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Talking Points Memo:
Mark Meadows Exchanged Texts With 34 Members Of Congress About Plans To Overturn The 2020 Election — The Messages Included Battle Cries, Crackpot Legal Theories, And ‘Invoking Marshall Law!!’ — White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows exchanged text messages with at least 34 Republican members …
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Rolling Stone, PoliticusUSA, Mediaite, Raw Story and Balloon Juice
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
A Plot To Overturn An American Election — A Plot To Overturn An American Election — TPM Has Obtained Explosive Evidence Uncovered By The January 6 Select Committee — The messages you are about to read are the definitive, real-time record of a plot to overturn an American election.
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Washington Examiner
Talking Points Memo:
As The 2020 Election Slipped Away, Andy Biggs And Mark Meadows Schemed To Reverse The Vote In Arizona — The election-night exchanges between Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Nov. 3, 2020, read like any other conversation between a campaign stakeholder and his ally in a battleground state.
Talking Points Memo:
Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry's Work To Overturn 2020 Election Included A ‘Cyber Team’ And An Italian Job — It had been one week since the 2020 presidential election and three days since news outlets called the race, and Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) was frantically working to reverse President Trump's loss.
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Raw Story
Rolling Stone:
Jan. 6 Staffers Prepare for All-Out Republican Assault — As Republicans promise to investigate the investigation, staffers are looking to lawyer up — and preparing for their work lives to be turned upside down … As the committee readies its final report, staff are also preparing …
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The Hill, Raw Story, Political Wire, Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Former top Twitter official forced to leave home due to threats amid ‘Twitter Files’ release — Twitter's former head of trust and safety has fled his home due to an escalation in threats resulting from Elon Musk's campaign of criticism against him, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday.
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council — Meanwhile, a former top Twitter official fled his home amid attacks following Musk tweets — Twitter on Monday night abruptly dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the latest sign that Elon Musk is unraveling years of work and institutions created …
CNBC:
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas after U.S. files criminal charges — The cofounder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto trading firm FTX was arrested in the Bahamas after the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York shared a sealed indictment with the Bahamian government.
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New York Times:
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Is Arrested in the Bahamas — A statement by the government of the Bahamas said Mr. Bankman-Fried was arrested after prosecutors in the United States filed criminal charges. — Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX …
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Sam Bankman-Fried to testify before Congress remotely: ‘Quite overbooked’
Sam Bankman-Fried to testify before Congress remotely: ‘Quite overbooked’
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The Daily Beast, Associated Press, RedState, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, The Daily Caller, The Block, Quartz, The Hill and Just The News
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Senators say Bankman-Fried is refusing subpoena to testify about FTX collapse
Senators say Bankman-Fried is refusing subpoena to testify about FTX collapse
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Washington Press, Bloomberg, Politico, CNBC, The Block and TechCrunch
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Elon Musk Gets Viciously Booed by Stadium Crowd at Dave Chappelle Show — “You shut the fuck up,” Chappelle said as the crowd booed the billionaire. — Alerts — Elon Musk, the billionaire who wants nothing more in life than to be adored by legions of fans, was loudly booed by a crowd …
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Joshua Green / Washington Post:
Elon Musk Is Ruining Trump's Presidential Campaign — For years, Donald Trump has survived scandal, scorn and defeat and still managed to keep his warlord grip on the Republican Party. Even this month's epic string of disasters, from his candidates' losses in the midterms and his dinner …
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Washington Examiner, TASS and Weasel Words of Wisdom
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Why The White House isn't stressed about Elon Musk's Twitter
Why The White House isn't stressed about Elon Musk's Twitter
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Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Praxis Of Evil and IJR
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran execution: Man publicly hanged from crane amid protests — Iran executed a second prisoner on Monday convicted over crimes committed during the nationwide protests challenging the country's theocracy, publicly hanging him from a construction crane as a gruesome warning to others.
