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12:05 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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Wall Street Journal:
House Republican Reckoning  —  The fates of Reps. Cheney and Greene will suggest the GOP future.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Minorities in the House of Representatives are rarely relevant, but the current GOP minority is only a few seats from taking back control.
Discussion: Raw Story, Fox News and Washington Post
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
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:   Republicans are sick of the ‘loudmouths’ ‘dead-ending’ their party into supporting extremists: Ex-GOP Rep
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
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer, McConnell reach deal on Senate organizing resolution  —  Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have reached a deal on the organizing resolution for running a 50-50 Senate.  —  “We will pass the resolution through the Senate today …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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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New York Times:
Bannon, Pardoned by Trump, Now Faces Manhattan D.A. Investigation
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Jacqueline Feldscher / Politico:
Top House Republican demands Psaki apologize over ‘disgraceful’ Space Force quip  —  The House Armed Services Committee's top Republican is calling on White House press secretary Jen Psaki to “immediately apologize” for her response to a Space Force question in Tuesday's briefing.
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Kyle Morris / Breitbart:
Resurfaced Tweets Haunt White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
Discussion: The RFAngle, PRESS RUN and Twitchy
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 …
Discussion: HotAir, Twitchy and We Love Trump
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.
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 …
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: The Week and The Daily Caller
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.
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 …
BBC:
‘Their goal is to destroy everyone’: Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape  —  Women in China's “re-education” camps for Uighurs have been systematically raped, sexually abused, and tortured, according to detailed accounts obtained by the BBC.  You may find some of the details in this story distressing.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's pathetic defense reminds us why conviction is needed  —  Joyce White Vance, a former federal prosecutor, persuasively makes the case that “Republicans have never delivered on holding [former President Donald] Trump accountable. ...  And if Senate Republicans do fail to hold him accountable …
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”
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.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Schiff lobbying Newsom to be California's next AG  —  Rep. Adam Schiff is quietly lobbying Gov. Gavin Newsom and his allies to appoint him California's next attorney general, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  Why it matters: If Newsom selects Schiff …
Washington Post:
Sean Hannity is the face of the post-Trump identity crisis at Fox News  —  Since Donald Trump's election loss in November, Sean Hannity seems to have been working through a process, live and on camera, on his nightly prime-time Fox News show and on his daily radio show.
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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.
Lee Davidson / Salt Lake Tribune:
Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne describes bluffing his way into Trump's White House  —  Bizarre details emerge: scarfing White House meatballs like popcorn with Donald Trump.  —  (@PatrickByrne on Twitter) Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne posted this selfie online of him at the White House.
Charlotte Clymer / USA Today:
Confront military's white supremacy and nationalism head-on, or it will get worse: Veteran  —  I'm one of millions of veterans who have watched this catastrophe in horror, as a fraction of cowards in our ranks act on a violent, racist ideology.  —  Military veterans account for 7% …
Discussion: The Independent
David Enrich / New York Times:
Trump's Banker at Deutsche Bank Was Ousted for a Real Estate Deal  —  New regulatory records show the bank found that Rosemary Vrablic had engaged in undisclosed investment activity involving a client.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump's longtime banker at Deutsche Bank was pushed …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Raw Story
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Biden commits to $1,400 checks in call to House Democrats  —  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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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump allied lobbying firm is closing down after Biden win, D.C. protests
New York Times:
They Supported ‘Defund the Police.’ Then the Mayoral Campaign Began.
Christine Brennan / USA Today:
Sports leaders seek to protect women's sports while accommodating transgender girls and women
Discussion: Breitbart and Outsports
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The QAnon Delusion Has Not Loosened Its Grip
Discussion: CNN and Rolling Stone
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The Challenge of Going It Alone
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Trump Lost Twitter and the Presidency. Guess Which One Hurts More?
 Earlier Items: 
Bridget Read / The Cut:
The Clarifying Power of AOC's Storytelling
The Economist:
Global democracy has a very bad year
Nature:
Coronavirus is in the air — there's too much focus on surfaces
Discussion: Malaysiakini
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Trump gets an important backer in his bid to live at Mar-a-Lago
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story