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CNN:
GOP dilemma: If not McCarthy, then who? — As House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has struggled to lock down the votes to become speaker, his top deputy has kept his head down. — Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 in the House GOP leadership, has made clear he supports McCarthy …
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Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
McCarthy Proposes Gutting Office of Congressional Ethics in Bid for Speaker — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy spent the first two days of the new year trying to shore up GOP support for his bid to be Speaker by releasing a series of proposals aimed at winning over hard-right detractors who stand to torpedo his ascension.
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Raw Story, Common Dreams, Public Citizen, Slay News and The Hill
Rep. Don Bacon / The Daily Caller:
If McCarthy's Speaker Bid Fails, Democrats Might Have To Be Part Of The Process … I support Kevin McCarthy, but a small handful of people are holding us hostage. — The vast majority of the conference knows we can't cave to the few when the demands are unreasonable.
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Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Gingrich offers searing criticism of Republicans who oppose McCarthy — Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) slammed GOP lawmakers who said they plan to oppose Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in his bid for Speaker, calling the conservatives holding out against McCarthy …
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New York Post, Las Vegas Review-Journal, BizPac Review, RedState, Just The News, Fox News and IJR
Mike Allen / Axios:
McCarthy still short on votes in bid to become speaker — House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has begged countless lawmakers — and offered extraordinary concessions, including allowing members to easily fire him at any time — to secure the votes for speaker.
Politico:
Conservatives threaten to withhold critical McCarthy support, hours before speaker vote — Kevin McCarthy has already moved into the speaker's office, even as an influential conservative group urges members to vote against him unless he concedes to key rules changes.
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Here Are the House Republicans to Watch if McCarthy's Bid for Speaker Falters
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Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
EXPLAINER: How the House of Representatives elects a speaker
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Eileen Grench / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Bob Good Teases Rival to Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker
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Brendan Buck / New York Times:
A Failed Speaker Vote for Kevin McCarthy Would Be a Historical Event
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New York Times:
Brazilian Authorities Will Revive Fraud Case Against George Santos — A 2008 court case had been suspended because Brazilian law enforcement officials could not find Mr. Santos. — When Representative-elect George Santos takes his seat in Congress on Tuesday, he will do so under the shadow …
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Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Strikes Russian Forces in Donbas in Deadliest Attack in Months — The attack in Russian-held territory came as Ukraine repelled another drone swarm on Kyiv — KYIV, Ukraine—A Ukrainian strike killed dozens of newly mobilized soldiers in Russian-held territory in the east …
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New York Times:
Russia-Ukraine War — Russia Admits Dozens of Its Soldiers Are Killed in Ukrainian Strike in East
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Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Jan. 6 Panel Transcripts Show Gen. Milley Agreed With Pelosi That Trump Was ‘Crazy’ — The transcript is part of a mass database of evidence released by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. — Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
‘This made us all unemployable’: Trump White House aides respond to January 6 in angry text exchange — A text exchange between Ivanka Trump's chief of staff Julie Radford and White House aide Hope Hicks reveals their anger over then-President Donald Trump's actions on January 6, 2021 …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Inside the Jan. 6 committee's massive new evidence trove
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Insider, Raw Story, Balloon Juice, Digby's Hullabaloo and Rolling Stone
CNN:
Suspect in Times Square machete attack on New Year's Eve arrested and faces attempted murder charges — The 19-year-old suspect accused of attacking New York police officers with a machete near Times Square on New Year's Eve has been arrested and faces charges of attempted murder of a police officer.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
We're Going to Miss Greed and Cynicism — It's 2023. What will the new year bring? The answer, of course, is that we don't know. There are a fair number of what Donald Rumsfeld (remember him?) called “known unknowns” — for example, nobody really knows how hard it will be to reduce inflation …
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Raw Story
Ben Sasse / Wall Street Journal:
America's True Divide: Pluralists vs. Zealots — Stop making politics about partisan identities and tribalism and get back to persuasion and policy. — WSJ Opinion: Congress Is Now Officially Divided — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE — Created with sketchtool. — 1x
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Rasmussen Reports:
‘Died Suddenly’? More Than 1-in-4 Think Someone They Know Died From COVID-19 Vaccines — Nearly half of Americans think COVID-19 vaccines may be to blame for many unexplained deaths, and more than a quarter say someone they know could be among the victims.
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Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Trump Blames Extreme Pro-Lifers for Republican Midterm Defeats — “It wasn't my fault that the Republicans didn't live up to expectations in the MidTerms,” Trump posted yesterday. He added: … This is a pile of nonsense atop a kernel of truth. — Some Republican candidates took the positions on abortion Trump is describing.
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
New data shows the folly of Trump's crusade against early voting
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
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