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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Majority of Americans say Trump should be convicted, barred from holding federal office in impeachment trial: POLL — The Senate is set to begin Trump's second impeachment trial on Tuesday. — 2nd Impeachment Trial: What this could mean for Trump — Donald Trump will be the first president …
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Vox, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Fox News, Ipsos, Slate, Hackwhackers, Political Wire and Politico
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Dante Chinni / NBC News:
GOP registration drop after Capitol attack is part of larger trend … WASHINGTON — In the weeks since the January riot at the Capitol, there has been a raft of stories about voters across the country leaving the Republican Party. Some of the numbers are eye-catching and suggest that the GOP …
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Trump left behind a monstrous predicament. Here's how to tackle it
Trump left behind a monstrous predicament. Here's how to tackle it
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NPR, Wall Street Journal and New York Magazine
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Two-thirds of Americans approve of Biden's COVID-19 response: POLL
Two-thirds of Americans approve of Biden's COVID-19 response: POLL
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Washington Post and HotAir
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: McCarthy told Cheney to apologize for voting to impeach Trump — Kevin McCarthy tried to get Liz Cheney to apologize for voting to impeach former President Trump before last week's highly anticipated House GOP conference meeting — a request she refused, two people with direct knowledge told Axios.
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New York Times, LGBTQ Nation, Mediaite, NPR, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, The Hill and Forbes
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Liz Cheney Says GOP Shouldn't Be ‘Embracing’ Trump: ‘Does Not Have a Role as the Leader of Our Party Going Forward’
Liz Cheney Says GOP Shouldn't Be ‘Embracing’ Trump: ‘Does Not Have a Role as the Leader of Our Party Going Forward’
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, Insider, Crooks and Liars, Breitbart and UPI
Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
Virus Variant First Found in Britain Now Spreading Rapidly in U.S. — A new study bolsters the prediction by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the so-called B.1.1.7 variant will dominate Covid-19 cases by March. — A more contagious variant of the coronavirus first found …
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medRxiv, New York Post, Mother Jones and Gothamist
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
U.K. coronavirus variant spreading rapidly through United States, study finds … The coronavirus variant that shut down much of the United Kingdom is spreading rapidly across the United States, outcompeting other mutant strains and doubling its prevalence among confirmed infections every week and a half …
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Forbes, New York Times, CBS News, KTLA and ProPublica
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
George P. Shultz, counsel and Cabinet member for two Republican presidents, dies at 100 — George P. Shultz, one of only two people to serve the United States in four Cabinet-level posts and a major force in economic and foreign policy in two Republican administrations, died Feb. 6 at his home in Stanford, Calif. He was 100.
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Hoover Institution:
Distinguished American Statesman, 60th US Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Dies at 100 — Hoover Institution, Stanford University — Hoover Institution (Stanford, CA) - One of the most consequential policymakers of all time, having served three American presidents, George P. Shultz died Feb. 6 at age 100.
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Stanford News, National Review, Foreign Policy, Politico, New Republic, Washington Post, TMZ.com, Axios, Townhall, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, The Wrap, New York Post, Jacobin, KRON4 and Instapundit
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Reagan's longtime secretary of state George P. Shultz dies
Reagan's longtime secretary of state George P. Shultz dies
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USA Today, MyNorthwest.com and KTLA
PEN America:
PEN America Responds to Resignation of New York Times Reporter McNeil — The word McNeil uttered has uniquely cruel, painful, and dangerous associations; still, Times' reversal in this instance sends worrying signal — (New York, NY) — New York Times science reporter Donald McNeil Jr. resigned Friday …
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John McWhorter / It Bears Mentioning:
The N-word as slur vs. the N-word as a sequence of sounds — What makes the New York Times so comfortable making black people look dim? — 5 hr ago — On what Black History Month and the racial reckoning mean at the New York Times ... Over the past week, the Times' crossword puzzles …
Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
How Donald Trump's hand-holding led to panicky call home by Theresa May — A remarkable BBC documentary reveals the startling reality of meeting the president — For the former prime minister Theresa May, one of the most pressing matters she confronted during her encounter with Donald Trump …
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Insider
Glenn Greenwald:
The Journalistic Tattletale and Censorship Industry Suffers Several Well-Deserved Blows — The NYT's Taylor Lorenz falsely accuses a tech investor of using a slur after spending months trying to infiltrate and monitor a new app that allows free conversation.
Washington Post:
‘An easy choice’: Inside Biden's decision to go it alone with Democrats on coronavirus relief … Partway through a two-hour Oval Office meeting with President Biden about his coronavirus relief package, several Republican senators thought they might have finally reached a breakthrough.
