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7:11 PM ET, February 9, 2021

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Steve Neavling / News & Views, Detroit Metro Times:
Sen. Shirkey baselessly claims U.S. Capitol riot was ‘staged’ by Trump haters, recording shows  — Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey.  —  Michigan state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey suggested the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was a “hoax” perpetuated by opponents of former President Donald Trump.
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Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers say he was immediately ‘horrified’ by the Capitol attack.  Here's what his allies and aides said really happened that day.  —  President Donald Trump was “horrified” when violence broke out at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, as a joint session of Congress convened to confirm …
Politico:
Trump was quite displeased with his impeachment defense team  —  For former President Donald Trump, the opening day of his second impeachment trial did not go as planned or to his liking.  —  Cocooned at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Trump watched as his defense attorneys responded …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Bruce Castor: The Disaster Artist  —  Explaining what just happened.  And why.  —  Bruce Castor's opening statement in defense of former President Donald Trump was one of the worst presentations I have ever seen by a public speaker, in any context.  —  On style, he was akin to a checked-out …
Politico:
Senate votes to approve constitutionality of Trump's trial  —  The Senate is constitutionally permitted to try Donald Trump on the House's charge that he incited the Jan. 6 insurrection, senators voted Tuesday, sidelining the former president's primary defense in the impeachment case against him.
CBS News:
Majority favor conviction as impeachment trial begins, but many Republicans urge loyalty to Trump — CBS News poll  —  As former President Trump's second impeachment trial begins, a 56%-majority of Americans would like the Senate to vote to convict him, and the same percentage say he encouraged violence …
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
One of Trump's impeachment lawyers sued him last year — and accused him of making claims about fraud with ‘no evidence’  —  Last year, Philadelphia lawyer Michael T. van der Veen filed a lawsuit against then-President Donald Trump accusing him of making “repeated claims” that mail voting is ripe with fraud …
Politico:
Trump plans a reemergence and some retribution after impeachment  —  Three weeks ago may have been the nadir of Donald Trump's political influence.  A meager crowd of supporters gathered to send him off to Florida, he'd lost access to Twitter and the Senate's most powerful Republican …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump compares impeachment to ‘The Apprentice’
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump aide who penned White House tell-all considering Alabama Senate run
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Trial of Former President Is Found Constitutional, With 6 G.O.P. Votes
ABC News:
Trump impeachment trial live updates: Defense calls proceedings partisan
Kadia Goba / Axios:
Trump's 2nd impeachment trial recap, day 1: Senate votes trial is constitutional
Discussion: Kyodo News+ and Politico
Washington Post:
Live updates: Divided Senate votes to proceed with impeachment trial of Trump
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
No One Expects a Conviction This Impeachment. That's the Problem.
Daniel Victor / New York Times:
'I'm Not a Cat,' Says Lawyer Having Zoom Difficulties  —  The video was immediately shared widely and brought joy to many.  The lawyer, Rod Ponton, said he was happy people got a much-needed laugh.  —  It was a civil forfeiture case hearing like any other hearing, except for the lawyer cat.
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Matthew Gault / VICE:
‘I Am Not a Cat,’ Lawyer Using Zoom Cat Filter Tells Judge  —  “All it was was a mistake.  It was taken off and we had the hearing as normal,” the lawyer told Motherboard.  —  A court case in Texas was delayed by an adorable kitten filter.  Lawyer Rod Ponton showed up to virtual court …
Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:
‘Woke’ American Ideas Are a Threat, French Leaders Say  —  Politicians and prominent intellectuals say social theories from the United States on race, gender and post-colonialism are a threat to French identity and the French republic.  —  PARIS — The threat is said to be existential.
