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7:45 AM ET, January 29, 2021

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
GOP Congresswoman Blamed Wildfires on Secret Jewish Space Laser  —  Axios has a small squib about “The Mischief Makers,” a handful of idiosyncratic congressional backbenchers who make trouble for their respective party leadership.  The leading Democratic mischief-maker is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
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Axios:
Scoop: GOP ignored its early fears about Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  During previously unreported meetings last summer, House Republican leaders discussed — but then largely set aside — fears that QAnon-supporting conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene would end up a flaming trainwreck for their party.
Washington Post:
Hostility between congressional Republicans and Democrats reaches new lows amid growing fears of violence  —  Open hostility broke out among Republicans and Democrats in Congress on Thursday amid growing fears of physical violence and looming domestic terrorism threats from supporters …
Politico:
Trump may poison the party, but Republicans have decided they need him  —  Three weeks ago, Donald Trump was radioactive, even in the top quarters of his own party.  Now, those same Republicans are convinced they can't live without the energy he gives off, even if it proves toxic.  —  “We need each other.
CNN:
Marjorie Taylor Greene removes social media posts amid scrutiny of past controversial comments
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Marjorie Taylor Greene penned conspiracy theory that a laser beam from space started deadly 2018 California wildfire
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Suck It, Wall Street  —  In a blowout comedy for the ages, finance pirates take it up the clacker  —  In the fall of 2008, America's wealthiest companies were in a pickle.  Short-selling hedge funds, smelling blood as the global economy cratered, loaded up with bets against finance stocks …
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New York Times:
Robinhood, in Need of Cash, Raises $1 Billion From Its Investors  —  The no-fee trading app, which is popular with young investors, has been strained by the high volume of trading this week in stocks such as GameStop.  —  Facing an onslaught of demands on its cash amid a stock market frenzy …
Under the Hood:
An Update on Market Volatility  —  This past year, we've seen the financial markets become a voice for the voiceless.  We've seen a new generation of people come into the markets, sparking conversations about what it means to be an investor.  Our customers have shown the world that investing …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Janet Yellen Received $810K In Speaking Fees From Hedge Fund Embroiled In GameStop Saga
Financial Times:
Robinhood taps banks in rush to restore GameStop trading
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Arizona GOP lawmaker introduces bill to give Legislature power to toss out election results  —  The Republican chair of Arizona's state House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill Wednesday that would give the Legislature authority to override the secretary of state's certification of its electoral votes.
New York Times:
Body Camera Footage Shows Capitol Rioters Trampling Over Woman  —  Video obtained by The Times provides a police officer's view of the deadly battle to defend a key entryway from the surging mob.  —  As 34-year-old Rosanne Boyland lay dying on the steps of the Capitol on Jan. 6 after being crushed by a mob …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
U.S. handling of American evacuees from Wuhan increased coronavirus risks, watchdog finds  —  The special counsel also criticized the HHS general counsel's office for its ‘attempts to shame the whistleblower.’  —  As the first American evacuees from Wuhan, China, touched down at a California military base …
Politico:
‘Betrayed’: Republicans urge Biden to change course on stimulus  —  When a bipartisan Senate coalition helped clinch a coronavirus relief bill last year after months of gridlock, it was supposed to be a model for governing in the Biden era.  But now Democrats' surprise takeover of the Senate threatens to leave the group behind.
Discussion: The Hill, Grist and POLITICUSUSA
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democrats need to accept the implications of GOP radicalization  —  Democrats have a tendency to engage in a kind of two-step.  When they grow frustrated with GOP radicalism, they angrily denounce it — while simultaneously telling themselves that if it can be overcome in the short term, it will be rendered a dead letter forever.
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Decision That Will Define Democrats for a Decade
David Smith / The Guardian:
‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years - ex-KGB spy  —  The KGB ‘played the game as if they were immensely impressed by his personality’, Yuri Shvets, a key source for a new book, tells the Guardian  —  Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset over 40 years …
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
McCarthy Seeks Thaw With Trump as G.O.P. Rallies Behind Former President  —  The top House Republican met with former President Donald J. Trump, working to mend fences after saying that Mr. Trump bore responsibility for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  —  Two weeks after Representative Kevin McCarthy …
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Noem refuses to say whether Biden victory was free and fair  —  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem refused to acknowledge Thursday that Democrat Joe Biden defeated her close Republican ally Donald Trump in a free and fair election, instead using the opportunity to criticize Biden's actions since taking office.
