Top Items:
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
McConnell relents on Senate rules, signals power-sharing deal with Democrats — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday night signaled he would step back from an ultimatum over Senate rules that sparked a partisan showdown and threatened to obstruct President Biden's early legislative agenda.
Discussion:
Politico, New York Times, HotAir, Common Dreams, Reason, Talking Points Memo and KRON4
RELATED:
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Can Democrats exercise a mini-nuclear option against McConnell? — The standoff in the Senate continues: Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is demanding that Democrats agree in advance to keep the legislative filibuster in place and is refusing to allow Senate business to proceed until they do.
Discussion:
Politico, Daily Kos, Althouse, New York Times, Breitbart, UPI, Political Wire and Vox
Jaclyn Diaz / NPR:
McConnell Relents On Senate Filibuster Stalemate
McConnell Relents On Senate Filibuster Stalemate
Discussion:
National Review, New York Post, KLRT-TV, Bloomberg and WITF
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Manchin emphatic he ‘will not vote’ to kill the filibuster
Manchin emphatic he ‘will not vote’ to kill the filibuster
Discussion:
Fox News, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, HuffPost, New York Times, Axios, The Hill, The Week, Vox, WV MetroNews, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, HotAir, Townhall and theslot.jezebel.com
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Rob Portman Is Retiring Because of Senate Dysfunction He Spent Years Supporting
Rob Portman Is Retiring Because of Senate Dysfunction He Spent Years Supporting
Discussion:
POLITICUSUSA, New York Times and National Review
CNN:
McConnell allows Senate power-sharing deal to advance after fight with Democrats over filibuster
McConnell allows Senate power-sharing deal to advance after fight with Democrats over filibuster
Discussion:
CBS News, IJR, NBC News, The Republic, Bloomberg, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Townhall and The Week
Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Senate Power-Sharing Deal Moves Ahead
Senate Power-Sharing Deal Moves Ahead
Discussion:
NBC News, The Daily Caller, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Axios
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Biden is betting on Senate compromise. So far, it's paying off.
Biden is betting on Senate compromise. So far, it's paying off.
Discussion:
The Guardian, Bloomberg, Roll Call and Washington Examiner
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Biden tells CNN Trump's impeachment trial ‘has to happen’ — (CNN)President Joe Biden on Monday offered his most extensive comments since taking office on former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, telling CNN, “I think it has to happen.” — Biden made the comment during a brief …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, IJR, Reuters, Townhall, Fox News, HuffPost, The Sun, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Sputnik News, TheBlaze, TASS, The Hill, New York Times, Vox, CNBC, Meduza.io, Boing Boing, Axios, Mediaite, NPR, Breitbart, New York Post, The Week, UPI, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Washington Post
RELATED:
Politico:
Trump sends a message to Senate Republicans ahead of his trial — A top political aide to former President Donald Trump spent the weekend quietly reassuring Republican senators that the former president has no plans to start a third party — and instead will keep his imprint on the GOP.
Discussion:
The Last Refuge, The Dispatch, Greensburg Tribune-Review, HuffPost and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Let America be America — It feels like having a weight lifted off my soul. — I'm describing my emotions as Joe Biden was inaugurated as president last week, marking the end of Donald Trump's time in the White House. — I'm not alone. — Dr. Anthony Fauci described his emotion as a “liberating feeling.”
Discussion:
HuffPost, Washington Post, Yahoo News and NBC News
RELATED:
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Trump opens “Office of the Former President” in Florida — Washington — Former President Donald Trump announced Monday the official opening of the “Office of the Former President” in Palm Beach County, Florida, which is tasked with overseeing the 45th president's official activities in his post-presidency life.
Discussion:
Political Wire
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump establishes ‘Office of the Former President’ in Florida
Trump establishes ‘Office of the Former President’ in Florida
Discussion:
Breitbart, The Capitolist and The Daily Caller
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
From Navy SEAL to Part of the Angry Mob Outside the Capitol — The presence in Washington of a longtime member of the Navy SEALs who was trained to identify misinformation reflects the partisan politics that helped lead to the assault. — In the weeks since Adam Newbold …
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / Oregonian:
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper sprays unmasked man who confronted him with video camera — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler blasted with pepper spray an unmasked man who confronted him and former Mayor Sam Adams with a video camera as the two left a pub Sunday night, the two men told police.
