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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 …
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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.”
Lauren Fox / CNN:
Democrats are moving ahead without Republicans on Covid relief
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Punishing vile lawmakers is not cancel culture
Discussion: Washington Post, National Memo and CNN
Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
The media wants you fixated on Marjorie Taylor Greene. You should ask why
Discussion: HuffPost and RedState
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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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 …
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 …
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
The Wrong Way to Impeach Trump  —  The Senate can air the evidence against the former president while still conducting its other business.  —  The Senate has three choices for how to organize the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump.  Two of them make sense.
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 …
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Grace Segers / CBS News:
House impeachment managers say Trump “singularly responsible” for Capitol attack
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: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Says She Is a Sexual Assault Survivor
Jordain Carney / The Hill:   Manchin says he doesn't support raising minimum wage to $15 per hour
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
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Washington Post:
Russian opposition leader Navalny ordered jailed, calls on supporters to keep pressure on Putin
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 …
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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.) …
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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Gary Kamiya / The Atlantic:
The Five-Second Cancellation of Abraham Lincoln
Discussion: The Week and Washington Post
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 …
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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Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:   Capitol Rioter Asks Court to Let Her Vacation in Mexico
Sinéad Baker / Business Insider:
A woman charged in the Capitol riot asked the judge for permission to leave the US for a vacation in Mexico
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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.
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.
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
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 …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Insider Inc. to drop Business Insider name amid massive global expansion  —  Beginning Tuesday, Business Insider's logo will no longer appear on Insider.com's website, the publication's CEO and founder Henry Blodget tells Axios.  —  Why it matters: The changes signal Blodget's ambition …
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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
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.
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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.
 
 
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Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
Defense Chief Clears Out Pentagon Advisory Boards to Oust Last-Minute Trump Picks
Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Statement on Equal Access to COVID-19 Vaccines and Vaccine Distribution Sites
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
David Lim / Politico:
Biden administration to begin shipping vaccine doses directly to pharmacies
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
There is no bipartisanship because Republicans don't want it  —  President Biden met Monday …
Discussion: CNBC and The Sun
Sarah Elbeshbishi / USA Today:
Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine abandons effort to censure Trump over Capitol riot, citing lack of support
Discussion: Blue Virginia and The Week
John Keefe / New York Times:
N.Y.C.'s Covid Metrics Are Dire. Cuomo Is Reopening Restaurants Anyway.
A.C. Thompson / FRONTLINE:
The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow the Government.
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Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
The Master of (Self-inflicted) Disaster
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Biden is the most radical left-wing president in US history, period
Discussion: The Daily Beast and MSNBC
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
A Pennsylvania Mother's Path to Insurrection
Bisnow:
D.C. Claims Eminent Domain To Seize Infamous NoMa Wendy's Site
Discussion: Eater DC and PoPville
 

 
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