Joe Eskenazi / Mission Local:
The San Francisco School District's renaming debacle has been a historic travesty  —  SF's decision to rename 44 schools: Botched process.  Botched outcome.  Botched priorities.  —  These are complex times.  Even the question “How are you doing?” is complex.
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Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
It's Liberals vs. Liberals in San Francisco After Schools Erase Contested Names
Associated Press:
Man who wore horns at riot willing to speak at Trump's trial  —  PHOENIX (AP) — The lawyer for an Arizona man who took part in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns is offering to have his client testify at former President Donald Trump's upcoming impeachment trial.
Discussion: Business Insider
Sean D. Naylor / Yahoo News:
Mattis: Trump ‘fomented’ Jan. 6 Capitol assault  —  Former Defense Secretary James Mattis said Thursday the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol was “fomented” by former President Donald Trump, and exemplified the “internal threats” faced by the U.S. that should be viewed “with every bit as much gravity …
Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan won't run for U.S. Senate next year  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Champaign County GOP Rep. Jim Jordan on Thursday announced that he won't run for the U.S. Senate seat that will be vacated by Republican Rob Portman's upcoming retirement, a decision that opens the field …
Douglas Perry / Oregonian:
‘Charming’ D.B. Cooper suspect Sheridan Peterson dies at 94, spent years dedicated to political causes  —  Sheridan Peterson, long considered a suspect in the D.B. Cooper skyjacking case, died Jan. 8 in California.  He was 94.  —  The California native served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II …
New York Times:
Ella Emhoff Signs to IMG Models  —  The second daughter follows the inauguration poet Amanda Gorman to IMG.  —  Amanda Gorman is not the only breakout star to have emerged from the inauguration as the fashion world's latest influencer-in-waiting.  —  One week after the Miu Miu coat she wore …
Merrill Matthews / The Hill:
So much for Joe Biden, moderate  —  President Biden wasted no time releasing a flurry of executive orders and legislative proposals.  Some of them may be helpful in addressing the economic challenges imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.  But others would almost certainly “cancel” …
Politico:
'I'm just furious': Relations in Congress crack after attack  —  Some House lawmakers are privately refusing to work with each other.  Others are afraid to be in the same room.  Two members almost got into a fist fight on the floor.  And the speaker of the House is warning that “the enemy is within.”
Discussion: The Guardian
Bill McKibben / New Yorker:
The Biden Administration's Landmark Day in the Fight for the Climate  —  January 27th was the most remarkable day in the history of America's official response to the climate crisis, at least since that June afternoon in 1988, when nasa's James Hansen told a congressional committee that the planet had begun to heat.
Discussion: Washington Post
Politico:
'For Christ's sake, watch yourself': Biden warns family over business dealings  —  In the midst of his campaign for president, Joe Biden took his younger brother, Frank, aside to issue a warning.  —  “For Christ's sake, watch yourself,” Biden said of his brother's potential business dealings …
Sen. Mike Lee / Washington Examiner:
The Constitution does not authorize a general impeachment power  —  The Supreme Court is the highest tribunal in the United States for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution.  But not all legal issues reach the court, and even if they do, it takes years for them to do so.
Discussion: Politico and Bangor Daily News
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Oath Keepers Got Ammo Discount for Post-Election ‘Chaos’  —  KEEP THE FAITH … The store offering the sale was until very recently run by police officers, including a member of the far-right militia group.  —  In the days before the Nov. 3 election, the far-right paramilitary group …
Discussion: Raw Story
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump officials moved most Bureau of Land Management staffers out of D.C. More than 87 percent quit instead.  —  The decision to relocate BLM headquarters to Colorado and redistribute jobs in the West prompted 287 employees to retire or find other jobs  —  The Trump administration's decision …
Rebecca Morin / USA Today:
Meet the 7 congresswomen who are steering Biden's immigration agenda in the House  —  In one of her first days in Congress nearly two decades ago, Rep. Linda Sánchez remembers being told by a friend on Capitol Hill that there are two types of lawmakers: a workhorse or a showhorse.
 
 
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