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Marjorie Taylor Greene indicated support for executing prominent Democrats in 2018 and 2019 before running for Congress — (CNN)Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene repeatedly indicated support for executing prominent Democratic politicians in 2018 and 2019 before being elected to Congress …
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Marjorie Taylor Greene QAnon-adjacent conspiracy theory comments resurface — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is setting up a new test for House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy. — Why it matters: The freshman Republican from Georgia made a series of bizarre and outlandish remarks …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: McConnell retreats as Trump dominates the GOP civil war — DRIVING THE DAY — There are two big arguments dominating American politics right now. Democrats are currently in disarray trying to figure out the future. The questions they have are about how bold …
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Aram Roston / Reuters:
Exclusive: Proud Boys leader was ‘prolific’ informer for law enforcement — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, has a past as an informer for federal and local law enforcement, repeatedly working undercover for investigators after he was arrested in 2012 …
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A top MAGA gathering finds life complicated after Trump — One of the premier MAGA gatherings in the nation is struggling to recreate the magic this year. — For decades, the Conservative Political Action Conference has been a staple of Republican politics.
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Democrats' Civil War Over the Filibuster Has Barely Begun — Joe Manchin said Monday that he will not, under any circumstances, “vote to get rid of the filibuster.” Kyrsten Sinema echoed her West Virginia colleague. Mitch McConnell took the Democratic senators at their word.
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Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Everything You Need to Know About Reconciliation, the Tool Democrats Need to Govern
Everything You Need to Know About Reconciliation, the Tool Democrats Need to Govern
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Republicans Rally Against Impeachment Trial, Signaling Likely Acquittal for Trump — All but five Republican senators voted to challenge the constitutionality of the trial, suggesting that Democrats were unlikely to find the 17 they would need to join them in convicting the former president.
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Democrats weigh whether they need witnesses to make a visceral case against Trump at impeachment trial
Democrats weigh whether they need witnesses to make a visceral case against Trump at impeachment trial
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
McConnell: It Was Too Soon to Impeach Trump, Now It's Too Late.
McConnell: It Was Too Soon to Impeach Trump, Now It's Too Late.
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Yahoo News:
Palm Beach Conducting ‘Legal Review’ Of Trump's Use Of Mar-A-Lago As A Residence — , By S.V. Date ·Senior White House Correspondent, HuffPost — The town of Palm Beach, Florida, is reviewing — Donald Trump's use of his — Mar-a-Lago Club as a residence …
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David Knowles / Yahoo News:
Polls find Biden's approval rating higher than Trump's ever was
Polls find Biden's approval rating higher than Trump's ever was
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David Siders / Politico:
The GOP's answer to its post-Trump blues: More Trump — For a moment, it looked like Donald Trump might be losing his iron grip on the GOP. In the wake of the deadly Capitol riot, 10 House Republicans joined Democrats in their vote to impeach him. Several other Republicans openly suggested at least censuring the president.
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Pennsylvania GOP pledges full allegiance to Trump
Pennsylvania GOP pledges full allegiance to Trump
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Lou Dobbs: Republicans Lost in 2020 Because the Party ‘Forgot Who Was the True Leader’
Lou Dobbs: Republicans Lost in 2020 Because the Party ‘Forgot Who Was the True Leader’
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ABC News:
Biden to sign executive order on climate change — The order would aim to fulfill campaign promises to make the issue a priority. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images — On his one-week anniversary in office …
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USA Today:
On COVID-19 and climate change, denialism is deadly
On COVID-19 and climate change, denialism is deadly
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Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Mike and Karen Pence are homeless and appear to be couch surfing their way through Indiana … - Republicans close to former Vice President Mike Pence say they don't know where the former second couple is now living. — Pence and his wife Karen haven't owned a home in a decade …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Mike Pence is ‘homeless’ and bouncing between couches of Indiana politicians: report
Mike Pence is ‘homeless’ and bouncing between couches of Indiana politicians: report
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Politico:
Senate GOP braces for more retirements after Portman stunner — Republicans need to flip just one seat next year to win back the Senate majority. But retirements are already complicating their path back to power. — Two of the three toughest GOP defensive states on the 2022 Senate map …
Ellen McCarthy / Washington Post:
Anti-Trump Republican Adam Kinzinger accepts his fate, whatever it is — One thing to understand about Adam Kinzinger is that he knows how this will end. — “The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead,” the Republican congressman from Illinois says.
