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House G.O.P. Prepares to Slash Federal Programs in Coming Budget Showdown  —  With Social Security and Medicare off the table, conservatives are focusing on a wide range of smaller programs as a clash with President Biden and Democrats looms.  —  WASHINGTON — Hard-right House Republicans …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
House Republicans are taking steps to prepare for a possible debt ceiling default  —  The House Ways and Means Committee is soon taking up a bill that would require the government to keep making certain payments if it breaches the debt ceiling, three people familiar with the matter told Semafor.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Biden to propose 5.2 percent federal pay increase, largest in 43 years  —  President Biden is expected to propose a 5.2 percent raise for federal employees in his budget set to be released Thursday — the largest increase the White House has put forward since Jimmy Carter was president.
Discussion: Washington Times and USA Today
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Washington teeters on the brink of a Cold War over Social Security  —  Congress, whose members struggle to accomplish simple tasks like funding the government and raising the debt ceiling, is suddenly talking about changes to Medicare and Social Security.  —  There's plenty of reasons …
Discussion: CNN and KFOR-TV
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
White House goes after Tucker Carlson by name over Jan. 6 coverage  —  The White House joined in widespread condemnation of Fox News star Tucker Carlson on Wednesday, singling out the prime-time ratings king for his misleading portrayal of the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Tucker's Firehose of Lies (and Hypocrisy)  —  (And why it's not going well.) … — Tucker Carlson text to Fox News producer, January 4, 2021  —  Wait... there's more: … — Also Tucker on January 4, 2021  —  Join  —  Oh my, the planets of bullsh*t have aligned marvelously, haven't they?
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
5 Times Tucker Carlson Showed Contempt for Trump in Private: ‘I Hate Him Passionately’  —  The Fox host's private comments, revealed in recent court documents, contrast sharply with his support of conservatives on his show.  —  Documents released in recent weeks as part of a $1.6 billion defamation suit …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The January 6 Whitewash Will Backfire  —  Tucker Carlson and the GOP are trying to erase a dark day.  Their public-relations gamble is already failing.  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Fox News access to thousands of hours of video from the events of January 6, and Tucker Carlson's effort …
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Everything from BS to Hate
NBC News:
Capitol Police chief tears into Tucker Carlson for claims about Officer Brian Sicknick
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Louisville police use excessive force, invalid warrants and discriminatory stops, DOJ review finds  —  WASHINGTON — The Louisville Metro Police Department and the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro government engaged in a pattern of unconstitutional behavior by routinely using excessive force …
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Adrian Sainz / Associated Press:
Tyre Nichols death spurs Justice Department police review
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Tucker Carlson ‘passionately’ hates Trump, and eight more key revelations about Fox News from new Dominion filings  —  New York CNN —  Fox News continues to be exposed like never before.  —  In legal filings made public Tuesday as part of Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit …
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Washington Post:
Highlights from new Fox News documents released in Dominion lawsuit
New York Times:
‘The Whole Thing Seems Insane’: New Documents Shed Light on Debate Inside Fox After Election
Washington Post:
Murdoch confided Trump was going ‘increasingly mad’ as Fox pushed false claims
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Ron DeSantis's plan to strip First Amendment rights from the press, explained  —  DeSantis wants to destroy a fundament of American free speech law.  —  Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to eliminate the First Amendment safeguards that prevent lawsuits seeking to strong-arm the press into silence.
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis leads charge for more coercive conservative government
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel, The Hill and Fox News
Clare Foran / CNN:
Zelensky invites House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to visit Ukraine  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is inviting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to visit Ukraine to see the situation on the ground first hand - an invitation that comes as the Republican Party faces a divide over whether …
Tony Messenger / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Federal judge adds a touch of sanity to Missouri's gun safety debate  —  ST. LOUIS — It's important to remember when Missouri's elected Republicans made the decision to try to crumple up the U.S. Constitution and toss it in the trash bin of history.  —  It was after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012.
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Missouri gun law ruled unconstitutional
David Badash / Alternet.org:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs law gutting child labor protections for minors under 16 years old  —  Arkansas Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed into law a bill further destabilizing minors in what was once called the “Land of Opportunity.”  Her signature comes on the same …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Biden's only primary challenger (so far) actually shows Biden's strength  —  Self-help author Marianne Williamson can barely articulate a policy reason for running.  —  Noah Berlatsky and Aaron Rupar  —  Self-help author Marianne Williamson is currently the only declared Democratic primary opposition to President Joe Biden.
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Axios:
Biden is back in hot water with Dem lawmakers
CNN:
US intel chiefs say China likely to press Taiwan and seek to undercut US  —  US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told Congress Wednesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to press Taiwan and try to undercut US influence in the coming years as he begins a third term as president.
Discussion: CBS News and Blue Virginia
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Madison Pauly / Mother Jones:
Inside the Secret Working Group That Helped Push Anti-Trans Laws Across the Country  —  On a Saturday afternoon in August 2019, South Dakota Republican state Rep. Fred Deutsch sent an email to 18 anti-trans activists, doctors, and lawyers with the text of a bill he planned to introduce …
Washington Post:
Conservative covid backlash handcuffs public health, pandemic response  —  Lawsuits and legislation have stripped public health officials of their powers in three years  —  When the next pandemic sweeps the United States, health officials in Ohio won't be able to shutter businesses or schools …
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
Tess Owen / VICE:
The Boogaloo Bois Are Plotting a Bloody Comeback: ‘We Will Go to War’  —  Dozens of arrests fueled speculation that the Hawaiian shirt-wearing, gun-loving anti-government group was done for.  But it seems they'd merely gone underground and appear to be angrier than ever.
Discussion: Raw Story
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Woke word-policing is now beyond satire  —  Sometimes in politics, which currently saturates everything, worse is better.  When a political craze based on a bad idea achieves a critical mass, one wants it to be undone by ridiculous excess.  Consider the movement to scrub from the English language …
 
 
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