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Frances Mulraney / Daily Mail:   ‘Out-of-control woke leftism and cancel culture’ from the U.S is a threat to FRANCE because it ‘attacks’ the nation's heritage and identity, French politicians and intellectuals say
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden opposes effort to recall California's Newsom: White House
Discussion: NBC News and New York Post
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
White House confirms Biden will keep embassy in Jerusalem
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CNN
WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Suspect In Custody After Multiple People Shot At Allina Health Clinic In Buffalo  —  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — A suspect is in custody and multiple people are injured following a shooting at an Allina Health Clinic in Buffalo Tuesday morning.  —  According to the Wright County Sheriff's Office …
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
5 hurt, suspect in custody after shooting at Minnesota health clinic: Police
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Dexter Thomas / VICE:
Is This Beverly Hills Cop Playing Sublime's ‘Santeria’ to Avoid Being Live-streamed?  —  Police officers in Beverly Hills have been playing music while being filmed, seemingly in an effort to trigger Instagram's copyright filters.  —  DT  —  Last Friday, a man entered the Beverly Hills police department …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Fox's effort to clean up its post-election misinformation is not terribly convincing  —  In the days after the presidential election, an entire ecosystem emerged to bolster President Donald Trump's false claims that rampant fraud had mired the election results.
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New York Times:
Fox Files Motion to Dismiss Smartmatic's $2.7 Billion Defamation Suit
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
What happened with New York Times reporter Donald McNeil?  —  The Constitution protects people from being prosecuted twice for the same offense.  But those “double jeopardy” protections hold no sway in private workplaces like the New York Times, as now-former reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr. discovered …
C-SPAN.org:
User Clip: House impeachment managers' opening video  —  Video presented by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) of the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
Discussion: Common Dreams and Insider
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ABC News:
Rep. Jamie Raskin gets emotional during speech at impeachment trial
Discussion: New York Times
Simon Shuster / TIME:
Exclusive: Ukraine Releases ‘Shock’ Call With Giuliani As Trump's Second Impeachment Trial Begins  —  “Let these investigations go forward,” Rudy Giuliani told the presidential headquarters in Kyiv, Ukraine, his voice turning impatient.  “Get someone to investigate this.”
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Hold Them All Accountable  —  The people who stormed the Capitol are facing the music.  It's up to us to make sure that the people who incited them do, too.  —  “Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Republicans came within 90,000 votes of controlling all of Washington  —  The 2020 election was bad for Republicans, full stop.  For the first time since 1932, a president came into office with both chambers of Congress under his party's control, and lost both of them and reelection.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Partner Exploring Ways to End Relationship With Ex-President's Company  —  Vornado considers step after efforts to sell, refinance office towers misfired, possibly due to Trump stake  —  One of the nation's biggest real-estate investors, which is run by a longtime friend of Donald Trump …
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
‘I Said The Opposite’: Criticism Of Trump's Impeachment Defense Intensifies  —  Toggle more options  —  A constitutional law professor whose work is cited extensively by former President Donald Trump's lawyers in their impeachment defense brief says his work has been seriously misrepresented.
Lauren Oyler / New York Times:
The Case for Semicolons  —  There are very few opportunities in life to have it both ways; semicolons are the rare instance in which you can; there is absolutely no downside.  —  For several years I have returned, frequently, to a vague memory of reading an article in which a woman recommended eating dessert after every meal.
Dean Russell / THE CITY:
Cuomo Distances State from Use of Experimental COVID-19 Cocktail at NYS-Run Veterans Nursing Home in Queens  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo deflected blame Tuesday for the use of an unproven COVID-19 treatment administered at a state-run nursing home in Queens.  —  His response came a day after a report …
Discussion: Type Investigations
 
 
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The Comedy Industry Has a Big Alt-Right Problem
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Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
The first state to pass a police ‘Bill of Rights’ could become the first to repeal it
Discussion: The Root
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Reckless rhetoric is a reckless standard in this impeachment
Discussion: New York Times and Breitbart
The Guardian:
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Ammon Bundy, veteran of armed standoffs, builds militia network on COVID backlash
Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:
Rep. Meijer avoids censure after GOP committee deadlock
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and The 19th
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
This New York Times profile on Kamala Harris is why the media so often earn the ‘fake news’ title
Richard Ruelas / Arizona Republic:
Jake Angeli, who wore a fur hat with horns while raiding U.S. Capitol, apologizes
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
American Greatness:
What Happened to Officer Brian Sicknick?
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and The Hill