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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.
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Business Insider, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Week and Patterico's Pontifications
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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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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Washington Post, Fox News, Althouse, TheBlaze, IJR, Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
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 …
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, New York Times, The Carpentariat, Townhall and The Guardian
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Dare Trump to Testify
Dare Trump to Testify
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Dave Dubya's Freedom Rants, Daily Kos, Mercury News, Raw Story and Political Wire
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
The Wrong Way to Impeach Trump
The Wrong Way to Impeach Trump
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Washington Post, CNN, Conservative News Today and Raw Story
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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Washington Post, CNN, Breitbart, IJR, New York Post, The American Independent, Florida Politics, Conservative News Today, Axios, The Intellectualist, Wall Street Journal, The Gateway Pundit, The Right Scoop, The RFAngle, The Sun, POLITICUSUSA, NPR, TheBlaze, Business Insider and National Review
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Punishing vile lawmakers is not cancel culture
Punishing vile lawmakers is not cancel culture
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National Memo, CNN and Daily Montanan
Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
In 2019, Marjorie Taylor Greene told protesters to “flood the Capitol,” feel free to use violence
In 2019, Marjorie Taylor Greene told protesters to “flood the Capitol,” feel free to use violence
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The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Michigan Advance, UPI and Power Line
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
New Democratic Ad Campaign Ties G.O.P. to QAnon
New Democratic Ad Campaign Ties G.O.P. to QAnon
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Insider, Washington Examiner, Slate, Florida Politics, Crooks and Liars and Politico
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, National Review, Twitchy and HotAir
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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
AOC explains why Republicans can't just tell her to forget about the insurrection and move on
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Talking Points Memo, Common Dreams and Forbes
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, Townhall and Crooks and Liars
Cmte Judiciary (D) RSS Articles:
Impeachment Managers File Trial Brief, Explain Senate's Obligation to Hear Case against Donald Trump — Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Impeachment Managers filed their Trial Memorandum of the United States House of Representatives in the Impeachment Trial of President Donald J. Trump.
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New York Magazine, Business Insider, WRBL-TV, Washington Times, Washington Post and New York Post
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Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
Rep. Liz Cheney's vote to impeach Trump prompts a voter rebellion in her home state — CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Jim Lish, an Iraq War veteran, recalls fondly how receptive his local congresswoman was when he visited her in Washington to talk about treatments for traumatic brain injury.
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Florida Politics, The American Independent and The Federalist
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Manu Raju / CNN:
First on CNN: Liz Cheney gets boost from McConnell amid divisive intraparty battle over Trump's impeachment
First on CNN: Liz Cheney gets boost from McConnell amid divisive intraparty battle over Trump's impeachment
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Casper Star-Tribune, Defense One, Reuters, The Federalist, New York Times, Townhall, National Review, IJR, Conservative News Today, Twitchy, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, Raw Story, Bloomberg, Mediaite, Breitbart, TheBlaze, HuffPost, The Guardian, Patterico's Pontifications, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, USA Today and The Week
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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Media Matters for America, The Intellectualist and CNN
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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CBS News, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Vanity Fair, NPR, The Daily Beast, Deadline, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, Forbes, Business Insider, The Week, The Sun, WRBL-TV and IJR
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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HotAir, Reason, San Francisco Chronicle and New York Post
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Gary Kamiya / The Atlantic:
The Five-Second Cancellation of Abraham Lincoln
The Five-Second Cancellation of Abraham Lincoln
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The Week and Washington Post
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.
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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.
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Josh Hawley, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, National Review and Mock Paper Scissors
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 …
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AppleInsider and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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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New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, The American Independent, The Week, Mediaite and FiveThirtyEight
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The Ridiculous ‘Free Speech’ Defense of Trump — A lot more went into the January 6 insurrection than a few bad tweets. — The Senate's upcoming impeachment trial is supposed to be about former President Donald Trump's role in inciting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
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Bangor Daily News, IndieWire, Washington Post and Reuters
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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 …
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 …
Vandana Rambaran / Fox News:
2 FBI agents dead, others injured in Florida shooting while serving warrant: source — FBI was reportedly attempting to serve a warrant in a child pornography case — Fox News Flash top headlines for February 2 — Two FBI agents were killed Tuesday morning while trying to serve …
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The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, UPI and Raw Story
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.
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 …
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Raw Story
Andrew Romano / Yahoo Entertainment:
Yahoo News/YouGov poll: More than two-thirds of Americans side with Biden on COVID relief — and most support the rest of his agenda — When asked about the 20 policies that define President Biden's agenda, more Americans support than oppose all 20 of them, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll.
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Politico
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Biden is the most radical left-wing president in US history, period — Joe Biden is off to the most left-wing start of any Democratic president in recent memory. — Just two weeks later, the dulcet tones of Biden's inaugural address already seem an artifact of a bygone era.
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The Daily Beast and MSNBC
Sam Mellins / The Appeal:
Will Manhattan's Next D.A. Break Ranks With Tough-on-Crime Colleagues? — New York's association of state DAs has fought measures such as bail reform, but three candidates in Manhattan's election say they would not join it. — This article is published as part of a partnership between …
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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CNN and CBS Baltimore
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.