The Morning Dispatch: January 6 Committee Gets Going

Happy Wednesday! The disinformation is coming from inside the house! In yesterday’s TMD, we included a “Presented Without Comment” featuring a heavily-lei’d Emmanuel Macron in French Polynesia. 

We weren’t clear enough that the post was a photoshopped joke, so Dispatch fact checker Alec Dent decided to take us to task. Mea culpa, Alec.

Quick Hits: Today’s Top Stories

  • The Centers for Disease Control updated its COVID-19 mask guidance on Tuesday, recommending that fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors once again in areas of “substantial or high transmission” to provide additional protection from the Delta variant.

  • The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported a record number of confirmed coronavirus infections Tuesday, at 2,848 new cases city-wide. The surge comes as the Japanese capital hosts the Olympics Games after a year-long postponement due to the pandemic.

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