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11:20 PM ET, January 19, 2023

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Chris Morris / Variety:
David Crosby, Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash Co-Founder, Dies at 81 … Singer-songwriter-guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of two popular and enormously influential '60s rock units, the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), has died.  He was 81 years old.
New York Post:
Video shows drag-denier George Santos dressed in drag, boasting about drag shows  —  Video has emerged showing lying Long Island Rep. George Santos boasting about performing as a drag queen in Rio de Janeiro — despite his claims Thursday morning that he had never done any such thing.
New York Times:
Supreme Court Says It Hasn't Identified Person Who Leaked Draft Abortion Opinion  —  The leak of the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, published by Politico in May, was an extraordinary breach of the court's usual secrecy.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Thursday …
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court says it can't determine who leaked draft Dobbs opinion  —  The Supreme Court said Thursday that it cannot identify the person who last spring leaked a draft of the opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, an inconclusive likely finale to what the justices declared “one of the worst breaches of trust” in the court's history.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
House Judiciary Committee to investigate leak of Supreme Court opinion after SCOTUS whiffs
Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal:
Alec Baldwin Expected to Be Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter in ‘Rust’ Shooting  —  Film's armorer also expected to be charged while assistant director has agreed to plead guilty to negligent use of deadly weapon  —  Watch: Alec Baldwin Rehearses With Gun Before Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting
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New York Times:
Alec Baldwin Will Be Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter in ‘Rust’ Killing  —  A gun that Mr. Baldwin was rehearsing with went off, killing the film's cinematographer.  The armorer responsible for weapons on set also faces manslaughter charges.  —  The actor Alec Baldwin will be charged …
Washington Post:
Biden says he has ‘no regrets’ on disclosure of documents case  —  APTOS, Calif. — President Biden said Thursday he had “no regrets” on White House handling of the disclosure that classified documents were found at a private office in Washington and at his Delaware home …
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Konstantin Toropin / Military.com:
3 Active-Duty Marines Who Work in Intelligence Arrested for Alleged Participation in Jan. 6 Riot  —  Three Marines were arrested Wednesday for their participation in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
CIA director holds secret meeting with Zelensky on Russia's next steps  —  High-level visit by Burns comes at critical juncture in war and as government in Kyiv airs concern about durability of U.S. support  —  CIA Director William J. Burns traveled in secret to Ukraine's capital at the end …
Semafor:
In new memoir, Mike Pompeo says Trump told him to ‘shut the hell up’ about China  —  Donald Trump told former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to “shut the hell up for a while” about China at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in order to avoid angering the country's leader, according to a memoir that Pompeo will publish next week.
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
The Not Particularly Talented Mr. Santos  —  With Kevin McCarthy and co. giving government oversight power to election deniers, it's perhaps fitting that the comically dishonest New York representative is also landing a couple committee seats.  As Rep. Ritchie Torres put it, “House Republicans have sunk to the level of self-parody.”
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Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:   Santos, McCarthy and the Shameless Republican Party
CNN:
The Pressed Secretary  —  Frustration among White House reporters with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is reaching a boiling point.  —  That is according to conversations I had on Wednesday with more than a half-dozen White House reporters who painted a picture of a White House press corps …
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Judge refuses to dismiss Peter Navarro's contempt of Congress case and clears the way for trial  —  A federal judge declined Thursday to dismiss the criminal contempt of Congress charge brought against former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for his failure to comply with a subpoena …
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge denies Navarro effort to dismiss contempt case for defying Jan. 6 committee
Discussion: Raw Story
Monica Lewinsky / Vanity Fair:
25 “Randoms” on the 25th Anniversary of the Bill Clinton Calamity  —  My name became public 25 years ago this week.  What have I observed and learned in the quarter century since?  Oh, plenty.  —  On January 21, 1998, the political maelstrom that eventually led to President Bill Clinton's impeachment began …
Discussion: Fox News and HuffPost
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off  —  WILBRAHAM, Mass. — For nearly a year and a half, a Massachusetts high school has been lit up around the clock because the district can't turn off the roughly 7,000 lights in the sprawling building.
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
California is in decline.  And it's likely to get even worse.  —  California's status as the most important state in the nation will remain secure for quite some time.  But its falling population coupled with its $22.5 billion budget deficit suggest it could experience a swift and wrenching decline.
Discussion: National Review
Tim Hume / VICE:
‘Virulent Hatred’: Global Far-Right Celebrates Jacinda Ardern's Resignation  —  The New Zealand prime minister was a prominent hate figure for international far-right and conspiracy theorist networks, whose vilification of her may have played a role in her resignation, experts tell VICE World News.
Dean Obeidallah / MSNBC:
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's rationale for targeting Ilhan Omar isn't believable  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy recently confirmed his campaign pledge to remove Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar, Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from their respective House committees.
