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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Equal Rights Amendment  —  I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years, and I have long been clear that no one should be discriminated against based on their sex.  We, as a nation, must affirm and protect women's full equality once and for all.
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Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law.  What happens next is unclear  —  President Biden on Friday declared that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution is “the law of the land,” a surprising declaration that does not have any formal force of effect …
Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified  —  President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that's unlikely to alter a decades-long push for gender equality.
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Says Equal Rights Amendment Is the ‘Law of the Land’
Discussion: Twin Cities and MeidasTouch News
CNN:
Trump's inauguration expected to be moved indoors  —  President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration is expected to be moved indoors Monday due to dangerously cold temperatures projected in the nation's capital, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the plans told CNN.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Moves Inauguration Indoors Amid Forecast of Extreme Cold  —  The change, a rare break with tradition, will deny Mr. Trump the pomp and large audience he hoped for at his second swearing-in.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump said Friday that his inauguration would be moved inside the Capitol Rotunda because of weather concerns.
Politico:
China will dispatch an envoy to Trump's inauguration
ABC News:
Trump's inauguration moving indoors due to weather: Sources
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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
How Biden Destroyed His Legacy  —  During his four years in office, Joe Biden notched significant legislative victories with the narrowest of majorities in the Senate.  He presided over a virtuoso rollout of the COVID vaccines, the rapidity of which saved hundreds of thousands of lives …
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
New York Times:   How Biden's Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President
CBS News:
Supreme Court upholds law that would ban TikTok in the U.S.  —  Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new law that would lead to a ban of the social media platform TikTok, clearing the way for the widely popular app to shutter in the U.S. as soon as Sunday.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Backs Law Requiring TikTok to Be Sold or Banned
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Trump says he spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday
CNN:
Supreme Court says TikTok can be banned in the US, leaving its future in limbo
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court backs law banning TikTok if it's not sold by its Chinese parent company
Dylan Wells / Washington Post:
Vivek Ramaswamy plans to announce Ohio gubernatorial run  —  The co-leader of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency initiative plans to announce a run for Ohio governor, two people familiar with his plans said.  —  Biotech entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy plans …
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Andrew Tobias / Signal Cleveland:
Gov. Mike DeWine picks Jon Husted to fill JD Vance's U.S. Senate seat
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Additional Clemency Actions  —  Today, I am commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses who are serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law, policy, and practice.
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges
New York Times:   Biden to Commute Sentences of Nearly 2,500 Drug Offenders
ProPublica:
This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump.  He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.  —  Cynthia Robertson could be forgiven for feeling that the banner was aimed at her.  Its white-on-black lettering — “FUCK BIDEN AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM” — hung from the wooden house right across the street from her own.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Acosta at a Midnight Crossroads  —  CNN chief Mark Thompson wants Jim Acosta to take up the network's graveyard shift, delivering the anchor the proposal days before Donald Trump takes office. … Thompson, I'm told, delivered the veteran journalist a sudden and strange proposal: Move your show to midnight and anchor it until 2am ET.
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Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Antiabortion advocates look for men to report their partners' abortions  —  Boyfriends and husbands can have uniquely personal and specific information necessary to help surface new lawsuits in states with abortion bans.  —  As anti abortion advocates launch legal efforts to stop abortion pills …
Discussion: Raw Story
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Pamela Paul Is Out at the Times Opinion Section  —  The New York Times Opinion section is negotiating the exit of columnist Pamela Paul, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.  Her impending departure is part of a handful of job cuts being made at the section.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
How Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump's Arms  —  Marc Andreessen explains the newest faction of conservatism. … Ross Douthat: I'm someone who follows politics primarily and Silicon Valley secondarily.  And the alliance between the tech industry and the Democratic Party has always seemed …
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Leaving His Post  —  The Washington Post building.  (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)  —  Philip Rucker, The Washington Post's high-profile national editor, has indicated to people that he is exiting the newspaper, according to people familiar with the matter.
Nicholas Fondacaro / Newsbusters:
BREAKING: CNN Found Liable for Defamation of Navy Vet Zachary Young  —  Panama City, FL - On Friday, a jury of six in Florida's 14th Circuit Court in Bay County has found CNN liable for the defamation of Navy veteran Zachary Young and that he was entitled economic and emotional damages …
 
 
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John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
The End of the DEI Era
Discussion: Axios and New York Post
Howard Husock / The Hill:
Fixing the missing ‘N’ in ‘NPR’: Public media must serve the American public at large
Discussion: The Independent
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
IRS commissioner to resign as Trump eyes replacement
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
National Debt Closes in on Post-World War II Mark, CBO Says
Politico:
Senate greenlights GOP's first immigration bill, clearing the way for passage
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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ProPublica:
Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access
Joann Muller / Axios:
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Discussion: Electrek
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Doris Kearns Goodwin: ‘The robber barons probably thought they were God too’
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Jonathan Taplin on our new Trumpian oligarchy
Savannah Kuchar / USA Today:
Donald Trump taps Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight to be Hollywood ‘ambassadors’
 

 
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Epic Games says Fortnite for iPadOS and iOS is back on the US App Store, and on the Epic Games Store and AltStore in the EU; Apple kicked it off in August 2020

Casey Newton / Platformer:
Google's I/O keynote was both scary and chill, a fever dream of sizzle reels selling how AI changes everything, even search, and can give users superpowers

Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times:
Jensen Huang calls US AI chip export controls “a failure” that spurred Chinese rivals, cutting Nvidia's market share in China from 95% to 50% over four years

 
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