memeorandum: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's final financial disclosures (CREW)

4:35 PM ET, February 2, 2021

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Trump's actions described as ‘a betrayal of historic proportions’ in trial brief filed by House impeachment managers — House Democrats made their case to convict former president Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in a sweeping impeachment brief filed with the Senate Tuesday …

New York Times:

Read the Brief from Trump's Defense Team on Impeachment Charge — Former President Donald J. Trump's legal team submitted a brief on Tuesday to the Senate outlining his defense against the impeachment charge of “incitement of insurrection.”

Discussion: Business Insider

Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Fees — not just strategy — blew up Trump's legal team

Discussion: Salon, The Daily Beast, The Federalist, Daily Kos, National Review, Townhall, The Hill, Mock Paper Scissors, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Raw Story, New York Times and Business Insider

Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Dare Trump to Testify

Discussion: Washington Post, Dave Dubya's Freedom Rants, Mercury News, Raw Story and Political Wire

Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
The Wrong Way to Impeach Trump

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, True Pundit and Raw Story

Cmte Judiciary (D) RSS Articles:
Impeachment Managers File Trial Brief, Explain Senate's Obligation to Hear Case against Donald Trump

Discussion: CNN, New York Magazine, Boston Herald, WRBL-TV, Washington Times, Business Insider, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Post and New York Post

CNN:
Read: Democrats' impeachment trial brief

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, Orange County Register, Forbes, The Hill and Raw Story

Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Trump defense team argues impeachment trial violates Constitution

Discussion: The Hill, Fox News, Washington Post, Boston Herald, Law & Crime, HotAir, CNN, Bangor Daily News, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, IJR and UPI

Axios:

Bonus episode: Inside the craziest meeting of the Trump presidency — Last month, Axios published “Off the rails,” a series taking you inside the end of Donald Trump's presidency, from his election loss to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection that triggered his second impeachment — and a Senate trial set to begin next week.

Discussion: Washington Post, Business Insider, Mediaite, Law & Crime, Raw Story, The Week and Patterico's Pontifications

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:

Ginni Thomas apologizes to husband's Supreme Court clerks after Capitol riot fallout — Conservative political activist Virginia Thomas told her husband Justice Clarence Thomas's former law clerks that she was sorry for a rift that developed among them after her election advocacy …

Discussion: USA Today, New York Times, Business Insider, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story

Lyanne Melendez / ABC7:

Are acronyms a symptom of ‘white supremacy culture?’ SFUSD makes another disputable decision — SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — First the San Francisco School Board decided to rename 44 schools because they are named after people with ties to racism or slavery. Now the Arts Department has taken …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, HotAir, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, TheBlaze, Reason, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle

David Knowles / Yahoo News:

Did Bernie's inauguration outfit epitomize ‘white privilege’? A San Francisco teacher thinks so. — SAN FRANCISCO — Within hours of President Joe Biden's inauguration, the Internet was consumed by images of Sen. Bernie Sanders sitting, stone-faced, bundled against the cold in a parka and colorful mittens.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Townhall, Fox News and The Daily Caller

Gary Kamiya / The Atlantic:
The Five-Second Cancellation of Abraham Lincoln

Discussion: Washington Post and The Week

Roger Sollenberger / Salon:

In 2019, Marjorie Taylor Greene told protesters to “flood the Capitol,” feel free to use violence — As a candidate, Greene told followers “we should feel like we will” resort to violence “if we have to” — In a video posted to social media months before announcing her congressional candidacy …

Discussion: HotAir, The Intellectualist, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Michigan Advance, UPI, CNN, Power Line and Daily Montanan

Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Where QAnon goes, so goes the Republican Party

Discussion: The American Independent, Daily Kos, Slate and IJR

Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Punishing vile lawmakers is not cancel culture

Discussion: Washington Post and National Memo

Rachel E. Greenspan / Insider:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's history of spreading bizarre conspiracy theories, from space lasers to Frazzledrip

