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9:35 AM ET, February 2, 2021

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The Hill:
McConnell says Taylor Greene's embrace of conspiracy theories a ‘cancer’ to GOP, country  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday blasted Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's embrace of “loony lies and conspiracy theories” as a “cancer for the Republican Party.”
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Manu Raju / CNN:
First on CNN: Liz Cheney gets boost from McConnell amid divisive intraparty battle over Trump's impeachment  —  (CNN)Rep. Liz Cheney, under fire from former President Donald Trump and his staunchest defenders, is picking up support from some influential Republicans as her allies close ranks …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Cheney and Greene face their reckonings
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Where QAnon goes, so goes the Republican Party
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trumpism is American fascism
Washington Post:
As House GOP faces decision on its future, McConnell defends Cheney, rebukes Greene in rare set of statements
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: Mediaite, The Week and Raw Story
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Fees — not just strategy — blew up Trump's legal team  —  Disagreements over legal strategy weren't the only reason Donald Trump's defense team collapsed just days before his second impeachment trial, Axios has learned.  —  What we're hearing: The notoriously stingy former president …
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Politico:
Conservative groups go MIA on Trump's impeachment  —  A constellation of conservative groups that rallied behind former President Donald Trump during his first impeachment is sitting this one out, confident that the outcome is preordained.  —  The groups have gone quiet on social media …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Dare Trump to Testify  —  He should be called out as a coward if he refuses to take the stand in his own defense.  —  Donald Trump attempted to overthrow an election and install himself as an autocrat.  —  This is an inconvenient truth for congressional Republicans who were complicit in the scheme …
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 …
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: Washington Examiner
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Says She Is a Sexual Assault Survivor  —  “I haven't told many people that in my life,” the Democratic congresswoman said of the revelation, which came during a harrowing recounting of her experiences amid the Capitol riot.  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday …
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
AOC explains why Republicans can't just tell her to forget about the insurrection and move on
Discussion: Forbes
Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Rep. Burgess Owens rips AOC for invoking ‘white supremacist’ label to make point about health care
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Politico
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump pollster's campaign autopsy paints damning picture of defeat  —  Former President Donald Trump has blamed the election results on unfounded claims of fraud and malfeasance.  But at the top levels of his campaign, a detailed autopsy report that circulated among his political aides paints …
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Poor handling of virus cost Trump his reelection, campaign autopsy finds
Discussion: NPR, Raw Story and The Moderate Voice
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: New York Post
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Gary Kamiya / The Atlantic:
San Francisco's Ridiculous Renaming Spree  —  San Francisco has issued its latest grand moral decree, and bad ex-presidents would be quaking in their coffins—if they could stop laughing.  —  On January 26, the San Francisco school board announced that dozens of public schools must be renamed.
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs
Charles Lane / Washington Post:   Confederate names are coming down, but San Francisco is now taking on ... Abe Lincoln?
Jill Tucker / San Francisco Chronicle:   S.F. schools see learning gaps widen during pandemic
New York Times:
Trump's Sleight of Hand: Shouting Fraud, Pocketing Donors' Cash for Future  —  With breathless, often misleading appeals, the former president promised small donors that he was using the money to fight the election results, but in fact stored much of it for future use.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
White House Reporters: Biden Team Wanted Our Questions in Advance  —  “It pissed off enough reporters for people to flag it” for the White House Correspondents' Association, one of The Daily Beast's sources said. … If you're a reporter with a tough question for the White House press secretary …
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Jack Brewster / Forbes:
White House Reviewing Whether To Revoke Trump's Access To Intelligence Briefings
Discussion: CBS News, Business Insider and The Week
