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9:00 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 and New York Times
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Cate Cadell / Washington Post:
Trump skips Illinois loyalty oath promising not to overthrow government  —  Republican polling leader Donald Trump did not sign a loyalty oath requested of candidates for election in Illinois that asks, among other things, to swear that they won't support overthrowing the government …
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
Washington Post:
Trump mocks Biden over stutter  —  Making fun of Biden's childhood speech impediment marks the latest crass form of politics that Trump has exhibited throughout his career  —  Donald Trump ridiculed President Biden over the economy, immigration and foreign policy before turning to personal mockery during an Iowa event on Friday night.
Discussion: Raw Story and Metro.co.uk
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
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 …
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 …
Washington Post:
How the GOP's rewriting of Jan. 6 paved the way for Trump's comeback
Washington Post:
Trump's promotion of debunked election report reveals divisions in his circle
Discussion: Raw Story and Chicago Tribune
The Hill:
A second Trump presidency is an existential national security threat to our democracy
Discussion: Salon and Digby's Hullabaloo
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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Politico:
The Lloyd Austin fallout is growing: 'Someone's head has to roll'  —  The defense chief is facing criticism for keeping his bosses in the dark.  —  At a White House meeting last week, Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, noticed that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was absent.
Discussion: CBS News
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Hospitalized Pentagon Chief Was in Intensive Care Unit
Associated Press:
The US sees a drop in illegal border crossings after Mexico increases enforcement  —  Daniel Bermudez's family had fled Venezuela and was headed to the U.S. to seek asylum when the freight train they were riding through Mexico was stopped by immigration officials.
Discussion: HotAir and Washington Examiner
US Department of Justice:
Three Years Since the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol  —  Saturday, January 6, 2024, marks three years - or 36 months - since the attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of affirming the presidential election results.
 
 
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Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Taxpayers foot bill for $23M in DOJ investigations into Trump, $6.4M Biden probe
Joe Schoffstall / Fox News:
Ex-AOC aide lined pockets with nearly $140K from his PAC while spending little on its mission
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Doesn't Actually Speak for the Silent Majority
Discussion: The Mahablog
Erin Doherty / Axios:
House Speaker Johnson invites Biden to deliver State of the Union address on March 7
 Earlier Items: 
Steff Danielle Thomas / The Hill:
FBI in Florida captures 3 people linked to Jan. 6 on third anniversary of riot
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
What Did Josh Hawley's Jan. 6 Fist Pump Really Mean? We Asked the Photographer Who Got the Shot.
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
 

 
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