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1:55 AM ET, January 10, 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 …
New York Times:
Biden Lawyers Found Classified Material at His Former Office  —  The White House said it was cooperating as the Justice Department scrutinizes the matter.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden's lawyers discovered “a small number” of classified documents in his former office at a Washington …
NBC News:
Justice Department is examining ‘small number’ of classified documents found at Biden think tank
Discussion: CBS News
Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Classified Documents Found at Biden's Vice Presidential Center
Discussion: The Hill, The Moderate Voice and TASS
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
Brianna Herlihy / Fox News:
House passes new rules for Congress as McCarthy clears first major test as House speaker
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Could the GOP House speaker drama hurt Republicans in 2024?
CNN:
Giuliani subpoenaed amid special counsel investigation into Trump's fundraising  —  Special counsel Jack Smith's team has subpoenaed Donald Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani, asking him to turn over records to a federal grand jury as part of an investigation into the former president's …
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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.
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
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Defends Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters, Baselessly Declares Brazil's Election Was ‘Rigged’  —  Tucker Carlson baselessly claimed Brazil's presidential election was rigged and said rioters who stormed government buildings in the capital city have reason to be angry.
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Washington Post:
Brazil riots put spotlight on close ties between Bolsonaro and Trump
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
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.
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
Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Charles Simic, Pulitzer-Winning Poet and U.S. Laureate, Dies at 84  —  A Serbian-born American, he left the impression in his verse that he had “poked a hole into everyday life to reveal a glimpse of something endless.”  —  Charles Simic, the renowned Serbian-American poet whose work combined …
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
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.
John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
Moms Demand's Shannon Watts, who took on the NRA, to retire from group she founded  —  Watts, who launched grass-roots advocacy group a decade ago after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, ignored death threats as she built the organization into a political juggernaut
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 …
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 Fjeld / KOB.com:
APD: Suspect in custody, tied to shooting at lawmaker's home  —  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The homes or offices of six local elected leaders were shot at over the last few weeks, according to Albuquerque police.  —  Mayor Keller and Chief Medina held a news conference Monday to announce …
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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Americas Quarterly:
REACTION: Brazil's Capital Invasion: What's Next?
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 …
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 …
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
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Harmeet Dhillon lands endorsements from major GOP donors in bid to unseat McDaniel as RNC chair  —  The donors said the party could not continue on its current trajectory  —  Inside Harmeet Dhillons plan to shake up the RNC  —  A group of Republican mega-donors say the party is …
Discussion: Insider, The Hill and RedState
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
‘Totally Unexpected’: Diamond of MAGA Duo ‘Diamond & Silk’ Dies  —  Former President Donald Trump broke the news, describing her as “our Magnificent Diamond.”  —  One-half of the ardently pro-Trump commentary duo “Diamond and Silk” died on Monday.  —  Former president Donald Trump broke …
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: The Federalist Society, HotAir and Vox
 
 
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Bill Number / CBO Publications:
Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 23, the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act
Discussion: Washington Post
Bloomberg:
Sam Bankman-Fried Associate Nishad Singh Is Third to Meet With Prosecutors
Devan Cole / CNN:
DOJ appeals decision that faulted Air Force for 2017 Texas church shooting
Discussion: New York Times
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
An embarrassment in the House  —  The historic chaos in the House of Representatives …
Discussion: Twitchy and National Review
Jordan Fischer / wusa9.com:
‘Retaliation’ worries don't derail jury selection in Proud Boys case
Discussion: Associated Press
Reuters:
Russia intensifies assaults on Ukrainian salt mining town and eastern front
 Earlier Items: 
Joan Biskupic / CNN:
Biden struggles to confirm judges in the South and thwart Trump's impact
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Israel's Netanyahu races ahead with hard-line agenda
Bennet Goldstein / In These Times:
Queering the Family Farm: Meet the LGBTQ Midwest Farmers Taking Food Justice Into Their Own Hands
Discussion: HotAir
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Maria Bartiromo Is Still Doing the Kind of Journalism That Got Fox News Sued For Billions
Mike Allen / Axios:
McCarthy's fast start: Big Tech is a top target