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12:15 AM ET, January 9, 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: TASS and Twitchy
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 …
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Texas Democrat calls for US authorities to extradite Bolsonaro back to Brazil  —  Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) called on the Biden administration and local authorities in Florida on Sunday to send back to Brazil its former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, whose supporters stormed the country's Congress and Supreme Court.
Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story and Mediaite
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 …
Adriano Machado / Reuters:
Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil presidential palace, Congress, Supreme Court  —  Supporters of Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the country's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court, in a grim echo of the U.S. Capitol invasion two years ago by fans of former President Donald Trump.
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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Associated Press:
McCarthy's next big task: Win GOP support for House rules  —  After an epic 15-ballot election to become House speaker, Republican Kevin McCarthy faces his next big test in governing a fractious, slim majority: passing a rules package to govern the House.  The drafting and approval of a set …
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:   What's in Kevin McCarthy's Deal With Conservatives
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 …
Washington Post:
New variant XBB.1.5 is ‘most transmissible’ yet, could fuel covid wave … Three years after the novel coronavirus emerged, a new variant, XBB.1.5, is quickly becoming the dominant strain in parts of the United States because of a potent mix of mutations that makes it easier to spread broadly …
Discussion: who13.com
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
What we know about the XBB.1.5 COVID variant sweeping the Northeast
Discussion: Instapundit and Japan Times
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 …
Ty Ross / Occupy Democrats:
NEW PROBE: Reelected Michigan AG will hold Trump allies accountable for fake elector plot  — Advertisement Above -  —  Recently reelected Democratic Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced an investigation into the actions of Michigan Republicans working on behalf …
Discussion: Associated Press
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.
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.
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Carlotta Gall / New York Times:   Now Fighting for Ukraine: Volunteers Seeking Revenge Against Russia
 
 
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