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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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9 Top N.Y. Health Officials Have Quit as Cuomo Scorns Expertise — “When I say ‘experts’ in air quotes, it sounds like I'm saying I don't really trust the experts,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, referring to pandemic policies. “Because I don't.” — The deputy commissioner for public health …
Tim Reid / Reuters:
Exclusive: Dozens of former Bush officials leave Republican Party, calling it ‘Trump cult’ — (Reuters) - Dozens of Republicans in former President George W. Bush's administration are leaving the party, dismayed by a failure of many elected Republicans to disown Donald Trump after his false claims …
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An Emboldened Extremist Wing Flexes Its Power in a Leaderless G.O.P. — As more far-right Republicans take office and exercise power, party officials are promoting unity and neutrality rather than confronting dangerous messages and disinformation. — WASHINGTON — Knute Buehler …
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Raw Story, Reuters, IJR and Washington Examiner
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
House Republicans brace for party clash over Cheney and Greene — The GOP's brewing civil war will take center stage this week, when House lawmakers decide the fates of two Republicans who are on opposite sides of the fight over the direction of the post-Trump party.
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Crooks and Liars, New York Times, Political Wire and IJR
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.
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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BBC:
Myanmar military takes control of country after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi — Myanmar's military has confirmed it has taken control of the country after Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders were arrested in the early hours. — The coup comes after tensions rose between …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
U.S. warns Myanmar's military it'll be punished for coup
U.S. warns Myanmar's military it'll be punished for coup
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Politico, Foreign Policy, Malaysiakini and Bloomberg
Hannah Beech / New York Times:
Myanmar's Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup
Myanmar's Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup
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Townhall, Conservative News Today, Outside the Beltway, ABC News and Fox News
Wall Street Journal:
Myanmar Military Seizes Power in Coup
Myanmar Military Seizes Power in Coup
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United States Department …, Bloomberg, National Review, NBC Boston, MyNorthwest.com and The Week
Hannah Beech / New York Times:
Myanmar Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears
Myanmar Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Kushner, Berkowitz nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Israel deals — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy, Avi Berkowitz, were nominated on Sunday for the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in negotiating four normalization deals between Israel …
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Washington Post:
Trump's legal team exited after he insisted impeachment defense focus on false claims of election fraud — The implosion of former president Donald Trump's legal team comes as Trump remains fixated on arguing at his second impeachment trial that the 2020 election was stolen from him …
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New York Times:
Trump Names Two Members of Impeachment Defense Team — The announcement came a day after he parted ways with five lawyers, and with his trial looming next week. — Former President Donald J. Trump on Sunday named two lawyers who will represent him in his coming impeachment trial in the Senate …
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Bari Weiss / New York Post:
10 ways to fight back against woke culture — I realize the faddish thing to say these days is that we live in the worst, most broken and backward country in the world and maybe in the history of civilization. It's utter nonsense. — I have a few basic litmus tests in my own life: Can I wear a tank top in public?
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Biden faces presidency-defining dilemma over Republican offer on Covid-19 rescue plan — (CNN)President Joe Biden will on Monday meet with 10 Republican senators who have drawn up a smaller counter-proposal to his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 rescue plan in the most critical test yet of his core promise …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden invites GOP senators to White House for relief talks
Biden invites GOP senators to White House for relief talks
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New York Times:
As Trump Raked In Cash Denying His Loss, Little Went to Actual Legal Fight — The picture that emerged in new campaign finance reports was of Donald J. Trump waging a public relations effort to falsely argue that he had won the election rather than mounting a serious legal push.
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 …
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Althouse, more at Techmeme »
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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Washington Post:
New Trump PAC raised $31.5 million in the weeks after Election Day, as Trump was making baseless claims of voter fraud — Former president Donald Trump's new political action committee raised $31.5 million in the weeks after Election Day through a flurry of fundraising appeals purporting …
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Politico:
Trump stocks new PAC with tens of millions as he bids to retain control of GOP
Trump stocks new PAC with tens of millions as he bids to retain control of GOP
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Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
Trump stockpiles millions in donations as he faces a second impeachment trial
Trump stockpiles millions in donations as he faces a second impeachment trial
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Business Insider and Raw Story
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Republicans launch ‘Stop Stacey’ to defeat Abrams in Georgia in 2022 — A Kemp-Abrams race would be one of the most expensive and fierce gubernatorial clashes in the country — Fox News Flash top headlines for January 31 — EXCLUSIVE - A new outside group launched on Monday …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Townhall and The Federalist
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Everybody loves Tony: New secretary of State gets high marks — for now — The day before Antony Blinken was officially confirmed as secretary of State, at least one U.S. embassy had already gone ahead and hung up his portrait. — It was probably just a mistake on the part …
Albert Hunt / The Hill:
The president has changed, but Washington hasn't — Only a fortnight ago, with Donald Trump in eclipse and Joe Biden's celebrated inaugural, there was optimism that reasonable achievements, bipartisan ones, were possible. — It may have been a Prague spring.