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Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
The QAnon Rep Isn't Owning the Libs. She's Leading the GOP's Space-Laser Suicide March. — NO HILLBILLY … Marjorie Taylor Greene is Sarah Palin, but not occasionally charismatic. Steve Bannon, but not occasionally smart. Donald Trump, but not occasionally funny.
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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Regrets QAnon Comments — Freshman Republican lawmaker is set to be removed from committees in House vote — WASHINGTON—Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she regretted past social-media comments embracing conspiracy theories, hours ahead of an expected vote …
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Mariam Khan / ABC News:
House votes to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments — Ahead of the vote, Greene spoke on the House floor: “none of us are perfect.” — Marjorie Taylor Greene addresses House ahead of vote — The representative defended herself and expressed regret …
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CNN:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's history of dangerous conspiracy theories and comments — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene expresses regret for past remarks — (CNN)Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing intense backlash for indicating support for political violence and pushing wild conspiracy theories …
Washington Post:
Republicans worry their big tent will mean big problems in 2022 elections — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has pinned his hopes for reclaiming the majority in 2022 on never having to choose between the contradictory factions in his own party, no matter how deep the divisions appear.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy is now our most disgraceful political leader
Kevin McCarthy is now our most disgraceful political leader
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Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
The Misogynistic ‘Dating Coach’ Who Was Charged in the Capitol Riot — Samuel Fisher left a long trail of videos and social media posts that reflect the views of a fringe faction of disgruntled men who became fixated on President Donald J. Trump. — For $150, Brad Holiday's customers …
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Sen. Ben Sasse slams Nebraska GOP committee's plans to censure him for criticizing Trump — Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Thursday released a pointed, 5-minute video directed at leading members of the Nebraska Republican Party, on the heels of reports that the party planned to censure Sasse …
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Joe Jordan / NEWS CHANNEL NEBRASKA:
Possible NE GOP censure of Sasse in the works
Possible NE GOP censure of Sasse in the works
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John McCormack / National Review:
Nebraska GOP Drafts Resolution to Censure Ben Sasse Before Impeachment-Trial Vote
Nebraska GOP Drafts Resolution to Censure Ben Sasse Before Impeachment-Trial Vote
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Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Impeachment trial: How many Senate votes does it take to convict Trump?
Impeachment trial: How many Senate votes does it take to convict Trump?
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Andy Sheehan / CBS Pittsburgh:
FBI Raids Home Of Rachel Powell, Mercer County Mother Of 8 Suspected In Capitol Attack — Powell has become known as the lady with the bullhorn, seeming to have knowledge of the Capitol building's floor plan, instructing insurrectionists where to go. — SANDY LAKE, Pa. (KDKA) …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump resigns from Screen Actors Guild: ‘I no longer wish to be associated with your union’ — SAG-AFTRA board claimed Trump violated its guidelines in the wake of the Capitol riot — Trump lawyers making First Amendment case ahead of impeachment trial — EXCLUSIVE: President Trump …
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
‘You have done nothing for me’: Trump ditches SAG amid disciplinary moves
‘You have done nothing for me’: Trump ditches SAG amid disciplinary moves
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Jason M. Blazakis / Slate:
Can We Call the Proud Boys Terrorists? — Canada just officially designated the neofascist group as a terrorist organization. It won't be so easy for the U.S. to do the same. — On Feb. 3, Canada's Public Safety Ministry designated the Proud Boys as a terrorist group …
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Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
Ocasio-Cortez didn't lie about location during Capitol riot — CLAIM: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, falsely claimed she faced rioters in the main Capitol building during the Jan. 6 insurrection. — AP'S ASSESSMENT: False. Ocasio-Cortez never claimed …
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
No, Ocasio-Cortez Didn't Make Up Her Capitol Riots Experience
No, Ocasio-Cortez Didn't Make Up Her Capitol Riots Experience
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Bethania Palma / Snopes.com:
Did AOC Exaggerate the Danger She Was in During Capitol Riot?
Did AOC Exaggerate the Danger She Was in During Capitol Riot?
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Molly Ball / TIME:
The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election — A weird thing happened right after the Nov. 3 election: nothing. — The nation was braced for chaos. Liberal groups had vowed to take to the streets, planning hundreds of protests across the country.
