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8:45 AM ET, January 6, 2025

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Joe Biden / Washington Post:
What Americans should remember about Jan. 6  —  Four years ago, our democracy was put to the test — and prevailed.  —  Joe Biden is president of the United States.  —  On this Jan. 6, order will be called.  Clerks, staff and members of Congress will gather to certify the results of a free …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Four years later  —  The unapologetic nature of Trump's political renaissance is an ongoing menace  —  The scariest thing about contemporary American politics is that on January 7, 2021, it was widely acknowledged among American conservatives that Donald Trump's behavior on January 6th was completely unacceptable.
Discussion: CBS News, USA Today and NBC News
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Jan. 6 and the path not taken  —  Four years ago we lived through a pivot point.  History could have gone one way, but went another.  —  For about a one-month period after the Jan. 6 everyone seemed truly appalled.  At that moment, America was poised to consign Trumpism to the dustbin of history.
Discussion: Adam Kinzinger
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ: 200 Jan. 6 cases pending as Trump prepares to retake office  —  It's the first time prosecutors have estimated how many uncharged Jan. 6 cases remain.  —  Federal prosecutors are weighing charging as many as 200 more people for their involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol …
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Playbook: The storm arrives in Washington  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Good morning, and good luck digging out from the snow.  —  After some relative downtime for holiday festivities, Washington — or at least those parts …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Don't Let Trump Whitewash the Truth About Jan. 6  —  The nation needs to remember the facts of the violent insurrection four years ago despite the president-elect's attempts to rewrite history.  —  History, the saying goes, is written by the victors.  —  That particular flex is in motion today …
Thomas Joscelyn / The Bulwark:
Kash Patel Believes the FBI Planned Jan. 6th  —  “WHAT WAS THE FBI DOING PLANNING January 6th for a year?”  —  Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to serve as FBI director, asked that question during a November 25, 2022 episode of his Kash's Corner podcast for the Epoch Times.
CBS News:
Thune has privately told Trump that Hegseth has the votes to be confirmed as Defense Secretary, sources say
Bloomberg:
Trump Weighs Jan. 6 Clemency With Congress Set to Ratify His Win
John R. Bolton / New York Times:   For Donald Trump, the Only Loyalty Is Fealty
Globe and Mail:
Trudeau expected to announce resignation before national caucus meeting Wednesday  —  ////Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, three sources said Sunday, as the Prime Minister faces a caucus revolt and dismal public opinion polls …
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Reuters:
Canada PM Trudeau to announce resignation as early as Monday, Globe and Mail reports  —  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, The Globe and Mail reported on Sunday, citing three sources.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Paper Cuts  —  The Washington Post is expected to lay off dozens of staffers this week, Status has learned.  —  Layoffs are expected to rock The Washington Post this week, according to people familiar with the matter. … One person familiar with the matter said that the cuts will be deep, impacting many dozens of employees.
Ketrin Jochecová / Politico:
Elon Musk's European political meddling is ‘worrying,’ says Norway's PM  —  European backlash grows against billionaire ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.  —  Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said Monday he found it “worrying” that a billionaire social media owner …
Discussion: Reuters and Semafor
Zoe Greenberg / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The queer people who are buying guns to prepare for Trump's America  —  On a brisk Saturday afternoon, A. crouched in a boxer's stance, knees bent, one hip forward, raised her new Ruger Security-380 pistol aloft with both hands, and pulled the trigger.  Spent gold casings clinked to the ground …
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Post
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Protecting America's Ocean and Coasts from Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling  —  I am taking action to protect the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska's Northern Bering Sea from oil and natural gas drilling and the harm it can cause.
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
AI costs American renters over $3.6 billion annually, according to new report  —  The property management software used by many corporate landlords, RealPage, is deploying AI to artificially inflate rental prices in the United States by more than $3.6 billion annually, according to a new report …
 
 
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Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
Elon Musk asks if America should ‘liberate the people of Britain’ in tirade against UK government
Discussion: Bloomberg, Fortune and Twitchy
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
No, Trump wasn't “confused” about the New Orleans attack
Discussion: Mother Jones
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
N.Y. Judge's Ruling Shows How Legal Issues Will Follow Trump Into Office
Discussion: Washington Post and New Republic
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. Adam Schiff says the New Orleans attack shows Kash Patel shouldn't lead the FBI
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Rex Huppke / USA Today:
As Trump's election is certified, Americans should declare war on stupidity
 

 
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Bruna Horvath / NBC News:
Zuckerberg says Meta will restore “free expression” on its platforms, including by replacing its fact-checking program with Community Notes, starting in the US

Michael Flaherty / Axios:
Getty Images Holdings and Shutterstock agree to merge in a deal that creates a $3.7B company; Getty CEO Craig Peters will remain CEO of the combined business

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: Apple plans to expand Apple News in more countries and considered building locally focused news coverage in the UK; Apple News has 125M monthly users

 
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