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Politico:
‘Do everything that Trump did not’  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  Everyone agrees President JOE BIDEN stepped in it with his handling of classified documents found …
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Fox News:
Biden classified document investigation: Secret Service ready to provide Delaware visitors, source says  —  Secret Service prepared to turn over documentation of visitors to Biden's Delaware home if requested by Congress, source familiar with situation tells Fox News
Discussion: IJR, RedState and New York Post
New York Times:
68 Days of Silence: Why the White House Stayed Mum on Classified Documents  —  Advisers to President Biden calculated that the Justice Department would view possession of the documents as little more than a good-faith mistake.  —  WASHINGTON — The decision by President Biden and his top advisers …
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY and CNN
Washington Post:
Biden says he has ‘no regrets’ on disclosure of documents case
CNN:
The Pressed Secretary  —  Frustration among White House reporters with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre …
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
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
House Judiciary Committee to investigate leak of Supreme Court opinion after SCOTUS whiffs
Adrian Carrasquillo / Newsweek:
Ruben Gallego Set to Launch Senate Campaign Against Kyrsten Sinema  —  Arizona Representative Ruben Gallego, a former Marine combat veteran who was critical of Senator Kyrsten Sinema's leadership and fidelity to the Democratic Party long before she announced she was leaving it to become an independent …
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.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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CNN:
‘They have us over a barrel’: Inside the US and German standoff over sending tanks to Ukraine  —  The Biden administration is stuck in a standoff with Germany over whether to send tanks to Ukraine ahead of a key meeting of Western defense leaders in Germany on Friday.
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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 …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump and lawyer sanctioned almost $1 million for ‘frivolous’ lawsuit against Hillary Clinton  — A federal judge imposed nearly $1 million in sanctions on former President Donald Trump and his lawyers for filing a “frivolous” lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and others.
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 …
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Santos, McCarthy and the Shameless Republican Party  —  The hallmark of the modern Republican Party is its shamelessness.  You can be many things and still be a Republican — in favor of free trade or opposed; pro-Ukraine or pro-Putin; even in favor of climate change legislation or against.
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
The Not Particularly Talented Mr. Santos
Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Dark money group linked to Leonard Leo is dissolved  —  A dark money group tied to conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo was dissolved three days after POLITICO inquired about whether it helped to facilitate the multi-million-dollar sale of former White House senior adviser Kellyanne …
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.
New York Times:
How an Investor Lost $625,000 and His Faith in George Santos  —  Andrew Intrater, a wealthy businessman, has been in touch with the S.E.C. about Mr. Santos's dealings on behalf of a company accused in a Ponzi scheme.  —  A month after the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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.
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
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: UPI, 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
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
It Might Be Too Late for the GOP to Stop ‘Big Lie’-Inspired Violence  —  A MAGA candidate lost an election and allegedly tried to have Democrats assassinated.  He probably won't be the last, because Republicans won't kill Trump's election fraud lies.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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
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.
 
 
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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
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Big Mystery Donors Fund COVID Conspiracy Nonprofit
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Corporate Hypocrites Celebrate MLK Day While Suing To Protect Discrimination
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Florida Rejects AP African American Studies Class
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
In Michigan, Democratic women are rising. Now some are weighing a Senate run.
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Fox hid the Schlapps from its airwaves after a GOP staffer told The Daily Beast that Matt Schlapp groped him
Discussion: Eschaton
Emily Stewart / Vox:
The empty threat of a white-collar recession
Discussion: CBS 42 and The Hub
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
California is in decline. And it's likely to get even worse.
Discussion: National Review
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