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Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
The QAnon Rep Isn't Owning the Libs.  She's Leading the GOP's Space-Laser Suicide March.  —  NO HILLBILLY … Marjorie Taylor Greene is Sarah Palin, but not occasionally charismatic.  Steve Bannon, but not occasionally smart.  Donald Trump, but not occasionally funny.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Regrets QAnon Comments  —  Freshman Republican lawmaker is set to be removed from committees in House vote  —  WASHINGTON—Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she regretted past social-media comments embracing conspiracy theories, hours ahead of an expected vote …
Washington Post:
Republicans worry their big tent will mean big problems in 2022 elections  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has pinned his hopes for reclaiming the majority in 2022 on never having to choose between the contradictory factions in his own party, no matter how deep the divisions appear.
CNN:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's history of dangerous conspiracy theories and comments
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy is now our most disgraceful political leader
Washington Post:
Senate approves budget bill to pass Biden economic relief plan  —  Vice President Harris breaks tie on budget resolution after all-night Senate session  —  The Senate approved a budget bill early Friday that paves the way for passage of President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package …
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Bloomberg:
Senate Adopts Blueprint for Stimulus as Harris Breaks Tie
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Senate adopts budget resolution for coronavirus relief after marathon vote-a-rama
Andy Sheehan / CBS Pittsburgh:
FBI Raids Home Of Rachel Powell, Mercer County Mother Of 8 Suspected In Capitol Attack  —  Powell has become known as the lady with the bullhorn, seeming to have knowledge of the Capitol building's floor plan, instructing insurrectionists where to go.  —  SANDY LAKE, Pa. (KDKA) …
Discussion: CBS News
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
The Misogynistic ‘Dating Coach’ Who Was Charged in the Capitol Riot  —  Samuel Fisher left a long trail of videos and social media posts that reflect the views of a fringe faction of disgruntled men who became fixated on President Donald J. Trump.  —  For $150, Brad Holiday's customers …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Larry Summers plays the skunk at the Covid relief party  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  LITERALLY BREAKING OVERNIGHT — Vote-a-rama as of 5:35 a.m. ... @caitlinzemma: “Senate PASSES the budget resolution Democrats can use to speed passage of Biden's $1.9T coronavirus plan, 50-51, with VP Harris breaking the tie.
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
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Lawrence Summers / Washington Post:
The Biden stimulus is admirably ambitious. But it brings some big risks, too.
Discussion: Power Line
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Sen. Ben Sasse slams Nebraska GOP committee's plans to censure him for criticizing Trump  —  Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Thursday released a pointed, 5-minute video directed at leading members of the Nebraska Republican Party, on the heels of reports that the party planned to censure Sasse …
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Politico:
Trump's allies fear the impeachment trial could be a PR nightmare  —  Allies of former President Donald Trump are imploring his impeachment team to avoid one specific topic when they defend the ex-president at his Senate trial next week: the deadly riot that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol.
Molly Ball / TIME:
The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election  —  A weird thing happened right after the Nov. 3 election: nothing.  —  The nation was braced for chaos.  Liberal groups had vowed to take to the streets, planning hundreds of protests across the country.
Discussion: Slate, Gallup and The Daily Caller
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Ynet / Ynetnews:
Israeli hospital claims may have found cure for COVID-19  —  Preliminary testing shows that 29 out of 30 virus patients in serious condition that were administered the drug, dubbed EXO-CD24, once a day made a full recovery within five days; similar treatment announced by Hadassah Medical Center
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Mike Pence is starting a podcast  —  Mike Pence is returning to his radio roots after a 22-year hiatus from the airwaves.  —  The former vice president will launch a podcast in the coming months hosted by the Young America's Foundation, a conservative youth organization dating back to the1960s.
Discussion: The Week
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump resigns from Screen Actors Guild: ‘I no longer wish to be associated with your union’  —  SAG-AFTRA board claimed Trump violated its guidelines in the wake of the Capitol riot  —  Trump lawyers making First Amendment case ahead of impeachment trial  —  EXCLUSIVE: President Trump …
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Emma Bowman / NPR:
Why QAnon Survives After Trump  —  Toggle more options  —  Inauguration Day should have punctured the conspiracy theory at the heart of QAnon.  —  Adherents of the discredited extremist ideology falsely believe that former President Trump is a savior who will stay in power as he wages a war against a cabal of satanic pedophiles.
