- A million US taxpayers to get pandemic-era stimulus checks worth up to $1,400 (theguardian.com)
- Ben Shapiro falsely suggests a proposed tax for households with $100 million in net worth would apply to everyone (mediamatters.org)
- $300 million worth of ads have hit voters ahead of the first GOP primary contests (npr.org)
- Four Texas Nazis unmasked, exposed by law enforcement for distributing antisemitic and racist flyers in Fort Worth and Weatherford (texasobserver.org)
- This Is Oligarchy: Trump assembling US cabinet of billionaires worth combined $340bn (theguardian.com)Trump has assembled an uber-wealthy Cabinet, raising risks of ethics conflicts (washingtonpost.com)
- Global Warming Added a Month’s Worth of Extra-Hot Days in Past Year (nytimes.com)
- Economy added 216,000 jobs in December, capping off a year’s worth of solid gains (washingtonpost.com)
- The CIA analyst who triggered Trump’s first impeachment asks: Was it worth it? (washingtonpost.com)
- The clock is ticking: Trump must post bonds worth half a billion dollars in a very short time (washingtonpost.com)
- Polls that show Joe Biden trailing other candidates aren’t worth much at this point. What voters are saying about the economy is what Democrats need to be alarmed about (politico.com)