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Jan 5, 2026, 6:48:04 PMJan 5
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The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen
opening thoughts: Jan 6th, Greenland, Zohran inauguration
producers: Dave Scott and Stephanie Collins
Chloé LaCasse (the best of the attitude)
streaming live at wnhnfm.org noon EST on the dial-94.7FM Concord NH
opening thoughts:
Jan. 6 plaque made to honor law enforcement. It's nowhere to be found at the Capitol Approaching the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy is nowhere to be found   https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/jan-6-plaque-made-honor-law-enforcement-found-128905408
Approaching the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy that day is nowhere to be found.

It’s not on display at the Capitol, as is required by law. Its whereabouts aren't publicly known, though it’s believed to be in storage.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, has yet to formally unveil the plaque. And the Trump administration’s Department of Justice is seeking to dismiss a police officers' lawsuit asking that it be displayed as intended. The Architect of the Capitol, which was responsible for obtaining and displaying the plaque, said in light of the federal litigation, it cannot comment.


Trump Says the U.S. “Needs” Greenland—Europe Should Take Him at His Word https://olgalautman.substack.com/p/trump-says-the-us-needs-greenlandeurope

SADLY A GREAT LINE THAT EXPLAINS THE WORLD ACCORDING TO TRUMP: The United States is no longer merely disengaging from European security; it is actively repositioning itself as a revisionist power that treats allied territory as negotiable, borders as provisional, and international law as optional when it interferes with Trump’s political or financial objectives. https://olgalautman.substack.com/p/trump-says-the-us-needs-greenlandeurope

Maduro’s Ouster Plays Right Into Putin’s Hands 
M Gessen   https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/opinion/putin-maduro-venezuela.html
opens this way: In the initial rush of news on Saturday morning, many commentators speculated that the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela was also a blow to President Vladimir Putin of Russia, since Venezuela and Russia are allies. To the contrary, it is a victory for Putin, because it is a blow — quite likely fatal — to the new world order of law, justice and human rights that was heralded in the wake of World War II....
and a powerful ending:
Putin was Maduro’s ally, but allies come and go; worldviews, and the desire to force the world to conform to them, stay. Putin’s world has just become more harmonious. Not because, as conspiracy theorists would have you believe, Putin tells Trump what to do, but because these two autocrats really do view the world in the same way. We have a saying for this in Russian: Two boots make a pair.

How Will Mamdani Handle His Tough New Job? I Went to See for Myself. I came for a speech. I found a city working through its feelings in real time. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/zohran-mamdani-new-york-mayor-first-big-speech.html

I came expecting a political coronation. But as I worked my way through the crowd, it felt closer to a collective recalibration—a moment to take stock of how ideas once dismissed as fringe, like openly taxing wealthy citizens, were now being voiced from the steps of City Hall without apology, and to wonder how much further the shift could go.
NOW PLEASE READ THIS!!!!
I was cold and extremely ready to go home, more than confident I had seen enough for my story and eager to be out of the cold. And then, outside, like a glitch in the city, I ran into Curtis Sliwa—the 2025 Republican candidate for New York mayor. He was alone, wandering.
He told me he had RSVP’d and “was in line with all the peeps waiting to get in” but had never made it inside. He didn’t even catch Mamdani’s speech. The line was too long. I asked why he hadn’t gone to the front, that surely someone would have recognized him and ushered him inside. He laughed and said he preferred it this way: “Come on. I’m no VIP. I’m just one of the regular people out of the subway into the streets.” He said he had no regrets about his campaign. He smiled when he recalled Mamdani saying he’d rather be trapped in an elevator with Sliwa than Cuomo. He told me he planned to support Mamdani. “He won fair and square. He should be given a chance to put his agenda into place. Even if you disagree with him politically, you got to say: If he is successful, then the city is successful, the state, the country, everyone is successful. But you have haters out there, and that’s what life is about.”
He admitted he felt wanted by neither Republicans nor Democrats. “I’m an outlier,” he said. “I’d rather be with the people.”
Then he vanished into the afternoon just as quickly as he’d appeared.
What stayed with me wasn’t just pride, though there was plenty of that. It was relief. Relief that, for once, a side selling hope instead of fear had won. And it was clear this wasn’t some narrow Muslim celebration. Muslims largely supported Mamdani, but they weren’t automatic votes. They were earned. He campaigned for them, chasing them around at one of the public celebrations that make New York such an exciting place to live.
That’s the complexity of it. The pride of watching a Muslim achieve something historic, paired with the humility of knowing that this victory doesn’t belong to Muslims alone. Zohran Mamdani isn’t a “Muslim mayor” the way his critics insist.
He’s the mayor of New York City.
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part one:
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Mamdani’s Public Grocery Store IdeaThese stores are a good experiment, but it’s actually Mamdani’s other policies that are most likely to fight food insecurity.
Jan Dutkiewicz is a contributing editor at The New Republic and an assistant professor of political science at the Pratt Institute

part two:
Medicare Is of Two Minds on Prior Authorization— CMS is cracking down on it in Medicare Advantage while expanding its use in traditional Medicare

Joyce Frieden oversees MedPage Today's coverage of Washington and health policy. She began her career in medical journalism 35 years ago at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, working as a news editor for Physician's Management, Modern Medicine, Hospital Formulary, and several other medical magazines. She previously served as editor of Clinical Endocrinology News, and her byline has appeared in other physician newspapers including Internal Medicine News, Family Practice News, and ObGyn News. Her freelance clients have included UPI, WebMD, Reuters Health, Drug Topics, the Washington Post, and Washingtonian magazine. She is the recipient of a Jesse H. Neal award for editorial excellence and is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists.

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