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2:10 PM ET, February 3, 2021

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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden embraces the left, while McCarthy may purge a member on the right  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BREAKING OVERNIGHT: House Minority Leader KEVIN MCCARTHY and his top lieutenants are leaning toward removing Rep. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE (R-Ga.) from the House Education …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
An ugly truth links Marjorie Taylor Greene to Trump — one the GOP won't confront  —  Republicans are facing two big decisions.  They must determine whether they will strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) of committee assignments in response to her all-around crackpottery.
National Review:
How to Deal with Marjorie Taylor Greene
Discussion: New Republic and The 19th
Washington Post:
Senate Republicans move against ‘nutty’ House member in widening GOP rift
American Greatness:   Cheney's Republican Party Is No More
Washington Post:
Live updates: House to vote on removing GOP's Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Chuck Schumer Used Violent Rhetoric To Sic A Mob On Two Supreme Court Justices  —  One year ago, Schumer incited a mob on the steps of the Supreme Court in order to bully justices to rule in Democrats' favor.  —  When Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., spoke against the constitutionality …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer, McConnell reach deal on Senate organizing resolution
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's pathetic defense reminds us why conviction is needed
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and MSNBC
Stefanos Chen / New York Times:
The Down Side to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks  —  432 Park, one of the wealthiest addresses in the world, faces some significant design problems, and other luxury high-rises may share its fate.  —  The nearly 1,400-foot tower at 432 Park Avenue, briefly …
Discussion: Althouse
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
In Rare Public Statement, Congressional Aides Call for Trump's Conviction  —  More than 370 Democratic aides issued an unusual public appeal, notable because congressional staff members rarely publicly express their own views.  —  WASHINGTON — More than 370 Democratic congressional aides …
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Kadia Goba / Axios:
Impeachment manager fleshes out case against Trump
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Medium:
An Open Letter from Congressional Staff to Senate
Discussion: The Guardian, Forbes and POLITICUSUSA
William Adkins / Politico:
Eric Trump hits out at Scottish plan to debate his father's golf courses  —  Donald Trump's son Eric has lashed out at Scottish politicians ahead of a parliamentary debate on whether to launch an investigation into the financing of his father's resorts.  —  The debate in the Scottish parliament …
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Washington Post:   Scottish lawmakers push to investigate Trump golf course financing
New York Times:
The AstraZeneca vaccine is shown to drastically cut transmission of the virus.  —  The University of Oxford research is the first to document a vaccine substantially reducing the virus's spread.  British officials said the results underscored how mass inoculations were key to ending the pandemic.
Discussion: Fox News, The Week and The Daily Caller
Jayme Deerwester / USA Today:
Capitol riot suspect asks court's permission to vacation in Mexico - and gets it  —  A woman accused of participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol asked a federal judge for permission to leave the country on vacation later this month - and got it.  —  In a Monday court filing …
Amanda Coletta / Washington Post:
Canada declares the Proud Boys a terrorist group  —  TORONTO — Canada on Wednesday declared the Proud Boys a terrorist entity, adding the far-right group to a list that includes al-Qaeda, ISIS and al-Shabab as part of an effort to crack down on what senior government officials called one of the country's “most serious threats.”
Discussion: New York Times and The Daily Beast
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Kait Bolongaro / Bloomberg:
Proud Boys Get Terrorist Designation in Canada After U.S. Riot
Discussion: Al Jazeera, IJR and Vanity Fair
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
She was stunned by Biden's inauguration.  How this South Carolina mom escaped QAnon  —  Ashley Vanderbilt says her four-year-old daughter Emmerson knew “something was wrong with her mom.”  —  “I wasn't one hundred percent there like I should have been,” she recalls.
Olivier Knox / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Biden White House looks at releasing Trump visitor logs  —  Welcome to The Daily 202 newsletter!  Today, we look into whether President Biden might make public some of his predecessor's White House visitor logs.  But don't miss the latest on Trump's impeachment trial …
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Sandra Erwin / SpaceNews:
White House has nothing to say on Space Force
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Bannon Faces New York Criminal Probe  —  The former Trump White House strategist was pardoned on federal charges that he allegedly stole from a private campaign to build a southern border wall  —  Manhattan prosecutors have opened an investigation into Steve Bannon for potential crimes under …
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Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Manhattan district attorney considering prosecuting Stephen Bannon following his pardon by Trump in federal fraud case
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
John Kerry took private jet to Iceland for environmental award, called it ‘only choice for somebody like me’  —  John Kerry questioned in 2019 over private jet use  —  President Biden's recently appointed climate czar, John Kerry, took a private jet to Iceland in 2019 to receive …
CNN:
FBI raids homes of 2 men who held rally on eve of Capitol attack  —  Washington (CNN)The FBI recently raided the homes of two men who sponsored an invective-laced rally near the US Capitol a day before the deadly insurrection, the first known search warrants involving people who organized and spoke at rallies preceding the attack.
