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New York Times:
77 Days: Trump's Campaign to Subvert the Election — Hours after the United States voted, the president declared the election a sham — putting himself at the center of a movement that would shatter democratic norms and upend the peaceful transfer of power.
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Raw Story
Poppy McPherson / Reuters:
Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders arrested, party spokesman says — (Reuters) - Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid, the spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy said on Monday.
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Al Arabiya
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Associated Press:
Myanmar military says it is taking control of the country — NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar military television says the military has taken control of the country for one year. — An announcer on military-owned Myawaddy TV made the announcement Monday morning.
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Bloomberg and Al Jazeera
Hannah Beech / New York Times:
Myanmar Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears — The action came after mounting indications of an impending coup in the Southeast Asian nation. — BANGKOK — Myanmar's civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and other government leaders were detained in early-morning raids Monday …
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Associated Press and Axios
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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Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Knew Calls for Violence Plagued ‘Groups’, Now Plans Overhaul — The giant struggled to balance Mark Zuckerberg's free-expression mantra against findings that rabid partisanship had overrun a feature central to its future — Facebook Inc. in 2019 redesigned its flagship product …
Washington Post:
Ten Senate Republicans propose compromise covid relief package, posing challenge for Biden — Move by GOP senators led by Susan Collins comes as Democrats prepare to go forward quickly with Biden package without Republican support — Ten Republican senators announced plans Sunday to release …
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New York Times:
Ten G.O.P. senators sketch out their own proposed relief bill in a letter to Biden.
Ten G.O.P. senators sketch out their own proposed relief bill in a letter to Biden.
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The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, The Independent, HotAir, Slate and Washington Post
John Harwood / CNN:
Why Biden has a rare opportunity for early success
Why Biden has a rare opportunity for early success
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Project Syndicate, Fox News, Townhall, Politico, Florida Politics, New York Magazine, Bloomberg, Crooks and Liars and The Guardian
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Ghosts of 2009 Drive Democrats' Push for Robust Crisis Response
Ghosts of 2009 Drive Democrats' Push for Robust Crisis Response
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The Daily Caller and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Evie Fordham / Fox News:
10 Republicans roll out $600B stimulus plan as Cassidy says White House ‘never reached out’
10 Republicans roll out $600B stimulus plan as Cassidy says White House ‘never reached out’
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CBS News, Politico, The Hill, HotAir, Washington Times, NBC News and New York Post
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Survey Says: Never Tweet — The tensions in newsrooms over reporters' social media presence are not just about politics. — David Carr, the legendary Timesman who made this column a destination, told me back in 2012 that he kept a “helicopter on the roof” of The New York Times Building in case he needed to escape.
Washington Post:
GOP Rep. Kinzinger starts 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 political action committee that is designed to become a financial engine to challenge …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘She is weighing us down’: Georgia GOP cringes at Marjorie Taylor Greene spectacle
‘She is weighing us down’: Georgia GOP cringes at Marjorie Taylor Greene spectacle
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HuffPost, New York Times and NBC News
Associated Press:
Trump names 2 lawyers to impeachment defense team — WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump on Sunday named two lawyers to his impeachment defense team, one day after it was revealed that the former president had parted ways with an earlier set of attorneys. — The two lawyers representing …
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Al Jazeera, MyNorthwest.com and Political Wire
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump announces new legal team for second impeachment trial — Former President Trump announced on Sunday that lawyers David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor Jr. will lead his defense at his upcoming impeachment trial. — Why it matters: The hiring comes a day after news broke …
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New York Times, New York Magazine, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Townhall, The Daily Caller and Bloomberg
Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Scottish Parliament to hold vote on Unexplained Wealth Order into Donald Trump's finances — MSPs will be asked to vote this week on whether the Scottish Government should pursue an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) to investigate the source of financing for Donald Trump's Scottish resorts.
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POLITICUSUSA
Wall Street Journal:
The NFL's Covid-19 Finding That Saved the Season — The coronavirus gospel of ‘within six feet for more than 15 minutes’ wasn't enough—and the NFL had the data to prove it — It was early October, and the NFL had a problem. It wasn't just that players and staff for the Tennessee Titans …
New York Times:
As Virus Variants Spread, ‘No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe’ — Rich countries are cornering the market on coronavirus vaccines, leaving poorer regions as potential breeding grounds for variants, like one found in South Africa, that could make vaccines less effective.
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Gothamist
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Wisconsin Vaccine Saboteur Steven Brandenburg Is a Flat-Earther, FBI Document Reveals — Steven Brandenburg also allegedly carried a handgun to work, and believed the sky was actually a “shield put up by the Government to prevent individuals from seeing God.”
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Law & Crime
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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Matt London / Fox News:
Prominent lawyer with Epstein days before death speaks out: 'I don't believe it was suicide' — Lawyer who saw Epstein days before death speaks out: Why I don't believe it was suicide — Prominent civil rights and criminal defense attorney David Schoen said that he met with sex offender …
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Forbes and Law & Crime
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.
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Wall Street Journal:
Exxon, Chevron CEOs Discussed Merger — Exxon's Darren Woods, Chevron's Mike Wirth spoke last year about combining their companies in what could be among the largest corporate mergers ever — The chief executives of Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. spoke last year about combining the oil giants …
CNN:
Something went terribly wrong with Trump's defense — Elie Honig is a CNN legal analyst and former federal and state prosecutor. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion on CNN. Watch Honig answer readers' questions on “CNN Newsroom with Ana Cabrera” on weekends.
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Washington Post, USA Today, The Hill, New York Magazine and Raw Story
CNN:
Disproportionate number of current and former military personnel arrested in Capitol attack, CNN analysis shows — Ormond Beach, Florida (CNN)Active military personnel and veterans are over-represented among the first 150 people to be arrested and have records released for federal offenses …
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
What the next generation of editors need to tell their political reporters — The newly announced resignation of Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron, the abrupt stepping-down of Los Angeles Times executive editor Norman Pearlstine in December, and the highly anticipated departure …
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Salon, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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Political Wire
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
All the Lies They Told Us About the Filibuster — On July 28, 2017, John McCain held the fate of the Affordable Care Act in his hands as he headed to the Senate well to cast what everybody expected would be the decisive 50th vote to repeal the most ambitious piece of social legislation that had been enacted since the Great Society.