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6:55 AM ET, January 3, 2022

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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
The Republican Party's Image Has Recovered From the Fallout of Jan. 6  —  Voter sentiment about the GOP, and Trump himself, has bounced back over the past year  — 34% of voters say the Republican Party is headed in the right direction, up 10 points from immediately after Jan. 6 …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Increased threats, overburdened officers: Capitol contends with preventing a Jan. 6 repeat  —  The Capitol Police has made progress under a new chief.  But many on the Hill don't have an easy answer. … Could it happen again?  —  That's the question facing policymakers …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Manchin returns to Build Back Better negotiations with demands  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is open to reengaging on the climate and child care provisions in President Biden's Build Back Better agenda if the White House removes the enhanced child tax credit from the $1.75 trillion package …
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
Daniel Politi / Slate:
Liz Cheney: We Have “Firsthand Testimony” Ivanka Asked Trump to Stop Jan. 6 Capitol Riot  —  The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot has received “firsthand testimony” that President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka, twice asked him to intervene, Rep. Liz Cheney said.
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Monique Beals / The Hill:
Cheney cites testimony that Ivanka asked Trump to ‘please stop this violence’ on Jan. 6  —  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said Sunday that the House committee investigating Jan. 6 has received testimony that then-President Trump's daughter, Ivanka, repeatedly asked her father to intervene to stop the attack on the Capitol.
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
Susan Walsh / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 1-2-22: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Rep. Liz Cheney, Rep. Bennie Thompson & Mayor Eric Adams
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Republican Liz Cheney calls Trump ‘clearly unfit for future office’
CBS News:
Full transcript: Representative Liz Cheney on “Face the Nation,” January 2, 2022
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Founder of CrowdTangle Hopes to Bring Transparency to Social Media  —  The co-founder of CrowdTangle has been working with Congress on legislation to make tech companies disclose their inner workings.  —  Brandon Silverman's last day at Facebook was Oct. 8, and like many others who have sold …
House Republican Leader:
A Letter to House Republicans from Leader McCarthy about 2022  —  This is a big year - maybe the most important of our time in Congress.  —  We all enter 2022 with renewed optimism, but against the same backdrop of challenges that faced our country this past year.
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Defense Secretary Austin says he has tested positive for Covid-19  —  (CNN)Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has tested positive for Covid-19 and is exhibiting “mild” symptoms, according to a statement from him released by the Defense Department on Sunday.  —  “I have informed my leadership team …
Davey Alba / New York Times:
Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's Account  —  The social media service said the Republican congresswoman had violated its policy on coronavirus misinformation.  —  Twitter on Sunday permanently suspended the personal account of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene …
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Washington Post:
Winter storm warning for several inches of snow in D.C. area Monday, falling heavily at times  —  Our initial call is for 2 to 6 inches, but more or less is possible.  Travel could be very difficult in the morning.  —  * Winter storm warning for the District and adjacent counties from 1 …
Glenn Greenwald:
NBC News Uses Ex-FBI Official Frank Figliuzzi to Urge Assange's Extradition, Hiding His Key Role  —  The most dangerous, and under-discussed, development in corporate media is the spate of ex-security state agents now employed to deliver the “news.”  —  Two of the television outlets …
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Ex-National Archivist Thinks Trump Is Hiding His Records to Avoid ‘Prison Time’  —  HAND 'EM OVER … “There are things in those records that are going to make real trouble.”  —  With the National Archives now at the center of a historic fight over records between the current and former president …
Discussion: Raw Story
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Reid to lie in state week of Jan. 10  —  Congressional leaders and the family of late Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are finalizing details to have the former majority leader lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda during the week of Jan. 10, a person familiar with the matter tells Axios.
Discussion: Political Wire
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Russia ‘very likely’ to invade Ukraine without ‘enormous sanctions’ - Schiff  — House intelligence chair: invasion might draw Nato closer  — Sanctions must be ‘at level Russia has never seen’ to deter Putin  —  Russia is “very likely” to invade Ukraine and might only be deterred by …
Discussion: New York Post and Insider
Monique Beals / The Hill:
One in three Americans say violence against government sometimes justified: poll  —  One in three Americans said it could sometimes be “justified for citizens to take violent action against the government” in a new poll, up significantly from previous years.
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CBS News:
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Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Child Tax Credit's Extra Help Ends, Just as Covid Surges Anew
Presidentti:
President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö's New Year's Speech on 1 January 2022
Discussion: Financial Times
Samir Beharic / Haaretz:
Orban's Sinister anti-Muslim Hatemongering Now Threatens Lives in Bosnia
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
America gave up on truly educating all its kids. Then Jan. 6 happened. Coincidence?
Discussion: Politico
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Associated Press:
Capitol rioters' tears, remorse don't spare them from jail
Discussion: HuffPost
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Left and Center-Left Both Claim Stacey Abrams. Who's Right?
Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Coming Soon to This Coal County: Solar, in a Big Way
Zahra Tayeb / Insider:
Former general urges Trump supporters in the military to stop listening to ‘the pillow guy’ Mike Lindell
Discussion: HuffPost and RedState
 

 
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Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters:
OpenAI and Reddit partner to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT and more via Reddit's Data API, bring new AI tools to Reddit, and make OpenAI a Reddit ad partner

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Memo: Gannett is adding AI-generated summaries to the top of some stories, with a disclaimer at the bottom; some USA Today stories already show the summaries

Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman:
The California Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill imposing fees on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to pay for local news through employment tax credits

 
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