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Igor Derysh / Salon:
How one billionaire family bankrolled election lies, white nationalism — and the Capitol riot — Rebekah Mercer is “one of the chief financiers of the fascist movement,” says longtime GOP insider Steve Schmidt — Four years before Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., pumped his fist to a supportive mob …
Reuters:
Special Report: Stolen election? Republican lawmakers paralyzed by Trump's false fraud claims — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On Jan. 6, right after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, 147 Republican lawmakers voted the way then-president Donald Trump and the rioters had demanded …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Voting technology company Smartmatic files $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell over ‘disinformation campaign’ — New York (CNN)A voting technology company swept up in baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election filed a monster $2.7 billion lawsuit …
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New York Times:
Fox News Is Sued by Election Technology Company for Over $2.7 Billion
Fox News Is Sued by Election Technology Company for Over $2.7 Billion
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Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Trump is plotting a campaign revenge tour targeting GOP defectors after Senate impeachment trial … - Donald Trump is plotting a comeback revenge tour targeting GOP defectors after his Senate impeachment trial. — Trump is talking with aides about a road trip to campaign against Republicans who supported his removal.
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Politico:
'We've learned to love the guy': How Biden charmed the left — During a call with House Democrats on Wednesday, President Joe Biden used data from a three-year-old progressive think tank to argue his case for a massive Covid-relief plan. — The think tank, Data for Progress …
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Kevin Krause / Dallas Morning News:
Third North Texas real estate professional is charged with storming U.S. Capitol building — Jason Hyland, 37, of Frisco arranged a flight to D.C. on a private plane with others to protest the election results and ended up inside the Capitol building with a mob of rioters, the feds say.
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
David Hogg launching competitor to Mike Lindell's MyPillow — March for Our Lives co-founder David Hogg tweeted on Thursday that he and software developer William LeGate are launching a pillow company to compete against MyPillow, which is led by Trump supporter CEO Mike Lindell.
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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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Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
White House signals willingness to consider executive action on student debt cancellation — White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday the Biden administration is looking into whether it can use executive authority to cancel some portion of the $1.6 trillion in federal student loans owed by 43 million Americans.
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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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Adam Goodman / The Hill:
Biden needs to follow his own advice: Compromise — To the chagrin of Robert Frost fans, when President Biden had a chance to choose the path less traveled, he went the other way. — Despite issuing 40 unilateral presidential directives in ten days that curried favor with his base …
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Reuters:
Turkish minister says U.S. behind 2016 failed coup - Hurriyet — ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's interior minister accused the United States on Thursday of being behind a 2016 failed coup that Ankara has blamed on a U.S.-based Muslim preacher, the Hurriyet daily reported, at a time when Turkey is seeking improved ties with its NATO ally.
Lucy Fisher / Telegraph:
Three Chinese spies posing as journalists expelled from the UK — The revelation comes amid concerns in Government about Chinese economic espionage and intellectual property theft from UK institutions — Three Chinese spies who falsely posed as journalists have been expelled from Britain in the past year, The Telegraph can reveal.
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Exclusive: Ice cancels deportation flight to Africa after claims of brutality … US immigration and customs enforcement (Ice) canceled a deportation flight to west Africa because of allegations of brutality by Ice agents in the treatment of the deportees, the agency has said in a statement.
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Emma Bowman / NPR:
Why QAnon Survives After Trump — Toggle more options — Inauguration Day should have punctured the conspiracy theory at the heart of QAnon. — Adherents of the discredited extremist ideology falsely believe that former President Trump is a savior who will stay in power as he wages a war against a cabal of satanic pedophiles.
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Dan Glaun / FRONTLINE:
Chinese Spam Network Aims to Discredit U.S. COVID Vaccine and Response, Report Finds — A pro-Chinese digital propaganda network is attempting to discredit COVID-19 vaccines distributed in the United States, according to a new, independent report by the social media research firm Graphika.
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Garry Kasparov / Washington Post:
Navalny's jailing was a Groundhog Day for Russian democracy — This column has been updated. — Garry Kasparov is the chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative and the Human Rights Foundation. — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's sentencing in a Moscow courtroom on Tuesday came, fittingly, on Groundhog Day.
Axios:
Scoop: White House convening NSC to talk Iran — In a sign of the urgency President Biden feels about Iran, the White House is convening a National Security Council principals committee meeting Friday focused on the country's nuclear program, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
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