The January 6th special committee sets expectations high for Thursday’s prime time hearing, tensions in the Biden White House spill into the press, and Chef Jose Andres talks to Tommy about World Central Kitchen and what they’ve learned helping people in Ukraine and serving refugees and people in need around the world.

Show Notes

JAN 6  / BIDEN MESSAGING

• NYT: Navarro Indicted as Justice Dept. Opts Not to Charge Meadows and Scavino
• NYT: Before Jan. 6, Aide Warned Secret Service of Security Risk to Pence
• TheGuardian: Capitol attack panel to unveil new evidence against Trump at public hearings
• Axios: Scoop: Jan. 6 committee’s secret adviser
• NBCNews: Jan. 6 revelations will ‘blow the roof off the House,’ Rep. Jamie Raskin says
• CBS News: Liz Cheney: Jan. 6 “conspiracy” was “extremely broad … well-organized”
• CNN: House Democrat expects ‘disturbing’ new evidence at January 6 hearings
• CNN: Trump mobilizing his MAGA allies to defend him ahead of January 6 hearings
• Axios: Scoop: Jan. 6 committee’s private divide
• Playbook: Mounting frustrations at the White House 
• New Republic: The White House Doesn’t Understand How the Media Works
• WaPo: How the White House lost Joe Manchin, and its plan to transform America Bloomberg: Joe Manchin Was Right, and Democrats Should Admit It 
• Politico: How Biden plans to handle the Jan. 6 hearings
• Politico: Biden wants to get out more, seething that his standing is now worse than Trump’s
• CNN: Beneath Biden’s struggle to break through is a deeper dysfunction among White House aides 
• NBC: Inside a Biden White House adrift

CHEF JOSE ANDRES

• WaPo: The ‘margarita diplomacy’ of José Andrés
• Eating Well: Ron Howard Made a Documentary About José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen
• New Yorker: José Andrés Feeds Ron Howard, Then Feeds Him Some More
• NPR: A charity kitchen in Ukraine linked to chef José Andrés was destroyed by a missile 

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