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2:40 PM ET, January 22, 2025

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Marc Caputo / Axios:
“F—k it: Release 'em all”: Why Trump embraced broad Jan. 6 pardons … - Trump vacillated during an internal debate over targeted clemency vs. a blanket decision according to two insiders.  — But as Trump's team wrestled with the issue, and planned a shock-and-awe batch of executive orders Day 1 …
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Robert Plummer / BBC:
Convicted US Capitol rioter turns down Trump pardon  —  One of the people who served jail time for taking part in the US Capitol riot four years ago has refused a pardon from President Donald Trump, saying: “We were wrong that day.”  —  Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced …
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump May Come to Regret His Jan. 6 Pardons.  Here's Why.  —  The potential for political backlash is real — now and in the future.  —  Even though President Donald Trump had vowed to deliver pardons to those who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the Capitol, his sweeping clemency for roughly 1,500 people was stunning.
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Police union that endorsed Trump blasts Jan. 6 pardons … - “Allowing those convicted of these crimes to be released early diminishes accountability and devalues the sacrifices made by courageous law enforcement officers and their families,” per the statement.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pardons the Jan. 6 Cop Beaters  —  Law and order?  Back the blue?  What happened to that GOP?  —  Republicans are busy denouncing President Biden's pre-emptive pardons for his family and political allies, and deservedly so.  But then it's a shame you don't hear many, if any …
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Raskin: Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters ‘a reserve army of political foot soldiers’
Discussion: The Independent
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump's blanket Jan. 6 pardons stun Republicans on Capitol Hill
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Trump launches savage attack on bishop who asked for ‘mercy’ for minorities  —  U.S. president calls the clergywoman a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater,” “ungracious,” “nasty” and “not compelling or smart.”  —  U.S. President Donald Trump hit out Wednesday at a bishop who directly called …
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump demands apology, criticizes bishop's prayer service remarks
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Demands Bishop Apologize for Asking for Mercy for the Marginalized
Associated Press:
Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave  —  President Donald Trump 's administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off.
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Axios:
Trump rolls back bedrock civil rights measure in sweeping anti-DEI push … - LBJ's order gave the Secretary of Labor the authority to ensure equal opportunity for people of color and women in federal contractors' recruitment, hiring, training and other employment practices.
The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects Civil Rights and Merit-Based Opportunity by Ending Illegal DEI
Discussion: Daily Kos, Power Line and Fox News
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
U.S. border agents told to summarily deport migrants without asylum hearings under Trump edict  —  Washington — Citing President Trump's extraordinary move to close the American asylum system, U.S. border agents have been instructed to summarily deport migrants crossing into the country …
Discussion: New York Times, Reuters and DNyuz
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CNN:
US military ordering thousands more troops to southern border  —  Thousands of additional active duty US troops are being ordered to the southern US border with Mexico, just two days after President Donald Trump mandated that the US military step up its presence there, according to officials familiar with the matter.
Associated Press:
Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement  —  The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration …
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Washington Post:
Justice Department says it will prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement
Discussion: Politico and USA Today
Haley Byrd Wilt / NOTUS:
Republican Senators Seem Willing to Endure the ‘Challenge’ of Trump's Proposed Tariffs  —  Trump suggested Monday he'd put 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico, two of the U.S's top trading partners.  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump is getting closer to blowing up the trade agreement …
Discussion: CNN, Alternet.org and CBS News
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Elon Musk's salute falls flat: Why far-right trolling isn't working this time around  —  As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said to defenders of Musk's provocation, “People can officially stop listening to you”  —  One thing that's easy enough to see about Elon Musk's infamous hand gesture …
Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg, Raw Story and DNyuz
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New York Times:
Musk Casts Doubt on Trump's $100 Billion A.I. Announcement  —  Mr. Trump had claimed the A.I. announcement as an early trophy, taking credit for the companies' decision to spend up to $500 billion building data centers.  —  Elon Musk is casting doubt on the first major tech investment announcement …
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OpenAI:
Announcing The Stargate Project
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Musk trolls Trump's €500B AI mega plan
Washington Post:
Trump officials pause health agencies' communications, citing review  —  The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.  —  The Trump administration has instructed federal health agencies …
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CNN:
Trump administration directs federal health agencies to pause communications
Discussion: STAT and Reuters
Fox News:
Biden's letter to Trump revealed: ‘May God bless you and guide you’  —  Trump teased he may release ‘very nice’ letter from Biden  —  The letter that former President Joe Biden wrote to President Donald Trump upon leaving office on Monday has been exclusively obtained by Fox News.
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WTVF-TV:
Antioch High School on lockdown: Two people are dead, one stable  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Two students are dead and another student was injured after a shooting inside Antioch High School on Wednesday.  —  According to police, two students were shot by another in the cafeteria.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in ‘horribly shortsighted’ decision  —  On Tuesday, a day after Donald Trump's inauguration as the new U.S. president, the Department of Homeland Security told members of several advisory committees that they were effectively fired.
The Contrarian:
Trump Actions to Undermine Drug Prices Will Cost Medicare Recipients Money  —  One of the nearly 200 executive orders that newly inaugurated President Donald Trump signed on Tuesday reversed several critical policies that President Biden had put in place.  Among those was lowering drug costs for Americans.
Discussion: KOLO-TV
Andy Craig / The UnPopulist:
A Liberalism Without Apology or Fear...  Donald Trump built his political brand on the idea that he is an outsider to Washington who is singularly suited to draining “the swamp,” crushing “the deep state,” dismantling “the uniparty,” and burning down “the establishment.”
Bloomberg:
The Second Trump Presidency, Brought to You by YouTubers  —  Podcasters including Joe Rogan, Theo Von and Logan Paul are mobilizing America's men to lean right.  An analysis of over 2,000 videos shows how.  —  As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US President on Monday …
 
 
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Peter Montgomery / People For:
Trump's Christian Nationalist Pals Trash Bishop Who Challenged Trump at Prayer Service
Discussion: Mediaite and New Republic
Neal E. Boudette / New York Times:
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Jason L. Riley / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Delivers on His Promise to Dismantle DEI
Discussion: The Transom
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Satisfaction With U.S. Democracy Edges Up From Record Low
Discussion: The Hill
Piper Hutchinson / Louisiana Illuminator:
LSU law professor removed from classes amid investigation into alleged political comments
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Julia Johnson / Fox News:
New Secretary of State Marco Rubio pauses refugee operations, ramps up visa vetting
Discussion: IJR
Andrew Solender / Axios:
The most chaotic new committee in Congress
Discussion: The Federalist and Fox News
Mike Catalini / Associated Press:
22 states sue to stop Trump's order blocking birthright citizenship
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Jenna McLaughlin / NPR:
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