Tipsheet: Cheney seen as merely first victim of Trump election attacks

View in your browser     Cheney seen as merely first victim of Trump election attacks BY MIKE LILLIS   Former President Trump's false charge that the election was stolen has rattled the core of the GOP, sparking a nasty clash over who commands the soul of the party. The baseless claims have launched a splinter group of disgruntled Republican officials; and toppled a conservative icon, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who was ejected this week from the leadership ranks. Read the full story here     Five takeaways from new CDC guidance on going maskless BY PETER SULLIVAN   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) announcement Thursday that vaccinated people can go without masks in most settings is likely to accelerate a return to normalcy in the U.S. But the new guidelines caught most Americans off guard, and prompted questions and some notes of caution before returning to pre-pandemic habits. Read the full story here     Lawmakers reach agreement on Jan. 6 commission BY REBECCA BEITSCH AND SCOTT WONG    The top Democrat and Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee reached an agreement Friday on legislation to establish a bipartisan 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol ahead of an expected vote next week. Read the full story here     Democrat moves to censure three Republicans for downplaying Capitol riot BY CRISTINA MARCOS   Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) on Friday began asking Democratic colleagues to sign on to a resolution to censure three House Republicans who tried this week to minimize the severity of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Read the full story here       Biden revokes Trump order for 'Garden of heroes' BY BRETT SAMUELS   President Biden on Friday signed an executive order revoking two measures issued by former President Trump over the summer in response to protests against racial injustice that targeted monuments of controversial Americans. Read the full story here     Deleted video shows Greene taunting Ocasio-Cortez's office in 2019 BY CRISTINA MARCOS   A video from February 2019 published by CNN on Friday shows Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — then a conservative activist — taunting staff in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-N.Y.) office through a mailbox slot. Read the full story here     Cheney says she 'regrets' voting for Trump BY LEXI LONAS   Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) says she regrets voting for former President Trump during the 2020 election, days after being removed from House GOP leadership over her criticism of Trump's false election claims. Read the full story here     Biden meets with DACA recipients on immigration reform BY MORGAN CHALFANT   President Biden on Friday met with six recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as he renewed a push for action immigration reform. Read the full story here     Gaetz associate to cooperate with investigation, plead guilty to child sex trafficking BY JORDAN WILLIAMS   An associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who is embroiled in a federal sex trafficking investigation, will plead guilty to six charges in connection with the probe and cooperate with authorities, new court documents show. Read the full story here     Gas shortages likely to linger for days BY RACHEL FRAZIN AND ZACK BUDRYK   Gas shortages in the Southeast are likely to linger for several days as a result of panic buying sparked by the recent outage of the Colonial Pipeline.  Read the full story here     Six steps to prevent continued crises at the US-Mexico border BY JENNIFER PODKUL   OPINION l Looking ahead, the Biden administration has an opportunity to prevent the next border crisis before it starts. To do so, it must fundamentally transform the nation’s immigration system to one that is humane, fair, and orderly and ensures protection while maintaining safety.  Read the full story here     Why military response won't defuse the Israel crisis — or other multiplying threats BY JONATHAN GRANOFF   OPINION l The more the world perfects sophisticated high-tech weaponry, the less secure its people are. State power is not an end in itself, and it is irrational to promote it with weapons that can kill us all. The state is a means to serve human needs, and a construct which now needs reorienting toward that mission. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Israeli-Palestinian strife widens as frantic calls for calm go unheeded BY VIVIAN LEE Violence between Israelis and Palestinians expanded in new directions on Friday, with deadly clashes convulsing the occupied West Bank and anti-Israeli protests erupting along Israel’s borders with two Arab neighbors. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: CDC’s mask guidance spurs confusion and criticism, as well as celebration BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER, BEN GUARINO, FRANCES STEAD SELLERS, ARIANA EUNJUNG CHA AND LENA H. SUN Federal health officials’ decision Thursday to rescind almost all masking and distancing recommendations for fully vaccinated Americans created as much confusion as it did celebration, sending states, businesses and individuals scrambling to figure out what rules, if any, are still appropriate and when. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: IRS to the rescue? Tax audits eyed for infrastructure cash BY KEVIN FREKING AND MARCY GORDON Republicans say they won’t raise taxes on corporations. Democrats say they won’t raise taxes on people making less than $400,000 a year. So who is going to pay for the big public works boost that lawmakers and President Joe Biden say is necessary for the country? Enter the IRS. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Colonial Pipeline hacker DarkSide says it will shut down operations BY ROBERT MCMILLAN AND DUSTIN VOLZ The criminal group linked to a cyberattack that disrupted gasoline delivery across parts of the southeastern U.S. this week has told hacking associates that it is shutting down, according to security research firms. Read the full story here     NBC News: As vaccinations drop, outreach workers hit the streets to change minds BY JON SCHUPPE, ERIN EINHORN AND BRACEY HARRIS Volunteers across the country are responding to people's fears, coaxing the hesitant and removing obstacles for those who want to get vaccinated. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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