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12:45 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: Raw Story and CNN
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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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 …
Discussion: Axios
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 …
Hannah Beech / New York Times:   Myanmar's Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears
Wall Street Journal:
Myanmar Military Seizes Power in Coup
Discussion: Bloomberg and Al Jazeera
Poppy McPherson / Reuters:
Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders arrested, party spokesman says
Discussion: Al Arabiya and New York Post
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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Washington Post:
Biden to meet with Senate Republicans offering covid relief counter-proposal
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Fox News
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Reuters:   Navalny, WHO and Thunberg among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
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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Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
Trump stockpiles millions in donations as he faces a second impeachment trial  —  (CNN)Donald Trump's new political committee took in more $30 million in the final weeks of 2020 as he made relentless and baseless claims of voter fraud, new filings show.  —  And Trump's Save America political …
Discussion: Raw Story and Election Law Blog
Politico:
Trump stocks new PAC with tens of millions as he bids to retain control of GOP
Discussion: New York Times
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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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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.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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?
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘She is weighing us down’: Georgia GOP cringes at Marjorie Taylor Greene spectacle  —  The Georgia GOP is tearing itself apart in a civil war.  It lost two Senate seats in an ill-fated January run-off election.  And the once-Republican suburbs in metro Atlanta — the most populous part of the state …
Discussion: HuffPost, Daily Kos and New York Times
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Washington Post:
GOP Rep. Kinzinger starts PAC to challenge party's embrace of Trump
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.
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Andrew Brooks, Who Developed a Coronavirus Spit Test, Dies at 51  —  His breakthrough helped millions get their results quickly in the early days of the pandemic, when tests were scarce and lines were long.  —  Andrew Brooks, a research professor at Rutgers University who developed …
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.”
Discussion: Law & Crime
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite, Forbes and Law & Crime
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
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 …
 
 
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden tempers expectations for high-dollar donors who hoped to get plum diplomatic posts
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
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CNN:
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New York Times:
As Virus Variants Spread, ‘No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe’
Discussion: Gothamist
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
All the Lies They Told Us About the Filibuster
Discussion: Washington Post
Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The OTHER Joe with veto power
New York Times:
Trump Raised $255.4 Million in 8 Weeks as He Sought to Overturn Election Result
Discussion: Fox News
Associated Press:
Russia arrests 3,300 during wide protests backing Navalny
Nicholas Florko / STAT:
Trump officials actively lobbied to deny states money for vaccine rollout last fall
Discussion: Political Wire
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
So you're being held accountable? That's not ‘cancel culture.’
 

 
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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

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

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

 
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