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9:55 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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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 …
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: USA Today
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: Salon and Adam Kinzinger
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.
Eugene Daniels / Politico:   Playbook: The storm arrives in Washington
Aquilino Gonell / The Bulwark:
I Was Nearly Killed on Jan. 6th. Four Years Later, I Feel Betrayed All Over Again.
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.
CNN:
Canadian PM Trudeau set to resign as party leader as polls plummet, source says
Discussion: WHDH-TV and Louder With Crowder
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. Steel and Nippon Sue Biden Over Decision to Block Deal  —  The companies argue in a lawsuit that the process of reviewing the transaction was corrupted by politics.  —  U.S. Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel sued the United States government on Monday in a last-ditch attempt to revive …
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Kyodo News+:
Japan PM voices concern over Biden's block on Nippon Steel deal
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
No, Trump wasn't “confused” about the New Orleans attack  —  On New Year's Day, a driver intentionally steered a truck into a crowd in New Orleans, killing 14 people.  Trump and other MAGA leaders, echoing a false Fox News report, quickly rushed to blame President Biden's supposedly lax security at the border.
Discussion: Mother Jones
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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Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
Elon Musk asks if America should ‘liberate the people of Britain’ in tirade against UK government … Elon Musk has questioned whether the United States should “liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government” after hitting out at top U.K. lawmakers.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Fortune and Twitchy
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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
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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.
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 …
Discussion: Bill O'Reilly and Bloomberg
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 …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
GOP senator: RFK Jr. ‘wrong’ on vaccinations  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a medical doctor, said President-elect Trump's pick for secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is “wrong” about vaccinations.  —  In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Cassidy said he looks forward …
Discussion: Townhall, Mediaite, Breitbart and Grabien
 
 
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