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12:40 AM ET, January 7, 2024

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Dave McKinney / Chicago Sun Times:
Donald Trump didn't sign loyalty oath for Illinois ballot that pledges not to ‘advocate the overthrow of the government’  —  In 2016 and 2020, before the Jan. 6 insurrection, Trump did sign.  President Joe Biden, who signed it, questioned why Trump “can't bring himself to sign a piece …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Dave McKinney / WBEZ Chicago:
Trump did not sign Illinois' loyalty oath that says he won't advocate for overthrowing the government  —  The pledge, a vestige of the McCarthy Red Scare era, is not mandatory, but has been signed by candidates for decades, including by Trump in 2020 and 2016.
Discussion: HuffPost and Political Wire
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 …
Washington Post:
Trump tries reappropriating ‘insurrection’ on Jan. 6 anniversary  —  In campaign speeches surrounding the third anniversary of the attack, the former president defended people charged in the riot and repeated baseless claims that left-wing or government interlopers caused the breach
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 …
Washington Post:
Trump's promotion of debunked election report reveals divisions in his circle
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
The Hill:
A second Trump presidency is an existential national security threat to our democracy
Discussion: BizPac Review
Bloomberg:
Trump Eyes Keeping 21% Corporate Tax, Extending Individual Cuts
New York Times:
Trump Signals an Election Year Full of Falsehoods on Jan. 6 and Democracy
Politico:
Pentagon didn't inform Biden, White House for days about Austin's hospitalization  —  The news came as a shock to top staff, including national security adviser Jake Sullivan.  —  The Pentagon did not tell President Joe Biden and other top officials about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's hospitalization …
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NBC News:
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hospitalized amid Middle East missions  —  Austin was hospitalized Jan. 1 after complications from an elective procedure.  Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks has picked up his duties in the meantime, a senior defense official said.
U.S. Department of Defense:
Statement from Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on Secretary of Defense Austin  —  Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following statement on Secretary of Defense Austin:  —  On the evening of January 1, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III was admitted …
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.”
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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
Politico:
Trump and his MAGA allies turn their fire on Haley  —  The Trump campaign and its allied super PAC are spending a combined $4.5 million on anti-Nikki Haley ads.  —  Donald Trump's political operation is seeking to bury Nikki Haley's presidential campaign just days before voting starts.
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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 …
Joe Schoffstall / Fox News:
Ex-AOC aide lined pockets with nearly $140K from his PAC while spending little on its mission  —  Corbin Trent founded the No Excuses PAC, which has funneled nearly $140,000 back to him in consulting payments  —  A former top aide to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y. …
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
Business Insider:
Academic celebrity Neri Oxman plagiarized from Wikipedia, scholars, a textbook, and other sources without any attribution  — Neri Oxman, a former star professor at MIT, admitted to lifting passages from other scholars' work in her dissertation.  — Business Insider found 28 additional instances …
 
 
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Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Taxpayers foot bill for $23M in DOJ investigations into Trump, $6.4M Biden probe
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Doesn't Actually Speak for the Silent Majority
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