Discussion: Ohio Capital Journal
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Grace Segers / CBS News:   Adam Schiff says Republican Party has “become essentially a cult”
CNN:
Russian doctor who treated Navalny after poisoning has died  —  (CNN)A top doctor at the Russian hospital where opposition leader Alexey Navalny was treated immediately after his poisoning last summer has died, the hospital said on Thursday.  —  Sergey Maximishin, who was the deputy chief physician …
Politico:
'We've learned to love the guy': How Biden charmed the left  —  During a call with House Democrats on Wednesday, President Joe Biden used data from a three-year-old progressive think tank to argue his case for a massive Covid-relief plan.  —  The think tank, Data for Progress …
Reuters:
Turkish minister says U.S. behind 2016 failed coup - Hurriyet  —  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's interior minister accused the United States on Thursday of being behind a 2016 failed coup that Ankara has blamed on a U.S.-based Muslim preacher, the Hurriyet daily reported, at a time when Turkey is seeking improved ties with its NATO ally.
Reuters:
Special Report: Stolen election?  Republican lawmakers paralyzed by Trump's false fraud claims  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On Jan. 6, right after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, 147 Republican lawmakers voted the way then-president Donald Trump and the rioters had demanded …
Igor Derysh / Salon:
How one billionaire family bankrolled election lies, white nationalism — and the Capitol riot  —  Rebekah Mercer is “one of the chief financiers of the fascist movement,” says longtime GOP insider Steve Schmidt  —  Four years before Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., pumped his fist to a supportive mob …
Kevin Krause / Dallas Morning News:
Third North Texas real estate professional is charged with storming U.S. Capitol building  —  Jason Hyland, 37, of Frisco arranged a flight to D.C. on a private plane with others to protest the election results and ended up inside the Capitol building with a mob of rioters, the feds say.
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
New York Times:
They Stormed the Capitol.  Their Apps Tracked Them.  —  Times Opinion was able to identify individuals from a trove of leaked smartphone location data.  —  Mr. Warzel and Mr. Thompson are writers in Opinion.  They previously reported on smartphone tracking for the series “One Nation, Tracked.”
Axios:
Scoop: White House convening NSC to talk Iran  —  In a sign of the urgency President Biden feels about Iran, the White House is convening a National Security Council principals committee meeting Friday focused on the country's nuclear program, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
Adam Goodman / The Hill:
Biden needs to follow his own advice: Compromise  —  To the chagrin of Robert Frost fans, when President Biden had a chance to choose the path less traveled, he went the other way.  —  Despite issuing 40 unilateral presidential directives in ten days that curried favor with his base …
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Johnson & Johnson requests emergency authorization from FDA for Covid vaccine  — Johnson & Johnson applied for an emergency use authorization from the FDA for its coronavirus vaccine.  — The company released data last week showing it was about 66% effective in protecting against the virus.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Big Trump donors converge on Newsom recall  —  Big Republican donors — including some prominent backers of former President Donald Trump — are zeroing in on a new target as they dig out from the wreckage of the 2020 election: California Gov. Gavin Newsom.  —  Major GOP benefactors …
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
White House signals willingness to consider executive action on student debt cancellation  —  White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday the Biden administration is looking into whether it can use executive authority to cancel some portion of the $1.6 trillion in federal student loans owed by 43 million Americans.
Lucy Fisher / Telegraph:
Three Chinese spies posing as journalists expelled from the UK  —  The revelation comes amid concerns in Government about Chinese economic espionage and intellectual property theft from UK institutions  —  Three Chinese spies who falsely posed as journalists have been expelled from Britain in the past year, The Telegraph can reveal.
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Exclusive: Ice cancels deportation flight to Africa after claims of brutality … US immigration and customs enforcement (Ice) canceled a deportation flight to west Africa because of allegations of brutality by Ice agents in the treatment of the deportees, the agency has said in a statement.
 
 
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Garry Kasparov / Washington Post:
Navalny's jailing was a Groundhog Day for Russian democracy
Terry Gross / NPR:
Dr. Fauci On Vaccinations And Biden's ‘Refreshing’ Approach To COVID-19
Megan Cassella / Politico:
Avalanche of long-term unemployment effects could crush Biden's recovery hopes
Discussion: Axios
Dan Glaun / FRONTLINE:
Chinese Spam Network Aims to Discredit U.S. COVID Vaccine and Response, Report Finds
Discussion: Graphika
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
New York Times promises ‘results’ to staff angry about allegations of a reporter's racist slur
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jason M. Blazakis / Slate:
Can We Call the Proud Boys Terrorists?
Discussion: Just The News and Daily Kos
Jazmine Hughes / New York Times:
A Trump-Supporting Congresswoman in New York City Stands Her Ground
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Neil Irwin / New York Times:
How to Win at the Stock Market by Being Lazy
Discussion: Politico and TheBlaze
Michael Martz / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
WATCH NOW: Swamped with complaints about Postal Service, McEachin takes aim at Trump postmaster general
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Zack Stanton / Politico:
It's Time to Talk About Violent Christian Extremism
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
U.S. judge in Flynn case takes senior status, joining wave of jurists allowing Biden to name successors
Nellie Bowles / Chosen By Choice:
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
RFE/RL Welcomes Back Jamie Fly As President
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