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10:30 AM ET, January 10, 2022

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Washington Post:
More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people.  This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.  —  The Washington Post has compiled the first database of slaveholding members of Congress by examining thousands of pages of census records and historical documents
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
So much for ‘nothing to hide’: Jim Jordan balks at Jan. 6 probe  —  Rep. Jim Jordan said in July, in reference to the Jan. 6 investigation, “If they call me, I got nothing to hide.”  He's since changed his mind.  —  ‘Lies lead to violence’: Snyder on the Big Lie's toxic cycle
Discussion: USA Today, Raw Story and Insider
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Politico:
Rep. Jim Jordan says he won't cooperate with Jan. 6 committee's interview request  —  Rep. Jim Jordan, one of former President Donald Trump's closest allies, said Sunday evening he would not cooperate with an interview request from the select panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Dems on Manchin: “Like negotiating via Etch A Sketch”  —  President Biden, Democratic leaders and their emissaries are trying to convince Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to pass a sweeping federal elections bill with a menu of filibuster alternatives.  The problem is speaking with him is …
Discussion: Raw Story and Insider
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
I Spent Insurrection Week Listening to Steve Bannon  —  For three hours every day, the Republican coup plotters who inspired the domestic terror attack at the U.S. Capitol last year gather to discuss their next move.  On their January 6th anniversary program, the Dead Cops Society beseeched …
Discussion: Raw Story
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump's potential liability for Capitol riot faces major test in court  —  (CNN)A federal judge in Washington, DC, is set to consider, for the first time, whether former President Donald Trump is immune from liability related to his supporters attacking the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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Soo Rin Kim / ABC News:
A year after election, RNC still spending hundreds of thousands to cover Trump's legal bills  —  The unusual move is indicative of Trump's ongoing influence, experts say.  —  More than a year after the 2020 presidential election, the GOP is still covering numerous legal bills for the benefit …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Are Democrats Trying to Lose Elections?  —  Would you have predicted that the first big political blunder of 2022 would be committed by the freshly-inaugurated mayor of New York?  Would you have thought that Eric Adams, the African-American former cop, political moderate …
Kelly O'Donnell / NBC News:
Former ‘American Idol’ Clay Aiken makes second bid for Congress  —  Clay Aiken's singing voice made him famous in 2003 when America's votes carried him to the finals of the popular TV show “American Idol.”  Nearly 20 years later, Aiken says his voice has another purpose …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:   ‘American Idol’ star Clay Aiken making a second bid for Congress in North Carolina
Tom Jones / Poynter:
More evidence of Fox News' stranglehold on the Republican Party  —  Tucker Carlson's on-air cowing of Ted Cruz shows how in lockstep Fox News and Republicans are and the influence Fox News has.  —  Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has called the events on Jan. 6, 2021, a “terrorist attack.”
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Ted Cruz's Humiliation Isn't the Worst Part
Wall Street Journal:
Omicron Makes Biden's Vaccine Mandates Obsolete  —  There is no evidence so far that vaccines are reducing infections from the fast-spreading variant.  —  Federal courts considering the Biden administration's vaccination mandates—including the Supreme Court at Friday's oral argument—have focused on administrative-law issues.
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Jeffrey H. Anderson / New York Post:   Let's shed the masks and mandates — Omicron stats show we can stop living in fear
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that's no joke  —  NEW YORK — Greg Gutfeld is picking through a long, narrow closet.  He wrenches a painting from the depth of the clutter.  A painting of himself.  That familiar arched right eyebrow.  That sideways grin.
Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:
Is Russia Preparing For War?  —  Is Russia Preparing For War?  —  This week sees an intensive period of diplomacy intended to head off the military offensive that Russia has been threatening to launch against Ukraine since late last year.  After today's bilateral in Geneva between the US and Russia …
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Left Out of High-Level Talks, Ukraine Tries Other Diplomatic Channels
Jeffery C. Mays / New York Times:
Door in Bronx Building May Have Let Fire Spread, Mayor Says  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  A door in the Bronx high-rise may have malfunctioned, Mayor Eric Adams said.  —  Officials are investigating if a “maintenance issue” with an apartment door may have allowed the fire that killed 19 people …
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New York Post:
Horrific Bronx fire leaves at least 19 dead, dozens more critically injured
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Symone Sanders, a Top Strategist for Biden and Harris, Is Joining MSNBC  —  Ms. Sanders, 32, will host a weekend show on the cable network, one of the first big programming moves by MSNBC's president, Rashida Jones.  —  Symone D. Sanders, the former chief spokeswoman for Vice President Kamala Harris …
Matthew Sheffield / flux.community:
The January 6th Capitol attack was the inevitable product of the Christian Right's hatred of America  —  Journalist and researcher Bruce Wilson discusses how religious hatred for a ‘fallen nation’ fueled a presidential coup attempt  —  Episode Summary  —  It's now been a full year since …
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David French / The French Press:   A Nation of Christians Is Not Necessarily a Christian Nation
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
How a Trump Golf Course Is Screwing Over a Public School  —  Donald Trump has prided himself on using the tax code to his advantage.  In this case, that comes directly at the expense of a public school.  —  Former President Donald Trump and his business empire always fight aggressively to come out on top …
Discussion: Raw Story
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
A Trading Ban for U.S. Lawmakers That Makes Sense  —  Senator Jon Ossoff's proposal to bar federal legislators and their family members from buying individual stocks deserves bipartisan support.  —  Thanks to ethics legislation that Senator Jon Ossoff is considering, Congress will have to focus …
Discussion: Insider
Patrick Hauf / Washington Free Beacon:
Fauci's NIH Division Paid $205K for Researchers To Study Transgender Monkeys  —  Taxpayer-funded study aimed to explain high rate of HIV in trans women  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci's division of the National Institutes of Health paid over $200,000 during the coronavirus pandemic for researchers …
Discussion: HotAir
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump rips GOP senator who called 2020 election ‘fair’  —  Former President Trump on Monday tore into Sen. Mike Rounds after the South Dakota Republican rejected Trump's baseless claims about the 2020 presidential election.  —  In a lengthy statement, Trump rehashed his false assertion …
Discussion: CNN and Mediaite
 
 
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John DiStaso / WMUR:
Morse decides to run for US Senate, to file paperwork this week, formal launch later in month
Discussion: NBC News
Tom Schad / USA Today:
US pairs skater Timothy LeDuc calls human rights abuses in China ‘horrifying’
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Alabama GOP gears up for fierce Senate primary clash
Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
Bernie Sanders says Democrats are failing: ‘The party has turned its back on the working class’
Discussion: Washington Post
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
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Bruce Pannier / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Is A Battle For Power Raging Within Kazakhstan's Government?
Discussion: New York Times
Tony Messenger / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Beer Hall Project aims to counter Jan. 6 disinformation, protect American democracy
TMZ.com:
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