Frustrations with Garland grow among Jan. 6 committee members  —  Good morning, Early Birds!  This is a good week to be a Beyoncé fan.  Tell us about your favorite album, send really cool tips or do both: earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.

The Clearest Evidence Yet of Donald Trump's Criminal Intent on Jan. 6  —  On Tuesday, Bob Woodward and Robert Costa reported in the Washington Post that the House select committee investigating Jan. 6 has the White House presidential phone log, and it shows a seven-hour gap in the record of his communications that fateful day.

The Hypocritical Attack on Justice Clarence Thomas  —  The left smears him for the opinions of his wife, Ginni, a standard never applied to other judges.  —  “We are long past the day when a wife's opinions are assumed to be the same as her husband's.”  —  So argued Stephen Gillers, a law professor at New York University, in 2013.