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has been banned from Twitter — (CNN Business)Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, was banned from Twitter Monday night, according to a Twitter spokesperson. — Twitter made its decision based on a new policy it enacted after the Capitol insurrection whereby people …
Discussion:
The Hill, Axios, Talking Points Memo, The Week, TheBlaze, New York Times and Forbes
RELATED:
New York Times:
As Trump Seeks to Remain a Political Force, New Targets Emerge — As Donald Trump surveys the political landscape, there is a sudden Senate opening in Ohio, an ally's bid for Arkansas governor, and some scores to settle elsewhere. — Former President Donald J. Trump …
Discussion:
Washington Post, NBC News, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CBS News, Roll Call, ABC7, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Kellyanne Conway Accused of Posting Topless Photo of Her 16-Year-Old Daughter on Twitter … Kellyanne Conway, ex-counselor to disgraced former President Trump, allegedly posted a topless picture of her daughter Claudia, 16, on Twitter on Monday. — Reached for comment …
Discussion:
Twitchy
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Mayor Aims to Turn Small Town Into QAnon, USA — “I think we're a little microcosm of what's happening at the national level,” said Marsha Maguire, a resident of Sequim, Washington. — City council meetings don't often get heated in Sequim, Washington, a small town of roughly 7,000 people popular with retirees from Seattle.
Discussion:
Raw Story
New York Times:
Apollo C.E.O. to Step Down After Firm Finds More Payments to Jeffrey Epstein — An inquiry's finding that Leon Black, the billionaire boss of Apollo Global Management, paid the convicted sex offender $150 million touched off an attempt to remove him. — The founders of Apollo Global Management …
Discussion:
Sputnik News, Mediaite, Gothamist, New York Post, CNBC and Raw Story
RELATED:
Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal:
Apollo CEO Leon Black to Step Down Following Review of Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Apollo CEO Leon Black to Step Down Following Review of Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Discussion:
Sputnik News, The Week, The Daily Caller and Reuters
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Former Voice of America overseer hired two law firms to $4 million no-bid contracts. — The former head of Voice of America's parent agency hired two law firms to open-ended, no-bid contracts, including one specifying that top lawyers would earn $1,470 per hour, according to documents and people familiar with the matter.
Ashley Gold / Axios:
Scoop: Google won't donate to members of Congress who voted against election results — Google will not make contributions from its political action committee this cycle to any member of Congress who voted against certifying the results of the presidential election, following the deadly Capitol riot.
Frank Newport / Gallup:
U.S. Satisfaction at 11% in Early January — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Before the Jan. 20 inauguration of Joe Biden as the nation's 46th president, 11% of Americans said they are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. This is down from 16% in December and marginally lower than readings …
Marc Freeman / Sun-Sentinel:
Robert Kraft's sex videos from police sting should be destroyed, judge orders — Sex videos of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft are set to be destroyed under a court order. — It's been two years since the 79-year-old billionaire was among more than two dozen people secretly videotaped …
Discussion:
Florida Politics
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Meet the Woman Behind Salon's Sloppy Tom Cotton Piece — Something funny happened when Sen. Tom Cotton's (R., Ark.) aides received a request for comment from intrepid Salon reporter Roger Sollenberger. — Cotton's team, which shared the email correspondence with the Washington Free Beacon …
Discussion:
National Review, Task & Purpose, Military.com, Business Insider, Twitchy and Townhall
Bloomberg:
CEO Who Jumped Vaccine Line Lost Job Amid Apollo Casino Deal — Great Canadian's Baker ticketed after flying to Yukon for shot — Apollo's purchase of casino company expected in second quarter — The chief executive officer of a Canadian casino company that's being bought …
Josh Kosman / New York Post:
Goya Foods moves to muzzle its Trump-supporting CEO — Goya Foods has voted to silence its pro-Trump CEO Robert Unanue following his recent television appearances questioning the results of the presidential election, The Post has learned. — The Hispanic foods giant on Friday agreed to censure Unanue …
Discussion:
Crooks and Liars, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Woman Accused of Stealing Laptop from Nancy Pelosi's Office May Lose Internet Access as Feds Allege Deepening Cover-Up — The woman alleged to have stolen a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the U.S. Capitol insurrection may have encouraged others to destroy evidence …
