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Select Committee to Investigate …:
Select Committee Subpoenas Additional Witnesses Tied to Efforts to Overturn Election Results  —  Washington—Chairman Bennie G. Thompson today announced that the Select Committee has issued subpoenas to six individuals involved in efforts to promote false claims of election fraud or overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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CNN:
January 6 committee issues 6 subpoenas to top Trump campaign associates, including Michael Flynn and John Eastman  —  (CNN)The House select committee investigating the deadly January 6 riot on Capitol Hill announced Monday it is issuing six additional subpoenas to top Trump campaign associates …
Washington Post:
House Jan. 6 committee issues subpoenas to 6 top Trump advisers, including pair involved in Willard hotel ‘command center’  —  The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued subpoenas Monday to six top advisers to former president Donald Trump, including two who were active …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump allies Michael Flynn, Jason Miller, John Eastman subpoenaed in Jan. 6 House probe  — The House committee investigating the deadly Capitol invasion said it issued subpoenas to several high-profile allies of former President Donald Trump.  — Also subpoenaed was John Eastman …
Discussion: NPR and Bloomberg
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
U.S. Covid Deaths Get Even Redder  —  The partisan gap in Covid's death toll has grown faster over the past month than at any previous point.  —  As 2020 wound down, there were good reasons to believe that the death toll during the pandemic's first year might have been worse in red America.
Will Steakin / ABC News:
Trump told RNC chair he was leaving GOP to create new party, says new book  —  In his new book, Jonathan Karl shares what Trump said before backing down.  —  In an angry conversation on his final day as president, Donald Trump told the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee …
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Christian Vanderbrouk / The Bulwark:
Notes on an Authoritarian Conspiracy: Inside the Claremont Institute's “79 Days to Inauguration” Report  —  The sun rises on January 6, 2021 while a nation is in crisis.  —  Michigan's presidential electors are in dispute after a mysterious fire in Detroit destroyed thousands of mail-in ballots …
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell spent decades chasing power.  Now he heeds Trump, who mocks him and wants him gone.  —  How one of Washington's longtime Republican power players succumbed to the preeminence of the 45th president  —  As President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Insider
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
McConnell says Trump wrote foreword to his memoir. Trump says he didn't
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Lawyers for GOP Senate hopeful challenge abuse charges brought by estranged wife
Discussion: Breitbart
CNN:
CNN Poll: Majority of Americans say Biden isn't paying attention to nation's most important issues  —  (CNN)One year out from the 2022 midterm elections, 58% of Americans say President Joe Biden hasn't paid enough attention to the nation's most important problems, as a majority disapproves …
Discussion: HotAir and The Hill
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Washington Post:
Capitol rioter Evan Neumann applies for asylum in Belarus, local media says  —  MOSCOW — A man who allegedly participated in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 and is wanted by the FBI is now seeking asylum in Belarus, the country's state media reported Monday, presenting him as a …
Discussion: Bloomberg and UPI
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Indictment of Steele dossier source is more bad news for multiple media outlets  —  MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in December 2017 aired a special report on the Trump-Russia dossier compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.  That document, claimed Maddow …
Discussion: Twitchy
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
Six Degrees From Brookings: How a Liberal Think Tank Keeps Coming Up in the Russian Collusion Investigation
Discussion: New York Post
Pano Kanelos / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
We Can't Wait for Universities to Fix Themselves.  So We're Starting a New One.  —  I left my post as president of St. John's College in Annapolis to build a university in Austin dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth.  —  So much is broken in America.  But higher education might be the most fractured institution of all.
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Niall Ferguson / Bloomberg:   I'm Helping to Start a New College Because Higher Ed Is Broken
KFF:
KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: Media and Misinformation  —  , Mellisha Stokes , and Mollyann Brodie … Key Findings  — Misinformation about health care topics is nothing new, but social media, the polarization of news sources, and the pace of scientific development on COVID-19 …
Discussion: Insider and Washington Post
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A pollster tested 8 pieces of covid misinformation. On 6 of 8, more Republicans said they were true than false.
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:
US seizes $6 million in ransom payments and charges Ukrainian over major cyberattack  —  (CNN)Law enforcement officials seized an estimated $6 million in ransom payments and federal prosecutors charged a suspect from Ukraine over a damaging July ransomware attack on an American company …
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Robert Frank / CNBC:
Elon Musk faces a $15 billion tax bill, which is likely the real reason he's selling stock  — Elon Musk faces a tax bill of more than $15 billion in the coming months on stock options.  — Musk asked his 62.7 million Twitter followers over the weekend whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla holdings.
