —  But after two weeks of testimony and nearly three days of deliberation, a jury decided Tuesday …
Deanna Paul / Wall Street Journal:
Jury Rejects Sarah Palin's Defamation Claims Against the New York Times
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
US accuses financial website of spreading Russian propaganda  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website with a significant American readership of amplifying Kremlin propaganda and alleged five media outlets targeting Ukrainians have taken direction from Russian spies.
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Max Glicker / Miburo:
Russia's Propaganda & Disinformation Ecosystem - 2022 Update & New Disclosures
Discussion: Mediaite and The Hill
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
John Durham and the Right's Media Paranoia … The conservative movement is obsessed with the power of the mainstream media, yet it has no idea how it operates.  The tragic mismatch between obsessive and subject is currently on bright display through a furor over the latest missive from John Durham.
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Special counsel, Democratic lawyer clash over new allegations regarding data purported to tie Trump to Russia  —  Cybersecurity lawyer Michael Sussmann was charged in 2021 with lying to the FBI.  —  A former lawyer for the Democratic Party indicted by special counsel John Durham for allegedly lying …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Court Filing Started a Furor in Right-Wing Outlets, but Their Narrative Is Off Track
National Review:
Durham's Jaw-Dropping Revelation
Discussion: Washington Post and KOAMKOAM
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Prince Andrew Settles Sexual Abuse Lawsuit With Virginia Giuffre  —  Financial terms of the settlement, which was announced in a federal court filing in Manhattan on Tuesday, were not revealed.  —  Prince Andrew, the disgraced second son of Queen Elizabeth II, has settled a lawsuit brought …
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Biden is getting Ukraine and Russia right after Obama fell short and Trump was a disaster  —  Biden is sending Ukraine equipment and weapons and vows harsh sanctions if Russia invades.  But there will be blood and death before they're fully felt. … I don't usually lie awake at night thinking …
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Michael Lee / Fox News:
Biden makes direct appeal to citizens of Russia, warns against ‘bloody destructive war’
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Biden's olive branch: We're open to diplomacy but we won't sacrifice Ukraine's sovereignty
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Sandy Hook families settle with Remington marking 1st time gun maker is held liable for mass shooting  —  Twenty first-graders and six staff members were killed in the 2012 massacre.  —  Remington Arms agreed Tuesday to settle liability claims from the families of five adults and four children killed …
Pew Research Center:
Americans' Trust in Scientists, Other Groups Declines  —  Republicans' confidence in medical scientists down sharply since early in the coronavirus outbreak  —  Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how much confidence Americans have in groups and institutions in society, including scientists and medical scientists.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Two small victories for the media in a war it's losing badly
Discussion: Washington Examiner
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
P.J. O'Rourke was America's greatest satirist and coolest conservative  —  P.J. O'Rourke, who has died at the age of 74, once hosted a small New Year's party at his apartment in Washington.  The year was 1990.  He'd just returned from Germany, where he had covered the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
DeSantis, Shapiro & Co. Want To Put My Kid in the Closet  —  Bringing Don't Ask, Don't Tell to schools?  The fear is the point.  —  Nineties fever is upon us.  Wide-legged jeans and bucket hats are everywhere.  Pam & Tommy's sextape is on the tube.  Death Row Records has schoolmarms squirming.
Discussion: Raw Story
WDRB:
Local activist arrested for attempted shooting of Louisville mayoral candidate  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A local activist and columnist has been arrested in connection with firing a shot directly at a Louisville mayoral candidate.  —  On Monday night, Louisville Metro Police announced Quintez Brown …
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Andrew Wolfson / Courier-Journal:
Activist Quintez Brown named in attempted shooting of Louisville mayor candidate Greenberg
Nate Hochman / National Review:
Federal Judge James Ho Surprises Georgetown Law with Speech Defending Ilya Shapiro  —  Guest speaker scraps original remarks in favor of unequivocal statement on freedom of speech and declares, ‘I stand with Ilya.’  —  ederal judge James C. Ho delivered a robust defense of Ilya Shapiro …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Peter Thiel backs conservative dating app The Right Stuff  —  Peter Thiel is injecting $1.5 million into a seed round for a new conservative dating app called “The Right Stuff,” a source familiar with the funding tells Axios.  —  The big picture: Conservatives have been aggressively building their own apps …
Washington Post:
About 3 in 4 D.C. residents support vaccine rules Bowser just rescinded, poll finds  —  About three-quarters of D.C. residents support the city's vaccine requirement to enter certain businesses, a policy that Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) ended Tuesday.  —  The citywide Washington Post poll finds 74 percent …
Washington Post:
Eight Republican senators say they oppose ‘no-fly’ list for disruptive passengers because it would equate mask opponents to ‘terrorists’  —  A group of Republican senators is pushing back against efforts to create a federal “no-fly” list for unruly passengers, arguing that doing …
Discussion: CBS News, TheBlaze and New York Post
Timothy Johnson / Media Matters for America:
Doctor praised by GOP senator tells Alex Jones the pandemic could be ended via bombings and assassinations  —  Ben Marble, a medical doctor who recently spoke at a Capitol Hill event held by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), made a deranged appearance on far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' broadcast …
Tariq Panja / New York Times:
Kamila Valieva had three substances that could be used to treat heart conditions in her sample.  Only one is banned.  —  The teenage Russian figure skater at the center of a doping case at the Beijing Olympics had three substances that can be used to treat heart conditions in the sample …
Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Left-Wing Staffers Bias Democrats Leftward.  Hill Staff Unions Would Make This Worse.  —  Democrats need to listen to voters more and staff less, but staff doesn't feel that way  —  I hope you had a good weekend.  We will have another edition of the Mayonnaise Clinic coming up for you tomorrow …
Discussion: Slow Boring
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Top Oath Keeper reveals a key secret of Jan. 6  —  Do you ever feel like everything is on ice?  Like when it's time for pitchers and catchers to report for spring training, except the billionaires have locked them out.  Or when the great James Harden is ready to finally win the 76ers an NBA title, but his hamstring isn't.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Raw Story
Leah Douglas / Reuters:
U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds … Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a study published Monday.
Discussion: Political Wire
Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Republicans plot boycott to disrupt vote on controversial Biden Fed nominee  —  Republicans plan to boycott a key vote on Federal Reserve nominees, including Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, over concerns about Sarah Bloom Raskin, preventing any of the candidates from moving forward.
Reuters:
School boards get death threats amid rage over race, gender, mask policies  —  Local school officials across the United States are being inundated with threats of violence and other hostile messages from anonymous harassers nationwide, fueled by anger over culture-war issues.
 
 
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Christopher Vondracek / Grand Forks Herald:
South Dakota House OKs bill saying parasite-killing drug can be prescribed to humans
Discussion: Raw Story
U.S. Mission Osce / U.S. Mission to the OSCE:
U.S. Statement for the Meeting Under Vienna Document Chapter III 16.2
Discussion: CBS News
Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Trump's stash of documents shows ‘fragile’ historical record
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Downward Spiral of a ‘Decorated’ Paratrooper Accused of Threatening Biden's Life
Discussion: Raw Story
Ashley Trawick / PEN America:
Educational Gag Orders Target Speech about LGBTQ+ Identities With New Prohibitions and Punishments
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Toronto Sun:
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