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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
McConnell calls Jan. 6 a ‘violent insurrection,’ breaking with RNC  —  McConnell: January 6 was ‘violent insurrection’ after a legitimate election  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell disagreed Tuesday with the Republican National Committee's recent censure of two GOP lawmakers …
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New York Times:
McConnell Denounces R.N.C. Censure of Jan. 6 Panel Members  —  Senator Mitch McConnell joined a chorus of Republicans distancing themselves from the committee's action, describing the Capitol riot as “a violent insurrection.”  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell breaks with RNC: Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’
Associated Press:
AP source: GOP Maryland Gov. Hogan won't run for Senate
CNN:
Republicans are frustrated by RNC move reopening party's January 6 divide ahead of midterms
Bradley Jones / Pew Research Center:
Fewer Americans now say Trump bears a lot of responsibility for the Jan. 6 riot
Discussion: The Hill and Nicholas Grossman
Bobby Burack / OutKick:
More Unreleased Stacey Abrams Maskless School Photos  —  Stacey Abrams' recent visit to an elementary school is more cringeworthy than we thought.  —  OutKick has obtained more photos from Abrams' visit to Glennwood Elementary School last week, showing how Abrams spent the entire day maskless while the children remained masked up.
Discussion: Twitchy
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Sarah Emerson / BuzzFeed News:
A Woman Accused Of A $4.5 Billion Cryptocurrency Laundering Scheme Has Moonlighted As A Rapper And Forbes Writer  —  A husband and wife were arrested in Manhattan on Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to launder $4.5 billion in stolen cryptocurrency.  In an announcement, the Department …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Two Arrested for Alleged Conspiracy to Launder $4.5 Billion in Stolen Cryptocurrency
Emily Peck / Axios:
Male economists are freaking out over a NYT profile  —  A handful of prominent male economists, including former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, are freaking out — mostly on Twitter — about a weekend New York Times profile of economist Stephanie Kelton, known for her work on Modern Monetary Theory, or MMT.
Carlos Frías / Miami Herald:
New York's Cafe Habana removes info about Che and Fidel from website  —  HOME THINGS TO DO FOOD CLUB + BARS MORE  —  A Mexican hangout where the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Che Guevara plotted the Cuban revolution is the inspiration behind a New York City restaurant opening a location soon in downtown Miami.
Discussion: Instapundit and The Daily Caller
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Emhoff whisked out of event following security concern
Discussion: CNBC and The Daily Caller
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why Didn't Vanity Fair Break the Jeffrey Epstein Story?  —  The former editor Graydon Carter and a journalist, Vicky Ward, give conflicting accounts of why the magazine didn't publish sexual-abuse allegations in 2003.  —  “Ghislaine Maxwell is arguably the most hated woman in the world.
Aram Roston / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE FBI probes pre-Capitol riot meeting of far-right groups … The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a meeting in a downtown DC garage the day before the January 6 Capitol Hill riot between the then-leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, the now-indicted leader …
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Ben Collins / NBC News:   Before the Riot: Jan. 6 committee looking back at how extremists came together
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Dear White Staffers: It's Time We Listened  —  The Instagram account that shines a light on why working on Capitol Hill can be so disheartening.  —  (SHUTTERSTOCK)  —  Judged by the demographics of the senators and representatives, the 117th Congress may be the most diverse in our nation's history.
Discussion: Overtime and The Independent
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Chris Cuomo wants as much as $60 million from CNN amid Jeff Zucker exit  —  Chris Cuomo isn't backing down in his battle with CNN following the ouster of his boss Jeff Zucker — the anchor intends to demand as much as a $60 million settlement, according to sources.
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker apologizes to CBC chair for allegedly telling her to ‘kiss my a—’  —  Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) apologized to Congressional Black Caucus chair Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) after he allegedly told her to “kiss my a—” in response to her request for him to wear a mask before taking a train inside Capitol Hill.
Discussion: Political Wire
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New York Times:
New York joins several other U.S. states in rolling back mask mandates as infections fall.  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul will drop New York's stringent indoor mask mandate on Wednesday, ending a requirement that businesses ask customers for proof of full vaccination or require mask-wearing at all times …
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Oregon GOP gubernatorial candidate admits he and wife belonged to swingers group  —  A top candidate in the Republican primary for Oregon governor has admitted that he and his wife had explored a swinging lifestyle before deciding that swapping partners wasn't for them, according to a report.
