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8:45 AM ET, January 31, 2021

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CNN:
First on CNN: Trump's impeachment defense team leaves less than two weeks before trial  —  (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's five impeachment defense attorneys have left a little more than a week before his trial is set to begin, according to people familiar with the case, amid a disagreement over his legal strategy.
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Politico:
Trump's top impeachment lawyer has left his team  —  Former President Donald Trump has lost his top impeachment lawyer just days before his trial is to begin, a person familiar with his legal strategy and two attorneys close to the team confirmed on Saturday night.
Associated Press:
Trump loses lead impeachment lawyers a week before trial  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers little more than a week before his trial, two people familiar with the situation said Saturday.  The change injects fresh uncertainty …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Parts Ways With Five Lawyers Handling Impeachment Defense  —  The departures, which include his lead lawyer, Butch Bowers, come more than a week before his Senate trial is set to begin.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump has abruptly parted ways with five lawyers handling his impeachment defense …
Monica Alba / NBC News:
Trump appears to be without a legal team as impeachment trial nears  —  Former President Donald Trump's legal team is unclear and undefined with just over a week to go before his second impeachment trial begins in the Senate, according to Trump adviser Jason Miller.
CBS News:
Trump attorneys leave legal team 9 days before impeachment trial
Discussion: Reuters and The Gateway Pundit
Los Angeles Times:
Dodger Stadium's COVID-19 vaccination site temporarily shut down after protesters gather at entrance  —  Dodger Stadium's mass COVID-19 vaccination site was temporarily shut down Saturday afternoon when about 50 protesters gathered at the entrance, frustrating hundreds of motorists who had been waiting in line for hours.
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New York Times:
In L.A., the Virus Is Pummeling Those Who Can Least Afford to Fall Ill
Discussion: Breitbart
John Harwood / CNN:
Why Biden has a rare opportunity for early success  —  This Biden clip is being used against him.  Here are the facts  —  (CNN)Over five decades in Washington, President Joe Biden has watched seven newly-elected presidents get started.  Improbably, he has the chance for a stronger opening act than any of them.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
10 Senate Republicans seek meeting with Biden on Covid relief  —  A group of Senate Republicans is requesting a meeting with President Joe Biden to begin bipartisan negotiations on the next coronavirus relief bill, even as Democratic leaders are prepared this week to go down a path that could pass …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Senator Susan Collins:
Group of 10 Republican Senators Outline Covid-19 Relief Compromise, Request Meeting with President Biden  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.— A group of 10 Republican Senators wrote to President Biden today to propose an alternative Covid-19 relief proposal that they believe is capable of garnering bipartisan support.
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
A Vast Web of Vengeance  —  Outrageous lies destroyed Guy Babcock's online reputation.  When he went hunting for their source, what he discovered was worse than he could have imagined.  —  Guy Babcock vividly remembers the chilly Saturday evening when he discovered the stain on his family.
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is ‘the Worst Enemy for Most Causes That She Supposedly Supports’  —  National Republicans long saw Majorie Taylor Greene, a first-term member of Congress from northwest Georgia, as a potential source of trouble.  Few probably thought it would get this bad.
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:   Marjorie Taylor Greene brings the GOP nothing but baggage
Patricia L. Garcia / KTSM-TV:
Traffic stop leads to deportation of El Paso Walmart shooting victim  —  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A survivor of the El Paso Walmart shooting has been deported, according to the Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services in El Paso.  —  The woman, only identified as Rosa to protect her identity …
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Ryan Brooks / BuzzFeed News:   ICE Deported A Survivor Of The El Paso Walmart Shooting Who Was Assisting In The Investigation, Her Lawyers Say
Michael Wines / New York Times:
After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote  —  The presidential election results are settled.  But the battle over new voting rules, especially for mail-in ballots, has just begun.  —  WASHINGTON — In Georgia, Arizona and other states won by President Biden …
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Biden isn't living up to his bipartisan promises  —  The president is saying the right things about working with Republicans, but his administration's early actions suggest he's more interested in pandering to progressives.  —  Boxed in by a progressive Left eager to leverage its newfound power …
Nicholas Florko / STAT:
Trump officials actively lobbied to deny states money for vaccine rollout last fall  —  WASHINGTON — Top Trump officials actively lobbied Congress to deny state governments any extra funding for the Covid-19 vaccine rollout last fall — despite frantic warnings from state officials …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
So you're being held accountable?  That's not ‘cancel culture’  —  According to the Washington Examiner's Eddie Scarry, nothing less than a “social justice mob” descended on Politico after it gave a guest-editing slot to right-wing flamethrower Ben Shapiro.
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Texas City Councilman Posted Photo Of Noose After Insurrection, Saying 'Let ‘Em Hang’  —  Martin Holsome, a city councilman running for governor, is part of a growing group of Republicans embracing right-wing extremism and cheering the Capitol riot.  —  A small-time city councilman in Texas …
New York Times:
How Trump's Focus on Antifa Distracted Attention From the Far-Right Threat  —  Federal law enforcement shifted resources last year in response to Donald Trump's insistence that the radical left endangered the country.  Meanwhile, right-wing extremism was building ominously.
Associated Press:
Thousands flee Hong Kong for UK, fearing China crackdown  —  LONDON (AP) — Cindy had a comfortable lifestyle in Hong Kong: she owned several properties with her husband, they had a good business going.  But last year she made up her mind to leave it all behind and move her family to Britain …
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Japan Times and Axios
Kyle Hopkins / ProPublica:
Sexual Misconduct Allegations Prompt Another Alaska Attorney General to Resign  —  Ed Sniffen stepped down as the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica were preparing an article about his relationship with a 17-year-old girl three decades ago.  The state has now launched an investigation into the allegations.
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com
Seth Abramson / Proof:
The 20 Women Who Shaped January 6  —  New revelations put twenty women at the heart of the events of Insurrection Day.  —  15 hr ago … Kimberly Guilfoyle.  Surely we should have seen Guilfoyle's role in the insurrection coming.  From her unhinged performance at the Republican National Convention …
Discussion: National Memo
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Sarah Dadouch / Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia has been scrubbing its textbooks of anti-Semitic and misogynistic passages  —  BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia has been sharply criticized over the decades for school textbooks that preach women's subservience to men, anti-Semitism and a general enmity toward religions other than Islam.
Elizabeth Kolbert / New Yorker:
A New Day for the Climate  —  It remains to be seen whether Joe Biden's sweeping climate directives can make a meaningful difference, but a critical threshold has been crossed.  —  Nine years ago, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse had a sign made up that showed a photograph of the Earth as seen from space. …
 
 
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