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Isn't Going to Let a Little Antisemitism Get in the Way of Vibing With Louis Farrakhan Over Vaccines  —  The conspiracy theorist from Georgia hates vaccine mandates so much that she's praising the Nation of Islam  —  Marjorie Taylor Greene and Louis Farrakhan don't exactly …
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and Algemeiner.com
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Kate Scanlon / Washington Examiner:
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Andrew Clyde hit with new mask fines by House ethics panel
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
David Corn / Mother Jones:
In the Middle of Infrastructure Talks, Joe Manchin Has Pursued a Book Deal  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  Over the past few weeks, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has been involved in some of the most …
Ruby Cramer / Politico:
'He's Comin' Across Like the F—ing Tin Man Up There'  —  The first voice you hear, somewhere off-camera, belongs to Jesse Moss, the filmmaker.  —  “Anything you want to make sure that I ask him?”  —  By this point, Moss has spent 11 months with his subject, filming him backstage at events …
James Surowiecki / MSNBC:
How Covid became the unlikely hero of our inflation crisis  —  The message Americans have been getting about inflation from in recent months can be summed up in four words: Be afraid.  Very afraid. … It's a message that much of the media has been happy to spread, epitomized by an odd segment …
Discussion: Mediaite
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Rep. Paul Gosar tweets photoshopped anime video showing him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden  —  Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) tweeted a photoshopped, animated video that depicts him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and swinging two swords at President Biden …
Discussion: Salon and Mediaite
Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
White House tells businesses to proceed with vaccine mandate despite court-ordered pause  — The White House on Monday said businesses should move forward with the requirements despite the court-ordered pause.  — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, considered …
Discussion: Associated Press and CNN
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
When Keeping It ‘Woke’ Gets Racist, Liberals Should Say So  —  A Republican won Virginia's governorship last week after campaigning on a vow to “ban critical race theory in our schools.”  —  On one level, this was an odd campaign promise.  Properly defined, critical race theory (or CRT) …
Discussion: HotAir, Mediaite and Washington Post
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Five Years Later  —  I have a routine that I follow every Election Day.  I wake up at dawn, take a long walk to burn off nervous energy and then settle in for what I know will be a very long day that typically stretches into the night.  The day moves very slowly.  —  November 8, 2016, was no different.
New York Times:
Bill Clinton Saved His Presidency.  Here's How Biden Can, Too.  —  Mr. Penn is a former adviser and pollster to President Clinton and Hillary Clinton.  Mr. Stein is a former president of the New York City Council.  —  Swing voters in two blue-leaning states just sent a resounding wake …
Leonard Pitts Jr / madison.com:
Good riddance to 34 New York City cops  —  It was reported last week that 34 New York City police officers took unpaid leave rather than comply with that city's vaccine mandate.  For this, New Yorkers should thank them.  —  And then, find a way to fire them.
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Jim Jordan allies furious at proposed redistricting map  —  Proposed map could see Republican Jordan go head to head against Dem.  Rep. Joyce Beatty in Ohio  —  Mike Pompeo and Chris Christie announce redistricting group  —  Allies of Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan are furious with the state Senate GOP …
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Paige Williams / New Yorker:
The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse Begins with Gruesome Videos and a Plea for Fact-Finding  —  The rifle-wielding teen-ager killed two men and grievously wounded a third during racial-justice protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.  —  For more than a year, State of Wisconsin v. Kyle Rittenhouse …
Sarakshi Rai / The Hill:
Ted Cruz wants Texas to secede if ‘things become hopeless’ in the US  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said that Texas should secede if Democrats “fundamentally” destroy the U.S. but added that “he is not ready to give up on America yet.”  —  “If the Democrats end the filibuster …
Discussion: HuffPost, Political Wire and Mediaite
 
 
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
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Washington Post:
More countries are taking Americans hostage. The U.S. is losing its ability to stop it.
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Two judges, one courthouse and an unusual accusation of unethical conduct
Jamie Phillips / Daily Mail:
Police launch hate crime probe after A4-sized posters saying 'It's okay to be white' were plastered around Basingstoke
Michelle Griffith / INFORUM:
North Dakota lawmaker who helped organize anti-vaccine mandate rally tests positive for COVID-19
Discussion: The Hill
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Aaron Rodgers let his team down
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
School closures haunt Democrats as frustrated parents cast their votes
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Right-wing operatives deploy massive network of fake local news sites to weaponize CRT