Georgi Kantchev / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Covid-19 Vaccine Was Highly Effective in Trial, Study Finds, Boosting Moscow's Rollout Ambitions  —  Sputnik V shot achieved 91.6% efficacy against coronavirus symptoms, says paper in U.K.'s Lancet  —  MOSCOW—Russia's homegrown Sputnik V vaccine showed high levels of efficacy …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Twitchy and The Week
James Hamblin / The Atlantic:
The Brazil Variant Is Exposing the World's Vulnerability  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  Even in a year of horrendous suffering, what is unfolding in Brazil stands out.
Discussion: Washington Post
Bisnow:
D.C. Claims Eminent Domain To Seize Infamous NoMa Wendy's Site  —  D.C. is using eminent domain to seize the Wendy's property in NoMa as part of a plan to transform the notorious “Dave Thomas Circle” intersection.  —  The District government filed an eminent domain case in D.C. Superior Court …
Discussion: PoPville
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
A Pennsylvania Mother's Path to Insurrection  —  How claims from Rudy Giuliani and Alex Jones spurred a parent of eight to become one of the Capitol riot's biggest mysteries and a fugitive from the F.B.I.  —  Before the pandemic, Rachel Powell, a forty-year-old resident of a small town …
Kevin Walling / The Hill:
Democrats will expand their Senate majority in 2022  —  With the announcement last week that Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) will forgo seeking a third term representing the Buckeye State, Democrats are increasingly bullish about expanding their slim majority in the midterm elections.
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Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:
Capitol Rioter Asks Court to Let Her Vacation in Mexico  —  THE AUDACITY  —  One of the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 is asking a federal court to let her leave the country so she can make the most of a Mexican vacation she booked prior to the insurrection.
Discussion: Business Insider
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Biden's About to Steamroll the GOP.  Here's Why That's Wrong.  —  HIGH STAKES … Every president this century except for Trump promised to unite the country, and every one including Trump ended up dividing it.  Joe could still take a different approach.  —  It feels like 2009 all over again.
Discussion: Crooked Timber
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Washington Post:
Biden, Senate Republicans hold lengthy meeting on coronavirus relief bill
Rebecca Morin / USA Today:
Biden to create task force to reunite families separated at border, sign order to review asylum program  —  President Joe Biden will continue to review and roll back several of the Trump administration's hardline immigration policies Tuesday, including introducing a task force to reunify families …
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Biden to sign immigration executive orders and establish task force to reunite separated families
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats risk unintended Medicare cuts if they pass partisan Covid relief … WASHINGTON — Democrats considering a maneuver to forgo bipartisan support to pass Covid-19 relief are confronting an unintended consequence: doing so could automatically cut Medicare.
Wall Street Journal:
Officer Who Shot Capitol Rioter Ashli Babbitt Shouldn't Be Charged, Investigators Advise  —  Ms. Babbitt died after being shot by Capitol Police officer on Jan. 6  —  WASHINGTON—Investigators have made a preliminary determination that the police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during …
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.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Hundreds of Myanmar lawmakers under house arrest after coup
Discussion: The Hill and MyNorthwest.com
Wall Street Journal:
The Robinhood Non-Conspiracy  —  A margin call is not a Wall Street plot to fleece Reddit traders.
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Biden is the most radical left-wing president in US history, period
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Texas GOP fires staffer after he posted video from Capitol riot and spread false conspiracy theories at D.C. pizzeria
New York Times:
Biden to Free Up Billions in Delayed Puerto Rico Storm Aid
Discussion: Gizmodo and Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Biden administration eyes Rahm Emanuel for ambassadorship
Discussion: The Hill
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Ex-colleague of Hunter Biden's lawyer gets top DOJ post
Discussion: We Love Trump and RedState
Wall Street Journal:
Covid Wears on, Essential Workers Carry on: 'Everybody Forgets That You're Still on the Front Line'
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Anti-vaccine protest at Dodger Stadium was organized on Facebook, including promotion of banned ‘Plandemic’ video
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ga. bills would end no-excuse absentee voting, automatic registration
 

 
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Richard Deitsch / New York Times:
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

Reuters:
Palestinian sources say an Israeli airstrike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Today; the Israeli military called the five “operatives posing as journalists”
 
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