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New York Times:
‘A Day of Love’: How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6 — The president-elect and his allies have spent four years reinventing the Capitol attack — spreading conspiracy theories and weaving a tale of martyrdom to their ultimate political gain. — In two weeks, Donald J. Trump …
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Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel ‘betrayed’ — For the millions of Americans who watch the presidential inauguration every four years, the Lower West Terrace Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol is a familiar site. — The incoming president walks through that tunnel …
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New York Times, Plain Dealer and The Hill
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump's Propaganda Victory: The Rewriting Of Jan. 6 — You can believe your own eyes or Donald Trump's words — and many Americans are choosing to believe him. — WASHINGTON — It took decades for defenders of the Confederacy to rewrite the history of the Civil War to recast Southern …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Donald Trump is about to get the Jan. 6 that he denied Joe Biden
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Washington Post, The Bulwark, Associated Press, New York Post, USA Today, IJR, The Hill and Townhall
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Sees the U.S. as a ‘Disaster.’ The Numbers Tell a Different Story. — President Biden is bequeathing his successor a nation that by many measures is in good shape, even if voters remain unconvinced. — To hear President-elect Donald J. Trump tell it, he is about to take over a nation ravaged …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Raw Story
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A different and more dangerous world awaits President-elect Trump
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Raw Story
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
No, Jeff Bezos is not “obeying in advance” — Ann Telnaes, a giant of the editorial cartoonist world who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001, has resigned from The Washington Post after the paper killed a cartoon she submitted depicting Post owner Jeff Bezos (among others) negatively. Telnaes explains:
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Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump
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BBC, The Moderate Voice, Daily Mail, Newsbusters, CNBC, Connecticut Public, Washington Times, Politico, The Hill, New York Post, Althouse, HuffPost, Rolling Stone and CNN
Rex Huppke / USA Today:
As Trump's election is certified, Americans should declare war on stupidity — Shame is what keeps us in check, or at least it should. It certainly used to. Trump, devoid of shame, has gone to great lengths to eviscerate that societal check. — On the eve of Donald Trump's election certification …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. Adam Schiff says the New Orleans attack shows Kash Patel shouldn't lead the FBI — Schiff told NBC News' “Meet the Press” that it was an “easy” decision to vote against Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI. — Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Sunday that the New Year's …
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The Hill
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Melania Trump, Amazon partner to release new film about her life in theaters worldwide — The documentary will be released in the second half of 2025 and executive produced by Mrs. Trump — EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime has exclusively licensed a documentary film for global theatrical …
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Director Brett Ratner, marginalized after ‘#MeToo’ allegations, will direct Melania Trump documentary — The News — The director and producer Brett Ratner, forced out of Hollywood at the peak of the #MeToo movement, will direct a documentary about First Lady Melania Trump for Amazon, the studio confirmed Sunday.
Anil Dash:
Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture — For the last few months, there's been a lot of conversation around the “Department” of Government Efficiency, which is ostensibly an effort at improving government efficency, with a primary narrative being around government spending.
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
New York's toll for drivers entering center Manhattan starts today — New York's new toll for drivers entering the center of Manhattan debuted Sunday, meaning many people will pay $9 to access the busiest part of the Big Apple during peak hours. The toll, known as congestion pricing …
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Associated Press, Breitbart, CT Mirror, Gothamist and New York Times
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Fears grow for voting rights as Trump plots to reshape US justice department — Experts warn that incoming president could direct DoJ officials to scale back enforcement of Voting Rights Act — Donald Trump could use a second term atop the justice department to gut enforcement …
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Michael Podhorzer / Weekend Reading:
How Trump “Won” — The Anesthetized Anti-MAGA Majority — With all the ballots counted …
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The Daily Caller and Digby's Hullabaloo
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden is signing — President Joe Biden on Sunday plans to sign into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions …
Douglas Murray / The Free Press:
Things Worth Remembering: ‘He Died Standing Up’ — Jeannette Bougrab's partner was murdered at Charlie Hebdo 10 years ago—in the name of values, she said, 'that we've forgotten to defend.' … This has been a week of mourning for the families of the Americans who lost their lives to Islamism in New Orleans.
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