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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, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Slate, POLITICUSUSA, Hackwhackers, Ipsos, 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 …
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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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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NPR, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Rolling Stone 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, Crooks and Liars and Breitbart
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Republican Perversion of ‘Freedom’
Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Republican Perversion of ‘Freedom’
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Bloomberg, Fox News, POLITICUSUSA and New York Magazine
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Cheney on Trump impeachment vote: 'The oath I took ... doesn't bend to partisanship'
Cheney on Trump impeachment vote: 'The oath I took ... doesn't bend to partisanship'
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CNN, Associated Press, Insider, The Daily Beast, Politico, Fox News, CBS News, Axios, Talking Points Memo, National Review, Slate, TheBlaze, New York Post, UPI and Washington Post
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, Politico, Axios, TMZ.com, Washington Post, The Wrap, New York Post, The Daily Caller, National Review, Washington Examiner, 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
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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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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CBS News, Forbes, KTLA and ProPublica
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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Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, Insider, Washington Examiner, Boston Herald and CNN
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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, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, NPR and National Review
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
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.”
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 …
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
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.
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
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, New York Magazine and Daily Kos
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 …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Democrats' big shift in Trump's second impeachment — Democrats made a push for witnesses central to President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial. But not this time. — Senate Democrats are making it clear they're taking a different approach than they did for Trump's infamous Ukraine call.
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New York Times, Fox News, IJR, USA Today, Associated Press and Mock Paper Scissors
Cassidy McDonald / CBS News:
Biden says U.S. won't lift sanctions until Iran halts uranium enrichment — President Biden said the U.S. will not lift sanctions against Iran unless the country stops enriching uranium, continuing a standoff with the country's supreme leader, who has demanded that sanctions be lifted …
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CNN, CNBC, Axios, ABC News, National Review, Washington Post, The Guardian, Forbes, NPR, Bloomberg and USA Today
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Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Says U.S. Won't Lift Iran Sanctions to Bring Tehran Back to Negotiating Table
Biden Says U.S. Won't Lift Iran Sanctions to Bring Tehran Back to Negotiating Table
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Breitbart and Washington Times
Lawrence Summers / Washington Post:
My column on the stimulus sparked a lot of questions. Here are my answers. — My recent Post column — admiring the ambition of the Biden stimulus bill, while identifying some possible risks — generated discussion and a number of questions that I did not directly answer in the piece itself …
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 …
Amy Julia Harris / New York Times:
‘Nobody Tells Daddy No’: A Housing Boss's Many Abuse Cases — Victor Rivera gained power and profit as New York's homeless crisis worsened. Accused of sexual and financial misconduct, he has largely escaped consequences. — At first, the offer seemed generous.
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 …
Rod Dreher:
The Snowplow Test — Normal people: ‘Yay, the neighbors are here to plow our driveway!’ Liberal columnist: ‘What do they want from me? And ick, they like Trump!’ (Patty_C/GettyImages — Los Angeles Times columnist Virginia Heffernan, who lives in Brooklyn Heights but who lives somewhere rurally …
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RedState, Twitchy, Los Angeles Times and Instapundit
The Guardian:
Revealed: Queen lobbied for change in law to hide her private wealth — Monarch dispatched private solicitor to secure exemption from transparency law — The Queen successfully lobbied the government to change a draft law in order to conceal her “embarrassing” private wealth from the public …
Ofer Aderet / Haaretz:
Polish Journalist Quizzed by Police for Writing That Poles Were Involved in the Holocaust — ‘How can you be offended by the truth?’ asks Katarzyna Markusz, after being asked by Warsaw police if an article she wrote last October was intended to slander the good name of the nation
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 …