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Albuquerque Journal:
Failed Republican candidate arrested in shootings targeting Democratic politicians' homes — Albuquerque SWAT officers take a man into custody Monday afternoon in Southwest Albuquerque. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) — Albuquerque police on Monday arrested the man they say is the …
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Remy Tumin / New York Times:
Republican Ex-Candidate Arrested in Shootings Targeting New Mexico Democrats — The authorities in Albuquerque said Solomon Peña, who lost his bid for a State House seat in November, was behind a series of recent shootings targeting Democratic elected officials.
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Rio Yamat / Associated Press:
Ex-GOP candidate arrested in shootings at lawmakers' homes — A failed Republican candidate who authorities said was angry over his defeat and made baseless claims the election last November was “rigged” against him was arrested in connection with a series of drive-by shootings targeting …
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Albuquerque Journal, CBS News, Insider, Raw Story and Eschaton
Deon J. Hampton / NBC News:
Failed GOP candidate visited homes of New Mexico Democratic politicians to dispute election prior to shootings, officials say — Solomon Peña is accused of paying four men to carry out shootings at Albuquerque-area homes of two county commissioners and two state legislators. No one was hurt.
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Insider, Law & Crime, MSNBC and PoliticusUSA
Tara Palmeri / Puck:
Feeling the Vern — Vern Buchanan exploded after losing Ways & Means to a McCarthy ally, fueling anxiety that he could retire out of pique—and that McCarthy's favor trading has eroded his narrow margin of support. — As I wrote last week, Republicans have been fixated on whether 71-year-old …
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Politico, Balloon Juice, Raw Story and Florida Politics
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
White House to McCarthy: ‘Come clean’ on your backroom speaker deals — The White House is escalating its fight with newly empowered congressional Republicans, with officials Tuesday calling on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to “come clean” about secretive deals he made with hardline members that helped him eventually land the top job.
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MSNBC, Washington Times, The Daily Caller and The Guardian
New York Times:
As Debt Limit Threat Looms, Wall Street and Washington Have Only Rough Plans — A default would most likely rattle markets and carry big risks, no matter how the Federal Reserve and Treasury try to curb the fallout. — With days to go before the United States bumps up against a technical limit …
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Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, Washington Examiner and Morning Shots
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House Republicans gear up for a debt ceiling fight, clashing with Democrats — WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House has planted the seeds for a debt-ceiling showdown, with Speaker Kevin McCarthy endorsing a push by his hard-liners to demand spending cuts as part of any extension of the country's borrowing authority.
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Washington Post, American Prospect, Raw Story, New York Times, Wake Up To Politics, The Daily Wire, Reuters, RedState and Babylon Bee
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
New species discovered: Republicans who (sometimes) care about deficits
New species discovered: Republicans who (sometimes) care about deficits
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Raw Story, Tangle, Los Angeles Times and The Dispatch
The Daily Beast:
The Bathroom Fight Fueling Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert's Break-Up — A shouting match in a bathroom. Kevin McCarthy. Donald Trump. Ukraine aid. They're all contributing to the split between two of the far right's most high-profile figures.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The impressively weak effort to ‘whatabout’ Biden's classified documents — Look, when there's no need for your rhetoric not to be lazy, you land on lazy rhetoric. If you can carry the day — at least with those who you're most worried about convincing — with little effort or logical consistency …
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The Hill, The Daily Signal, The Wrap, Mediaite, CNN, The Moderate Voice, Newsbusters and Outside the Beltway
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Two things can be true: Biden broke no laws. His lawyers made a mess.
Two things can be true: Biden broke no laws. His lawyers made a mess.
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CNBC, New York Post, Fox News, The Federalist and Raw Story
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Obama ethics chief blasts Biden's ‘inexcusable neglect of the most basic security protocols’
Obama ethics chief blasts Biden's ‘inexcusable neglect of the most basic security protocols’
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Washington Examiner, BizPac Review, New York Post, RedState, IJR and Just The News
Washington Post:
What the Jan. 6 probe found out about social media, but didn't report — The House committee investigating the riot avoided detailed discussion in its report for fear of offending Republicans and tech companies, sources say — The Jan. 6 committee spent months gathering stunning new details …
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Twitchy, Vanity Fair, PoliticusUSA and Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
Melanie Zanona / CNN:
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar get committee assignments — Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona have been given committee assignments for the new Congress, after being booted from their committees by Democrats and some Republicans for their incendiary remarks, sources told CNN.
