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New York Times:
Pennsylvania Lawmaker Played Key Role in Trump's Plot to Oust Acting Attorney General — The involvement of Representative Scott Perry underlined how far the former president was willing to go in using the government to subvert the election, turning to more junior and relatively unknown figures for help.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pressed to Change Justice Department Leadership to Boost His Voter Fraud Claims — The former president dropped the efforts to replace the acting attorney general after top DOJ officials agreed to resign en masse in protest if he succeeded, people familiar said
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The National Pulse and The National Interest
Washington Post:
Justice Department, FBI debate not charging some of the Capitol rioters — Federal law enforcement officials are privately debating whether they should decline to charge some of the individuals who stormed the U.S. Capitol this month — a politically loaded proposition but one alert …
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Numerous Capitol Police officers who responded to riot test positive for coronavirus — Since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, 38 U.S. Capitol Police employees have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the head of the officers' union said Saturday. Cases are also climbing among members …
Washington Post:
Trump jumps into a divisive battle over the Republican Party — with a threat to start a ‘MAGA Party’ — PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former president Donald Trump threw himself back into politics this weekend by publicly endorsing a devoted and divisive acolyte in Arizona who has embraced …
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Al Jazeera, Arizona Republic, New York Post and Raw Story
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Have Decided Not to Rethink Anything — For a few days, the Republican party appeared to be undergoing a crisis of confidence, if not an outright crack-up. First, Donald Trump lost an election, then tried to negate the outcome throughout a series of threats and increasingly absurd lawsuits …
New York Times:
Arizona G.O.P. Censures Three Top Members Criticized by Trump Loyalists — The party rebuked Gov. Doug Ducey, former Senator Jeff Flake and Cindy McCain, all of whom have been criticized by some Trump supporters as insufficiently loyal to the former president.
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Associated Press, Raw Story and VTDigger
Arizona Republic:
Ariz. GOP censures Cindy McCain, Jeff Flake, Doug Ducey; narrowly reelects Kelli Ward
Ariz. GOP censures Cindy McCain, Jeff Flake, Doug Ducey; narrowly reelects Kelli Ward
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The Hill, Axios, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Arizona Republic:
After Trump, will Arizona Republican Party stick with Kelli Ward, punish Cindy McCain, Doug Ducey, Jeff Flake?
After Trump, will Arizona Republican Party stick with Kelli Ward, punish Cindy McCain, Doug Ducey, Jeff Flake?
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Big League Politics, Washington Times and New York Times
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
How Doug Ducey, Arizona's Republican Governor, Views His Party After Trump
How Doug Ducey, Arizona's Republican Governor, Views His Party After Trump
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Washington Post, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner and The Hill
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Why McConnell Dumped Trump — After the Capitol assault—and after losing his perch as Majority Leader—the senator finally denounced the outgoing President. Was it a moral reckoning or yet another act of political self-interest? — On the afternoon of January 6th …
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Morgan Watkins / Courier-Journal:
Kentucky Republicans reject resolution urging Mitch McConnell to stand with Trump — The Republican Party of Kentucky's State Central Committee rejected a resolution Saturday that would have urged Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to fully support former President Donald Trump and condemn his second impeachment.
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The Hill and Associated Press
Washington Post:
‘Not afraid’: Protesters across Russia defy Putin in marches for jailed opposition leader Navalny — MOSCOW — Protesters took to the streets Saturday in nearly 70 cities and towns across Russia calling for the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny — a massive show of defiance …
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New York Times:
Navalny Protests: Live Updates as Mass Rallies Sweep Across Russia
Navalny Protests: Live Updates as Mass Rallies Sweep Across Russia
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Washington Post, Bloomberg, CNN, The Drive, Forbes, Mother Jones, UPI, New York Post, Foreign Policy and Gizmodo
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Capitol rioter charged with threatening to ‘assassinate’ Rep. Ocasio-Cortez — (CNN)The Justice Department revealed new charges against a Texas man who allegedly participated in the Capitol attack and posted online death threats against Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a US Capitol Police officer.
