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9:30 PM ET, January 9, 2023

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CBS News:
U.S. attorney reviewing documents marked classified from Joe Biden's vice presidency found at Biden think tank  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review documents marked classified that were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy …
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CNN:
Classified documents from Biden's time as VP discovered in private office  —  Several classified documents from President Joe Biden's time as vice president were discovered last fall in a private office, Biden's attorneys acknowledged Monday.  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland has asked …
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. reviewing classified documents found in Biden's post-VP office  —  A person familiar with the inquiry said about 10 documents were found.  The case will likely draw comparisons to Mar-a-Lago but appears quite different  —  The Justice Department has launched a review …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Biden Lawyers Found Classified Material at His Former Office  —  The White House said it was cooperating with a Justice Department review of the matter.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden's lawyers discovered “a small number” of classified documents in his former office at a Washington think tank last fall …
Discussion: NBC News
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
House Republicans voted to gut the House Ethics Committee, and George Santos said it was ‘fantastic’  — House Republicans voted on Monday to hobble the Office of Congressional Ethics.  — The body will now likely be limited in its ability to carry out investigations due to staffing shortages.
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Politico:
GOP adopts House rules, its first legislative victory after messy start  —  House Republicans adopted a sweeping rules package Monday night, despite frustrations within the conference over private agreements GOP leadership made with the 20 conservatives.  —  Only one House Republican …
Rep. Pete Aguilar / Washington Post:
McCarthy-led House passes GOP rules package … Updated just now  —  Today, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), fresh off a contentious fight over whether he should wield the gavel, presided over his first session in the role.  In a 220-213 vote largely along party lines …
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Could the GOP House speaker drama hurt Republicans in 2024?
Discussion: Raw Story
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
House Rules Vote to Test Unity of Republicans After Speaker Fight
Discussion: Bloomberg, CBS News, CNN and NPR
New York Times:
Voices on social media summoned the protesters to Brasília, offering free transportation and food.  —  Here's the latest on the riot in the Brazilian capital.  —  At least 1,200 protesters were detained for questioning in the wake of the storming of Brazil's capital buildings …
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Richard Lapper / The Guardian:
The pro-Bolsonaro ‘insurrection’ was pathetic - and, for now, has made President Lula stronger
Americas Quarterly:
REACTION: Brazil's Capital Invasion: What's Next?
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
‘They were in ecstasy’: how Bolsonaro mob's orgy of violence rocked Brasília
Discussion: Mother Jones and CBS News
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Ally Giuliani Gets Subpoena From Washington Grand Jury  —  Rudy Giuliani, a close ally of Donald Trump involved in efforts to undermine the 2020 presidential election, received a subpoena to testify and provide documents to a federal grand jury in Washington, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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CNN:
Georgia grand jury investigating Trump and 2020 election aftermath completes its work
TMZ.com:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Locked Out of Twitter for Using Dr. Dre's Music  —  12:28 PM PT — Turns out, Dr. Dre's team took action — reaching out to Twitter to get the video taken down.  As a result, Marjorie Taylor Greene tells us she's been locked out of her Twitter account for using Dre's copyrighted work without permission.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
‘We were duped’: How George Santos raised money from wealthy GOP donors while lying about his resume  — George Santos would flaunt or hint at key pieces of his resume that have turned out to be false as he raised money for his successful congressional campaign.
Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
US Safety Agency to Consider Ban on Gas Stoves Amid Health Fears  —  A federal agency says a ban on gas stoves is on the table amid rising concern about harmful indoor air pollutants emitted by the appliances.  —  The US Consumer Product Safety Commission plans to take action to address the pollution …
Mpac / Muslim Public Affairs Council:
Statement of Support for Art Professor Fired from Hamline University  —  It is with great concern that the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) views the firing of an art professor, Erika López Prater, from Hamline University on the grounds of showing a fourteenth-century painting depicting the Prophet Muḥammad.
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Danielle Battaglia / Raleigh News & Observer:
Florida man: Madison Cawthorn, denied NC reelection, confirms move to Sunshine State  —  Former Rep. Madison Cawthorn confirmed Friday he has moved to Florida.  —  Rumblings of a potential move away from North Carolina, the state he represented in Congress, began to emerge as early as September …
Discussion: Associated Press
Mitch Perry / Florida Phoenix:
Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz resigns  —  Chair Manny Diaz and Florida Democrats held trainings, caucus meetings, and organizing sessions in a rally-like atmosphere on the second day of Leadership Blue Weekend in July 2022.  Credit: Photos provided by Florida Democratic Party.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:   Florida Democratic Party chair resigns after brutal midterms
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Republicans Signal Cuts To Social Security, Medicare With New House Majority  —  The House GOP is itching for a fight over spending cuts — including to major entitlement programs.  —  House Republicans are making clear that they intend to seek cuts to entitlement programs like Social Security …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Ross Douthat and the Match Throwing Club  —  Fire is good; firefighters can be dangerous; and the club is back to normal now.  —  1. The Match Throwing Club  —  Once upon a time there was a club of people who enjoyed throwing matches.  They were reasonably careful about it …
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
IRS Funding Repeal Could Cost Over $100 Billion, Encourage Tax Cheating  —  The House is likely to vote today on a bill that would rescind roughly $70 billion of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding over the next decade.  We estimate the bill would increase deficits by more than $100 billion …
Alex Berenson / Unreported Truths:
From the Twitter Files: Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb secretly pressed Twitter to hide posts challenging his company's massively profitable Covid jabs  —  To funnel his demands, Gottlieb used the same Twitter lobbyist the White House did - fresh evidence of overlap between …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Maria Bartiromo Is Still Doing the Kind of Journalism That Got Fox News Sued For Billions  —  Few people are as ill-equipped to handle an interview with an election denier as Maria Bartiromo, whose naïve (I'm being charitable) willingness to embrace stolen election conspiracy theories …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy reveals how the MAGA House will protect Trump  —  Donald Trump has long excelled at the art of blithely revealing his corrupt designs in public, and at a rally in September, he openly signaled that he fully expected Republicans elected to Congress to thwart the ongoing criminal investigations into, well, himself.
Discussion: The Guardian and New York Times
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
The Supreme Court case that has unions on edge  —  ON THE DOCKET: The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear oral arguments in a case that is being closely watched by labor unions fearful that the conservative majority could undercut the appeal for workers to strike and sap authority from the National Labor Relations Board.
Discussion: HotAir, Vox and Breitbart
Morgan Chalfant / Semafor:
Lawmakers tell ESPN to quit letting TikTok sponsor football games  —  Members of Congress are demanding that ESPN log out of its relationship with TikTok, after the Chinese social media giant sponsored the halftime shows on recent college football bowl games.
 
 
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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
An embarrassment in the House  —  The historic chaos in the House of Representatives …
Discussion: National Review and Twitchy
Joan Biskupic / CNN:
Biden struggles to confirm judges in the South and thwart Trump's impact
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
Moms Demand's Shannon Watts, who took on the NRA, to retire from group she founded
Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Israel's Netanyahu races ahead with hard-line agenda
Discussion: The Daily Beast
 Earlier Items: 
Bennet Goldstein / In These Times:
Queering the Family Farm: Meet the LGBTQ Midwest Farmers Taking Food Justice Into Their Own Hands
Discussion: HotAir
Mike Allen / Axios:
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Jonel Aleccia / Associated Press:
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Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
Public Transit Goes Off the Rails With Fewer Riders, Dwindling Cash, Rising Crime
Discussion: Power Line