Andy Ngo / The Post Millennial:
ANDY NGO REPORTS: Seven charged with domestic terrorism following deadly shooting at Atlanta autonomous zone  —  Clockwise: Sarah Wasilewski, Matthew Ernest Macar, Teresa Yue Shen, Spencer Bernard Liberto, Christopher Reynolds, Geoffrey D. Parson and Timothy A. Murphy are facing charges …
Nate Hochman / National Review:
Easing College-Degree Requirements Should Be a No-Brainer for Conservatives  —  Lifting barriers to government and other jobs would benefit the economy, weaken the higher-ed cartel, and appeal to voters drawn to the conservative side.  —  In his first move as governor of Pennsylvania …
Associated Press:
Kansas man tells jury God threatened Rep. LaTurner through him  —  Chase Neill is standing trial for death threats against the congressman  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for January 19  —  A man told jurors Thursday that a death threat he made against U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner came from God …
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Stakeouts, a Missing Scarf, and a Dying Dog: Inside the George Santos Media Circus  —  A Long Island Patch reporter is racking up scoops while congressional correspondents chase down the fabulist freshman rep, who may just be leaning into the press frenzy.  Says one member of the scrum, “He's an idiot, but he's not an idiot.”
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Blue states can show us a way out of red state culture-war madness  —  Of all the recent developments in our politics, few are as unsettling as the virulent reactionary turn in red states.  This has involved the rank weaponizing of state governments against “woke” corporations …
Emily Stewart / Vox:
The empty threat of a white-collar recession  —  Layoffs in media and tech don't mean you're getting laid off, too.  —  It's hard not to notice the recent stream of headlines about high-profile layoffs.  —  In tech, they've hit big names such as Amazon, Salesforce, and Facebook parent Meta …
Discussion: The Hub
Max Read / Read Max:
Matt Yglesias and the secret of blogging  —  How to be a successful content entrepreneur  —  What is the secret to a successful career as a blogger/newsletter author/content creator?  No one ever asks me this, because my career is not successful, but if they did I would tell them to read …
Rebecca Jacobs / CREW:
Trump sold his DC hotel.  GOP spending disappeared. … In June the Waldorf Astoria opened for business in downtown D.C.'s Old Post Office Building, replacing the Trump International Hotel, which for five years served as an assembly point for Republican officials, lobbyists and anyone who wanted to buy Donald Trump's attention.
Discussion: Raw Story
Rolling Stone:
Trump Is Plotting How to Kick DeSantis ‘In the Nuts.’ Here's His Playbook, So Far  —  Team Trump is preparing to paint the Florida governor as an establishment hawk who'll put Social Security on the chopping block  —  FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and his allies have already started charting …
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Bitter RNC chair race roiled by questions of Trump loyalty  —  The current chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel, argues she is best positioned to prevent Donald Trump from forming a third party if he fails to win the 2024 nomination.  —  Republican Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, facing …
Kimmy Yam / NBC News:
After Indiana Univ. stabbing, Asian American students say they haven't received enough support from school  —  Asian Americans at Indiana University Bloomington are reeling after an 18-year-old student was stabbed on a city transit bus last Wednesday, allegedly because of her identity.
Discussion: The Hill
Adam Sabes / Fox News:
Nikki Haley exploring 2024 presidential run: 'I've never lost a race'  —  Nikki Haley said that she has ‘never lost a race’ and is not ‘going to lose now’  —  Nikki Haley addresses possible presidential run  —  See Bret Baier's full interview with Nikki Haley tonight on Special Report at 6pm ET.
 
 
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
It Might Be Too Late for the GOP to Stop ‘Big Lie’-Inspired Violence
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
Bloomberg:
Hawaii Businesswoman Gets 2 Years for Trying to Stop 1MDB Probe
Discussion: Associated Press
Asra Q. Nomani / Fairfax County Times:
Now 17 area schools withheld National Merit awards, mostly impact Asian students
Walker Bragman / Important Context:
Big Mystery Donors Fund COVID Conspiracy Nonprofit
Vishal Shankar / Revolving Door Project:
Corporate Hypocrites Celebrate MLK Day While Suing To Protect Discrimination
New York Times:
Florida Rejects AP African American Studies Class
Zachary Pleat / Media Matters for America:
Fox hid the Schlapps from its airwaves after a GOP staffer told The Daily Beast that Matt Schlapp groped him
Discussion: Eschaton and CPAC
 Earlier Items: 
David McCabe / New York Times:
Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech
Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Republican Dave McCormick is making moves for a potential run against Sen. Bob Casey in Pa.
Matthew Chayes / Newsday:
George Santos constituent calls getting forwarded to LaLota's office
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Insider
Manu Raju / CNN:
House GOP's swing votes demand talks on debt ceiling and push back on White House's hard-line stance
New York Times:
Harvard Reverses Course on Human Rights Advocate Who Criticized Israel
Politico:
'You're hurting my country': Manchin faces Europe's wrath
Discussion: Politico, Washington Times and TASS
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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