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NBC News, USA Today, Media Matters for America, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Bloomberg and Forbes
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Rosen tells Israel she doesn't want to meet with members of 2 far-right parties — U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) told the Israeli government she doesn't want the bipartisan Senate delegation she is leading to Israel this week to meet with any members of two Israeli far-right parties …
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New York Times:
How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low — The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle against minimum wage increases. — WASHINGTON — For many cooks, waiters and bartenders …
Politico:
Revealed: Who visited the Trump White House before Jan. 6 — The Trump administration never publicly released White House visitor records. But new data released by the Jan. 6 committee offers a never-before-seen glimpse. — Donald Trump spent his time in office fighting the release of his White House visitor logs.
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BizPac Review, Raw Story, Right Side Broadcasting … and Breitbart
Brian Klaas / The Atlantic:
Asymmetrical Conspiracism Is Hurting Democracy — As an American living in Britain for the past decade, I've had a front-row seat to two dysfunctional democracies hell-bent on embarrassing themselves. President Donald Trump warned that a hurricane was “one of the wettest we've ever seen, from the standpoint of water.”
Reuters:
Greta Thunberg arrested at German mine protest, will be freed later - police — Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of the coal village of Luetzerath but the entire group will be released later in the day, according to police.
Anna Slatz / Reduxx:
EXCLUSIVE: Prostasia General Manager Used Pedophile Forum, Joked of “Trapping” Kids — A staff member at a controversial charity has been caught operating pseudonymous accounts where he admits to being a pedophile and masturbating to photos of children. — Reduxx has learned that …
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
First on Fox: Pompeo's secret trip to North Korea detailed in former secretary of State's new memoir — New memoir by Pompeo highlights his years as President Trump's CIA director and secretary of State — Pompeo says former President Trump's 2024 announcement won't affect his own decision on whether to run for the White House.
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The Hill
Julia Martinez / Morning Consult:
Republicans Increasingly Like Tesla Thanks to Elon Musk. That Hasn't Translated to Greater Interest in Buying EVs — GOP adults have not drastically changed their views on whether they are likely to purchase an electric vehicle within the next 12 months, and the same goes for Democrats and the general public
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National Review and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Trump to be joined by Graham, McMaster at Jan. 28 SC event — Former President Donald Trump will be joined by two of his highest-profile South Carolina supporters — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Gov. Henry McMaster — at the first public campaign event of his 2024 White House bid later this month in the early voting state.
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Ron DeSantis Takes On the Likability Issue (Sort Of) — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When a couple hundred major donors to Gov. Ron DeSantis's inauguration arrived at a candlelight dinner to the sounds of a solo saxophonist the night before his swearing-in last week they found a pair of surprises waiting for them.
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New York Magazine, Wide World of News and Vanity Fair
Anna Skinner / Newsweek:
Donald Trump's Telltale Sign He Knows He'll Be Indicted: Kirschner — Former president Donald Trump is showing his cards through his plethora of social media posts, according to attorney and former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner. — In a Sunday episode of Kirschner's podcast Justice Matters …
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Washington Press and Raw Story
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Record High in U.S. Put Off Medical Care Due to Cost in 2022 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of Americans reporting they or a family member postponed medical treatment in 2022 due to cost rose 12 points in one year, to 38%, the highest in Gallup's 22-year trend. — ###Embeddable###
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Washington Examiner, UPI and WWLP-TV
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Davos Elites Try to Save the World while Ignoring Actual Threats — On the menu today: The attendees of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, warn that the world is facing a “polycrisis” — multiple multinational crises that are interconnected and exacerbate each other.
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Washington Post, Fortune, The Daily Caller, New York Post and New York Times
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Why Harris world thinks she may be the biggest winner of the midterms — For Kamala Harris and her aides, the new year — and a new Congress — has brought a sense of optimism. — After spending much of her time in office managing bad headlines, staff turnover and persistent questions …
Daily Mail:
At last! Diocese of Des Moines bans preferred pronouns in schools and parishes and rules students and worshipers must use toilets and locker rooms of their biological sex - triggering woke fury at ‘un-Christian’ move — The diocese has 17 Catholic schools and 80 churches in southern Iowa
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Washington Examiner, BizPac Review and The American Conservative
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Top U.S. general meets Ukrainian counterpart near edge of war zone — It was the first in-person meeting between Gen. Mark Milley and Gen. Valery Zaluzhny. Milley shared his impressions of a Ukrainian unit training with U.S. troops, aides said. — SOUTHEASTERN POLAND …
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Washington Examiner and Associated Press