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Linda So / Reuters:
Exclusive: Georgia Secretary of State opens investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn election  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgia Secretary of State's office has formally opened an investigation into former U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election results, an official in the office told Reuters.
Washington Post:
Democratic lawmakers splinter over criteria for $1,400 stimulus payments as Biden relief bill advances  —  Democratic lawmakers are increasingly divided over the criteria for the next round of stimulus payments, splintering the caucus even as they aim to quickly pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion relief package.
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Wall Street Journal:
Democrats' Stimulus Plan Offers $1,400 Checks at Same Income Levels as Previous Rounds
Discussion: Raw Story
Alicia Adamczyk / CNBC:
Americans angry they may no longer qualify for $1,400 stimulus checks, say it feels like a ‘targeted attack’ on middle class
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“I Think People Will Get Tired of Him”: For Donald Trump, Sarah Palin's Fall Shows the Limits of Media Obsession  —  The former Alaska governor dominated coverage while she was seen as a GOP kingmaker and potential presidential candidate—until reality (or at least reality TV) set in.
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
It's not a typical trial. Lawyers in the Trump impeachment case will argue big constitutional questions.
Maggie Miller / The Hill:
Hackers breach, attempt to poison Florida city's water supply  —  Officials said Monday that a hacker had breached and attempted to poison the water supply for the city of Oldsmar, Fla., last week, but had been unsuccessful.  —  Pinellas County, Fla., Sheriff Bob Gualtieri announced …
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Arian Campo-Flores / Wall Street Journal:
Hacker Changed Chemical Level in Florida City's Water System  —  Public wasn't in danger, Pinellas County sheriff says; investigation has been launched  —  A water-treatment plant in Oldsmar, Fla., was hacked, and the intruder briefly increased the amount of lye used to treat water to a dangerous level, authorities said Monday.
Kimberly Wehle / The Bulwark:
Call.  Witnesses.  —  There was a crime.  There is a trial.  There should be witness testimony.  —  Democrats are no longer under the thumb of Mitch McConnell.  If they want to call witnesses to testify in the second impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump, they can.  —  But what's more: They should.
Discussion: CNN, CBS News, Law & Crime and Deadline
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democrats risk committing a serious blunder at Trump's impeachment trial
New York Times:
China Blocks Clubhouse App After Brief Flowering of Debate  —  For a little while, the social media platform Clubhouse provided the rare opportunity for cross-border dialogue on contentious topics free from the country's usual tight controls.  —  One by one, the chatroom participants took …
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Washington Post:   Chinese flocked to audio app Clubhouse for a taste of the open Internet. It didn't last.
Alexander Nazaryan / Los Angeles Times:
Review: Andy Ngo's new book still pretends antifa's the real enemy  —  Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy  —  There is an alternate universe out there in which we never have to ponder, let alone read, “Unmasked,” provocateur Andy Ngo's supremely dishonest new book …
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Gromer Jeffers Jr / Dallas Morning News:
Rep. Ron Wright dies after battle with COVID-19  —  Reelected in November, the Republican lawmaker had been fighting cancer. … U.S. Rep Ron Wright of Arlington died Sunday night after a battle with COVID-19.  He was 67.  —  His family and spokesperson confirmed Wright's death Monday morning.
Tess Owen / VICE:
This is the Proud Boys Supporter Who Filmed Attacks on the Media at the Capitol Riot  —  Meet Gabriel Brown, a live streamer from Long Island who's involvement in far-right activism goes back to the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville.  —  TO
Discussion: Raw Story
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Why QAnon Followers Think Donald Trump Will Be Sworn Back In as President on March 4  —  After more than three years of Donald Trump not taking down satanic pedophiles and the “deep state” working against him, losing the election, then failing to order mass executions at Joe Biden's inauguration …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Lou Dobbs is lashing out at Fox on Twitter for dropping his show  —  Lou Dobbs is not taking his cancellation by Fox lying down.  —  On Friday night, Fox News Media management canceled “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” the most-watched show on Fox Business Network.  No reason was given …
Ways and Means Committee:
Chairman Neal Announces Markup of COVID-19 Relief Measures  —  The Ways and Means' proposals comprise half of the $1.9 trillion Democratic COVID-19 relief package  —  SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) announced the Committee …
Discussion: Politico
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Analysis: Child poverty a hidden focus of virus relief plan
Discussion: KTLA
New York Times:
Using Connections to Trump, Dershowitz Became Force in Clemency Grants  —  The lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz, who represented the former president in his first impeachment trial, used his access for a wide array of clients as they sought pardons or commutations.
