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Manu Raju / CNN:
Top Republicans stand up for Rounds after Trump's attack: He ‘told the truth’  —  (CNN)Senior Republicans are closing ranks behind Sen. Mike Rounds after he endured a scathing attack from former President Donald Trump for acknowledging the reality that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Pressed on his election lies, former President Trump cuts NPR interview short  —  Some Republican leaders are trying to move on from former President Donald Trump's failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election that he lost.  —  “While there were some irregularities, there were none …
Discussion: Mediaite
NPR:
Read NPR's full interview with former President Donald Trump  —  Former President Donald Trump spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep on Tuesday, Jan. 11, in a brief phone interview.  They discussed vaccinations for COVID-19, the 2020 election and the outlook for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.
Discussion: Raw Story and Insider
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Rage-Quits NPR Interview After He's Grilled on Election-Fraud Lies
Discussion: Washington Post
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden's speech on voting rights was full of soaring rhetoric.  It may not matter.  —  President Biden traveled to Georgia on Tuesday to call on the Senate to do whatever is necessary, including changing the Senate's filibuster rule, to protect voting rights and secure our democracy.
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Dems Can't Afford to Form a Circular Firing Squad on Voting Rights  —  As the president puts himself behind a measure that is unlikely to pass, the choice is whether to credit him for trying or to accelerate the tragedy he's trying to avert. … Is it too little too late?
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
What would James Madison have thought of the filibuster?
Discussion: CNN, Rolling Stone and Raw Story
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Trump Rips ‘Gutless’ Politicians Who Won't Say If They've Had Vaccine Booster: ‘Say It’  —  Former President Donald Trump said that politicians who don't disclose their booster shot status when asked in interviews are “gutless.”  —  He made the remarks on One America News in an interview aired on Tuesday night.
Discussion: Washington Times
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Biden sending more COVID tests to schools to keep them open  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is increasing federal support for COVID-19 testing for schools in a bid to keep them open amid the omicron surge.  —  The White House announced Wednesday that the administration …
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Politico:
The Biden sit-down that split PBS
Discussion: Townhall
The White House:   FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Increases COVID-19 Testing in Schools to Keep Students Safe and Schools Open
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR hosts' departures fuel questions over race.  The full story is complex  —  In the wake of a trio of departures, news stories and private messages shared among NPR staffers reflected the concern that Black and Latina stars are leaving the network in droves.
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats, with White House backing, unveil Russia sanctions bill  —  Senior Democratic senators on Wednesday will unveil a fresh package of sanctions to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin if he invades Ukraine, an effort backed by the White House as the administration seeks to tamp …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Biden-Cheney 2024?  —  As I've noted before, one reason I pay very close attention to the Israeli-Palestinian arena is that a lot of trends get perfected there first and then go global — airline hijacking, suicide bombing, building a wall, the challenges of pluralism and lots more.
Washington Post:
Virginia's legislative session will test GOP's ability to roll back Democrats' gains  —  RICHMOND — Legislators from across the commonwealth will gather Wednesday in the Capitol as resurgent Republicans and the spiking coronavirus promise to dominate the annual General Assembly session.
Politico:
Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump Jr. advisers, Trump speechwriter  —  The select panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is homing in on Donald Trump Jr.  —  The committee issued subpoenas for two close advisers, Andrew Surabian and Arthur Schwartz, to former President Donald Trump's eldest son on Tuesday …
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Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton's 2024 Election Comeback  —  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have become unpopular.  It may be time for a change candidate.  —  A perfect storm in the Democratic Party is making a once-unfathomable scenario plausible: a political comeback for Hillary Clinton in 2024.
Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
California hospitals find that Omicron causes fewer hospitalizations and shorter stays.  —  A new study of nearly 70,000 Covid patients in California demonstrates that Omicron causes less severe disease than other coronavirus variants.  The new research, posted online Tuesday …
Joseph Trevithick / The Drive:
FAA's Statement On Mysterious Air Traffic Halt Leaves More Questions Than Answers  —  The Federal Aviation Administration has finally put out an official statement regarding a still very mysterious ground stop order that it issued to all aircraft in the western U.S. and Hawaii yesterday around 2:30 PM PST.
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
A marketing firm that works with Jewish groups, Big Duck, has nixed a potential client because of its Israel ties  —  (JTA) — A marketing firm that has worked extensively with Jewish nonprofits has declined to work with one because of growing concerns among its staff members about groups with “significant programming in Israel.”
