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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Takeaways from a head-spinning night in Republican politics — DRIVING THE DAY — If you're trying to figure out the direction of the Republican Party after Wednesday's circus of a five-hour (!) House GOP Conference meeting, good luck.
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Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
Greene apologizes to GOP colleagues — and gets standing ovation — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) apologized for her past controversial remarks and embrace of the QAnon conspiracy theory during a heated closed-door House GOP conference meeting — and received a standing ovation at one point from a number of her colleagues.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's most dangerous idea is hiding in plain sight
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House Republican Leader:
Leader McCarthy's Statement on Rep. Taylor Greene
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
What QAnon Has in Common With the Birchers
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NBC News:
QAnon fight, impeachment fallout expose Republicans' post-Trump rift
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Josh Chafetz / The Dispatch:
The Morning Dispatch: Cheney Triumphs in Conference Vote
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Margaret Talev / Axios:
Exclusive poll: Republicans favor Greene over Cheney
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Mira Fox / The Forward:
Every antisemitic thing Marjorie Taylor Greene has said and done (so far)
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney unveils plan to provide $3,000 per child, giving bipartisan support to President Biden's effort — The 2012 GOP presidential nominee is proposing the United States give as much as $4,200 for children up to age 6 — Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Thursday will propose providing …
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Mitt Romney Proposes $350 Monthly Child Allowance — The Utah Republican's proposal shows there's bipartisan energy for helping parents. — The federal government would pay most parents of young children $350 per child every month under a groundbreaking new proposal from Sen. Mitt Romney …
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Mitt Romney has a plan to give parents up to $15,000 a year — The Family Security Act would offer up to $350 per month, per kid, to help parents raise their children. — In 2019, Mitt Romney made history: he became the first Senate Republican to endorse a form of child allowance …
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Hunter Biden's memoir ‘Beautiful Things’ out in April — Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden and an ongoing target for conservatives, has a memoir coming out April 6. — The book is called “Beautiful Things” and will center on the younger Biden's well publicized struggles with substance abuse …
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Americans open to Biden's approach to crises — WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks into a new administration, a majority of Americans say they have at least some confidence in President Joe Biden and his ability to manage the myriad crises facing the nation, including the raging coronavirus pandemic.
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New York Times:
Jeff Zucker Announces Plans to Step Down — The executive shaped the look and feel of CNN since coming aboard in 2013. The network hit record ratings in recent months, during which Mr. Zucker had tensions with his newly installed boss. — Jeffrey A. Zucker, the president of CNN who reshaped …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Jeff Zucker announces he will stay on at CNN through the end of the year
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN chief Jeff Zucker will stay with the network through 2021
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Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Militia alliance in Georgia signals new phase for extremist paramilitaries — ‘We are going to see a lot of this coalition building with some pretty nasty actors,’ says one expert. — The leader of a private paramilitary group that provided security for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene …
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Jason Stanley / Just Security:
Movie at the Ellipse: A Study in Fascist Propaganda — On January 6, Trump supporters gathered at a rally at Washington DC's Ellipse Park, regaled by various figures from Trump world, including Donald Trump Jr. and Rudy Giuliani. Directly following Giuliani's speech, the organizers played a video.
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders shakes up Senate staff — Bernie Sanders is shaking up his staff as he steps into a powerful new role in the Senate, three people familiar with the moves told POLITICO. — The Vermont senator's chief of staff, legislative director and top communications staffer …
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Sarah Binder / Washington Post:
Democrats might use ‘reconciliation’ to pass Biden's pandemic relief package. What's reconciliation?
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NBC News:
Biden administration weighs plan to directly send masks to all Americans — WASHINGTON — The Biden White House is considering sending masks directly to American households, according to three people familiar with the discussions, an action the Trump administration explored but scrapped.
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Trump appointee suing Biden admin over allegedly illegal termination threat — “Because I am not one to be bullied ... I will not resign,” said Roger Severino — Fox News Flash top headlines for February 3 — One of former President Trump's more controversial appointees, Roger Severino …
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
In Biden's White House, surprise visits with staff replace late-night tweets
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Satisfaction Sinks With Many Aspects of Public Life — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' satisfaction with seven broad aspects of the way the country functions is collectively at its lowest in two decades of Gallup measurement. This includes satisfaction with the overall quality of life in the U.S. …
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Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Parler CEO Says He Was Fired by Conservative Political Donor Rebekah Mercer — The moderation-light social media platform was forced offline by tech giants last month over how it policed its content — Parler, a moderation-light social media platform that was forced offline last month …
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Conor Sen / Bloomberg:
Young and Ambitious? Move to New York, Not Austin — Big cities and office-settings may be most appealing to early-career professionals who need the networking. Cheap rents offer a golden opportunity. — The pandemic accomplished in 10 months what internet technologies have been promising for decades …
Politico:
‘Vote-a-rama’ to give GOP a chance to inflict pain on Dems — The self-inflicted suffering has begun for Senate Democrats trying to muscle through President Joe Biden's pandemic aid plan without a single Republican vote. — The procedural trick that shrinks the vote hurdle from 60 to 51 …
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
AOC faces backlash as critics point out she wasn't in Capitol building during riot — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was in the Cannon office building, across from the Capitol — Fox News Flash top headlines for February 3 — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is facing criticism …
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Haley Britzky / Task & Purpose:
We spoke with the Marine from this viral Inauguration Day photo with Lady Gaga — Marine Corps Capt. Evan Campbell was simply in the right place at the right time. — The 30-year-old Marine from San Antonio, Texas, was one of a dozen Marines and soldiers working in the area …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Biden Ousts All 10 of Trump's Union Busters From Powerful Labor Panel — On Tuesday, Joe Biden demanded the resignations of all 10 of Donald Trump's appointees to the Federal Service Impasses Panel, a powerful labor relations board, in a major victory for federal unions.
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
The New York Times Tops 7.5 Million Subscriptions as Ads Decline — In its fourth-quarter earnings report, The New York Times Company said 2020 was its biggest year for adding subscribers. — The New York Times set a record for its subscription business in 2020, a year when a pandemic …
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Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Iowa's House speaker said he can't make lawmakers wear masks — but he did enforce a ban on jeans — Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley (R) has repeatedly pushed back against imposing a mask mandate inside the legislature, saying that he cannot force lawmakers to cover their faces …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Biden holds all the cards in coronavirus relief talks — and he knows it — President Biden told Republican senators in the Oval Office this week that he has “an open door and an open mind” on his $1.9 billion coronavirus rescue bill. But he has the votes on the Hill and overwhelming support …
David Roth / Defector:
The March Of The American Kooks — Steve Carlton won 27 games and the National League Cy Young Award in 1972, lost 20 games and gave up more earned runs than any pitcher in the league in 1973, and then stopped speaking to the media entirely over the next few seasons.
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New York Post
emptywheel:
DOJ Moves Towards Parallel Conspiracy Prosecutions of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys — As noted, on January 27, DOJ indicted three Oath Keepers, Thomas Edward Caldwell, Donovan Ray Crowl, and Jessica Marie Watkins, in a conspiracy to hinder Congress' certification of the Electoral College vote.
Washington Post:
Here's the new Democratic plan for $1,400 stimulus checks — The latest version under discussion would send $1,400 payments to individuals earning under $50,000; and $2,800 to married couples earning under $100,000. — President Biden promised to get more relief to Americans quickly …
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
His polls are sinking. Democrats are mobilizing. The Newsom recall just got real. — OAKLAND, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn't want to talk about the recall. But his allies can't ignore it. — The campaign to oust Newsom went from unlikely to unavoidable this week …
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