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Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Insider, Washington Examiner and Boston Herald
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘The Democratic version of John McCain’
‘The Democratic version of John McCain’
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The Week, HuffPost, National Review and Washington Examiner
Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
Sheryl Sandberg Downplayed Facebook's Role In The Capitol Hill Siege—Justice Department Files Tell A Very Different Story — Just after the Capitol Hill riots on January 6, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook chief operating officer admitted the company's ability to enforce its own rules was “never perfect.”
Ronald G. Shafer / Washington Post:
He became the nation's ninth vice president. She was his enslaved wife. — Her name was Julia Chinn — She was born enslaved and remained that way her entire life, even after she became Richard Mentor Johnson's “bride.” — Johnson, a Kentucky congressman who eventually became …
Joshua Zitser / Insider:
Trump's DC hotel is hiking prices for March 4 - the day QAnon followers think the former president will be sworn in … - QAnon followers believe that Trump will be sworn in on March 4, 2021. — This belief is rooted in a conspiracy theory that all presidents post-1871 are illegitimate.
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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher / Forbes:
Trump's DC Hotel Is Jacking Up Rates For QAnon's Next Special Date
Trump's DC Hotel Is Jacking Up Rates For QAnon's Next Special Date
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Raw Story
Chuck Cooper / Wall Street Journal:
The Constitution Doesn't Bar Trump's Impeachment Trial — Removal from office is best understood as akin to a ‘mandatory minimum’ sentence for a crime. — During the impeachment of Bill Clinton, his defenders argued that his misconduct was ultimately private and didn't rise to the level of an impeachable offense.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Senior Democrats to unveil new $3,000-per-child benefit as Biden stimulus gains steam — Under the proposal, the Internal Revenue Service would begin sending $250 per month to millions of families in July — Senior Democrats on Monday will unveil legislation to provide $3,000 per child …
Washington Post:
New Biden rules for ICE point to fewer arrests and deportations, and a more restrained agency — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to issue new guidelines to agents this week that could sharply curb arrests and deportations, as the Biden administration attempts to assert …
Jackie Salo / New York Post:
Trump ‘happier’ now that he's off social media: former aide — Former President Trump “feels happier” since leaving the White House — partly because he's off social media, his former campaign aide says. — “The president has said he feels happier now than he's been in some time,” …
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The Sunday Times, Insider and The Sun
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
I Spent 11 Hours Inside the MAGA Bubble — Last Monday in Washington, the news was President Joe Biden's attempt to pass a massive $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package through Congress, the agita over Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's old Facebook posts calling for the assassination of Democratic leaders, the coup in Myanmar.
Stacey Abrams / Washington Post:
Our democracy faced a near-death experience. Here's how to revive it. — Stacey Abrams, a Democrat, is a former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives and founder of the group Fair Fight. — The violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, coupled with ongoing threats …
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National Journal, Raw Story, New York Magazine and Daily Kos
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Why Chuck Schumer Is Cozying Up to the A.O.C. Wing of His Party — As he prepares for an impeachment trial this week, Senator Chuck Schumer is at the height of his political power in Washington. At home in New York, he is taking steps to head off a primary challenge from the left.
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USA Today, Wall Street Journal and CNN
Albert Hunt / The Hill:
‘Purple America’ will set political direction in 2022 — Six states were at the epicenter of the 2020 election and the bogus post Nov. 3 fiasco: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and Georgia — all were closely decided, and they provided the margin of victory …
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Wall Street Journal
Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Says U.S. Won't Lift Iran Sanctions to Bring Tehran Back to Negotiating Table — Iran must stop enriching uranium before sanctions will be lifted, president says in CBS News interview — President Biden said the U.S. won't lift sanctions on Iran in order to get the country …
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Breitbart and Washington Times
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Cassidy McDonald / CBS News:
Biden says U.S. won't lift sanctions until Iran halts uranium enrichment
Biden says U.S. won't lift sanctions until Iran halts uranium enrichment
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Washington Post, ABC News, Associated Press, CNN, CNBC, Axios, National Review, The Guardian, NPR, Bloomberg and USA Today
Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite:
WATCH: Mike Lindell Has Sudden ‘Epiphany’ And Says He Will Sue Dominion And Smartmatic — MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell pledged on Saturday to take legal action against voting technology companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic if they don't agree to meet with him about his Absolute Proof documentary …
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CNN
Wall Street Journal:
As Covid-19 Vaccines Raise Hope, Cold Reality Dawns That Illness Is Likely Here to Stay — Ease of transmission, new strains, limits of vaccination programs all mean Covid-19 will be around for years—and a big business — Vaccination drives hold out the promise of curbing Covid-19 …