Discussion:
Business Insider and Raw Story
Washington Examiner:
Biden's politically correct assault on girls sports — President Biden has signed an executive order forcing schools that accept public funding to allow biological boys to compete in girls sports. His Department of Education is also expected to flip sides on two transgender sports battles …
Discussion:
The Federalist
Dean DeChiaro / Roll Call:
After Capitol riot, a call to protect veterans from disinformation — A prominent veterans advocate wants the Biden administration and Congress to help retired servicemembers protect themselves from online disinformation following the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Biden to reopen ACA insurance marketplaces as pandemic has cost millions of Americans their coverage — President Biden is scheduled to take executive actions as early as Thursday to reopen federal marketplaces selling Affordable Care Act health plans and to lower recent barriers to joining Medicaid.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Former OMB director to set up Pro-Trump think tanks — Russ Vought, who led Donald Trump's Office of Management and Budget, plans to announce two pro-Trump organizations Tuesday, aiming to provide the ideological ammunition to sustain Trump's political movement after his departure from the White House.
Discussion:
The Federalist
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Majority Support Trump Impeachment — Belief that voter fraud led to Biden win persists among 1 in 3 — West Long Branch, NJ - A clear majority of Americans support the second impeachment of former president Donald Trump. A majority also wants the Senate to convict him and bar …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Fox News, IJR, Politico and Vanity Fair
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Biden to tap nurse as acting surgeon general — Susan Orsega would be among the first nurses to serve in the role of 'the nation's doctor' — The Biden administration has selected nurse Susan Orsega to serve as the nation's acting surgeon general, said two people with knowledge of her selection …
Discussion:
The Hill
Erik Maulbetsch / Colorado Times Recorder:
Boebert Claimed not to Know Anti-Govt Extremists She Posed With, But Photos Show Otherwise — Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) claimed she “didn't know” the anti-government extremists she posed with on the steps of the Colorado Capitol in 2019, but it turns out she's known some of them for over a year.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Michael Warren / CNN:
The Republican Party is at war with itself as it charts its post-Trump future — AZ GOP censures politicians who know how to win statewide as it doubles down on Trump conspiracy theorists — (CNN)A cold war is underway within the Republican Party as its members begin to navigate …
Discussion:
The Atlantic, USA Today, The Federalist, Townhall, Raw Story and Buck Sexton Show
Zach Despart / Houston Chronicle:
Harris County judge dismisses vaccine theft charge against doctor, blasts DA for bringing the case — Dr. Hasan Gokal was fired by Harris County Public Health and charged with misdemeanor theft after he admitted taking leftover doses of COVID-19 vaccine and administering them to nine people.
Matt Bai / Washington Post:
Teachers are vital public servants. Time for them to start acting like it. — It won't be easy for President Biden to get America's teachers back into public schools. Teachers unions are a powerful force in Democratic politics, and they're resisting calls to return to classrooms …
Discussion:
Conservative News Today, Newsmax and Fox News
Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times:
California officials say unemployment fraud now totals more than $11 billion — California officials said Monday they have confirmed that $11.4 billion in unemployment benefits paid during the COVID-19 pandemic involve fraud — about 10% of benefits paid — and another 17% are under investigation.
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, CBS San Francisco and The Hill
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Former DNC head Perez ‘taking a look at’ Maryland governor bid — Former Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez is considering a run for Maryland governor in 2022. — “I live here in Maryland,” he told liberal podcaster Bill Press in an episode of Press' show, “The Bill Press Pod,” set to air on Tuesday morning.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Feds Arrest Man Who Wore His High School Varsity Jacket To The Capitol Siege — “We all stormed the us capital and tried to take over the government,” he wrote. “We failed but f**k it.” — Federal authorities have charged a New York man in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol …
Discussion:
Raw Story