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9:50 AM ET, February 1, 2021

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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 …
Discussion: HotAir
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
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New York Times:
Key Takeaways From Trump's Effort to Overturn the Election
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
U.S. warns Myanmar's military it'll be punished for coup
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The buzzword you need to know to understand Biden  —  DRIVING THE DAY  — Republicans counter (low-ball?)  President JOE BIDEN'S Covid relief package: Will he play ball with them to get a bipartisan deal?  — Democrats face a major test of unity on reconciliation.
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and Fox News
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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 …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Wants Liz Cheney Gone, but Will the House GOP Obey?
Discussion: 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.
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Democrats ready to go it alone on next round of coronavirus aid  —  House and Senate lawmakers pledged to work toward a bipartisan deal on the next round of coronavirus aid, but Democrats are now preparing to ram through a measure unilaterally in a move that will all but shelve a deal Republicans could support.
Discussion: Florida Politics
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Albert Hunt / The Hill:
The president has changed, but Washington hasn't
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
GOP senators to meet Biden Monday on coronavirus relief as Dems ready to pass bill without Republican support
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Biden faces presidency-defining dilemma over Republican offer on Covid-19 rescue plan
Michael McAuliff / New York Daily News:
‘They should negotiate’: Sen. Schumer pushes back on GOP offer to slash COVID relief package to $600B
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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The Guardian:
Jared Kushner nominated for Nobel peace prize
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
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 and Talking Points Memo
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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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: Political Wire
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.
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?
Discussion: Althouse
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
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 …
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
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
 
 
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Max Hastings / Bloomberg:
American Universities Declare War on Military History
Sharon Risher / Washington Post:
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New York Post:
Double standards abound at The New York Times
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Everybody loves Tony: New secretary of State gets high marks — for now
Sarah Stillman / New Yorker:
The Race to Dismantle Trump's Immigration Policies
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The normie case for filibuster reform
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New York Times:
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Clay Risen / New York Times:
Andrew Brooks, Who Developed a Coronavirus Spit Test, Dies at 51
John McWhorter / It Bears Mentioning:
More on what modern “antiracism” does to schools, or could not — and some insight on the Kendi thing.
Discussion: HotAir
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden tempers expectations for high-dollar donors who hoped to get plum diplomatic posts
Discussion: Raw Story