Discussion: emptywheel
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Biden commits to $1,400 checks, but open to eligibility limits  —  President Biden said during a call with House Democrats on Wednesday that he is committed to boosting stimulus checks to $2,000 by giving most Americans another $1,400 in direct payments in a new round of coronavirus relief.
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Zac Petkanas / Crooked Media:
Going Big on COVID Relief IS Bipartisan
Discussion: USA Today
Patrick Byrne / Deep Capture:
How DJT Lost the White House, Chapter 3: Crashing the White House (December 18-22)  —  On the evening of Friday, December 18, Sidney Powell, Mike Flynn, a sharp female attorney on Sydney's team (whom I will call “Alyssa"), and myself decided to call an SUV and get driven to the entrance …
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Elizabeth / War Room: Pandemic:
Matt Gaetz Volunteers to Give Up House Seat to Defend President Trump in Senate Trial  —  Congressman Matt Gaetz said he would give up his seat in the House if asked to defend President Donald Trump in the upcoming impeachment trial.  —  “The President so far has gotten a low-energy defense,” Gaetz said in an interview with War Room.
Justin Gray / WSB-TV:
EXCLUSIVE: Attorney Lin Wood under investigation over whether he voted illegally in November, officials say  —  ATLANTA — He has been one of the most vocal, visible and controversial critics of the integrity of Georgia's election.  —  Attorney Lin Wood filed lawsuits and held rallies …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
As GameStop stock crumbles, newbie traders reckon with heavy losses  —  The Reddit forum that helped kick off the frenzy has given way to anxiety, financial bloodshed and infighting  —  As GameStop's stock plunged 60 percent Tuesday, the online horde that had raced to invest in the …
Julia Azari / FiveThirtyEight:
The GOP Might Still Be Trump's Party.  But That Doesn't Mean There's Room For Him.  —  Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump crossed lines that no other president has come close to.  And if there was ever any doubt, the final months of his presidency put that to rest.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump aides made a late request to Team Biden to extend their parental leave.  They said no.  —  After four years in the Trump administration, Vanessa Ambrosini was looking forward to three months of parental leave when she and her husband welcomed a baby a week before Christmas.
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
In First White House Interview, Joe & Jill Biden Talk Marriage, Family, Prayer — and the Challenges Ahead  —  The new president and first lady open up about their initial days after returning to Washington, D.C., and starting the nation's next chapter: “We have problems, but we also have enormous opportunities”
NBC News:
Lawmakers aim to dissolve ‘draconian’ law that placed heavy financial burden on Postal Service  —  A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced legislation that would provide the Postal Service much-needed financial relief by doing away with a mandate that required …
Peter Brannen / The Atlantic:
The Terrifying Warning Lurking in the Earth's Ancient Rock Record  —  Photo Illustrations by Brendan Pattengale |  Images above: Glaciers from the Vatnajökull ice cap, in Iceland … We live on a wild planet, a wobbly, erupting, ocean-sloshed orb that careens around a giant thermonuclear explosion in the void.
 
 
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The GameStop Rally Exposed the Perils of ‘Meme Populism’
Discussion: New York Post and Econlib
Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
New filing suggests Mark Meadows under investigation for campaign finance violations
Stephen Wade / Associated Press:
Rights groups call for boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Games
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Scenes From a Marriage, Patinkin-Style
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The governor of the state second-hardest hit by the coronavirus probably shouldn't be bragging about it
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 Earlier Items: 
Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court sides with Germany and Hungary in Holocaust survivors case
Discussion: Politico and Law & Crime
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Drops Yale University Admissions Lawsuit
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
CBS grapples with racism claims at WCBS-TV Channel 2 in New York
David Enrich / New York Times:
Trump's Banker at Deutsche Bank Was Ousted for a Real Estate Deal
Discussion: Bloomberg and Raw Story
Charlotte Clymer / USA Today:
Confront military's white supremacy and nationalism head-on, or it will get worse: Veteran
Discussion: The Independent