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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.
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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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Digby's Hullabaloo
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.
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Washington Post:
Congress to certify election results, four years after Jan. 6 attacks
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Thomas Joscelyn / The Bulwark:
Kash Patel Believes the FBI Planned Jan. 6th
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CNN:
The lost year: How Merrick Garland's Justice Department ran out of time prosecuting Trump for January 6
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
U.S. Capitol Police chief opposes pardons for assaults against police
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The Hill, Washington Times and Grabien
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ: 200 Jan. 6 cases pending as Trump prepares to retake office
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Aquilino Gonell / The Bulwark:
I Was Nearly Killed on Jan. 6th. Four Years Later, I Feel Betrayed All Over Again.
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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Biden says it is awful that Trump is seeking to do away with US birthright citizenship
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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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CNN:
Canadian PM Trudeau set to resign as party leader as polls plummet, source says — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce he will step down as leader of the ruling Liberal Party on Monday, but remain prime minister until a new leader is chosen, a source close to the PM told CNN.
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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 …
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Ben Protess / New York Times:
Trump Seeks to Halt His Criminal Sentencing in New York — A Manhattan judge has already indicated that he will spare Donald J. Trump from jail time, but the president-elect is seeking to avoid the symbolic blow of the criminal proceeding. — President-elect Donald J. Trump has signaled …
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Trump's lawyers ask judge to halt Friday's hush money case sentencing while they appeal to block it
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Noah Keate / Politico:
UK's Starmer slams Musk's ‘lies’ on grooming gangs — LONDON — Keir Starmer tore into Elon Musk Monday, as the U.K. prime minister forcefully stood by his record sticking up for the victims of child sexual exploitation. — Starmer said he had tackled the “utterly sickening” crime “head on” …
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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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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.
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Mother Jones
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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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 …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Musk extends political tentacles into UK, Germany
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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.
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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.
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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Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Key Oath Keepers leader revealed as former Las Vegas police detective — Details about Utah-based Robert Kinch, who backed ‘race war’, suggest rightwing militia has retained links with police — The man in control of the Utah-based rightwing militia Oath Keepers USA …
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