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5:15 PM ET, January 10, 2022

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
West Virginia's coal miners just made Joe Manchin's life a lot harder  —  For months, Sen. Joe Manchin III has sold his opposition to the Build Back Better proposal as driven uniformly by a brave and hardheaded assessment of the national interest.  He has warned that BBB will fuel inflation …
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Jeff Goodell / Rolling Stone:
Manchin's Coal Corruption Is So Much Worse Than You Knew  —  The senator from West Virginia is bought and paid for by Big Coal.  With his help the dying industry is pulling one final heist — and the entire planet may pay the price  —  One of the hardest things to grasp about the climate crisis is the connectedness of all things.
Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
Bernie Sanders says Democrats are failing: ‘The party has turned its back on the working class’  —  In an exclusive interview, the senator says it's time to ‘step up and take on the greed of the ruling class in America’  —  enator Bernie Sanders has called on Democrats to make …
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans.  The Biden administration announced the change Monday as it looks …
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Min Max / CMS:   Biden-Harris Administration Requires Insurance Companies and Group Health Plans to Cover the Cost of At-Home COVID-19 Tests, Increasing Access to Free Tests
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
How do we know Trump's election fraud claims are bogus?  Take a look at Pennsylvania.  —  Former president Donald Trump, like a tone-deaf musician, used the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot last week to once again allege, without evidence, that the 2020 election was rigged.
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump calls GOP senator a ‘jerk’ after he rejects former president's false claims of widespread election fraud
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump rips GOP senator who called 2020 election ‘fair’
Washington Post:
More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people.  This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.  —  The Washington Post has compiled the first database of slaveholding members of Congress by examining thousands of pages of census records and historical documents
Discussion: Supercreator
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Symone Sanders, a Top Strategist for Biden and Harris, Is Joining MSNBC  —  Ms. Sanders, 32, will host a weekend show on the cable network, one of the first big programming moves by MSNBC's president, Rashida Jones.  —  Symone D. Sanders, the former chief spokeswoman for Vice President Kamala Harris …
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Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:
McCarthy Again Threatens To Strip Dems Of Committee Seats If He Becomes Speaker  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in an interview with right-wing outlet Breitbart News doubled down on his threat to remove Democrats from their committee assignments if he becomes House speaker following the midterm elections.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
So much for ‘nothing to hide’: Jim Jordan balks at Jan. 6 probe
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
I Spent Insurrection Week Listening to Steve Bannon  —  For three hours every day, the Republican coup plotters who inspired the domestic terror attack at the U.S. Capitol last year gather to discuss their next move.  On their January 6th anniversary program, the Dead Cops Society beseeched …
Discussion: Raw Story
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Mitch McConnell's Electoral Count Act offer is a poison pill for voting rights  —  Fate of voting rights legislation rests on pressure from ‘spotlight of history’  —  The Electoral Count Act, the law governing how Congress certifies presidential elections, is filled with gaps and ambiguities.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Raw Story
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that's no joke  —  NEW YORK — Greg Gutfeld is picking through a long, narrow closet.  He wrenches a painting from the depth of the clutter.  A painting of himself.  That familiar arched right eyebrow.  That sideways grin.
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
An Indiana GOP state senator said teachers ‘need to be impartial’ during lessons about Nazism and fascism  —  On Wednesday, during an Indiana state Senate committee hearing about a proposed bill that would ban “divisive concepts” in school classrooms, Republican Sen. Scott Baldwin …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Robert Durst, Real Estate Scion Convicted as a Killer, Dies at 78  —  He was a suspect in three lurid murders and became a fugitive.  In September, he was found guilty in the fatal shooting of a confidante and sentenced to life in prison.  —  Robert A. Durst, the scion …
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Vax Leader Urges Followers to Drink Their Own Urine to Fight COVID  —  ‘EVERYTHING WE NEED’  —  Anti-COVID-19 “Vaccine Police” leader Christopher Key has a new quarter-baked conspiracy theory for his anti-vax followers to use to cure themselves of COVID-19: Drink their own urine.
Jeff Asher / The Atlantic:
The Data Are Pointing to One Major Driver of America's Murder Spike  —  After murders in the United States soared to more than 21,000 in 2020, researchers began searching for a definitive explanation why.  Many factors may have contributed, such as a pandemic-driven loss of social programs …
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why More Americans Are Saying They're ‘Vaxxed and Done’  —  Sign up for Derek's newsletter here.  —  To understand how ideologically scrambling the Omicron wave has been, consider this: Some 2022 Democrats are sounding like 2020 Republicans.  In spring 2020, many Republicans …
Discussion: Washington Post and Sacramento Bee
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Mocking anti-vaxxers' deaths is ghoulish, yes — but necessary  —  Among all the ways that COVID-19 affects our lives, the pandemic confronts us with a profound moral dilemma:  —  How should we react to the deaths of the unvaccinated?  —  On the one hand, a hallmark of civilized thought is the sense that every life is precious.
