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2:55 PM ET, January 28, 2021

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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Marjorie Taylor Greene penned conspiracy theory that a laser beam from space started deadly 2018 California wildfire  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has done little to stop Greene's ascension in the Republican Party  —  In November 2018, California was hit with the worst wildfire in the state's history.
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WRCB-TV:
Channel 3 crew threatened with arrest after asking Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a question during town hall meeting  —  A Channel 3 reporter and photojournalist were threatened with arrest after asking U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene a question during a town hall meeting in Dalton.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Pelosi condemns GOP for overlooking Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's incendiary comments … WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday denounced House Republican leaders for appointing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to the committee overseeing education after she has questioned …
Discussion: CBS News, Reuters, New York Post, CNN and WTOP
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: SCOOP: Inside the White House's new thinking on Covid relief
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Video surfaces of Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor with baseless claims
U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez:
Congressman Jimmy Gomez to Introduce Resolution Expelling Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress
Chris Stirewalt / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: I called Arizona for Biden on Fox News.  Here's what I learned  —  The New York Evening Express was no great shakes as a newspaper.  But in 1886, when the New York Times ran the obituary of one of the Express' former owners, Erastus Brooks, it had to give credit where it was due.
Jordan Pearson / VICE:
Robinhood Stops Users From Trading GameStop Stocks, Other Reddit YOLO Picks  —  With the market in chaos, even Robinhood has now turned on retail investors pumping dark-horse stocks.  —  Jordan Pearson  —  Robinhood, the fee-free investment app that has helped Redditors …
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Alexis Goldstein / Markets Weekly:
What happened with GameStop?  —  It's not David vs Goliath.  It's Goliath vs. Goliath, with David as a fig leaf  —  This is a free post from Markets Weekly, a newsletter by former Wall Street professional Alexis Goldstein.  If you appreciated this post, please consider signing up here for premium access to all posts.
Under the Hood:
Keeping Customers Informed Through Market Volatility  —  Our mission at Robinhood is to democratize finance for all.  We're proud to have created a platform that has helped everyday people, from all backgrounds, shape their financial futures and invest for the long term.
New York Times:
GameStop Stock Soars as Reddit Investors Take On Wall St.
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Republicans in Washington warn Wall Street: The GameStop populists are more powerful than you think
Discussion: ETFdb and Boing Boing
New York Times:
McConnell Was Done With Trump.  His Party Said Not So Fast.  —  After four years, the minority leader had finally had enough.  But with most Republicans rallying around Donald J. Trump, he sided with his colleagues trying to throw out the impeachment case.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Schumer and McConnell close to finalizing pact on organizing 50-50 Senate
Discussion: CNN and Washington Examiner
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
N.Y. Severely Undercounted Virus Deaths in Nursing Homes, Report Says  —  The state attorney general, Letitia James, said the Cuomo administration likely omitted thousands of Covid-19 deaths of nursing home residents.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State attorney general accused …
J. Miles Coleman / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2022 Senate Races: Initial Ratings  —  On a potentially limited playing field, both parties look to expand past their current 50 seats  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Republicans will be defending more Senate seats than Democrats in 2022, but both sides have some potential pickup opportunities …
Discussion: Politico and USA Today
Arizona Republic:
Republicans demand audit of Kelli Ward's narrow win for Arizona GOP chair  —  Yvonne Wingett Sanchez Ronald J. HansenArizona Republic  —  After months of sounding the alarm on what she claimed was a stolen presidential election, Kelli Ward is facing questions about her own reelection Saturday as Arizona Republican Party chair.
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Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Beto O'Rourke says he's thinking about running for governor  —  Gary Kubiak describes David Culley as ‘energy in the building’  —  Want to reduce inflammation?  Try the Mediterranean diet.  —  In climate push, Biden bets on cutting fossil fuels while protecting jobs
Discussion: Fox News and National Review
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:   O'Rourke mulling run for Texas governor
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Biden just took his first step to expand health coverage  —  Biden is opening up Obamacare enrollment and planning an ad blitz.  —  SHARE All sharing options  —  Eight days into his administration, President Joe Biden took a small step to expand health coverage during the Covid-19 pandemic …
Tim Carman / Washington Post:
Subway's tuna is not tuna, but a ‘mixture of various concoctions,’ a lawsuit alleges  —  Subway describes its tuna sandwich as “freshly baked bread” layered with “flaked tuna blended with creamy mayo then topped with your choice of crisp, fresh veggies.”  It's a description designed to activate …
Discussion: Fox News, Law & Crime and Boing Boing
American Prospect:
Merrick Garland Wants Former Facebook Lawyer to Top Antitrust Division  —  Susan Davies has spent much of the last decade working on behalf of major mergers and fending off antitrust enforcement.  —  Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland is working behind the scenes to install longtime aide Susan Davies …
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Post
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Twitter's priceless gift to Biden  —  As he entered his first week in office, President Joe Biden was handed a priceless gift: the blissful sound of former President Donald Trump's Twitter silence.  —  Gone are the pre-dawn tirades, the all-caps declarations, the “Sleepy Joe” mocking …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Republican Party is about doing nothing  —  The Republican Party, judging from its lack of output in the House and Senate, has little to contribute to the restoration of Americans' health and prosperity.  They have essentially no interest in addressing racial inequity or in rooting out domestic terrorism.
The Daily Beast:
MAGA Supporter Arrested Yards From Capitol With Gun, Ammo, ‘Stop the Steal’ Paperwork  —  Dennis Westover, 71, was arrested “in the middle of an intersection” near the Rayburn House Office Building with a gun, ammo, and a list of lawmakers, authorities said.
Oversight Board:
Announcing the Oversight Board's first case decisions  —  Today, the Oversight Board is announcing its first decisions.  —  In the five case decisions published today, the Board overturned four of Facebook's decisions, upheld one and issued nine policy recommendations to the company.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Man Charged with $1.9 Million COVID-Relief Fraud  —  A Nevada man was charged in an indictment Wednesday for his alleged participation in a scheme to defraud multiple financial institutions by filing bank loan applications that fraudulently sought more than $1.9 million dollars …
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Ease Up on the Executive Actions, Joe  —  President Biden is right to not let his agenda be held hostage, but legislating through Congress is a better path.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘What Democrat beats that guy?’:  Top Dems flinch from Rubio challenge  —  MIAMI — Few Republicans are more loathed by Democrats than Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.  Many have never looked at him the same since, after helping to draft the 2013 bipartisan immigration bill, he backed away under conservative pressure.
Discussion: Twitchy
Washington Post:
2020 was the worst year for economic growth since the Second World War  —  New federal data offers comprehensive snapshot of a year marred by staggering job losses, waves of small-business closures and mounting inequality  —  The U.S. economy shrank by 3.5 percent last year …
Discussion: Reuters, Fox News, Axios and The Week
Washington Post:
Self-styled militia members in three states began planning in November for recruits, weapons ahead of Capitol breach, U.S. alleges  —  Three self-styled militia members charged in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol began soliciting recruits for potential violence within days …
Manjeet Kaur / The Appeal:
Seattle Cut Its Police Budget.  Now the Public Will Decide How To Spend the Money.  —  The city will use participatory budgeting to allocate $30 million to programs that create “true public health and safety.”  —  Most cities finalized their 2021 budgets last year in the usual way …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Biden Appoints New Cabinet Secretaries, Ousting Trump Loyalists  —  President Biden named nearly all of his cabinet secretaries and their immediate deputies before he took office, but his real grasp on the levers of power has come several layers down.  —  WASHINGTON — When President Biden swore …
SCDHEC:
South Carolina Public Health Officials Detect Nation's First Known Cases of the COVID-19 Variant Originally Detected in South Africa  —  Dr. Traxler: We Must All Recommit to Stopping the Spread - Wear a Mask, Stay Six Feet Apart  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health …
 
