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CNN:
Exclusive: Eric Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle's phone records subpoenaed by January 6 committee  —  Washington (CNN)The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol has subpoenaed and obtained records of phone numbers associated with one of former President Donald Trump's children …
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Politico:
Jan. 6 investigators target Trump's court efforts to overturn election  —  The Jan. 6 committee is homing in on the key drivers of Donald Trump's legal efforts to overturn the election, before he set his sights on Congress.  —  The panel has subpoenaed Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani …
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
Select Committee to Investigate …:
Select Committee Subpoenas Trump Allies Involved in Attempts to Challenge or Overturn 2020 Election Results  —  Washington—Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) today announced that the Select Committee has issued subpoenas to four individuals who publicly promoted unsupported claims …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Rudy Giuliani and 3 Others Subpoenaed by Jan. 6 Committee  —  The House committee investigating the Capitol riot called for documents and testimony from Rudolph W. Giuliani and three others.  —  WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol …
Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
Rudy Giuliani among Trump allies subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Gorsuch didn't mask despite Sotomayor's COVID worries, leading her to telework  —  It was pretty jarring earlier this month when the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court took the bench for the first time since the omicron surge over the holidays.  All were now wearing masks.  All, that is, except Justice Neil Gorsuch.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Supreme Court's Gorsuch refused to wear mask despite request over Sotomayor's Covid concerns, report says
Discussion: The Daily Wire and IJR
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:   A world without Roe is, for women, a world of social standing cut in half
John Kruzel / The Hill:
Supreme Court rejects bid to block mask mandate on airplanes
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Where are the interviews with regular Americans terrified for our democracy?  —  I'm terrified.  —  And I know I'm not the only one.  —  I am terrified by the increasingly real possibility that this country — if Republicans take Congress in 2022 and Trump prevails in 2024 …
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Politico:
Manchin: Primary me if you want, I won't go ‘nuclear’  —  Joe Manchin made clear that his party's push to isolate him and fellow centrist Kyrsten Sinema won't force his hand on rules changes, once again rejecting Democrats' proposed reforms to the Senate's filibuster rules.
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Theodore Schleifer / Puck:   Silicon Valley's Doomed Pursuit of D.C. Nirvana
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats ponder Plan B strategy to circumvent voting-rights filibuster
Washington Post:
Florida governor proposes special police agency to monitor elections  —  No state has such a force, which Gov. Ron DeSantis wants empowered to arrest voters and others who allegedly violate election laws  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A plan by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would establish …
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
White House warns Russian invasion of Ukraine may be imminent  —  WASHINGTON — The White House believes Russia could launch an invasion of Ukraine at any moment, press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday, warning that an “extremely dangerous situation” is building along the Ukrainian border.
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
In ‘extremely dangerous’ moment, top US diplomat travels to Ukraine, to meet Russian counterpart
Reuters:
How the White House hopes to save Biden's Build Back Better bill  —  The White House is seeking to “reset” talks on its $1.75 trillion spending bill, aiming to salvage climate change measures but pare down or cut items like the child tax credit and paid family leave to appeal to U.S. Senator Joe Manchin …
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Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:
Florida could shield whites from ‘discomfort’ of racist past  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A bill pushed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees …
Discussion: CBS Miami
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Republicans demand Fauci apologize for calling senator ‘moron’  —  Rep. Greg Murphy said Fauci's comment is the ‘latest example of his tragic failure to lead’  —  Media taking Fauci's side  —  FIRST ON FOX: The GOP Doctors Caucus sent a letter to White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci demanding …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Madeline Osburn / The Federalist:
Texas Synagogue Attack Smells Like More Evidence Of FBI Corruption  —  This caught-off-guard response from FBI agents is sadly what Americans have come to expect from our top law enforcement agency.  —  After all hostages were released from Beth Isreal Synagogue in Colleyville …
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Congressman Jim Langevin / The Providence Journal:
In his own words|  Rep. Jim Langevin: Why I won't be running for reelection in 2022  —  For the last 37 years, I have woken up every day with one goal in mind: serving the people of Rhode Island.  After all, I love this state, and I love the people who live here.
Ashley Lopez / KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station:
Texas says supply chain issues have limited the number of voter registration forms it can give out  —  The Texas Secretary of State's office is having more trouble than usual getting enough voter registration cards to groups who help Texans register to vote.
Systematic Hatreds:
What the Kids Are Reading  —  I'm Paul Musgrave, a political scientist and writer.  This is Systematic Hatreds, my newsletter about politics and the study of politics.  The newsletter takes its title from a line in The Education of Henry Adams: … This week, we're talking about teaching politics to the post-legacy media generation.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
U.S. Senate candidate from Louisiana smokes marijuana in campaign ad  —  Gary Chambers, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate from Louisiana, unveiled a new ad Tuesday in which he is shown smoking marijuana.  —  In the spot, Chambers, who is seeking to unseat Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.) …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Figure at center of pro-Trump Jan. 6 theories to speak with select committee Friday  —  Ray Epps, the former Arizona Oath Keeper at the center of pro-Trump conspiracy theories related to Jan. 6., intends to sit for a transcribed interview Friday with the select committee investigating the attack …
New York Magazine:
The New York Post Gets Its Own Tabloid Scandal  —  The New York Post was rocked Tuesday morning by a sexual-harassment lawsuit filed by Michelle Gotthelf, the former digital editor-in-chief who was quietly fired last week after more than two decades at the paper.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Capitol attack panel grapples with moving inquiry forward: to subpoena or not?  —  The committee is undecided on making the near-unprecedented step as the threat of Republican retaliation looms  —  The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack is weighing whether to subpoena …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Wife of Justice Clarence Thomas signed off on letter saying Capitol attackers ‘have done nothing wrong’  —  It has been less than a week since 11 Oath Keepers were arrested with seditious conspiracy, but the spouse of Justice Clarence Thomas believes that they “have done nothing wrong.”
Discussion: Alternet.org
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Judge Approves Deal to Resolve Puerto Rico Bankruptcy  —  The plan restructures $33 billion in debt nearly five years after Puerto Rico became the first U.S. state or territory to essentially declare bankruptcy.  —  MIAMI — Puerto Rico received approval from a federal judge on Tuesday …
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Attorney General Nessel: ‘Absolutely’ enough evidence to charge GOP electors  —  Lansing — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said she believes there's “absolutely” enough evidence to bring criminal charges against 16 Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming to be the state's presidential electors in December 2020.
 
 
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