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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
POLITICO Playbook: Cheney and Greene face their reckonings
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Washington Post, Florida Politics and CNN
Lauren Fox / CNN:
Democrats are moving ahead without Republicans on Covid relief
Democrats are moving ahead without Republicans on Covid relief
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Bulwark, Al Jazeera, Just Security, The Week, CBS News, Marijuana Moment and FiveThirtyEight
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Where QAnon goes, so goes the Republican Party
Column: Where QAnon goes, so goes the Republican Party
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Salon, New York Times and Michigan Advance
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trumpism is American fascism
Trumpism is American fascism
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driftglass, The Moderate Voice, Arizona Republic and Raw Story
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.
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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New York Times, Business Insider and Raw Story
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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 …
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ABC News, The Carpentariat, Townhall, New York Times, The Guardian and Raw Story
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 …
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Dave Dubya's Freedom Rants, Mercury News, Raw Story and The Federalist
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Lindsey Graham Warns Democrats Against Calling Witnesses In Trump Impeachment Trial — “You open up Pandora's box if you call one witness,” cautioned the Trump ally, who claimed a lengthy trial of the former president would be “bad for the country.” — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) …
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Fox News, New York Post, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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 …
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Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, The Week, Forbes, Business Insider, The Sun and WRBL-TV
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 …
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Washington Examiner
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Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
AOC explains why Republicans can't just tell her to forget about the insurrection and move on — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she was told that trauma victims should “tell their stories” as a part of their healing. And that is what she did Monday night in the most compelling …
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Forbes
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Says She Is a Sexual Assault Survivor
Ocasio-Cortez Says She Is a Sexual Assault Survivor
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The Daily Beast, spectator.us, Common Dreams, Slate, Al Jazeera, theslot.jezebel.com, Conservative News Today, The Week and Business Insider
Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Rep. Burgess Owens rips AOC for invoking ‘white supremacist’ label to make point about health care
Rep. Burgess Owens rips AOC for invoking ‘white supremacist’ label to make point about health care
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Politico and Crooks and Liars
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 …
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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.
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Joanne Jacobs
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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The Week, Washington Examiner, Mediaite and FiveThirtyEight
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Poor handling of virus cost Trump his reelection, campaign autopsy finds
Poor handling of virus cost Trump his reelection, campaign autopsy finds
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NPR, Raw Story and The Moderate Voice
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.
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Raw Story
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP's biggest response to Trump's baseless voter fraud push could still be coming
The GOP's biggest response to Trump's baseless voter fraud push could still be coming
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The Federalist, TheBlaze and The Intellectualist
Travis Waldron / HuffPost:
Republican State Legislatures Are Radicalizing Against Democracy
Republican State Legislatures Are Radicalizing Against Democracy
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Washington Examiner, USA Today, Washington Post and American Enterprise Institute
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
White House Reviewing Whether To Revoke Trump's Access To Intelligence Briefings
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CBS News, Business Insider and The Week
Washington Post:
Biden, Senate Republicans hold lengthy meeting on coronavirus relief bill — Senators sound hopeful tone exiting meeting, say they intend to continue working with administration — A group of Senate Republicans held a nearly two-hour meeting with President Biden on Monday night …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Biden's About to Steamroll the GOP. Here's Why That's Wrong.
Biden's About to Steamroll the GOP. Here's Why That's Wrong.
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Crooked Timber
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 …
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.
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CBS Baltimore and 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 …
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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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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Tim Ryan, a Top Democrat in Ohio, Is Said to Plan Senate Bid
Tim Ryan, a Top Democrat in Ohio, Is Said to Plan Senate Bid
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POLITICUSUSA, Roll Call, CNN, Politico, The Hill and Talking Points Memo
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.
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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 …
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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.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Robinhood Non-Conspiracy — A margin call is not a Wall Street plot to fleece Reddit traders. — By The Editorial Board — So much for the “rigged” market, the supposed conspiracy to fleece Reddit traders, and other nonsense spouted about last week's stock market ructions involving GameStop and other companies.
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.
NBC News:
Biden administration eyes Rahm Emanuel for ambassadorship — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is considering former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for a high-profile ambassadorship, potentially to China, three people with knowledge of the discussions said. — Becoming the U.S. ambassador …
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The Hill
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ga. bills would end no-excuse absentee voting, automatic registration — Republican state senators introduced a package of bills Monday to ban automatic voter registration, ballot drop boxes and no-excuse absentee voting in Georgia. — The proposals amount to an overhaul of Georgia's election laws …