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Lydia Wheeler / Bloomberg Law:
Kavanaugh Holiday Party Appearance Raises Ethics Questions — US Supreme Court justices don't often seem too concerned about appearances. — Politico reported that Justice Brett Kavanaugh attended a private holiday party on Friday night at the home of Matt Schlapp, who is chairman …
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Mock Paper Scissors
Tyler O'Neil / The Daily Signal:
BREAKING: Department of Energy Says Sam Brinton ‘Is No Longer a DOE Employee’ — FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: The U.S. Department of Energy appears to have parted ways with Sam Brinton, the nonbinary Biden administration nuclear official who is facing charges for allegedly stealing two pieces of luggage at two separate airports.
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
Loudoun Superintendent, Spokesman Criminally Indicted Following Rape Coverup — Two top officials of a Northern Virginia public school district were indicted Monday for their roles in the handling of a bathroom rape by a skirt-wearing boy after The Daily Wire revealed the apparent coverup last year …
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NBC4 Washington, LoudounNow.com, Washington Examiner, New York Post, WRIC-TV and Power Line
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Brittany Bernstein / National Review:
Former Loudoun County Superintendent Indicted over Handling of Sexual-Assault Cases
Former Loudoun County Superintendent Indicted over Handling of Sexual-Assault Cases
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Fox News, Ace of Spades HQ, The Liberty Loft, Raw Story, Just The News, RedState and The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Nuclear fusion: How long until this breakthrough discovery can power your house — For the first time in history, US scientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain …
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The Independent:
Dr Fauci hits back at Musk claims he should be prosecuted: ‘Cesspool of misinformation’ — “I don't pay attention to that,” Dr Fauci says of Mr Musk's recent remarks — Dr Fauci urges American people to get vaccinated in final address before retirement
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Special counsel sends Trump subpoena to Ga. secretary of state Raffensperger — State or local officials in five of the six contested battlegrounds where former president Donald Trump tried to reverse his defeat have received similar subpoenas — Special counsel Jack Smith has sent …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Associated Press, CNN, NBC News, Metro.co.uk, New York Post, The Western Journal, CNBC, Raw Story, Mediaite and Election Law Blog
Washington Post:
They call him the Eagle: How the U.S. lost a key ally in Mexico as fentanyl took off — MEXICO CITY — The small American surveillance plane took off from a Mexican navy base in Baja California and flew high across the Sea of Cortez. Charting a course for the Sierra Madre mountains …
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CBS News:
White House: Marjorie Taylor Greene's latest Jan. 6 comments a “slap in the face” to law enforcement, victims' families — Washington — The White House is reacting sharply to comments made over the weekend by Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and how the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 …
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Fox News, NBC News, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story, CNN, Washington Post, Forbes, The Hill, Mediaite, The Mahablog, Slate and New Republic
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Jerusalem Demsas / The Atlantic:
The Obvious Answer to Homelessness — When someone becomes homeless, the instinct is to ask what tragedy befell them. What bad choices did they make with drugs or alcohol? What prevented them from getting a higher-paying job? Why did they have more children than they could afford?
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New York Times and Los Angeles Times
Matthew Cranston / Australian Financial Review:
FTX's inner circle had a secret chat group called ‘Wirefraud’ — Members of the inner circle of power at collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX formed a chat group called “Wirefraud” and were using it to send secret information about operations in the lead up to the company's spectacular failure.
Kevin G. Hall / OCCRP:
Hundreds of Members of Extremist Group Oath Keepers Worked for U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Leaked Roster Shows — More than 300 people identifying themselves as current or former employees of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or affiliated agencies appeared …
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Rolling Stone, Common Dreams and Project On Government …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Los Angeles Times:
Feinstein says she won't step down early from Senate — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Monday she has every intention of serving the remainder of her Senate term and is still deliberating whether to retire in 2024. — The latest comments from California's senior senator echo what she has previously said on the topic.
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Political Wire
BBC:
Bali sex ban: Indonesia tourists won't be charged under law — Tourists visiting Indonesia will not be charged under a new law which will criminalise sex outside marriage, officials say. — Dubbed the “Bali bonking ban”, the new legislation threatens up to a year in jail for unmarried couples …
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Raw Story and Al Jazeera