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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.
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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 and Drezner's World
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.
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Reuters, Rolling Stone, WBAL Baltimore News, The Hill, One America News Network, Raw Story, New Republic, Associated Press and CBS News
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 …
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.
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CNN, Washington Post and Axios
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Don't Mention the Coup! — The memory of January 6 vanishes from Trump's new Washington.
Don't Mention the Coup! — The memory of January 6 vanishes from Trump's new Washington.
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MSNBC, The Dispatch and Raw Story
Washington Post:
The fate of nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants depends on Donald Trump
The fate of nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants depends on Donald Trump
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Don't Let Trump Whitewash the Truth About Jan. 6
Don't Let Trump Whitewash the Truth About Jan. 6
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Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
He Got Away With It — Donald Trump instigated a violent attack on the Capitol.
He Got Away With It — Donald Trump instigated a violent attack on the Capitol.
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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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Miranda Bryant / The Guardian:
Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland — Design shows intent to keep control of Faroe Islands and Greenland - which Trump says he would like the US to buy — The Danish king has shocked some historians by changing the royal coat of arms to more prominently feature Greenland …
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Daily Mail and The Independent
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Associated Press:
Donald Trump Jr. to visit Greenland as his father muses anew about the US taking control of it — Donald Trump Jr. is heading to Greenland, visiting the Danish territory as his father has continued to stoke seemingly far-fetched suggestions that the U.S. could take control of it.
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Axios, Politico, Fox News, HuffPost, CNN, Bloomberg, Raw Story, Daily Mail, Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, American Thinker, New York Post and The Post Millennial
Sarakshi Rai / The Hill:
Trump Jr. plans Greenland visit after father stirs controversy
Trump Jr. plans Greenland visit after father stirs controversy
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Fox News and Daily Mail
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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Benjamin Lopez Steven / CBC News:
How will replacing Trudeau work? Breaking down a Liberal leadership contest — Parliament is prorogued until March 24, buying the Liberals time to find a new leader — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday morning that he plans to step down once his party picks a successor.
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Vox, Global News, BBC, Reuters, The Hill, Breitbart, RedState, The Post Millennial and Metro.co.uk
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Timothy Nerozzi / Washington Examiner:
Trudeau resigns as Canadian prime minister after collapse of support
Trudeau resigns as Canadian prime minister after collapse of support
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New York Times:
Canada Live Updates: Prime Minister Trudeau Expected to Step Down as Party Leader
Canada Live Updates: Prime Minister Trudeau Expected to Step Down as Party Leader
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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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The Hill, One America News Network, Townhall, The Independent, Breitbart, RedState, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Daily Mail and The Daily Caller
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Our National Day of Shame — The Bulwark grows! The Bulwark will swallow the world!
Our National Day of Shame — The Bulwark grows! The Bulwark will swallow the world!
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Breitbart and The Post Millennial
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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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.
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HotAir, Associated Press, RedState, WHDH-TV, The Hill, McDonald's Corporation, Axios, Fox Business, Quartz, The Gateway Pundit, CBS News and The Post Millennial
Antoine Gara / Financial Times:
Private equity to lobby Donald Trump for access to savers' retirement funds — Industry hopes incoming administration will open long-restricted private investments to individual investors — The private equity industry is preparing to lobby the incoming Donald Trump administration to give …
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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Raw Story, Bill O'Reilly, New Republic, Quartz, Power Line, Reuters, Fortune, Forbes, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Examiner, Fox Business, New York Post and The Hill
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.
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 …
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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.
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Washington Examiner
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden says ‘New Orleans defines strength and resilience’ at service for victims — President Biden offered his condolences to the victims of the New Orleans New Year's Day attack, calling the Louisiana city one with a tough spirit at an interfaith prayer service with victims' families.
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Bloomberg and New York Post
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
Ford and Musk. They Made Cars. They Backed Fascists. — Each age's premier industrialist has had appalling politics. — Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, March 22, 2022. — Time was when a comparison of Henry Ford and Elon Musk would have focused …