 
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Mary Barra / LinkedIn:
General Motors Intends to Lead the Auto Industry and the World to a Net-Zero-Carbon Future
Discussion: CBS News, Washington Examiner and CNBC
Business Insider:
Watchdog group accuses the Trump campaign and family members of engaging in ‘schemes’ that hid massive election spending and likely broke federal law
Discussion: Raw Story
USA Today:
Becerra confirmation delay is hobbling the fight against COVID-19: Sebelius and Shalala
PRRI:
Majority of Americans Blame Trump, White Supremacy for Capitol Riot
Sam Masterson / Listen to Free Radio:
LISTEN: Sen. Hawley says he never incited rioters who stormed US Capitol: ‘That is a lie’
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Betraying Your Church—And Your Party
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Redistricting delays freeze 2022 House races
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Democrats Are Laying a Trap with Trump's Impeachment Trial
Discussion: Power Line
Zach Everson / 1100 Pennsylvania:
What was Tommy Tuberville doing in the Trump Hotel D.C.?
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
Insurrection aftermath: Staffers struggle with trauma, guilt and fear
Mia Jankowicz / Business Insider:
A Trump advisor who promised to eat his shoe if Biden won is refusing to do it, citing debunked election-fraud claims
Los Angeles Times:
Man arrested with explosives may have been targeting Gov. Newsom, authorities say
Rebecca Jennings / Vox:
What happened when a beloved mom influencer donated to Trump
Discussion: Twitchy
 

 
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google announces a new Platforms and Devices team overseeing Pixel, Android, Chrome, Photos, and more, to integrate AI across its products, led by Rick Osterloh

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that creates a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview
 
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