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1:55 PM ET, January 28, 2022

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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Poor, Misunderstood Mark Joseph Stern  —  One has to feel sorry for Slate's Mark Joseph Stern, who is being criticized on Twitter and beyond for what was clearly just a big ol' misunderstanding.  There he was on Twitter, minding his own business, when he came across some tweets he disliked …
Discussion: Twitchy and Instapundit
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Timothy Johnson / Media Matters for America:
New York Times cites conservative legal pundit with history of smearing the competence of women jurists of color  —  The pundit, Ed Whelan, was also responsible for smearing Christine Blasey Ford by promoting a conspiracy theory that she mistook Brett Kavanaugh for a doppleganger
Discussion: Slate
Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
What can Stephen Breyer's successor accomplish?  —  Toward the end, you could hear it in Stephen Breyer's voice.  His meandering questions in oral argument could often telegraph exasperation, the sort you get from a man convinced of the loftiness of his own intelligence, but lately that had given way to incredulity.
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Let's Be Real: The Supreme Court Is Political and Always Has Been.
Discussion: National Review, Insider and Reason
Politico:
13 Legal Experts on How Breyer's Replacement Will Change the Court
Mary Ziegler / Politico:
Stephen Breyer's Unique Legacy on Abortion
Kaivan K. Shroff / The Harvard Crimson:   Harvard's Lawyers Should Demand Kavanaugh's Recusal
Washington Post:
Pittsburgh bridge collapse injures 10 on day Biden visits city to talk infrastructure  —  A Pittsburgh bridge collapsed early Friday, injuring 10 people just hours before President Biden visited the city to talk about infrastructure.  —  Pittsburgh Public Safety said a “confirmed bridge collapse” …
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
‘A boom, then a monster sound’: 10 hurt after bridge over Pittsburgh's Frick Park collapses  —  This story was updated at 11:10 a.m. on Friday, January 28, 2022.  —  Ten people were injured Friday morning when a bridge that carries Forbes Avenue over Frick Park in Pittsburgh collapsed …
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Sanctions Plan Targets Russian Banks, Companies and Imports If Ukraine Is Attacked  —  The plan, which is still being finalized, would prohibit a range of activities  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is narrowing its targets for a barrage of economic sanctions against Russia …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Scoop: Ukraine gives U.S. senators 4 specific asks on Russia sanctions, military aid  —  The chairman of Ukraine's parliament has sent a letter to eight U.S. senators outlining four specific requests for security assistance and sanctions that Kyiv believes will help deter a Russian invasion, Axios has learned.
Discussion: The Bulwark
CNN:
Ukrainian official tells CNN Biden's call with Ukrainian President ‘did not go well’ but White House disputes account
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Let Kids Take Their Masks Off After the Omicron Surge  —  Elissa Perkins, the director of infectious disease management in the emergency department of the Boston Medical Center, told me she spent most of 2020 “imploring everybody I could in every forum that I could to mask.”
Discussion: HotAir, Townhall, NRCC and Althouse
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Anya Kamenetz / NPR:
After 2 years, growing calls to take masks off children in school
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Lacie Pierson / Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Justice touts achievements, tells haters to kiss Babydog's hiney in delayed State of the State address  —  NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED, QUALITY LOCAL JOURNALISM..  —  Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday used his second State of the State address as a victory lap for economic development and tourism in West Virginia …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Ted Cruz Is Fundraising Off a Debunked 1/6 Conspiracy Theory  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  In the spring of 2016, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) exploded when Donald Trump cited a baseless conspiracy theory …
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Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Republicans may prevent Broward's new Democratic lawmaker from participating in annual legislative session after all  —  Republicans who control most of state government aren't prepared to let Broward's newly elected Democratic state representative, Daryl Campbell, take office during the current legislative session.
Discussion: Raw Story and Florida Politics
Christopher Ingraham / The Why Axis:
New data shows Americans more miserable than we've been in half a century  —  The latest release from the General Social Survey shows the toll the pandemic has taken on our mental health  —  When I worked at the Pew Research Center back in the mid-2000s one of our pollsters …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Fox News Abandons the GOP on Russia  —  Russia-Ukraine is becoming a trial of strength between different parts of the conservative universe.  —  About the author: David Frum is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy (2020).
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
‘America First’ MAGA Tough Guys Are Modern-Day Neville Chamberlains
Discussion: Raw Story
Ryan Randazzo / Arizona Republic:
Cyber Ninjas CEO participates in contentious deposition, says he's not ready to turn over audit records  —  Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan says he will not turn over records from the review of Maricopa County's 2020 election until he has a “clear” ruling he can appeal to the highest court.
