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TGIF: We Made It to January 7
TGIF: We Made It to January 7
Members of Congress participate in a prayer vigil on January 6, 2022 (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images).
Teachers unions hold families hostage. Patton Oswalt apologizes for being friends with Dave Chappelle. Lin-Manuel Miranda sings for January 6. And more.
By Nellie Bowles
01.07.22 — TGIF
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TGIF: We Made It to January 7

Welcome back. We made it through January 6 without riots from either side. Mazel tov to all.

Now to the news:

→ January 6 is a strange new American holiday: And it has very strange rituals. Nancy Pelosi introduced Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Hamilton cast to perform “Dear Theodosia” via Zoom:

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Nellie Bowles
Nellie Bowles is a reporter for The Free Press and its head of strategy. She was previously a reporter at The New York Times, where she won the Gerald Loeb Award for investigative journalism and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. She started her career at her hometown paper, the San Francisco Chronicle.
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