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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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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 …
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, Althouse, TheBlaze, Daily Kos, IJR, New York Post, Washington Examiner and Breitbart
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.
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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.
Politico:
Conservative groups go MIA on Trump's impeachment
Conservative groups go MIA on Trump's impeachment
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Los Angeles Times, ABC News, No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Times, The Carpentariat and Townhall
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The weird threats Lindsey Graham and Trump's lawyer are making about calling impeachment witnesses
The weird threats Lindsey Graham and Trump's lawyer are making about calling impeachment witnesses
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Washington Examiner, Crooks and Liars and Raw Story
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Dare Trump to Testify
Dare Trump to Testify
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Dave Dubya's Freedom Rants, Mercury News, Raw Story and Political Wire
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The Ridiculous ‘Free Speech’ Defense of Trump
The Ridiculous ‘Free Speech’ Defense of Trump
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Grace Segers / CBS News:
House impeachment managers say Trump “singularly responsible” for Capitol attack
House impeachment managers say Trump “singularly responsible” for Capitol attack
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Fox News, CNBC, New York Magazine, The American Spectator, Business Insider, Slate, The Guardian, IJR, Mediaite, New York Post and Washington Post
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, Law & Crime, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Week and Patterico's Pontifications
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.”
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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, IJR and Washington Post
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 Vanity Fair
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Cheney and Greene face their reckonings
POLITICO Playbook: Cheney and Greene face their reckonings
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CNN, Washington Examiner, The Hill and Florida Politics
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, Politico and The Guardian
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 …
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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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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
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
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 …
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Business Insider and The Intellectualist
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Judge sentences Navalny to more than three years in prison
Judge sentences Navalny to more than three years in prison
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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
The Five-Second Cancellation of Abraham Lincoln
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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 …
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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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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 »
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.
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Washington Examiner, Business Insider, Josh Hawley, Forbes, National Review and Mock Paper Scissors
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
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 …
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
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 …
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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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 …
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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.
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Politico
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.
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 …
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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