Discussion: Raw Story
Rachel Bovard / The Federalist:
This Senate Rule Could Stop Democrats From Confirming Biden's SCOTUS Nominee  —  With the Senate split 50-50, the provision of Rule 26 that saved Lindsey Graham in 2020 could now doom a similar Democratic effort in 2022.  —  With Justice Stephen Breyer officially announcing his retirement on Thursday …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Washington Post
Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
The Disillusionment of a Young Biden Official  —  Andrea Flores's efforts to roll back Trump's immigration policies faced opposition inside and outside the White House.  —  In the spring of 2019, Andrea Flores, then a thirty-one-year-old associate at a law firm in Washington, D.C. …
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
This Wisconsin Lawmaker Is Ready to Quit the GOP Over Trump  —  “He is lying.  He did not win Wisconsin.  And he has provided no proof otherwise.”  —  CJ  —  Kathy Bernier has been a stolidly conservative voice in the Wisconsin Legislature for more than a decade.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
‘Quick Reaction Forces’ And The Lingering Mysteries Of The Plot Against The Capitol  —  The Oath Keeper “QRFs” show how things could have been a lot worse, and how much more there is to learn.  —  The Comfort Inn location just off the interstate has three stars on Yelp …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
George Soros-founded group challenges Tucker Carlson documentary as ‘anti-American propaganda’  —  The Fox News host lavishes praise on Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orban while claiming the liberal billionaire philanthropist is ‘waging a kind of war’ on the West
Discussion: The Hill, BizPac Review and YouTube
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
In J.D. Vance's primary, nonstop Trump-worship shows the perils of populism  —  Here's an unsettling thought: In GOP primaries, declaring unshakable fealty to the mythology that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump is becoming a bedrock condition of political survival.
Discussion: Raw Story
Brett Tingley / The Drive:
A Chinese Satellite Just Grappled Another And Pulled It Out Of Orbit  —  A Chinese satellite was observed grabbing another satellite and pulling it out of its normal geosynchronous orbit and into a “super-graveyard drift orbit.”  The maneuver raises questions about the potential applications …
Josh Axelrod / The American Independent:
Under Biden, US economy surpasses goals set by Trump  —  The country is seeing faster job growth under President Joe Biden than under the last three Republican presidents combined, according to policy experts.  —  Not since “The Karate Kid” was playing in movie theaters and Wendy's introduced its …
Discussion: The White House and NPR
Montgomery County Public Schools:
In-Person Equity Hubs Available for Students in Virtual Learning Due to School Closures  —  MCPS is providing in-person Equity Hubs for Kindergarten through Grade 5 students in schools that have transitioned to virtual learning.  Virtual learning may pose a challenge for families whose children need …
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
VMI's first Black superintendent blasts White critics of diversity and equity reform  —  A scathing Facebook post from VMI leader Cedric T. Wins exposed the battle over the future of the nation's oldest state-supported military college  —  Retired Army Maj. Gen.Cedric T. Wins had a message he wanted to send.
Discussion: The Hill and The Root
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC News Taps Conservative Political Analyst Stephen Hayes as Contributor … tephen Hayes, the conservative political analyst who raised eyebrows in November when he took to The New York Times to announce his breaking ties with Fox News Channel as a longtime contributor, is taking up with NBC News in advance of the midterm elections.
New York Post:
NYC teen rapper charged with shooting NYPD cop walking free on bond  —  A 16-year-old, up-and-coming rapper charged with shooting an NYPD cop in the Bronx walked free on bond Thursday — and cops are fuming over it.  —  Camrin Williams, who is also known by the rap name C Blu …
Melody Schreiber / New Republic:
The Big-Name Journalists Who Are Trying to “Both Sides” Covid  —  There is a movement afoot just as insidious as right-wingers refusing to wear masks and get vaccinated.  It's progressives who are fully vaccinated but whose overcautious attitude toward Covid-19 is harming a generation …
 
 
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Key Fed inflation gauge rises 4.9% from a year ago, fastest gain since 1983
Discussion: The Daily Caller and UPI
theepochtimes.com:
Durham Court Filing Reveals DOJ Inspector General Horowitz Withheld Key Evidence From Special Counsel
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
David French / The Atlantic:
Declare Independence From COVID Partisanship
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Angela Dewan / CNN:
Scientists slam Joe Rogan's podcast episode with Jordan Peterson as ‘absurd’ and ‘dangerous’
Politico:
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Discussion: HotAir
Maura Judkis / Washington Post:
The Bidens finally have a White House cat. World, meet Willow.
Washington Post:
Books, speeches, hats for sale: Post-presidency, the Trumps try to make money the pre-presidency way
Discussion: The Hill and Insider
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Soros pours $125M into super PAC ahead of midterms
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Taisha Walker / Click2Houston.com:
'I've never missed a vote': 95-year-old World War II Veteran says his mail-in ballot application has been denied twice due to new requirements
Joanne Kenen / Politico:
The NYT's polarizing pandemic pundit