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10:50 AM ET, January 2, 2026

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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
‘Mighty mad’: Democrats prepare to harness public anger over expired Obamacare subsidies … “The public now gets that the subsidies are what's keeping health care costs down,” said Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.).  “I think the public's angry.  So I think they will blame the party in charge.”
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Punchbowl News:
1/2/26 ☀️ AM: … Today is the last day of Congress' winter break.  So please enjoy it while you still can. … Your holiday fog has probably — hopefully — lifted by now, so we want to refocus your attention on Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune …
Discussion: Mercury News
Alex Ellerbeck / New York Times:
A.C.A. Subsidies Have Expired. How Are You Affording Health Care?
Discussion: NPR, Newsweek and MS NOW
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump threatens military force if Iran kills protesters  —  President Trump warned that the U.S. could intervene militarily if the Iranian regime kills civilians that have been protesting against it over the last several days. … At the same time it could also be used by Tehran to claim …
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Ramsey Al-Rikabi / Bloomberg:
Trump, Iran Exchange Threats as Protesters Seek Economic Relief  —  President Donald Trump pledged that the US will come to the rescue of Iranian protesters if they are attacked by Islamic Republic authorities.  —  “If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom …
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Trump and top Iranian officials exchange threats over protests roiling Iran
Pamela Herd / Can We Still Govern?:
Understanding Mamdani's Vision  —  Whatever your views on Zohran Mamdani, it is worth paying attention to his inauguration speech.  He is the first executive of a major American government in the long time to lay out a vision that is unapologetically and explicitly left-wing.
Discussion: CNN
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New York Times:
Mamdani's First Orders Focus on Housing and Undoing Adams's Decisions  —  Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day as mayor of New York City.  They were aimed at protecting tenants and revoking some of ex-Mayor Eric Adams's past orders.
Discussion: MS NOW and The Hill
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The blame for alleged fraud in Minnesota belongs to conservatives  —  🆕 🕛 PN 2026 SPECIAL 🆕 🕛 Click the button below to sign up for an annual paid subscription for the special price of $40 ⬇️  —  The internet is currently awash in right-wing propaganda …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Matthew Purdy / New York Times:
After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed.  Trump Is Unleashing It.  —  In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable.  President Trump has decided they don't apply to him.  —  A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit.
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
What ‘Regime Change’ in Venezuela Would Really Mean  —  It's not clear the administration has settled on a goal, much less considered the consequences.  —  AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION INCREASES military pressure on the Maduro regime in Venezuela, a debate has emerged about whether …
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
With few Epstein files released, conspiracy theories flourish and questions remain  —  During the 2024 election, President Trump promised to release the Epstein files as part of a campaign message arguing the government was run by powerful people hiding the truth from Americans.
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's wealth grew in 2025, but his investors took lumps  —  Retail investors had the chance in 2025 to put their money directly on Donald Trump, in a way unlike any American presidency in history.  — A couple of those bets didn't work out so well.
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Maduro urges Trump to abandon ‘illegal warmongering’ and start ‘serious talks’  —  Venezuelan president warns of a ‘forever war’ similar to Iraq after US counterpart claims first land strike on dock  —  The Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump to abandon his …
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The Worst Foreign Policy Blunders of 2025  —  No president has understood less about what makes America great than Donald Trump; none has been more ignorant of the post-WWII international framework that allowed America to remain the premier superpower.  In systematically weakening alliances …
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Makes No Sense To Me’: CNN Doctor Reveals ‘Hazard’ Of Trump's Health Revelation  —  Dr. Jonathan Reiner was left baffled by the president's explanation of his medication use.  —  CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner on Friday said President Donald Trump's explanation of his aspirin use “makes no sense.”
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Elon Musk created a monster that's tearing the right apart  —  Since Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, it has often seemed that he transformed a platform that favored progressives into one that bolstered the right instead.  —  And in the years after that purchase, the right's political fortunes improved dramatically.
Paul Krugman:
Notes on New York  —  The Big Apple had a pretty good 2025, but ...  It's a new year and a new mayor here in New York.  So I'm going to be parochial today and talk about the state of America's biggest city.  —  Here's what you should know: New York is doing remarkably well on several fronts.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Steven J. Horowitz / Variety:
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
George Clooney Punches Back After Trump Attacks Him: “We Have to Make America Great Again. We'll Start in November”
Lauren Fedor / Financial Times:
US retreats from Donald Trump's Italian pasta tariffs
Patrick Djordjevic / The Hill:
EPA urged to classify abortion drugs as pollutants
Rachel Bluth / Politico:
Medicaid, ICE and a ticking clock for undocumented Californians
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Why Trump Is Quickly Losing Hispanic Support
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal:
Q&A: Curtis Sliwa  —  He lost the race become New York's mayor to Zohran Mamdani …
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year's Eve. I Read It So You Don't Have To.
emptywheel:
Jim Jordan Buries His Own Cowardice in a Cowardly Document Dump
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
New York Times:
Trump Has Renamed the Kennedy Center, but a Satirist Owns the URL
Discussion: The Guardian
David Forbes / Trans News Network:
‘A Directive From Above’: Former NYT Editor Lays Out How The Paper Pushes Anti-Trans Bigotry
Discussion: PinkNews