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11:55 AM ET, January 31, 2021

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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  —  Republicans who want a bipartisan deal on coronavirus relief are making a last-ditch effort to turn President Joe Biden away from a party-line approach that would avoid the Senate's supermajority requirement.
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Ten Senate Republicans propose compromise covid relief package, request meeting with Biden  —  Move by GOP senators led by Susan Collins comes as Democrats prepare to move forward quickly with Biden package without GOP support  —  Ten Republican senators announced plans Sunday to release …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The OTHER Joe with veto power  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  QUICK, someone tell us: What on earth was KAMALA HARRIS thinking?  —  The vice president's move to troll Sen. JOE MANCHIN in his own state last week is backfiring — at a critical moment for President JOE BIDEN'S agenda.
Senator Susan Collins:
Group of 10 Republican Senators Outline Covid-19 Relief Compromise, Request Meeting with President Biden
Discussion: New York Post
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Biden isn't living up to his bipartisan promises
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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Associated Press:   Trump loses lead impeachment lawyers a week before trial
Monica Alba / NBC News:   Trump appears to be without a legal team as impeachment trial nears
New York Times:
21 Men Accuse Lincoln Project Co-Founder of Online Harassment  —  John Weaver, a longtime G.O.P. operative who advised John McCain and John Kasich, made sexual overtures to young men, sometimes offering to help them get work in politics.  —  John Weaver, a longtime Republican strategist …
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Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite:
Lincoln Project Sends Scorching Letter Demanding Giuliani Retract His ‘Fantastical’ Claim They Planned Capitol Riot: ‘Refuse At Your Peril’  —  The Lincoln Project's legal counsel sent a scorching letter to Rudy Giuliani after he falsely accused the group of helping plan the January 6th Capitol riot …
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.
Associated Press:
Russia arrests 3,300 during wide protests backing Navalny  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia's vast expanse to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin.
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Washington Post:
GOP Rep. Kinzinger to start new PAC to challenge party's embrace of Trump  —  Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), one of 10 Republicans to vote to impeach Donald Trump earlier this month, has launched a new leadership political action committee that is designed to become a financial engine to challenge …
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Anthony L. Fisher / Business Insider:   GOP House member who voted to impeach Trump says his family sent around a signed petition disowning him for crossing the former president
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Democrats are faced with a choice. Protect the filibuster or protect democracy.
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.
Juliet Chung / Wall Street Journal:
Melvin Capital Lost 53% in January, Hurt by GameStop and Other Bets  —  Citadel, its partners and Point72 took losses from their investment in the hedge fund  —  Melvin Capital Management, the hedge fund that has borne the brunt of losses from the soaring stock prices of heavily shorted stocks recently …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Politico:
Why you haven't seen a sit-down Biden interview yet  —  Joe Biden waited nearly four decades to become the most powerful man in the free world.  Now that he is, he's making himself scarce.  —  Biden is leaning on doctors and health experts to publicly detail his Covid policy.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Secretive Ethics panel will judge Hawley and Cruz  —  Former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial will be conducted on the Senate floor, live on TV.  The Senate investigation into Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley will take place behind closed doors by one of the most secretive committees in Congress.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jason Campbell / Media Matters for America:
After Joe Biden's inauguration, Newsmax personalities are distraught and enraged  —  Newsmax host Greg Kelly: “It's actually OK to say you don't want to see Joe Biden succeed”  —  On January 20, Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States.
New York Times:
Trump Raised $255.4 Million in 8 Weeks as He Sought to Overturn Election Result  —  The former president's fund-raising slowed significantly after the Electoral College delivered its votes to make Joseph R. Biden Jr. the 46th president.  —  President Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party …
Washington Post:
The other rebellion: Dozens of Michigan restaurants defy state coronavirus order  —  HOWELL, Mich. — It's a Monday morning and the Sunrise Family Diner is full.  Retirees in jeans and plaid sit by the window, chatting over coffee and the local newspaper.  A sign posted at the entrance urges customers to wear masks, but some don't.
Discussion: Business Insider
 
 
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Jon Levine / New York Post:
Defiant Redditors buy Times Square billboard as GameStop stock saga rages
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NBC News:
Pence plans to form fundraising group as he moves beyond Trump, Capitol riot
Discussion: Business Insider
Washington Post:
Coronavirus mutations add urgency to vaccination effort as experts warn of long battle ahead
Discussion: The Atlantic
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Democratic Party Enters 2021 in Power — and Flush With Cash, for a Change
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
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Cat Ferguson / MIT Technology Review:
What went wrong with America's $44 million vaccine data system?
Ryan Brooks / BuzzFeed News:
ICE Deported A Survivor Of The El Paso Walmart Shooting Who Was Assisting In The Investigation, Her Lawyers Say
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Elizabeth Kolbert / New Yorker:
A New Day for the Climate  —  It remains to be seen whether Joe Biden's sweeping climate directives …
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Sarah Dadouch / Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia has been scrubbing its textbooks of anti-Semitic and misogynistic passages
Kyle Hopkins / ProPublica:
Sexual Misconduct Allegations Prompt Another Alaska Attorney General to Resign
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Texas City Councilman Posted Photo Of Noose After Insurrection, Saying 'Let ‘Em Hang’
Discussion: Business Insider
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
A Vast Web of Vengeance