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Eddie Burkhalter / Alabama Political Reporter:
Trump Appointee Says Tuberville, RAGA Director Met With Trump Family, Top Advisers On Eve Of Capitol Attack — Tuberville, through a spokeswoman, said he did not attend the meeting with Trump on the eve of the deadly attack. — The entrance to the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. (VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)
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Katie Bo Williams / Defense One:
US Flies B-52 Bomber To Gulf In Show of Force Against Iran — “We were also thinking... would they try to test the U.S. military in the early days of the new administration'?” — AL UDEID AIR FORCE BASE, Qatar — An American B-52 bomber flew to the Arabian Gulf and back to the United States …
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New York Times:
What Jeffrey Epstein Did to Earn $158 Million From Leon Black — Mr. Epstein specialized in aggressively pitching ways to minimize paying taxes. And not just to Mr. Black, the private equity chief executive who was his main benefactor in his later years. — He styled himself as a math whiz and …
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Lauren Johnson / Business Insider:
CEOs steer clear of Fox News' Maria Bartiromo, sources say — CEOs stay clear of Fox News' Maria Bartiromo — Ad agency Hero Group sues Omnicom's DDB — How much Snapchat creators make from Spotlight — If this email was forwarded to you, sign up here for your daily insider's guide to advertising and media.
Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Man Charged With Threatening Congressman's Family as Riot Raged — Relatives of Hakeem Jeffries and George Stephanopoulos received threatening text messages as rioters stormed the Capitol, federal prosecutors said. — The same day that a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and tried …
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NBC Bay Area:
San Francisco Board of Education Votes to Rename 44 Schools — The San Francisco School Board voted to rename 44 public schools Tuesday, a debate and decision that's being followed across the country. — Those 44 schools whose namesakes are thought, by many, to have dishonorable legacies.
Peter Wood / The American Mind:
America Isn't Make-Believe — The 1776 Report demonstrates a more sophisticated grasp of history than that of its critics. — What is a nation? The no-sooner-established-by-President- Trump-than-abolished-by-Presidient- Biden “President's Advisory 1776 Commission” understandably by-passed this question in its initial report.
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Senate Republicans Signal Acquittal for Trump as His Standing Improves Among GOP Voters — 75% of Republican voters said they'd disapprove of Trump's conviction — 55% of all voters said they'd approve if the Senate voted to convict Trump, virtually unchanged from earlier this month.
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Mainstream Republicans already surrendering to Trumpism — From opposing conviction in his impeachment trial to a surprise Senate Republican retirement, the GOP establishment anticipates a Trumpian future. — Much of this column's analysis since the Capitol riots on Jan. 6 has anticipated …
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The White House:
Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia … President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. They discussed both countries' willingness to extend New START for five years, agreeing to have their teams work urgently …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Mark Meadows joins conservative group run by Jim DeMint — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is joining the Conservative Partnership Institute, a group run by former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint that operates as a “networking hub” for conservatives, sources familiar with his plans tell Axios.
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NBC News:
Republicans circle the wagons around Trump one more time — WASHINGTON — A year ago, Republicans argued that Donald Trump shouldn't be impeached and removed from office because the country was too close to an election. — “Let the voters decide” was the common GOP refrain back then.
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CNN:
Goya board silences its CEO after he tells Fox News the election was rigged — New York (CNN Business)Goya's board of directors had enough of CEO Robert Unanue's public comments in support of former President Donald Trump and his unfounded claims of voter fraud. On Friday, it voted to muzzle him.
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Andrew Oxford / Arizona Republic:
Arizona lawmakers who were in D.C. during Capitol riot won't release records from phones — Two Arizona legislators who went to the U.S. Capitol the day it was stormed by a mob earlier this month will not provide emails or text messages about their travel to Washington, D.C.
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