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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.”
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden's strategy for Trump's impeachment: Sit back and STFU — Washington may be consumed by Donald Trump's impeachment trial this week, but the White House has a decidedly different view of it: Impeachment? What impeachment? — The Biden team has shut down question after question …
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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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CNN:
Trump lawyer withdraws request not to have impeachment trial on Sabbath — (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's lawyer David Schoen is withdrawing his request to not hold the impeachment trial on the Jewish Sabbath, according to a person familiar with trial planning, which had altered the likely schedule for the proceedings.
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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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Reuters:
Scholar says Trump's lawyers misrepresented his research in preparing impeachment defense — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A legal scholar cited by Donald Trump's lawyers in arguing that it is unconstitutional to have an impeachment trial for a former president said Trump's defense team misrepresented his work “quite badly.”
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
How to watch Trump's second impeachment trial like a boss
How to watch Trump's second impeachment trial like a boss
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ABC News:
GOP on defense as Democrats weaponize party's ties to extremism
GOP on defense as Democrats weaponize party's ties to extremism
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Caroline Kelly / CNN:
How to watch the Senate impeachment trial
How to watch the Senate impeachment trial
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's trial set to rock Washington and echo through the ages
Trump's trial set to rock Washington and echo through the ages
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump tells aides he thinks he'll be acquitted as he remains fixated on ‘accountability’ for GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach
Trump tells aides he thinks he'll be acquitted as he remains fixated on ‘accountability’ for GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach
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CNN:
DOJ to ask Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign — (CNN)The Justice Department, as soon as Tuesday, is expected to ask US attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit their resignations, a turnover expected to spare two top prosecutors in Delaware and Connecticut overseeing …
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NBC News:
Biden's Justice Department to ask nearly all Trump-era U.S. attorneys to resign
Biden's Justice Department to ask nearly all Trump-era U.S. attorneys to resign
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Justice Dept. seeks resignations of Trump-era US attorneys
Justice Dept. seeks resignations of Trump-era US attorneys
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
DOJ to seek resignations of most Trump-appointed US attorneys: report
DOJ to seek resignations of most Trump-appointed US attorneys: report
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Adam Carlson / People.com:
Reporter Forgoes Covering President as Romance Blossoms with Biden Aide Battling Cancer: 'Didn't Think Twice' — “We both realized we both felt the same way,” TJ Ducklo, a White House deputy press secretary, says of Axios' Alexi McCammond. “We're both really happy, and we wanted to do it the right way.”
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump compares impeachment to ‘The Apprentice’ — DRIVING THE DAY — As Republicans get ready to beat back a DONALD TRUMP impeachment conviction for the second time, sources close to the former president say he's already imagining his comeback.
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Jack Evans / Tampa Bay Times:
Someone tried to poison Oldsmar's water supply during hack, sheriff says — Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said the attacker tried to raise levels of sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, by a factor of more than 100. — Local and federal authorities are investigating after an attempt Friday …
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Maggie Miller / The Hill:
Hackers breach, attempt to poison Florida city's water supply
Hackers breach, attempt to poison Florida city's water supply
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Arian Campo-Flores / Wall Street Journal:
Hacker Changed Chemical Level in Florida City's Water System
Hacker Changed Chemical Level in Florida City's Water System
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New York Times:
Georgia Officials Review Trump Phone Call as Scrutiny Intensifies — The office of Georgia's secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, has initiated a fact-finding inquiry into Donald Trump's January phone call to Mr. Raffensperger pressuring him to “find” votes.
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Linda So / Reuters:
Exclusive: Georgia Secretary of State opens investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn election
Exclusive: Georgia Secretary of State opens investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn election
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New York Times:
‘Its Own Domestic Army’: How the G.O.P. Allied Itself With Militants — Actions taken by paramilitary groups in Michigan last year, emboldened by President Donald J. Trump, signaled a profound shift in Republican politics and a national crisis in the making.
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.
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Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Manafort Can't Be Prosecuted in New York After Trump Pardon, Court Rules — The Court of Appeals let stand a lower-court ruling that the Manhattan district attorney's prosecution of Paul Manafort was barred by the double jeopardy rule. — The Manhattan district attorney's attempt …
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Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Sorry Politico, impeachment's not “lost cause” for Dems — it's a home run — If you've been enjoying ad-free PRESS RUN since its launch, or have just recently become a reader, please consider subscribing for $6 a month. Thanks! — Stay healthy. Be kind. — Subscribe to PRESS RUN
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Lou Dobbs is lashing out at Fox on Twitter for dropping his show
Lou Dobbs is lashing out at Fox on Twitter for dropping his show
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Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
New York Times Meltdown Plays Out in Private Facebook Group — The “resignation” of star New York Times science writer Donald McNeil Jr. has sparked a furious back-and-forth among Times staffers, many of whom are outraged over the Gray Lady's handling of his departure.
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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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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
Americans angry they may no longer qualify for $1,400 stimulus checks, say it feels like a ‘targeted attack’ on middle class
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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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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 …
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Lacking a Lifeline: How a federal effort to help low-income Americans pay their phone bills failed amid the pandemic — An estimated 33 million U.S. households are eligible for assistance under a program known as Lifeline, but poor service and years of government mismanagement and neglect mean few use it.
Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Andrew Yang's campaign is cutting ties with a fundraiser once accused of sexual misconduct — The NYC mayoral candidate's campaign said it was unaware of the well-publicized allegations. — Andrew Yang's mayoral campaign is cutting ties with one of its fundraisers, Shervin Pishevar …
American Greatness:
What Happened to Officer Brian Sicknick? — No one should discount the idea that Democrats and the news media would intentionally promote a totally fabricated story to destroy Donald Trump and vilify his supporters. — The claim is so pervasive as not to be questioned …
Khristopher J. Brooks / CBS News:
9 million U.S. small businesses fear they won't survive pandemic — Three out of every 10 small businesses in the U.S. say they likely won't survive 2021 without additional government assistance during the coronavirus pandemic, a survey from the Federal Reserve Bank shows.
Joe Gould / Defense News:
Senate confirms Hicks as DoD's No. 2 — WASHINGTON ― The Senate confirmed Kathleen Hicks as deputy defense secretary on Monday evening, making her the first woman to be confirmed by the Senate to the position. — Hicks, who led President Joe Biden's transition team at the Pentagon …
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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 …
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Associated Press:
Man charged in US Capitol riot worked for FBI, lawyer says — WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who authorities say is a leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group and helped to organize a ring of other extremists and led them in the attack last month at the U.S. Capitol has held …
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Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Vice President Kamala Harris could kill the filibuster herself … It was 5:30 a.m. on Friday and all eyes were on Vice President Kamala Harris. — The Constitution has given Harris, as vice president, a second job — a side gig to most modern observers. She's not just President Joe Biden's No. 2 …
Kyle Daly / Axios:
How to deprogram America's extremists — It will take an all-out national effort to dismantle the radicalization pipeline that has planted conspiracy theories in the heads of millions of Americans and inspired last month's attack on the Capitol, experts tell Axios. — Two key measures that could make a difference:
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