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10:05 AM ET, January 6, 2022

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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans' Jan. 6 Responsibility  —  The GOP has a duty to condemn the riot and those who refuse to acknowledge it.  —  We're in an acrimonious period of partisan tribalism and have been for some time.  Both parties are guilty of overwrought denunciations of their political opponents.
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George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
Trump must have his day in court for his crimes on Jan. 6  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland said all the right things.  His speech marking the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection was a studied call for patience — and a promise of full justice.  He explained how massive …
Jimmy Carter / New York Times:
I Fear for Our Democracy  —  Mr. Carter was the 39th president of the United States.  —  One year ago, a violent mob, guided by unscrupulous politicians, stormed the Capitol and almost succeeded in preventing the democratic transfer of power.  All four of us former presidents condemned …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Year Later, Jan. 6 Becomes Just Another Wedge in a Divided Nation  —  The nearly universal outrage after the assault on the Capitol has reverted to separate blue and red realities, and former President Donald J. Trump has remained the dominant force in his party.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Your guide to Jan. 6 anniversary coverage  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Jan. 6 is about DONALD TRUMP.  —  For those who always despised him, feel betrayed by him, or fear his return to power, today is about remembering — never forgetting — his lowest point as president …
Dean Obeidallah / MSNBC:
Garland needs to bring Jan. 6 criminal charges against Donald Trump  —  Garland: Justice Department will hold all Jan. 6th rioters ‘accountable under law’  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland has not yet charged any of the alleged ringleaders of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
The 1/6 question: Not what, but when  —  DELIVERED — It's the timestamps, stupid.  —  Investigators, prosecutors and journalists have spent a year reconstructing the horror of Jan. 6 in granular, painstaking detail — unearthing eye-popping vignettes about a president obsessed with subverting …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Sean Hannity's bottomless corruption
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
One Year Later, Assault Still Casts a Pall Over the Capitol and Its Occupants
Washington Post:
How Republicans became the party of Trump's election lie after Jan. 6
Washington Post:
On Jan. 6 anniversary, Biden calls out Trump for ‘web of lies’ about 2020 election … President Biden on Thursday decried the violent mob of President Donald Trump's supporters who breached the Capitol a year ago, saying that “democracy was attacked” and urging Americans to make sure such an attack “never, never happens again.”
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Reuters:
Biden calls Trump threat to democracy on anniversary of Capitol attack  —  President Joe Biden on Thursday accused his predecessor Donald Trump of posing a continuing threat to American democracy in a speech on the anniversary of the deadly U.S. Capitol attack by Trump supporters who tried to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
Jon Ward / Yahoo News:
Does Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 documentary hold up under scrutiny?  —  For the last several months, Tucker Carlson has been arguing that the effort to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election victory, which culminated in the Jan. 6 insurrection, was “a setup,” a trap set for ordinary patriots by shadowy forces in the government.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Mike Pence's team helping Jan. 6 committee  —  People in and around former Vice President Mike Pence's office have been particularly cooperative as the Jan. 6 select committee focuses on what former President Trump was doing during the more than three hours the Capitol was under attack, sources familiar with the testimony tell Axios.
Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
Liz Cheney says too many in GOP are ‘looking the other way’ on Jan. 6: 'That's how democracies die'  —  On the one-year anniversary of the riot at the U.S. Capitol, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney believes the country's democracy remains under attack.  —  “The threat continues,” …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says his phone records were subpoenaed by House Jan. 6 committee
Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times:
Seattle police improperly faked radio chatter about Proud Boys as CHOP formed in 2020, investigation finds  —  At a crucial moment during 2020's racial justice protests, Seattle police exchanged a detailed series of fake radio transmissions about a nonexistent group of menacing right-wing extremists.
Washington Post:
Russian troops arrive in protest-roiled Kazakhstan, where security forces have killed dozens of protesters  —  MOSCOW — Kazakhstan's sweeping anti-government protests turned deadly early Thursday, as overnight clashes saw “dozens” of demonstrators “eliminated,” authorities said, and Russian troops arrived to help the government.
Axios:
Scoop: Bipartisan Senate group in talks about election reform measure  —  A new bipartisan Senate group is in early discussions about crafting an election reform measure, as the Democrats' sweeping voting rights proposals continue to run into steep procedural hurdles.
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Jill Tucker / San Francisco Chronicle:
‘Shut the whole system down’: S.F. teachers plan sickout as schools struggle amid omicron surge  —  A group of San Francisco teachers has organized a “sickout” Thursday, saying they will skip school because they feel the district failed to adequately protect them during the pandemic.
Discussion: HotAir
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American Greatness:
Who Are the Real Insurrectionists?  —  Stone-cold sober elites are systematically waging a far more dangerous and insidious revolution in the shadows than anything threatened by the American Right.  —  Recently, Democrats have been despondent over Joe Biden's sinking polls.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Small Dead Animals
Reuters:
Djokovic stuck in airport, Serbian president demands Australian entry  —  Novak Djokovic was left stranded at a Melbourne airport overnight, caught in a internatonal political maelstrom over whether Australia would honour the World No. 1's medical exemption from vaccine requirements or send him home due to a visa blunder.
Issues & Insights:
Think Jan. 6 Was A Big Deal?  Here Are 30 Far More Significant Events On That Day In History  —  The rest of the nation may have moved on, but Democrats are determined to squeeze the events of a year ago for every ounce of political juice they can from the events that happened at the U.S. Capitol.
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
The Strangest Ongoing Mystery of January 6  —  The security-camera footage is grainy and gray with no sound, like an old silent film.  Night has fallen in Washington, and a person wearing a light-colored hoodie, a face mask, and Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers strides down the sidewalk along South Capitol Street carrying a backpack.
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Accused Capitol Rioter Edward Jacob Lang Blasts Trump and Begs For His Help in Jailhouse Call  —  Calling in to a right-wing show, Edward Jacob Lang told Trump that “We are rotting in jail because we stood up for what you told us to stand up for!”  —  On the eve of the first anniversary …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Ann Coulter:
The Great Epstein Cover-up, Part I  —  Question: Is our ruling class trying to make us to think they're a bunch of pederasts?  Our media could not be less interested in Jeffrey Epstein's child molestation ring and, with the sole exception of the Palm Beach Police Department …
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
F.B.I. Arrests Man Accused of Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts  —  Filippo Bernardini, an Italian citizen who worked in publishing, was charged with wire fraud and identity theft for a scheme that prosecutors said affected hundreds of people over five or more years.
 
 
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Thomas Lecaque / The Bulwark:
The Twisted, Trumpist Religion of Jan. 6th
Discussion: Raw Story and Salon
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News During the Jan. 6 Riots Was Even Worse Than You Remember
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
NPR is losing some of its Black and Latino hosts. Colleagues see a larger crisis.
Tom Philpott / Mother Jones:
USDA Secretary Vilsack's Son Now Works for a Controversial Ethanol Pipeline Project
Andrew Kerr / Washington Examiner:
Federal authorities won't say why armed Capitol rioters disappeared from FBI's most wanted list
Discussion: HuffPost and Los Angeles Times
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