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8:40 PM ET, January 6, 2025

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The Atlantic:
The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine  —  A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away.  —  Try to remember for a moment how you felt on January 6, 2021.  Recall the makeshift gallows erected on the Capitol grounds, the tear gas, and the sound of the riot shields colliding with hurled flagpoles.
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Bonchie / RedState:
Sunny Hostin Makes Disgusting, Offensive Comparison to January 6th, Then Gets Launched Into Orbit  —  With another January 6th upon us, it was just a matter of time before someone delivered the worst take of the day, and no one will be shocked to learn that it came out of Sunny Hostin's mouth.
US Department of Justice:
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on the Fourth Anniversary of the January 6 Attack on the Capitol  —  For Immediate Release  —  The Justice Department issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the fourth anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Proud Boys leader serving 22 years for Jan. 6 conviction asks Trump for a pardon  —  Enrique Tarrio, who is serving the longest Jan. 6 sentence given to a Capitol defendant to date, was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in planning for the riot.
John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
January 6th was Successful  —  A Slow-Motion Coup  —  Today is January 6th and I feel a certain tedium and impatience about marking the anniversary of the Capitol Hill attack four years later.  There seems to be a growing consensus that it, along with all of Trump's other menaces to constitutional rule, is not worth taking seriously.
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and Axios
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Four years later
Washington Post:
The fate of nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants depends on Donald Trump
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Don't Let Trump Whitewash the Truth About Jan. 6
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
He Got Away With It  —  Donald Trump instigated a violent attack on the Capitol.
Discussion: Washington Post and Dame Magazine
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Rudy Giuliani is in contempt of court in $148 million defamation case  —  Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Monday for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he turned over assets to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers.
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CNN:
Rudy Giuliani held in contempt in case brought by two former Georgia election workers he defamed
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Axios interview: Susie Wiles vows to block West Wing troublemakers … Wiles, who was co-campaign manager, gets much of the credit.  Two weeks from today, she'll bring her formula to Washington. … - The veteran Florida political operative — a former lobbyist who worked for Trump's GOP primary rival …
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Associated Press:
Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling.
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CNN:
Biden permanently bans offshore drilling in 625 million acres of ocean, making a Trump reversal difficult
David Hodari / NBC News:
Biden bans new offshore drilling along most of the U.S. coastline
Discussion: The White House and The Federalist
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Protects Atlantic and Pacific Coasts from Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling
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Timothy Nerozzi / Washington Examiner:
Trudeau resigns as Canadian prime minister after collapse of support
Mike Blanchfield / Politico:
Justin Trudeau to resign — the latest global leader to fall
New York Times:
Canada Live Updates: Prime Minister Trudeau Expected to Step Down as Party Leader
NBC News:
With an intent stare, a wide smile and a simple declaration, Harris certifies her loss to Trump  —  Vice President Kamala Harris presided over a joint session of Congress on Monday, certifying the results of the 2024 election in which she lost to Donald Trump.
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump, Who Incited Insurrection, Accuses Biden Of Making Transition ‘As Difficult As Possible’
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Trump aides ready ‘universal’ tariff plans — with one key change  —  President-elect's aides look at universal import duties, but only on certain sectors, among first big moves of presidency.  —  President-elect Donald Trump's aides are exploring tariff plans that would be applied …
Sarakshi Rai / The Hill:
Trump Jr. plans Greenland visit after father stirs controversy  —  Donald Trump Jr. is planning to head to Greenland for a daylong trip just weeks after his father, President-elect Trump, said U.S. ownership of the Danish territory “is an absolute necessity.”
Discussion: Daily Mail and Washington Times
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Associated Press:
Donald Trump Jr. to visit Greenland as his father muses anew about the US taking control of it
Paul Gowder / The UnPopulist:
The Bogus Case Against Birthright Citizenship for the Children of Undocumented Immigrants  —  As Inauguration Day approaches, President-elect Donald Trump's promise of mass deportation at an unprecedented scale and the infighting within his own movement over H-1B visas have understandably taken center stage.
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Biden Uses 72-Year-Old Law to Give Trump a Slap in the Face Before MAGA 2.0  —  The White House move could create a roadblock to one of President-elect Trump's major plans.
Dee-Ann Durbin / Associated Press:
McDonald's is the latest company to roll back diversity goals  —  Four years after launching a push for more diversity in its ranks, McDonald's is ending some of its diversity practices, citing a U.S. Supreme Court's decision that outlawed affirmative action in college admissions.
Sharon Udasin / The Hill:
Newsom proposes ‘balanced’ budget with no deficits  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday proposed a $322 billion budget that he said would be “balanced” and without deficits — marking a significant turnaround after two years of shortfalls.  —  Newsom delivered a “top-line” …
Punchbowl News:
Thune to Senate GOP: Don't overrule parliamentarian on reconciliation  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicated to us that he'd oppose efforts to overrule the Senate's parliamentarian if certain GOP border security and tax provisions are ruled inconsistent with budget reconciliation rules.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Business Insider:
Dana White, UFC CEO and Trump ally, to join Meta's board of directors  — Meta on Monday announced Dana White will join the company's board of directors.  — White said he'd “never been interested” in joining a company's board before Meta's offer.  — White is the CEO …
Politico:
Pentagon's leading Russia-Ukraine expert departs  —  With help from Phelim Kine, John Sakellariadis, Jack Detsch and Joe Gould  —  A key player in coordinating U.S. military aid and marshaling international support for Ukraine has left the Pentagon just days before DONALD TRUMP takes …
Discussion: Mediaite
theRighting:
Bluesky Captures More Unique Visitors Than Truth Social in November  —  Majority of Right Wing News Websites Grew Audience in Critical Month  —  TheRighting released its November 2024 election year traffic analysis of mobile and desktop traffic for right wing and mainstream news websites based on Comscore data.
 
 
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Antoine Gara / Financial Times:
Private equity to lobby Donald Trump for access to savers' retirement funds
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
American Tragedy: Joe Biden, Mike Pence, and the Futility of Intentions
Discussion: Rolling Stone
A.R. Moxon / The Reframe:
Being More Like Republicans  —  I've been thinking a lot these days about the rising religious fascism …
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Ben Protess / New York Times:
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Discussion: Raw Story
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