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8:40 AM ET, February 1, 2021

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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.
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
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.
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
U.S. warns Myanmar's military it'll be punished for coup
Wall Street Journal:
Myanmar Military Seizes Power in Coup
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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 …
Associated Press:
Trump names 2 lawyers to impeachment defense team
Discussion: fox8.com and Political Wire
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 …
Discussion: The Hill
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New York Times:
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 …
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.
New York Times:
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 …
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.
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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
Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
Trump stockpiles millions in donations as he faces a second impeachment trial
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden invites GOP senators to White House for relief talks  —  President Biden on Sunday invited a group of Republican senators to meet with him at the White House early this week after they proposed a more targeted economic relief package, but the administration gave no indication it is ready …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Biden faces presidency-defining dilemma over Republican offer on Covid-19 rescue plan
New York Times:
Ten G.O.P. senators sketch out their own proposed relief bill in a letter to Biden.
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 …
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 …
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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Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:   Scotland Is Poised To Be The First Federal Government To Investigate Trump's Finances
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?
John McWhorter / It Bears Mentioning:
More on what modern “antiracism” does to schools, or could not — and some insight on the Kendi thing.  —  More on antiracist manifestos at universities, and also on the insights of a certain “Professor” Kendi levelled against me last weekend.  —  2 hr ago  —  This just in ...
Discussion: HotAir
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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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
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CNN:
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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