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8:50 PM ET, January 8, 2023

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New York Times:
Here's what to know about Brazil's presidential election.  —  Here's what to know about the protest fueled by false claims of electoral fraud.  —  Thousands of supporters of Brazil's right-wing former president, Jair Bolsonaro, stormed the country's Congress, Supreme Court and presidential offices …
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Washington Post:
Bolsonaro backers storm congress, court, presidential office in Brazil's capital  —  BRASILIA — Thousands of radical backers of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro breached and vandalized the presidential office building, congress and the Supreme Court on Sunday …
Discussion: Twitchy and Just The News
Associated Press:
Pro-Bolsonaro crowd storms Brazil's Congress, other sites  —  Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace in the capital on Sunday, a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival …
George Wright / BBC:
Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazilian Congress  —  Supporters of Brazilian far-right ex-President Jair Bolsonaro have stormed Congress in the capital.  —  The dramatic scenes came a week after left-wing veteran Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's inauguration.
CNN:
Bolsonaro supporters breach security barriers, break into Brazilian Congress and presidential palace  —  Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday breached security barriers set up by the Armed Forces and gained access to key buildings for each of the three branches of government …
Discussion: TMZ.com and Forbes
Adriano Machado / Reuters:
Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil presidential palace, Congress, Supreme Court
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Prepare New Rules, but Fixing Congress Isn't So Easy  —  History suggests that the procedural plans of the new House Republican majority are likely to lead to more gridlock and legislative instability, not less.  —  WASHINGTON — Smarting after a dozen years under iron-fisted Republican rule …
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Video shows border agents, police arresting migrants sleeping outside church shelter in El Paso ahead of Biden's visit
Bart Barnes / Washington Post:
Bernard Kalb, journalist and commentator, dies at 100  —  He resigned in 1986 as State Department spokesman to protest a government disinformation campaign  —  Bernard Kalb, a journalist and author who covered global affairs and later cast a critical eye on the media as a commentator for CNN …
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
A Lecturer Showed a Painting of the Prophet Muhammad.  She Lost Her Job.  —  After an outcry over the art history class by Muslim students, Hamline University officials said the incident was Islamophobic.  But many scholars say the work is a masterpiece.  —  Erika López Prater …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and WOID
Rebecca Chace / New York Times:
Russell Banks, Novelist Steeped in the Working Class, Dies at 82  —  He brought his own sometimes painful blue-collar experiences to bear in acclaimed stories exploring issues of race, class and power in American life.  —  Russell Banks, whose vivid portrayals of working-class Americans grappling …
New York Times:
House Republicans Preparing Broad Inquiry Into F.B.I. and Security Agencies  —  Republicans plan to create a special subcommittee, led by a Trump ally, with a mandate to scrutinize open criminal investigations and classified intelligence.  —  WASHINGTON — Newly empowered House Republicans …
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Ukraine sees ‘year of victory’ but decisive defeat of Russia won't be easy  —  LONDON — With upgraded weaponry on the way, Western resolve holding firm, and the Ukrainian army continuing to outmaneuver and outwit Russia's flailing military, Ukraine's promised “year of victory” is off to a good start.
Discussion: Foreign Policy
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Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
Now Fighting for Ukraine: Volunteers Seeking Revenge Against Russia
Discussion: New York Post
Céline Gounder / New York Times:
Grant Wahl's Death Isn't a Tool for Covid Vaccine Disinformation Spreaders  —  Dr. Gounder is an infectious disease physician and epidemiologist.  She is the widow of the sports journalist Grant Wahl.  —  It was the end of the workday on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022.
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
'Where's My Flying Car?'  Is a Legitimate Question  —  In December, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced that they had achieved on Earth what is commonplace within stars: They had fused hydrogen isotopes, releasing more energy in the reaction than was used in the ignition.
Discussion: Daily Press and National Review
New York Times:
After 6-Year-Old Is Accused in School Shooting, Many Questions and a Murky Legal Path  —  The teacher who was shot was in stable condition on Saturday, the police said, but details surrounding the gun remained unknown.  —  NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The scene was heartbreakingly familiar.
The Guardian:
South Africa police investigate alleged plot to poison CEO with cyanide  —  André de Ruyter, who stepped down from utility firm Eskom, drank coffee suspected to be laced with poison  —  Police are investigating an alleged plot to poison the chief executive of a South African power utility.
 
 
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