Naturally, Giuliani wouldn’t reveal who this alleged person working with the Lincoln Project is but claimed he previously worked for Mitt Romney. To which Bannon shockingly responded: “You can’t throw a charge out there like that and then say, ‘I have a double secret probation guy who I can’t mention but he worked for Romney and worked for the Lincoln Project.‘” (Bannon, of course, has not suddenly realized dangerous conspiracy theories and lies are bad for democracy; elsewhere in the interview he insisted Trump’s impeachment trial defense should center on the fact that the election was stolen from him.)
Elsewhere!
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Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine Offers Strong Protection but Fuels Concern About Variants (NYT)
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GameStop short sellers are still not surrendering despite nearly $20 billion in losses this month (CNBC)
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