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3:10 PM ET, January 4, 2022

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David Rothkopf / USA Today:
What if the Jan. 6 insurrection had succeeded in illegally installing Trump?  —  What if Donald Trump were illegally installed for a second term?  Election stealer would then have moved quickly to consolidate power, with Republican help.  —  View Comments
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Miles Parks / NPR:
Here's where election-denying candidates are running to control voting  —  Mark Finchem was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.  —  He says he didn't go inside, but he snapped some photos of people who did.  —  “What happens when the People feel they have been ignored, and Congress refuses …
Stephen Marche / The Guardian:
The next US civil war is already here - we just refuse to see it  —  The right has recognized that the system is in collapse, and it has a plan: violence and solidarity with treasonous far-right factions  —  Nobody wants what's coming, so nobody wants to see what's coming.
Politico:
GOP shudders at Trump Jan. 6 speech  —  Senate Republicans are cringing at former President Donald Trump's plans to speak on Jan. 6, openly fretting he's trying to pull their party back into debating his false election claims.  —  “I don't think that's a good idea,” said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.).
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Thoughts On Our Political Exhaustion  —  It's the background noise of our world  —  “I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?”  —  ― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Adventure of the Dying Detective
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   What Merrick Garland should say about Jan. 6
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bannon, Trump to counterprogram Dems for Jan. 6 anniversary
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Gallego: Garland ‘extremely weak’ on Jan. 6 cases
Discussion: The Hill
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
How Jan. 6 could shape the 2022 midterm elections
Discussion: Cappuccino, Daily Kos and Japan Times
New York Daily News:   A year after the Jan. 6 insurrection, danger grows
David Gelles / New York Times:
Ben Smith Is Leaving The Times for a Global News Start-Up  —  Mr. Smith will help start a new organization with Justin Smith, the chief executive of Bloomberg Media.  —  Ben Smith, the media columnist for The New York Times, is leaving the paper to start a new global news organization with Justin Smith …
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith Steps Down to Found News Startup  —  Mr. Smith, 52, sees opportunity to help address crisis in trust among news consumers  —  Bloomberg Media Chief Executive Justin Smith said he is stepping down effective immediately to found a new media company.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The smoking gun that Liz Cheney is looking for on Trump comes into view  —  For weeks, Rep. Liz Cheney has hinted that the House select committee examining Jan. 6 might urge the Justice Department to consider prosecuting Donald Trump.  The grounds for this criminal referral might be that Trump obstructed the …
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Ann Telnaes / Washington Post:   The insurrectionists' roll call
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Trump's Legal Fate Haunts Garland's DOJ a Year After Jan. 6 Riot
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
No Way to Grow Up  —  American children are in crisis.  —  American children are starting 2022 in crisis.  —  I have long been aware that the pandemic was upending children's lives.  But until I spent time pulling together data and reading reports, I did not understand just how alarming the situation had become.
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Brooke Staggs / Orange County Register:
Kelly Ernby, deputy DA and former Assembly candidate, has died of COVID-19 complications
Discussion: Boing Boing
New York Times:
Elizabeth Holmes Found Guilty of Four Charges of Fraud  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  Elizabeth Holmes is found guilty of four counts of fraud.  —  SAN JOSE, Calif. — Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood testing start-up Theranos, was found guilty of four of 11 charges …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Elizabeth Holmes Verdict: Theranos Founder Is Guilty on Four of 11 Charges in Fraud Trial
Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Biden disapproval hits new high as voters give him bad grades on economy, new CNBC/Change poll says  — President Joe Biden's overall disapproval rating reached a new high in December as more voters signaled their unhappiness with his handling of the economy and the Covid pandemic.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Ron Johnson escalates attack on vaccines: ‘Why do we think that we can create something better than God?’  —  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) this week doubled down on his campaign to promote the so-called “natural immunity” that occurs after one has been infected by Covid-19.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Mediaite
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin: There are ‘no negotiations’ on Biden spending bill ‘at this time’  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told reporters Tuesday that he isn't involved in any serious talks at this time about reviving President Biden's sweeping climate and social spending bill, underscoring the lack of progress …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin: ‘Heavy lift’ to change the filibuster through nuclear option
Discussion: CNN, Fox News and National Review
Simon van Zuylen-Wood / Washington Post:
The Radicalization of J.D. Vance  —  As he runs for the Senate, the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author has gone from media darling to establishment pariah.  Is his new, fiery, right-wing persona an act?  Or is something more interesting going on?  —  Let's start with the beard.  J.D. Vance didn't used to have one.
NBC News:
Capitol rioter compares attacks on her to treatment of ‘Jews in Germany’  —  Jenna Ryan, a Texas realtor who has sought to parlay her role in the Capitol riot into a career as a right-wing media personality, posted a tweet in March last year that quickly went viral.
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Hogan declares 30-day state of emergency as state enters its ‘most challenging time’ of the pandemic  —  Gov. Larry Hogan declared a 30-day state of emergency that mobilizes the National Guard to assist state and local health officers at testing and vaccine sites and authorizes the state Department …
Discussion: The Hill and WTOP News
albanycountyda.com:
Statement from DA David Soares  —  ALBANY, NY - Albany County District Attorney David Soares announced today that a thorough and independent review of the investigation into the allegations against former Governor Andrew Cuomo has concluded.  —  “While many have an opinion regarding …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The election reform idea gaining currency on the right  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TODAY'S BIG EVENT: Senate Democrats will hold a virtual meeting at 12:45 p.m. It will be the first opportunity of the new year for all 50 caucus members to talk about where Build Back Better 2. stands …
Associated Press:
A record 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in November  —  WASHINGTON — A record 4.5 million American workers quit their jobs in November, a sign of confidence and more evidence that the U.S. job market is bouncing back strongly from last year's coronavirus recession.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Olivia Rockeman / Bloomberg:
A Record 4.5 Million Americans Quit Their Jobs in November
Discussion: New York Post and UPI
 
 
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Fortesa Latifi / Teen Vogue:
This is what it's like to be the child of a January 6 insurrectionist.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ron DeSantis's Vaccination Status Is Now a State Secret
Discussion: Washington Post
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
FBI brass seen as Biden's ‘personal Gestapo’: Poll
Discussion: Rasmussen Reports
New York Times:
As Midterms and 2024 Loom, Trump Political Operation Revs Up
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Bloomberg:
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Susan Page / USA Today:
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Red flags for the GOP on the midterms, for Biden on leadership
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Common Sense:
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