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Just Security:
Major Highlights of the January 6 Report — What follows are highlights of the January 6th Select Committee's final report from our initial review. Our discussion includes but is not limited to the report's findings and treatment of issues including: — Criminal misconduct in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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Mediaite, Digby's Hullabaloo, Words & Deeds, Vox, Variety and BBC
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New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Issues Final Report, Placing Blame for Capitol Riot on ‘One Man’ — The report expanded on this summer's televised hearings, describing in detail what it called former President Donald J. Trump's “multipart plan” to overturn the 2020 election. — WASHINGTON — Declaring …
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Metro.co.uk, Raw Story, Civil Discourse …, Reason, BuzzFeed News, Washington Times, Alaska Beacon, DNyuz, Mediaite, Just Security, Election Law Blog, USA Today, Morning Shots, NPR, Insider, Axios, Politico, CBS News, IJR, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, CNN and Los Angeles Times, more at Mediagazer »
David Remnick / New Yorker:
The Devastating New History of the January 6th Insurrection — The House report describes both a catastrophe and a way forward. — The New Yorker is publishing the full report of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack, in partnership with Celadon Books.
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CNN, Twitchy, RedState, NBC News, Althouse, Voice of America and Rolling Stone
Diana Glebova / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Con Job And A Disgrace’: Donald Trump Issues Video Response To Jan. 6 Report — Former President Donald Trump issued a video response to the release of the Jan. 6 report Friday, claiming the committee investigating the riot omitted evidence, made false statements and …
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Political Wire
New York Times:
Inside the Jan. 6 Committee
Inside the Jan. 6 Committee
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Washington Post, HotAir, Associated Press, NBC New York, DNyuz, OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter and NBC News
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Jan. 6 report's most important finding: Trump enabled extremist groups
Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
The January 6 committee did not finish the job
The January 6 committee did not finish the job
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New York Times, CNN and RedState
Reuters:
Exclusive: Elon Musk orders removal of Twitter suicide prevention feature, sources say — Twitter Inc removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the matter …
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Political Wire, more at Techmeme »
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Final Campaign … Donald Trump was calling from Mar-a-Lago. It was a Monday afternoon in the middle of December. He was at his desk in what is known as 45 Office, a room on the second floor, above what is known as the Donald J. Trump Grand Ballroom, 20,000 square feet festooned …
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
House Clears $1.7 Trillion Spending Package, Averting Shutdown — The bill, which passed the Senate on Thursday, now heads to President Biden's desk for his signature. — WASHINGTON — Congress on Friday cleared a roughly $1.7 trillion government funding package that would provide significant increases …
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Associated Press, Alaska Beacon, Al Jazeera, The Daily Caller, E&E, CNN, The Post Millennial, UPI, Idaho Capital Sun, Bloomberg, NBC New York, Raw Story and DNyuz
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill that rewrites U.S. election law, sending it to Biden to sign
House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill that rewrites U.S. election law, sending it to Biden to sign
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The Hill, Politico, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, ABC News, Forbes, Washington Times, Mississippi News, NPR, Associated Press, Semafor and New York Magazine
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Back End of an Omnibus — WSJ Opinion: Will Biden Run Again? Should He? — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
The Back End of an Omnibus — WSJ Opinion: Will Biden Run Again? Should He? — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
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Washington Examiner
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
McCarthy dings omnibus ‘pet projects’ in lengthy speech
McCarthy dings omnibus ‘pet projects’ in lengthy speech
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Signal and CNN
New York Times:
Rapper Tory Lanez Guilty in Shooting of Megan Thee Stallion — Mr. Lanez, a Canadian rapper, was accused of firing at the Houston hip-hop star after an argument in 2020. The matter became the subject of speculation and gossip on social media and in songs.
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The Daily Beast, Los Angeles Times and ABC7
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New York Times:
George Santos's Early Life: Odd Jobs, Bad Debts and Lawsuits — Representative-elect George Santos, who is under scrutiny over potentially misrepresenting key parts of his campaign biography, had other undisclosed troubles in his early career. — The polite young customer service agent …
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HotAir, Talking Points Memo, NBC New York, DNyuz, The Daily Beast, New York Times and LI Press
Wall Street Journal:
Putin, Isolated and Distrustful, Leans on Handful of Hard-Line Advisers — Russia's president built a power structure designed to deliver him the information he wants to hear, feeding into his miscalculation on the Ukraine war — MOSCOW—Russian troops were losing the battle for Lyman …
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Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been vacationing in Costa Rica during one of the most consequential legislative weeks of the year — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been vacationing in Costa Rica this week. — That's despite the House voting on a major government spending bill that she's dubbed the “omnimonster.”
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Washington Examiner and Wall Street Journal
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W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
‘Majority’ Taylor Greene: Georgia lawmaker angles to be GOP kingmaker
‘Majority’ Taylor Greene: Georgia lawmaker angles to be GOP kingmaker
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Insider
Axios:
Exclusive: Bloomberg eyes WSJ-parent Dow Jones, WaPo — Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman and media mogul, is interested in acquiring either Wall Street Journal parent company Dow Jones or The Washington Post, a source familiar with his thinking told Axios.
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The Daily Caller, Reuters, New York Post, One America News Network, DNyuz and Cyprus Mail, more at Mediagazer »
Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge News:
Arizona Gov Forced To Dismantle $80 Million Cargo-Container Wall He Just Built — Under the duress of a federal lawsuit, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has agreed to dismantle two long sections of border wall the state built out of stacked shipping containers capped by concertina wire.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
McConnell calls out ‘diminished’ Trump, vows not to bow to his candidates in 2024 — WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell deferred to former President Donald Trump's handpicked candidates in competitive midterm races, culminating in jarring defeats and a larger Democratic majority that bucked the odds.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Journalists who won't delete Musk tweets remain locked out of Twitter — Elon Musk suspended reporters from Twitter and later reinstated them, but with a catch: They must nix their tweets related to the account @ElonJet, which has tracked Musk's private plane using public data
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The Hill, Mediaite, Twitchy, TechCrunch, Voice of America and Metro.co.uk, more at Mediagazer »
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
The F.D.A. Now Says It Plainly: Morning-After Pills Are Not Abortion Pills — Labels of Plan B One-Step had previously said, without scientific evidence, that the pill might block fertilized eggs from implanting in the womb. — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday significantly changed …
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The Hill and The Daily Caller
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Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
George Santos's Problems Are Just Getting Started — It's not a lie if you believe it? — The seemingly never-ending revelations of how newly elected Congressman George Santos invented much of his resumé, accomplishments, and identity out of thin air, are likely to become the subject of ethics probes and investigations.