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2:40 AM ET, January 3, 2023

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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.
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.
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 …
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.
Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
EXPLAINER: How the House of Representatives elects a speaker
Discussion: New York Times and Fox News
Eileen Grench / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Bob Good Teases Rival to Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker
Brendan Buck / New York Times:
A Failed Speaker Vote for Kevin McCarthy Would Be a Historical Event
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 …
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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Financial Times:
Turning the tide in Russia's war on Ukraine
Discussion: Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Russia-Ukraine War  —  Russia Admits Dozens of Its Soldiers Are Killed in Ukrainian Strike in East
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite, Breitbart, Insider and Raw Story
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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 …
Discussion: DEO VINDICE and Washington Press
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Hope Hicks to aide on Jan. 6: ‘We all look like domestic terrorists now’
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.
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 …
Discussion: 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
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.
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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Asta Hemenway / The Daily Beast:
South Carolina Lawmaker Found Drunk in Parked Car on New Year's
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
Mara Altman / New York Times:
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Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
Samuel Petrequin / Associated Press:
EU Parliament starts process to lift 2 lawmakers' immunity
Wall Street Journal:
Ample Jan. 6 Evidence Helps Secure High Conviction Rate in Capitol Riot
Bloomberg:
14 Guards, Inmates Killed as Gunmen Attack a Mexican Border Prison
Emma Freire / Compact Magazine:
The Privatization of Policing  —  David, 26, is shoplifting peanut butter from the Stadium Shopping Center …
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