Discussion: Scottie's Playtime and Mediaite
Steve Reilly / Grid News:
The hacked account and suspicious donations behind the Canadian trucker protests  —  The jumble of misinformation, online fundraising groups and amplification from right-wing political figures suggests there's more to these protests than meets the eye.  —  Hundreds of people have been camped …
Washington Post:
Documents detail U.S. military's frustration with White House, diplomats over Afghanistan evacuation  —  Senior White House and State Department officials failed to grasp the Taliban's steady advance on Afghanistan's capital and resisted efforts by U.S. military leaders to prepare the evacuation …
Bernie Sanders / The Guardian:
We must do everything possible to avoid an enormously destructive war in Ukraine  —  I'm concerned when I hear familiar drumbeats in Washington demanding we ‘show strength’, when we're faced with what could be the worst European war in 75 years  —  ars have unintended consequences.
Aaron Gordon / VICE:
The New USPS Trucks Would Probably Be Illegal If They Weighed One Pound Less  —  Manufacturer Oshkosh Defense is exploiting a long-standing loophole that incentivizes bigger, heavier vehicles that can pollute more.  —  Aaron Gordon  —  The USPS has defended the purchase of up to 165,000 …
Discussion: Gizmodo, UPI and The Daily Caller
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Palin trial exposes the allure of ‘both sides’ journalism  —  When then-New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet revised the June 2017 editorial that prompted Sarah Palin's lawsuit now playing out in a Manhattan federal court, he had a specific goal in mind.
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
A Lawsuit Accuses Harvard of Ignoring Sexual Harassment by a Professor  —  The controversy surrounding John Comaroff, an anthropologist, has divided the faculty, with scholars like Jill Lepore and Henry Louis Gates Jr. supporting their colleague.  —  For her first day of graduate school at Harvard …
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com and Pharyngula
Kiran Stacey / Financial Times:
‘Full blown’ pandemic phase of Covid nearly over in US, declares Fauci  —  Biden's top medical adviser says Americans will soon make ‘own decisions’ on dealing with virus  —  The US is heading out of the “full blown” pandemic phase of Covid-19, the president's chief medical adviser said …
Leana S. Wen / Washington Post:
In this next phase of the pandemic, beware of the extremes  —  Once again, the United States is at a turning point in the covid-19 pandemic.  As infections fall, local and state officials are lifting mask mandates, and a bipartisan group of governors is calling on President Biden to “move away” …
Discussion: Commentary Magazine and RedState
Los Angeles Times:
How Jose Huizar's lavish Las Vegas jaunts tripped alarms for FBI in L.A. bribe case  —  Las Vegas casinos pamper their big spenders with loads of perks, and the $13 million Wei Huang had lost gambling at the Palazzo made him a coveted “whale” of a customer.  So the casino charged him nothing …
Insider:
Chuck Schumer says he supports banning lawmakers from trading stocks: ‘I would like to see it done’  — Schumer made his support for banning lawmakers from trading stocks public, telling Insider “I would like to see it done.”  — Insider reported on Friday that Schumer convened a group of senators to hammer out an agreement.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Emily Peck / Axios:
Jaw-dropping gender gap in jobs  —  The super tight labor market pushed lots of men back to work in January, but women were held back by Omicron.  —  Driving the news: More than 1 million men surged into the job market last month, coming off the sidelines and either looking for a job or getting a job …
 
 
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Feds Arrest Capitol Rioter Who Allegedly Shouted 'Let's Go!' While Fighting ‘the Commies’
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
What about Black students' ‘discomfort’?
Lowkell / Blue Virginia:
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New York Times:
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Washington Free Beacon:
State Department Impeding Investigation Into Hunter Biden, GOP Senators Claim
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Claims She's in ‘Facebook Jail,’ but That's Not Exactly True
Steve Vladeck / MSNBC:
Supreme Court's Alabama travesty and its worn-out ‘shadow docket’ defense
 Earlier Items: 
OCCRP:
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Inspector General Opens Investigation Into U.S. Capitol Police Following Allegations Of Spying On Members Of Congress, Staff
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Don't Cry for Mark Meadows (Or Let Him Cry to You)
Discussion: Morning Shots and Raw Story
Sarah D. / Twitchy:
‘Transparent hostage situation’: Chilling detail in photo of a smiling Peng Shuai 'is all you need to know about Peng Shuai's 'interviews"