Discussion: Twitchy
Associated Press:
Speaker: Nashville US House seat to split in redistricting  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republicans plan to carve fast-growing Nashville into multiple congressional seats, making it potentially easier for the state's Republican-dominated congressional delegation to flip …
Discussion: The Hill
Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
North Carolina voters dispute Cawthorn candidacy over Jan. 6  —  A group of North Carolina voters want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified as a congressional candidate  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — A group of North Carolina voters told state officials on Monday they want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rochelle Walensky is not good at this  —  We learned Friday that Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has sought the counsel of a prominent media consultant amid struggles to craft a coherent and consistent message on the coronavirus.
Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
Yale, Georgetown, Other Top Schools Illegally Collude to Limit Student Financial Aid, Lawsuit Alleges  —  A new federal suit adds to continuing efforts to change college admissions practices  —  Sixteen major U.S. universities, including Yale University, Georgetown University and Northwestern University …
Ambassador Daniel Fried / Just Security:
Paul Manafort's Book Deal May Breach His Plea Agreement  —  News that Paul Manafort has written a book (scheduled to be published later this summer) is not surprising: he had texted about doing so during the Special Counsel investigation.  As a result, the government anticipated …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Treasury warns of ‘enormous challenges’ this tax-filing season that could delay refunds  —  Officials predict a number of services could be delayed because of issues related to the pandemic and budget constraints.  The tax filing deadline this year is April 18.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump's potential liability for Capitol riot faces major test in court  —  (CNN)A federal judge in Washington, DC, is set to consider, for the first time, whether former President Donald Trump is immune from liability related to his supporters attacking the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
New York Times:
Live Updates: Russia Plays Down Threat to Ukraine After Meetings with U.S.  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  The U.S. and Russia remain far apart in talks on Ukraine, but Russians say they have no plans to invade.  —  GENEVA — With Russian troops massing along Ukraine's borders …
New York Times:
Updates: At Least 19 Dead, Including 9 Children, in Bronx Apartment Fire  —  Crews entering the building found victims on every floor.  Heavy smoke likely prevented victims from escaping.  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  ‘The numbers are horrific,’ Mayor Eric Adams said after the city's deadliest fire in decades.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Are Democrats Trying to Lose Elections?  —  Would you have predicted that the first big political blunder of 2022 would be committed by the freshly-inaugurated mayor of New York?  Would you have thought that Eric Adams, the African-American former cop, political moderate …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Arizona GOP Senate candidate invokes 'Let's go, Brandon' in new campaign ad  —  Arizona Republican Senate candidate Jim Lamon invoked the anti-Biden phrase “Let's go, Brandon” in a campaign ad released on Monday.  —  The ad, which kicks off a six-figure ad campaign throughout Arizona …
 
 
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Evita Duffy / The Federalist:
Disgraced FBI No. 2 Andrew McCabe Calls For Feds To Treat ‘Mainstream’ Conservatives Like Domestic Terrorists
Eric Kleefeld / Media Matters for America:
Fox News guest tells audience to treat COVID-19 with drugs used for transgender health care
Anatoly Kurmanaev / New York Times:
Haitian Prime Minister Had Close Links With Murder Suspect
Jon Brown / New York Post:
American Airlines apologizes about pilot with 'Let's Go Brandon' sticker
BBC:
Kazakhstan unrest was coup attempt, says president
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
The Biden administration has a COVID credibility crisis
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Matthew Wilson / The James G. Martin Center …:
From Hiring to Admissions, Universities Seek Ideological Conformity in Applicants
Discussion: National Review
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
U.S. House Jan. 6 committee got Michigan Republicans' claimed electors certificate
Discussion: Raw Story
The Boston Globe:
Stimulus for a terrorist  —  On Thursday, US District Court Judge George O'Toole Jr. approved …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump is mad the media isn't covering the real story from Jan. 6: Crowd size
Discussion: Raw Story
Ryan P. Burge / Christianity Today:
How ‘Christian’ Overtook the ‘Protestant’ Label
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Jesse Watters named permanent host of Fox News' 7 pm hour, will remain co-host of ‘The Five’
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Georgia DA investigating Trump closer to decision on charges
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