Sean Hannity's bottomless corruption  —  Fox News is keeping quiet about the latest Sean Hannity scandal, in which the longtime host sent text messages to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and others providing political advice regarding President Donald Trump in the days surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

McConnell cracks door to Electoral Count Act reform  —  Mitch McConnell is signaling he's open to reforming the Electoral Count Act, one year after a mass of Republicans objected to certification of President Joe Biden's win ahead of an attempted insurrection.

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 …

Yet Another Resident of The Villages Busted for 2020 Voter Fraud  —  SOME KIND OF HEAVEN  —  A fourth retiree from The Villages has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into voter fraud at the well-known central Florida retirement community.  Charles Franklin Barnes, 64 …

Secret maps, now gone, were used to draw parts of NC election map  —  North Carolina map-makers used “concept maps” unseen by the public to draw parts of the new state House map now under scrutiny in an ongoing gerrymandering lawsuit, according to a key lawmaker's deposition in the case.

Cobb GOP cancels ‘homage to treason’ for Jan. 6 insurrection  —  The Cobb County GOP has canceled its prayer vigil Thursday to honor the pro-Donald Trump insurrectionists who stampeded into the Capitol to try to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden's victory.The county party cited …

F.B.I. Arrests Man Accused of Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts  —  Filippo Bernardini, an Italian citizen who worked in publishing, was charged with wire fraud and identity theft for a scheme that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.

J.D. Vance Versus Film Twitter  —  How film critics helped send the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author off the cliff.  —  I'd be remiss if I didn't note, briefly, that the online collective known as Film Twitter—critics, Letterboxd users, and sundry others—managed to completely break Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance's brain.

Kazakh Protesters Burn Government Offices as Unrest Sweeps Country  —  An uprising sparked by a gas price increase in the resource-rich Central Asian nation has taken on a political dimension despite concessions from the ruling party.  —  MOSCOW — The revolt began on Sunday in western Kazakhstan …

LA's First Case Of Flurona Detected At COVID Testing Site Near Getty Center  —  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The first case of flurona - the combination of both influenza and coronavirus - has been detected at the COVID-19 testing center across the street from the Getty Center.

Corporations seek to rebuild bridges with GOP objectors ahead of midterms  —  Major U.S. corporations are looking to quietly restore ties with Republicans who objected to certifying the 2020 election results following the Jan. 6 insurrection, believing that they cannot afford to burn bridges …

Omicron Is Milder  —  How should that affect your behavior?  —  The details of the Omicron variant are becoming clearer, and they are encouraging.  —  They're not entirely encouraging, and I will get into some detail about one of the biggest problems — the stress on hospitals …

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A tech exec sent an antisemitic email about vaccines to lawmakers and business leaders.  He resigned hours later.  —  A Utah tech executive acknowledged his email opining about coronavirus vaccines to state lawmakers and business executives “sounds bonkers.”  But he sent it anyway.

Imagine Virginia's icy traffic catastrophe — but with only electric vehicles  —  Sometime after 3 a.m. Tuesday, as an epic 48-mile winter traffic jam on Interstate 95 in Virginia dragged on, a long-haul trucker from Canada heard a knock at the door of his cab.

Divided Sixth Circuit Panel Refuses to Stay Injunction Against Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors  —  The panel rejects the argument that the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act allows the federal government to require vaccination for nearly one-fifth of the American workforce.

Choosing pets over babies is ‘selfish and diminishes us’, says pope  —  Pontiff laments ‘denied parenthood’ and people who ‘substitute cats and dogs for children’  —  In a move likely to raise the hackles of millions of cats, dogs and their human cohabitees, Pope Francis has suggested …

Husband: Kelly Ernby wasn't vaccinated when she died of COVID-19 complications  —  GOP leaders say Ernby's death won't deter them from speaking out against coronavirus vaccine mandates.  —  Deputy District Attorney and GOP activist Kelly Ernby wasn't vaccinated when she died early this week …

Virtual ‘walkout’: Chicago teachers vote for remote learning; city cancels classes for most of its 330,000 students  —  CHICAGO — Teachers in the nation's third-largest school district voted Tuesday to switch to remote learning, and city leaders reacted by canceling classes for most of the district's 330,000 students.

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.

GOP officials in Arizona's largest county affirm 2020 election was secure in rebuttal to Trump claims  —  The November 2020 election in Arizona's largest county was administered properly and not marred by fraud, the Republican-led local government concluded in a lengthy report released Wednesday.

The January Sixers Have Their Own Unit at the DC Jail.  Here's What Life Is Like Inside  —  They've got their own internal justice system for problem-solving—and a Sunday comedy ritual.  —  There's a strong chance Jacob Chansley is who you think of when you recall the January 6 riot.