memeorandum: Obama, worried about Trump, urges Biden circle to bolster campaign (Tyler Pager/Washington Post)

3:45 PM ET, January 6, 2024

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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:

A tense new Jan. 6 video shows Republican congressmen admonishing rioters trying to enter House chamber — “You ought to be ashamed of yourself!” one Republican representative told rioters as they attempted to breach the House floor. “I've never had people act this way.”

Discussion: The Messenger, Raw Story, Salon, Mediaite and Crooks and Liars

Michael Schaffer / Politico:

What Did Josh Hawley's Jan. 6 Fist Pump Really Mean? We Asked the Photographer Who Got the Shot. — A Q&A with POLITICO photographer Francis Chung on capturing an iconic moment. — Sen. Josh Hawley gestures toward a crowd of supporters of President Donald Trump gathered outside …

Discussion: Raw Story and Roll Call

New York Times:

Trump Signals an Election Year Full of Falsehoods on Jan. 6 and Democracy — In dueling sets of speeches, Donald Trump and President Biden are framing the election as a battle for the future of democracy — with Mr. Trump brazenly casting Mr. Biden as the true menace.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Politico, Mother Jones, The Hill, Slate, Althouse, USA Today, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Fox News, Rolling Stone, Florida Politics, The Messenger, WHTM-TV, NBC News, Bangor Daily News, Wall Street Journal and CBS News

Steff Danielle Thomas / The Hill:

FBI in Florida captures 3 people linked to Jan. 6 on third anniversary of riot — The FBI apprehended three people accused of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, at a ranch in Florida, the agency announced Saturday. — FBI's Tampa office identified the fugitives …

Discussion: CNN, The Messenger, Washington Examiner, Al Jazeera, UPI, CBS News, Orlando Sentinel, WFLA-TV, NBC News and Raw Story

Nick Robertson / The Hill:

Fanone says GOP lawmakers attempt to ‘whitewash’ Jan. 6 due to ‘politically inconvenient’ reality — Former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone lashed out against GOP lawmakers on Friday, blasting attempts to “whitewash” the Jan. 6 Capitol riots as something less than what they were as we reach …

Discussion: TMZ.com, The Bulwark, Mediaite, Politico and USA Today

Washington Post:
How the GOP's rewriting of Jan. 6 paved the way for Trump's comeback

Discussion: Media Matters for America

Tara Suter / The Hill:
Raskin touts Biden's Jan. 6 speech as ‘remarkable’ ahead of riot anniversary

Associated Press:
Hundreds of convictions, but a major mystery is still unsolved 3 years after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Tyler Pager / Washington Post:

Obama, worried about Trump, urges Biden circle to bolster campaign — The former president shared his thoughts about the reelection campaign during a private lunch with Biden at the White House — Former president Barack Obama has raised questions about the structure of President Biden's …

Discussion: USA Today, The Messenger, American Thinker, Washington Examiner and KRDO

Bloomberg:

Trump Considers Making 2017 Personal Tax Cuts Permanent — Candidate intends to keep corporate tax levels unchanged — Trump aims to seize on Biden's economic weakness with voters — Donald Trump plans to make permanent the 2017 individual tax cuts that he enacted as president …

Washington Post:

Trump's promotion of debunked election report reveals divisions in his circle — Former president Donald Trump took to his social media website one day this past week to post a report ridden with falsehoods about fraud in the 2020 election. And his legal team cited Trump's post in a brief …

Discussion: Politico and Raw Story

NBC News:

Republican secretary of state threatens to kick Biden off the ballot as Trump payback — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said that while he didn't want to do it, he had to remind people of how “severe” the situation is. — A top Republican official in Missouri is threatening …

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Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:

DeSantis Says He's Looking to Make ‘Credible Case’ to Remove Biden From Florida Ballot — The Sunshine State governor made a similar comment recently when he warned that Maine's ruling disqualifying Trump 'opens up Pandora's box' — JWPlayer — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has revealed that he's …

Discussion: NBC News, USA Today and New Republic

Bloomberg:

US Intelligence Shows Flawed China Missiles Led Xi to Purge Army — China missiles filled with water, not fuel: US intelligence — Xi seeking to root out corruption, prepare military for combat — US intelligence indicates that President Xi Jinping's sweeping military purge came …

Discussion: RedState, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and KRDO

The Hill:

A second Trump presidency is an existential national security threat to our democracy — If you had told us in 2019 that a mob of Americans would be inspired by a president of the United States to ransack the U.S. Capitol, assault police officers and intimidate sitting members of Congress …

Discussion: BizPac Review

Erin Doherty / Axios:

House Speaker Johnson invites Biden to deliver State of the Union address on March 7 … - It will be the first State of the Union address for Johnson, who became House speaker in October after a drawn-out and bitter battle for the chair. … - He also went off script and urged Republicans …

Discussion: New York Times, Fox News, Washington Examiner, CNN, The Messenger, USA Today, Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Gateway Pundit, Houston Style Magazine, ABC News, NBC News, One America News Network, The Hill, Politico, NPR and Political Wire

Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:

Trump Doesn't Actually Speak for the Silent Majority — I can't fit everything that I think into a single piece, especially when I'm writing on deadline. My column this week, for example, was on the effort to disqualify Trump from the 2024 ballot using Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.