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12:05 PM ET, January 6, 2023

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‘The Democrats, the Republicans and the Freedom Caucus’: Inside the right's plans to seize power in the new Congress  —  Conservatives want the House to act like “a de facto European-style coalition government.”  —  A week after the midterm elections in November, a small group …
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Washington Post:
Policy demands, personal animus and more: Meet the McCarthy resistance  —  A group of hard-right House Republicans has stood this week between McCarthy and the speaker's gavel, airing a broad array of complaints  —  Ralph Norman says he will not support leader Kevin McCarthy's bid …
Washington Post:
Post Politics Now: McCarthy vows ‘progress’ as speaker voting enters 4th day  —  Today, Republican Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) vowed to show “progress” toward achieving a majority vote as the fight over his potential speakership entered Day 4.  McCarthy is trying to sell a package of concessions …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Unrest swells among McCarthy's backers  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Around Christmas, Texas Republican Rep. ROGER WILLIAMS' wife suffered a medical emergency.  This week, as she underwent treatment, her husband was eager to be by her side.
Discussion: NBC News
Patrick Hauf / Fox News:
McCarthy hints House may continue votes through weekend  —  Punchbowl reported McCarthy insisted it is unlikely the House adjourns for an extended period of time until a speaker is elected  —  Burgess Owens: It's ‘just a matter of time’ before Kevin McCarthy is elected
Jason Sattler / The Editorial Board:
Obstruction in the House picks up where J6 left off  —  The 20 can't quite trust Kevin McCarthy to blow up democracy.  —  Laughing at Republicans is fun, especially when Republicans seem to go out of their way to be so laughable.  —  Who can't enjoy a raging Marjorie Taylor Greene swinging …
NBC News:
'I'm not even a congressman': House lawmakers and staffers can't function while speaker fight drags on
John F. Harris / Politico:
McCarthy Destroys His Speakership In Order to Save It
Politico:
Enablers, line-straddlers and quiet resisters: How GOP lawmakers contributed to Jan. 6  —  A handful of Republicans who remained in the Jan. 6 committee's sights throughout its investigation are now leading the effort to deny Kevin McCarthy the speakership — using their power to bring the House to a standstill.
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
How Trump's Missing Call Logs Could Become His Nixon Tapes  —  The Trump White House call logs are now public, and they're about as trustworthy as his business income statements.  —  During the nearly nine hours that Congress was under attack on Jan. 6, 2021, the official White House call …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jon Ward / Yahoo News:
House members blocking McCarthy speaker bid meet at offices of ex-Trump chief Mark Meadows  —  United States Senator from South Carolina  —  Several Republican House members fighting to stop Rep. Kevin McCarthy from becoming Speaker of the House met Friday morning at the offices …
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
January 6: A Day That Will Live in Alchemy
Discussion: CNN
Donell Harvin / Politico:
What the Jan. 6 Committee Report Left Out
Discussion: Raw Story
CREW:
Corporations have given over $50 million to the Sedition Caucus … On January 6, 2021, thousands of Trump supporters — emboldened by then-President Trump's call to “fight like hell” — stormed the Capitol Building in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
Discussion: Politico and Mother Jones
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Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Supporters raise millions to rebrand Jan. 6 rioters as ‘patriots’  —  For nearly two hours, about two dozen people on a group Telegram live stream cried, read Scripture, listened to hymns — and prayed fervently for defendants in jail facing trial for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Biden Gets a Political Gift on Jan. 6 Anniversary With GOP's Capitol Mutiny  —  The second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol arrives with the building again in turmoil, this time as House Republicans quarrel over a speaker to lead the chamber.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
House Democrats connect Jan. 6 to GOP's speakership fight  —  On the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, House Democrats said the speakership fight waged by 20 House GOP rebels is a sign of how little progress has been made toward unity. … Axios interviewed multiple Democrats …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CBS News
CNN:
Trump lawyers ordered to hand over names of individuals hired to search Trump properties for classified documents  —  A federal judge has asked former President Donald Trump's attorneys to turn over the names of the individuals hired to search four properties for documents late last year, a source familiar with the order told CNN.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Rules for Justice Dept. in Dispute With Trump Over Documents Search
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Mercury News
Bloomberg:   Trump Special Counsel Probe Adds Two Anti-Corruption Prosecutors
David Harrison / Wall Street Journal:
December Jobs Report to Show Labor Market's Strength as 2022 Closed  —  Hiring has been resilient, but has started losing momentum amid layoffs by high-profile companies  —  Why Tech Layoffs Don't Reflect the Job Market  —  Created with sketchtool. … 1x
Harry Davies / The Guardian:
Leak reveals Roman Abramovich's billion-dollar trusts transferred before Russia sanctions  —  Exclusive: Files raise questions about whether oligarch's children were made beneficiaries to protect fortune from possible asset freezes  —  Trusts holding billions of dollars of assets …
Shawna Chen / Axios:
Partner of fallen Capitol Police officer sues Trump for $10 million  —  Sandra Garza, the longtime partner of the fallen U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, filed a lawsuit Thursday against former President Trump and two other defendants charged with assaulting Sicknick during the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Sued by Estate of Capitol Police Officer Who Died After Jan. 6 Attack
Associated Press:
Democratic officials' homes, offices, shot up in New Mexico  —  The homes or offices of four elected Democratic officials in New Mexico have been hit by gunfire over the past month, and authorities are working to determine if the attacks are connected.  Nobody was injured in the shootings …
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN, CBS News and WFLA-TV
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NYT exposed the ills of forced arbitration.  It's now a company policy.  —  Few outlets can match the New York Times when it comes to exposing the pitfalls of forced arbitration.  A 2015 investigative series documented how such clauses have become increasingly common in many kinds of contracts …
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Max Seddon / Financial Times:
A Moscow diary: fear, loathing and deep denial  —  Champagne still flows at elite parties in the Russian capital, as cowed critics only speak openly in their own homes  —  It's the holiday season in Moscow, where the city has put up symbols of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine outside …
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
 
 
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The GOP Future Is Florida
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Judge Suspends Law License of Alex Jones' Attorney After Releasing Unauthorized Files
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Kimmy Yam / NBC News:
Biden signs law to help preserve Japanese American WWII incarceration camps
Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
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Adam Rawnsley / Rolling Stone:
Jan. 6 Committee Experiment Found TikTok Went From Zero To Nazi in 75 Minutes
Megan Messerly / Politico:
South Carolina Supreme Court rules abortion protected under state constitution
 

 
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