- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Pelosi tells Trump what he doesn’t want to hear about the SOTU.
- Timothy Johnson @ Media Matters: A Muslim community conservatives demonized for years was the target of a right-wing terror plot — again.
- Kate Riga @ Talking Points Memo: Lara Trump: Workers May Feel ‘A Little’ Pain But Shutdown Is ‘Bigger Than Any One Person’.
- Dahlia Lithwick @ Slate: Mitch McConnell Is Spending the Shutdown Confirming More Trump Judges.
- David Badash @ The New Civil Rights Movement: Hugh Hewitt Offers Half-Hearted ‘Apologies’ for Saying Joe Biden ‘Transgendered’ Into Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
- Asawin Suebsaeng & Will Sommer @ The Daily Beast: Team Trump Finally Disavows Pizzagate Theorist Who Boasted of Being on 2020 Board.
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