CREW:
Jared and Ivanka made up to $640 million in the White House … Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump reported between $172 million and $640 million in outside income while working in the White House, according to an analysis of financial disclosures by CREW.  It is impossible to tell the exact amount …
Chris Hayes / The Atlantic:
The Republican Party is radicalizing against democracy.  This is the central political fact of our moment.  Instead of organizing its coalition around shared policy goals, the GOP has chosen to emphasize hatred and fear of its political opponents, who—they warn—will destroy their supporters and the country.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Adam Kinzinger / Washington Post:
My fellow Republicans, convicting Trump is necessary to save America  —  Adam Kinzinger, a Republican, represents Illinois's 16th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.  —  Winston Churchill famously said, “Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.”
Discussion: TheGrio, NPR, The Hill and New York Times
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Harvard's Sunstein Joins Biden's DHS to Shape Immigration Rules  — Progressive groups had raised concern about Sunstein's record  — His wife is Biden nominee for international development agency  —  Former Obama administration official Cass Sunstein on Monday joined the Department …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Foreign Policy
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:
Law Professor Cited 15 Times by Trump's Legal Team Says Impeachment Memo Was Filled with ‘Flat-Out Misrepresentations’ of His Work  —  Donald Trump's defense team was accused of flagrantly misrepresenting the work of a constitutional scholar when asserting that the former president's impeachment is unconstitutional.
Kang-Xing Jin / About Facebook:
Reaching Billions of People With COVID-19 Vaccine Information  —  We're running the largest worldwide campaign to promote authoritative information about COVID-19 vaccines by:  — Helping people find where and when they can get vaccinated — similar to how we helped people find information about how to vote during elections
The Guardian:
North Korea upgraded nuclear missile programme in 2020, says UN diplomat  —  Confidential UN report reveals Pyongyang was acting in violation of international sanctions  —  North Korea maintained and developed its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes throughout 2020 in violation …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Daniel Strauss / The Guardian:
‘This fever will break’: Republican Jeff Flake on the slow fade of Trumpism  —  Anti-Trumpists are growing but very slowly - convicting Trump in his impeachment trial would help speed things along, says Flake  —  By now, Jeff Flake thought this would all be over.
Christopher Kang / USA Today:
Biden can advance racial justice, but only if Democratic senators ditch an old tradition  —  Republicans blocked Obama's judicial nominees with ‘blue slips’ but ignored the custom for Bush and Trump.  Shelve it now to diversify the courts.  —  President Joe Biden has made clear …
Discussion: The Hill, CNN, The Federalist and HotAir
Jane Greenhalgh / NPR:
My Mother Got Vaccinated.  Is It Now Safe To Visit?  —  It's been more than a year since I've seen my mother.  Like many families, we live a fair distance apart and the pandemic has put a stop to our visits.  I was supposed to visit last April to celebrate her 90th birthday …
Discussion: KTLA and Gothamist
Politico:
Inside Bidenworld's plan to punish the GOP for opposing Covid relief  —  Democrats are plowing forward with plans to pass a massive Covid-19 relief package.  And if Republicans don't join them, they won't forget it.  —  Already, there's talk about midterm attack ads portraying Republicans …
Ben Adlin / Marijuana Moment:
Judge Voids South Dakota's Marijuana Legalization Initiative, Finding Voter-Approved Measure Was Unconstitutional  —  A South Dakota state judge has ruled that last year's voter-approved initiative to legalize marijuana for adults 21 and over is unconstitutional and cannot go forward, though advocates plan to appeal.
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
The 3 Worst Things About That Terrible Jeep Super Bowl Ad  —  How could a major corporation not see how propagandistic it comes off to suggest that when Republicans win a national election, that's divisive, but when Democrats win one, that's unifying?  —  In a generally weak year …
Reuters:
U.S. may weigh baby steps to revive Iran nuclear deal  —  WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - The United States is weighing a wide array of ideas on how to revive the Iranian nuclear deal, including an option where both sides would take small steps short of full compliance to buy time, said three sources familiar with the matter.
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Trump legacy: Personal responsibility is for suckers and GOP means ‘Grievances On Parade’  —  Trump's Senate impeachment trial and fake victims Josh Hawley and Marjorie Taylor Greene symbolize the Republican descent into whiny entitlement.  —  It seems like every day is Festivus in today's Republican Party.
Marilynn Marchione / Associated Press:
New variants raise worry about COVID-19 virus reinfections  —  Evidence is mounting that having COVID-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants.  People also can get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mounted a weak defense the first time, new research suggests.
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
‘Trump Is Calling Us to Fight!’:  Georgia Teen Charged in Capitol Riots  —  Prosecutors allege Bruno Cua—who recently got busted for allegedly blaring his horn from a MAGA-themed truck in his hometown—was at the front of the pack.  —  Federal prosecutors on Monday unsealed charges …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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CNN:
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Discussion: HuffPost and Mediaite
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Hygiene Theater Is Still a Huge Waste of Time
The Daily Beast:
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Politico:
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