
Biden Caves, Gives Putin Another Pipeline to Europe
David Kramer and Benjamin Parker on Blinken and Biden, well, blinkin'.
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Biden Caves, Gives Putin Another Pipeline to Europe
DAVID J. KRAMER AND BENJAMIN PARKER: Secretary of State Blinken had promised āto do whatever we canā to stop the completion of Nord Stream 2.
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Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker: Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
On today's podcast, Pulitzer Prize winning authors Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig talk with Charlie Sykes about their new best-seller: "I Alone Can Fix It."
BGTH: John Mass on the Future of Content
This week Sonny is joined by John Mass, Executive Vice President of Content Partners, LLC, to talk about the business of acquiring intellectual property and figuring out how to make the business side of show business work.
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MORNING SHOTS: Nancy Pelosi Calls BS š
CHARLIE SYKES on why the pundit class clutches its pearls
THE TRIAD: Pick Your Political Poison š
JVL: Minority rule vs. One-party rule.
From The Bulwark Aggregatorā¦
Cheneyās spot on Jan. 6 select committee reignites rift within GOP ā Olivia Beavers, Nicholas Wu, and Heather Caygle, Politico
Rhetoric escalates between Shelby and Brooks ā Matt Holt and Zach C. Cohen, National Journal
The Matt Gaetz-Marjorie Taylor Greene Fundraising Tour Is Actually a Cash Fire ā Roger Sollenberger, The Daily Beast
The Republicans Have Already Given Biden What He Needs ā Russell Berman, The Atlantic
The Guy Who Spent $30 Million Building Trumpās Wall Is Looking for Buyers ā Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Bloomberg Businessweek
The pandemic drove women out of the workforce. Will they come back? ā Megan Cassella, Politico
Biden pledges to āfix that damn bridgeā in Cincinnati town hall ā Niels Lesniewski, Roll Call
In Todayās Bulwark...
The Odd Political Fight Over Medicaid Expansion in the Last 12 Holdout States
DANIEL MCGRAW: The parties jockey for position on how to add voters to Medicaid rollsāand claim credit for doing so.
Team Biden vs. COVID Misinformation
BRIAN KAREM: Facebook, Fox, the ādisinformation dozenāāand the implications for our democracy.
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Whatās āthe planā?


A good sign.. Letās hope that the Speaker allows Rep. Riggleman to help out. (Listen to his podcasts with us here.) Weāve had enough clownish behavior from the GOP, and if folks like Rep. Riggleman, who have the background and seriousness to help can show that at least some Republicans are willing to step up, America benefits.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery⦠But Senator Graham doesnāt seem to have the numbers. And when it comes to votes, itās all about the numbers.


Graham is suggesting that Senate Republicans follow the lead of Texas state legislature Democrats and flee town to deny quorum. The problem? Quorum is 51. So if one Senator doesnāt go along with Grahamās plan, it fails.
Welcome to Blaseball. How I missed this fun pandemic activity is beyond me, but better late than never, as documented at Ordinary Times and People Make Games. #GoWorms.
Does Rand Paul know what heās talking about? Yes, this virology professor claims, because heās distorting what really went on during his viral exchange with Fauci.
Meet the Frenchman who ābikedā via boat across the Atlantic eating expired food. Itās a little extreme, but if youāre like me, some household disagreements occur over best by, sell by, and use by dates. (The latter being most clear.)
Itās in French, but itās fascinating, and YouTube enables you to turn on translated captions. Worth 15 minutes of your time.
Happy Anniversary, Senator Cruz.
This will be a game-changer⦠The NFL obviously looked ahead and considered its profits and brought down the hammer.

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