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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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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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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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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyer Bruce Castor Defends Trial Performance After GOP Criticism — Trump lawyer Bruce L. Castor Jr. defended his performance on the first day of former President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial after several Republican senators criticized him as unprepared and ineffective.
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The Hill:
GOP senators ‘perplexed’ by ‘unfocused’ and ‘weaker’ Trump legal defense — A number of Republican senators said they were “stunned” and “perplexed” by Trump's legal team Tuesday, criticizing the two attorneys for lacking focus and making “weaker” arguments than the House impeachment managers …
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Politico:
Senate votes Trump trial is constitutional after emotional first day — The Senate voted on Tuesday to uphold the Senate's authority to put Donald Trump on trial for the House's charge that he incited the Jan. 6 insurrection, sidelining the former president's primary defense against the House's impeachment article.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Meandering Performance by Defense Lawyers Enrages Trump — The former president was particularly angry at Bruce L. Castor Jr., one of his lawyers, for acknowledging the effectiveness of the House Democrats' presentation. — On the first day of his second impeachment trial …
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David Siders / Politico:
Impeachment minefield awaits 2024 GOP field
Impeachment minefield awaits 2024 GOP field
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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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Associated Press:
The Latest: Aides say Trump impeachment case ‘devastating’
The Latest: Aides say Trump impeachment case ‘devastating’
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
First Day of Impeachment Stuns, Baffles and Shocks—but GOP Is Unmoved
First Day of Impeachment Stuns, Baffles and Shocks—but GOP Is Unmoved
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C-SPAN.org:
User Clip: House impeachment managers' opening video
User Clip: House impeachment managers' opening video
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CNN:
Trump unhappy with his impeachment attorney's performance, sources say
Trump unhappy with his impeachment attorney's performance, sources say
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Politico:
Trump plans a reemergence and some retribution after impeachment
Trump plans a reemergence and some retribution after impeachment
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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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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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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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Rasmussen Reports:
Most Voters Don't Expect Senate to Convict Trump, Won't Watch Impeachment Trial
Most Voters Don't Expect Senate to Convict Trump, Won't Watch Impeachment Trial
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POLITICUSUSA, The Gateway Pundit, NPR, Breitbart, ABC News and Washington Examiner
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Trump impeachment vote could be litmus test for GOP senators eyeing 2024 runs
Trump impeachment vote could be litmus test for GOP senators eyeing 2024 runs
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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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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.”
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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 …
Politico:
Trump hid his calls with Putin. Now, Biden has access to them. — What was said between the two leaders is a great mystery, one that advisers to the current president say is imperative to find out. — Then-President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left …
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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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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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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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CBS News:
Large bipartisan majority of Americans favor more COVID economic relief — A very large and bipartisan majority of Americans would support congressional passage of a new stimulus bill to help those impacted by the pandemic, and many would prefer that it receive bipartisan support in Congress, too.
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Colin Kaepernick forms a SPAC — Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick on Tuesday disclosed that he has formed a blank-check company that will seek to raise $250 million in an IPO. — Why it matters: Kaepernick hasn't played pro football since 2016, but has remained a cultural lightening rod …
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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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 Times:
John Fetterman, Senate Candidate, Revisits Gun Incident Involving Black Jogger — As a mayor in 2013, Mr. Fetterman, a Democrat, used a gun to stop Christopher Miyares, a Black man jogging nearby, after saying he heard gunshots. The police found no weapons on Mr. Miyares and released him.
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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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Seth Simons / New Republic:
The Comedy Industry Has a Big Alt-Right Problem … In the dark recesses of the internet lurks a man who goes by ToxicCisWhiteMaleFat. He makes his home on onaforums.net, a community named after the shock jock duo Opie & Anthony—a safe space to say what cannot be said offline.
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Insider:
GOP Sen. Patrick Toomey's son poured money into GameStop during the stock's most volatile stretch — then sold out a day later as his father warned of a ‘bubble’ market … - Sen. Pat Toomey said Jan. 28 the GameStop stock surge “has all of the characteristics of a bubble.”
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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Ethan Wolff-Mann / Yahoo Finance:
28% of Americans bought GameStop or other viral stocks in January: Yahoo Finance-Harris Poll — Over a quarter of American adults say they bought GameStop ( — The Harris Poll. — The GameStop frenzy, kicked off by the subreddit — r/wallstreetbets, struck a chord with many retail investors …
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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