Discussion: Instapundit
Washington Post:
Omicron will infect ‘just about everybody,’ Fauci says … The omicron coronavirus variant will infect “just about everybody” regardless of vaccination status, top U.S. infectious-disease expert Anthony S. Fauci said Tuesday.  —  But those who have been vaccinated will “very likely …
Discussion: Twitchy
Associated Press:
Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in Britain, US  —  Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically.  —  The reason: The variant …
Discussion: NBC Bay Area
Peter Dujardin / Virginian-Pilot:
Gov. Northam says he's ‘99% sure’ of identity of man in blackface  —  Who was the mystery man in blackface?  —  Gov. Ralph Northam told The Washington Post that he is “99% sure” of the identity of the man who donned blackface in a photograph included on his medical school yearbook page ― …
Politico:
Trump lost these states.  Republican candidates for governor are emulating him anyway.  —  Donald Trump lost Nevada in 2020.  He got beaten in Pennsylvania and Arizona, too.  But in those swing states and more, the former president's lingering hold on the GOP has the candidates running …
Discussion: The Hill and ABC News
Los Angeles Times:
The Times hires five staffers to cover Sacramento, Los Angeles and Northern California  —  The following message was sent on behalf of Deputy Managing Editor Shelby Grad:  —  I am pleased to announce the hiring of new staffers for Metro in Sacramento, Los Angeles and Northern California.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
GOP Hopeful Herschel Walker Pushed Snake Oil Body Spray for COVID  —  Herschel Walker pushed an unnamed body spray to kill COVID.  Too bad that doesn't actually exist.  —  Pro football star turned Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker will not say whether he has been vaccinated.
David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: San Francisco's school board recalls are tearing Democrats apart  —  In this edition: The school board battle in San Francisco, a special election in Florida and the continuing Democratic retirement party.  —  The only newsletter that promises never to use a “devil went down to Georgia pun”: This is The Trailer.
Discussion: National Review
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Mo Brooks Is the Jan. 6 Congressman Who Can't Keep His Mouth Shut  —  Facing a lawsuit for his Jan. 6 attack speech, Rep. Mo Brooks has put himself in a bind of his own creation: He potentially violated his oath—or misused congressional resources.  —  Someone may need to tell Rep. Mo Brooks to stop talking.
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Das / New York Times:
Djokovic Scrambles to Explain Test Result and Public Events  —  Facing criticism for appearing in public after testing positive for the coronavirus, the tennis star issued a statement defending his actions.  —  In an interview room at Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne, an Australian immigration officer sat …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘I hate to use this language:’ Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests it's time to use ‘Second Amendment’ on Democrats  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Tuesday floated resorting to using the “Second Amendment” to deal with Democrats who are imposing what she described as a “tyrannical” government.
Discussion: HuffPost
Michael A. Wood / Wall Street Journal:
How Should Republicans Talk About Jan. 6?  —  The answer seems to be: Minimize it when we need votes, but denounce it when we want praise.  —  Last year I lost a congressional primary race on a platform that explicitly criticized former President Trump's behavior after the 2020 election …
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Supreme Court clears way for liberal group to depose Assembly Speaker Robin Vos  —  MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court slammed down Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' attempt to avoid a deposition late Tuesday, setting the stage for him to take questions under oath Wednesday over whether he has followed the state's open records law.
Discussion: Raw Story
Zaid Jilani / UnHerd:
Violence inequality shames America  —  Mahmood Ansari, a Pakistani immigrant who came to the United States four decades ago, used to own City Souvenirs along the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  One night in April 2021, he was working late when a 12-year-old boy with a knife and 14-year-old girl decided to rob the store.
 
 
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Inflation isn't Biden's fault. And he can't solve it, either.
Discussion: HotAir and New Republic
Jaime Green / Slate:
The Agony of Parents With Kids Under 5
Associated Press:
Biden's agenda disconnected from voters' everyday reality
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
Biden Administration Approves 5 More Guantánamo Releases
Discussion: The Talking Dog, Politico and The Hill
Katie Honan / THE CITY:
Adams Economic Czar Likely Pick Had Secret Sideline Securing City Real Estate Deals
Josh Barro / Very Serious:
This Is Very Serious  —  A new publication from Josh Barro  —  A lot of writers write about people they disagree with.
Patrick Iber / New Republic:
The Marine Who Turned Against U.S. Empire
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Carl Ramey / Gainesville Sun:
Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida is drifting toward authoritarianism
Sarah Parshall Perry / The Daily Signal:
BREAKING: Biden Administration Making Lists of Religious Vaccine Objectors
Discussion: The Federalist and The Daily Wire
Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
Ted Cruz grills FBI on Ray Epps, asks if FBI had informants on Jan. 6
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Reading Fewer Books Than in Past
Discussion: The Hill
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Conservative Activist Dies of COVID Complications After Attending Anti-Vax ‘Symposium’
Peter Hasson / Fox News:
Education secretary Cardona solicited NSBA letter comparing protesting parents to domestic terrorists: email
 

 
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