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Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Capitol rioter who allegedly tweeted he wanted to ‘assassinate’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faces 5 charges
Capitol rioter who allegedly tweeted he wanted to ‘assassinate’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faces 5 charges
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New York Times, Fox News, Associated Press, The Hill and New York Post
New York Times:
Inside the Deadly Capitol Shooting — With a mob approaching, a police lieutenant fatally shot a woman trying to vault through a window near the House Chamber. — WASHINGTON — During the four-and-a-half-hour attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, one of the moments when the mob came closest …
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Do Democrats really want unity? — There are times when being a law professor ruins everything. You go to a great movie with your wife and get a sharp elbow after whispering in the theater that the character really cannot question a witness like that. Or you watch a football game …
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NPR, The National Interest, Associated Press, JONATHAN TURLEY and Crooks and Liars
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Bobby Burack / OutKick:
Jeff Bezos, Amazon Refuting Mail-In Votes For Unionization — Jeff Bezos — a strong Democratic supporter — and Amazon are aiming to postpone a unionization vote at one of its warehouses in Alabama, the Wall Street Journal reports. Interestingly, Amazon is requesting that the National …
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Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Seeks to Postpone Alabama Unionization Vote
Amazon Seeks to Postpone Alabama Unionization Vote
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Instapundit and Breitbart
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Imperiling quick $1,400 checks, moderate Republicans push back on Biden's economic plan — WASHINGTON — Key moderate Republicans in the Senate dismissed quick action on President Joe Biden's top priority of a $1.9 trillion economic package, indicating that the $1,400 stimulus payments he requested could take months, or never arrive.
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Archie Bland / The Guardian:
Rolling Stone seeks ‘thought leaders’ willing to pay $2,000 to write for them — Emails from ‘best-known entertainment media outlet’ invite ‘Culture Council’ to pay for chance to publish on website — Rolling Stone magazine is offering “thought leaders” the chance to write for its website …
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New York Post and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Reuters:
Macron says France will tighten legislation on incest — PARIS (Reuters) - France will tighten its laws on incest, President Emmanuel Macron said in a series of tweets on Saturday, after publication of a book accusing a top French political commentator of abusing his stepson sparked outrage across the country.
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Al Jazeera and One America News Network
Danielle Marshall / Washington Post:
My wife guarded the Capitol. My mom joined the horde surrounding it. — Politicians put democracy at risk by feeding conspiracy theories. Capitol Police put themselves at risk to protect them. — My wife is an officer with the U.S. Capitol Police. On Jan. 6, she clocked in to work her 4,710th day.
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Britain's Boris Johnson presses Biden for new trade deal — WASHINGTON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made clear to President Joe Biden on Saturday that he's eager to forge a new U.S.-U.K. trade deal. — The push for a new deal came in a broad-ranging call between the two leaders …
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Axios, The White House, GOV.UK and New York Post
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Rod Dreher:
Biden's Culture War Blitzkrieg — Today is the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling, which gave unrestricted right to women to abort their unborn children. Over 60 million Americans have died at the hands of an abortionist since then. Yesterday, a reporter asked White House press secretary Jen Psaki …
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One America News Network, New York Times and THE DC PATRIOT
John Binder / Breitbart:
ICE Agents Ordered to Free All Illegal Aliens in Custody: ‘Release Them All’ — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, tasked with enforcing federal immigration law, are being instructed to free all detainees in their custody, as President Joe Biden's administration halts deportations.
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Townhall, One America News Network, The Gateway Pundit and Conservative News Today
Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
A Trump Holdout in Atlanta — L. Lin Wood, a Georgia defamation attorney who cried when Nixon resigned, still believes that the former President won the election, and he wants Mike Pence to be charged with treason. — Two weeks before Joe Biden's Inauguration, L. Lin Wood answered his telephone.
NBC News:
Larry King, television and radio journalism royalty, dies at 87 … Larry King, the radio and television personality whose breezy and conversational interviews with celebrities and world leaders made him a broadcasting icon for nearly half a century, has died, his TV production company Ora Media said in a statement Saturday.
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Greg Piper / The College Fix:
Music professor sues university for punishing him over defense of ‘racist’ composer — ‘Almost all’ his colleagues defamed him, too — Timothy Jackson followed through on his threat to sue the University of Northern Texas for investigating him in response to his defense of a 19th century composer.