Discussion: Business Insider, New York Times, Media Matters for America, Slate, Raw Story and The Guardian

Politico:

Progressive PAC kick-starts search for challengers to Manchin, Sinema — A trio of progressives who helped launch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 2018 upset campaign are now setting their sights on Senate Democrats. — The co-founders of No Excuses PAC — Saikat Chakrabarti, Corbin Trent and Zack Exley …

Discussion: New York Post, HotAir, National Review, Twitchy, Townhall, Washington Examiner and Fox News

Amber Athey / spectator.us:

AOC's body politics — The congresswoman uses a sexual assault allegation as a political cudgel — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks about the July 6 storming of the Capitol building during a livestream video (Twitter Screenshot) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is no stranger to attention.

Discussion: New York Magazine, RedState, Slate, Mic, HotAir and The Right Scoop

Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Says She Is a Sexual Assault Survivor

Discussion: The Guardian, Townhall, The Daily Caller, Politico, Common Dreams, Al Jazeera, theslot.jezebel.com, Gothamist, The Daily Beast, The Week, Conservative News Today, Business Insider and The Intellectualist

Politico:

Austin ousts Pentagon advisory board members as he roots out Trump appointees — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has removed members of the Pentagon's advisory boards in a sweeping effort to oust a series of last-minute appointees by the Trump administration, according to defense officials and a memo obtained by POLITICO.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, USA Today and UPI

Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:

Defense Chief Clears Out Pentagon Advisory Boards to Oust Last-Minute Trump Picks — With clean sweep, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin avoids selectively firing Trump supporters — WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin dismissed every member of the Pentagon's policy advisory boards Monday …

Discussion: CNN, New York Post, Raw Story and Political Wire

New York Times:

An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2020 Election — An interactive map that lets readers explore in new detail how most states voted in the 2020 presidential election.

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

The weird threats Lindsey Graham and Trump's lawyer are making about calling impeachment witnesses — Former president Donald Trump's impeachment trial is set to begin in a week's time. And judging by a couple interviews Monday, his side is focused on delivering a not-so-veiled threat …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Mahablog, IJR, The Daily Caller, Crooks and Liars and Raw Story

Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Lindsey Graham Warns Democrats Against Calling Witnesses In Trump Impeachment Trial

Discussion: Fox News, Daily Kos, IJR, TheBlaze, Althouse, New York Post, Breitbart and Washington Examiner

Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal:

Amazon Unveils Outdoorsy New HQ2, Renewing Its Commitment to Offices — Centerpiece of design is a 350-foot building dubbed the Helix, which features two spiraling outdoor walkways — Amazon. com Inc.'s plans for its new northern Virginia headquarters feature an outdoor theme …

Discussion: AppleInsider and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Bridget Read / The Cut:

The Nightmare Share She posted an ad for a roommate. What's the worst that could happen? — As it goes in New York City, the apartment was small, it was expensive, but it was theirs. Heidi Russell and Valentina Bajada owned an 860-square-foot second-floor walk-up, and they loved …

Ursula Perano / Axios:

Alejandro Mayorkas confirmed as DHS secretary — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, 56-43. — Why it matters: Mayorkas is an Obama administration alum and oversaw the implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Discussion: USA Today, CNBC, BuzzFeed News, CBS News, ABC News, Associated Press, Roll Call, NPR, National Review, Al Jazeera, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Caller, Townhall, ImmigrationProf Blog and Political Wire

Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
McConnell rips DHS nominee Mayorkas for creating an ‘unethical favor factory for Democratic Party royalty’

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, National Review, The Daily Caller, New York Post, IJR, CNN and Townhall

The Moscow Times:

As It's Happening: Navalny Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Penal Colony — A Moscow court is beginning a hearing Tuesday on whether jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, whose arrest has triggered mass protests, should face years in prison. — Navalny, 44, was detained on Jan. 17 when he returned …

