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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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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 …
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CBS News, Washington Post, Newsweek, POLITICUSUSA and The Intellectualist
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 …
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DemCast, Fox News, CNBC, Washington Examiner, Lawyers, Guns & Money, POLITICUSUSA, Washingtonian, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Federalist, CNN and The Week
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 …
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Vox, HotAir and The American Independent
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.
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The Hill, Washington Post, NPR, Axios, UPI, The Sun, KRON4, The Dickinson Press, The Moderate Voice, CBS Philly, Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA, Proof and Raw Story
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 …
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New York Times, Patterico's Pontifications, Fox News, Mediaite, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Political Wire and Insider
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 …
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Insider, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Law & Crime
David Siders / Politico:
Impeachment minefield awaits 2024 GOP field — Donald Trump's acquittal in his impeachment trial is all but a sure thing. — What's still unsettled is how the Republican senators seeking to take his place in the 2024 presidential primary will navigate the minefield before the verdict is official.
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New York Times, Vox, Rasmussen Reports, Insider, Washington Post, Fox News and Political Wire
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 …
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Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Bulwark, Townhall, PRESS RUN, Reuters, New York Magazine, Crooks and Liars, CNN, Vanity Fair, National Review, The Week, The American Independent, Decider, Wall Street Journal, Axios, Verdict, Pennsylvania Capital-Star, The Hill, Real Clear Politics, Daily Kos, Uphill, The Moderate Voice, Point of Order, Raw Story, USA Today, Political Wire and Washington Post
Associated Press:
The Latest: Aides say Trump impeachment case ‘devastating’
The Latest: Aides say Trump impeachment case ‘devastating’
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Common Dreams, Talking Points Memo, Crooks and Liars, Florida Politics and KTLA
Jim Jordan / Fox News:
Rep. Jim Jordan: Trump impeachment trial - here's what the Senate must do
Rep. Jim Jordan: Trump impeachment trial - here's what the Senate must do
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Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Raw Story, The Root, Lawfare, New York Post, Mercury News, Insider, Common Dreams and Slate
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump aide who penned White House tell-all considering Alabama Senate run
Trump aide who penned White House tell-all considering Alabama Senate run
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Washington Examiner and Fox News
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyer Bruce Castor Defends Trial Performance After GOP Criticism
Trump Lawyer Bruce Castor Defends Trial Performance After GOP Criticism
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The Hill
Li Zhou / Vox:
Watch: Democrats open the impeachment trial with a disturbing video capturing the chaos of January 6
Watch: Democrats open the impeachment trial with a disturbing video capturing the chaos of January 6
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Washington Post, Fox News, New York Times, Bloomberg and TheGrio
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Trial of Former President Is Found Constitutional, With 6 G.O.P. Votes
Trial of Former President Is Found Constitutional, With 6 G.O.P. Votes
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Washington Post, USA Today, Insider, Vox, The Hill, BuzzFeed News, Associated Press, HotAir, Talking Points Memo, Reason, The Dickinson Press, Missoula Current, Mediaite, CNN, WHYY, Bloomberg, Defense One and TalkLeft
Kadia Goba / Axios:
Trump's 2nd impeachment trial recap, day 1: Senate votes trial is constitutional
Trump's 2nd impeachment trial recap, day 1: Senate votes trial is constitutional
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Kyodo News+ and Politico
Brian Naylor / NPR:
House Managers To Present New Evidence At Trump Impeachment Trial
House Managers To Present New Evidence At Trump Impeachment Trial
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NBC News, The Hill, Slate, New York Post, Truthout, Roll Call and Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Live updates: Divided Senate votes to proceed with impeachment trial of Trump
Live updates: Divided Senate votes to proceed with impeachment trial of Trump
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Associated Press, HuffPost, NPR, USA Today, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, The Times of Israel, The Intellectualist, Mercury News, Breitbart, DemCast, The Daily Caller, Boston Herald, KCLO-TV, Law & Crime, NBC 6 South Florida, NBC Bay Area, KRON4, Al Jazeera, Florida Politics, Mediaite, Political Wire, Politico, YouGov and FiveThirtyEight
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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Slate, Dallas Morning News, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Mashable and Althouse
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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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Liberty Unyielding, HotAir and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Alex Nester / Washington Free Beacon:
White House Walks Back Promise to Open Schools in 100 Days — The White House on Tuesday qualified its promise to reopen schools in President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office, saying the administration wants “some” in-person learning “at least one day a week.”
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USA Today, OpenSecrets.org, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, New York Post, Townhall, The 74 and The Daily Caller
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
White House confirms Biden will keep embassy in Jerusalem
White House confirms Biden will keep embassy in Jerusalem
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The Daily Caller and CNN
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden opposes effort to recall California's Newsom: White House
Biden opposes effort to recall California's Newsom: White House
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NBC News and New York Post
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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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 …
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 …
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New York Post, Poynter, Breitbart, New Republic and The Federalist, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Fox Files Motion to Dismiss Smartmatic's $2.7 Billion Defamation Suit — In a court filing, Rupert Murdoch's media company says it had the right to broadcast the debunked claims of election fraud promoted by President Donald Trump's legal team on Fox News and Fox Business.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Fox's effort to clean up its post-election misinformation is not terribly convincing
Fox's effort to clean up its post-election misinformation is not terribly convincing
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Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Politico, CNBC and Raw Story
C-SPAN.org:
User Clip: House impeachment managers' opening video — Video presented by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) of the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
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Common Dreams and Insider
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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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The Hill, The Daily Caller, CNN and nationalinterest.org
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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.
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Washington Examiner, Townhall, Political Wire and Breitbart
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.
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Bloomberg, Washington Post, Reason, The Dickinson Press, Cyprus Mail, The American Independent, Mediaite and Political Wire
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 …
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Associated Press, Politico and Commercial Observer
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 …
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