Discussion: Business Insider and The Intellectualist

Meduza.io:
‘Vladimir the Poisoner’ A translation of Alexey Navalny's speech in court on February 2

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Balloon Juice, The Guardian, Business Insider and The Week

Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:

Inside the Brutal Power Struggle at Homeland Security … Tensions ran so high at the Department of Homeland Security's oversight wing that one senior official fantasized about Arya Stark, the fictional assassin in “Game of Thrones,” “taking care of” the agency chief, according …

Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire

Morgan Phillips / Fox News:

Manchin, under pressure, backs advancing COVID-19 aid resolution using ‘reconciliation’ — Manchin said he would continue to fight for bipartisanship in the process — Manchin on Trump impeachment, restoring calm amid political turmoil — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Independent, IJR, Los Angeles Times and Raw Story

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin says he doesn't support raising minimum wage to $15 per hour

Discussion: Raw Story

Lachlan Markay / Axios:

Hawley rakes in grassroots cash after Capitol attack — January was Sen. Josh Hawley's best fundraising month—by far—since his 2018 election, with a flood of small-dollar donations more than eclipsing the corporate cash he lost after leading an effort to block certification of President Biden's Electoral College win.

Discussion: Fox News, Josh Hawley, Washington Examiner, The American Independent, Business Insider, Forbes, National Review and Mock Paper Scissors

Samantha Kubota / TODAY.com:

Dolly Parton turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice — Besides being East Tennessee's songbird, country superstar Dolly Parton has always had a philanthropic side and it turns out even presidents have noticed! — The queen of country, 75, told TODAY in an interview …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, CBS News, Forbes, The Week, Vanity Fair, Deadline, NPR, The Daily Beast, The Sun, Business Insider, WRBL-TV, Mic and IJR

Robert A. Pape / The Atlantic:

The Capitol Rioters Aren't Like Other Extremists — On January 6, a mob of about 800 stormed the U.S. Capitol in support of former President Donald Trump, and many people made quick assumptions regarding who the insurrectionists were. Because a number of the rioters prominently displayed symbols …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story

Tristan Justice / The Federalist:

House Republicans Prepare To Oust Liz Cheney From Leadership — Republicans are gearing up for a referendum on Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney's role in House leadership this week. — House Republicans are gearing up for a referendum on Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney's role in leadership this week …

Discussion: Washington Examiner

Kevin Roose / New York Times:

How the Biden Administration Can Help Solve Our Reality Crisis — These steps, experts say, could prod more people to abandon the scourge of hoaxes and lies. — Last month, millions of Americans watched as President Biden took the oath of office and, in a high-minded Inaugural Address, called for a new era of American unity.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Big League Politics, National Review, Summit News, The Carpentariat and Twitchy

CREW:

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's final financial disclosures … Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner disclosed receiving between $23,791,645 and $120,676,949 in combined outside income in their final financial disclosure reports. The disclosures cover the entirety of 2020 through January 20, 2021.

Discussion: Vanity Fair, Mock Paper Scissors and Raw Story

Jan Wolfe / Reuters:

‘He invited us’: Accused Capitol rioters blame Trump in novel legal defense — (Reuters) - Emanuel Jackson, a 20-year-old Washington area man, was caught on video using a metal bat to strike the protective shields wielded by police officers as they tried to fend off rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Marthe de Ferrer / living:

Scientists have taught spinach to send emails and it could warn us about climate change — It may sound like something out of a futuristic science fiction film, but scientists have managed to engineer spinach plants which are capable of sending emails. — Through nanotechnology …

Discussion: Power Line

Rebecca Baird-Remba / Commercial Observer:

Grand Central's Grand Hyatt Replacement: A First Look at the 1,600-Foot Tower — Previous Next — RXR Realty and TF Cornerstone are planning to replace the Grand Hyatt Hotel by Grand Central Terminal with a dramatic 1,600-foot office-and-hotel tower known as 175 Park Avenue.