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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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Associated Press, DemCast, Washington Examiner, Law & Crime, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and The Federalist
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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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Axios, Vox, Point of Order, Wall Street Journal, Defense One, New York Post, Daily Kos, Insider, The Week, USA Today, Fox News, Uphill, Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Verdict, The Hill and Raw Story
Politico:
Impeachment managers accuse Trump of blaming supporters for insurrection — Donald Trump is attempting to “shift blame onto his supporters” for igniting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol and is relying on disputed legal theories to avoid accountability for his months-long attempt …
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Washington Examiner, The Dickinson Press, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, NBC 6 South Florida, Fox News and CNN
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump incited Capitol riot further after it began, impeachment prosecutors will claim
Trump incited Capitol riot further after it began, impeachment prosecutors will claim
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Occupy Democrats, NPR, Rasmussen Reports, Fox News, Insider, CNN, The Hill, Raw Story, Truthout, AFP, Associated Press, HotAir, The 19th and New York Times
Reuters:
Scholar says Trump's lawyers misrepresented his research in preparing impeachment defense
Scholar says Trump's lawyers misrepresented his research in preparing impeachment defense
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Raw Story, Al Jazeera, The Week, KCLO-TV and The Independent
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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The Constitutionalist, New York Times, HuffPost, The Hill, Vox, USA Today, NPR, New York Post, Townhall, New York Sun, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Talking Points Memo and Insider
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Sorry Politico, impeachment's not “lost cause” for Dems — it's a home run
Sorry Politico, impeachment's not “lost cause” for Dems — it's a home run
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CNN, Slate, Washington Post and Michigan Advance
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
How to watch the Senate impeachment trial
How to watch the Senate impeachment trial
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Fox News, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Juanita Jean's, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Orange County Register, UPI, NBC News, National Review, wabe.org, The Wrap, The Week, NOQ Report, CBS News, The Hill, ABC News, USA Today and Raw Story
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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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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Patterico's Pontifications, The Hill, HotAir, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and Political Wire
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's weak defense will expose the depravity of GOP senators who acquit him
Trump's weak defense will expose the depravity of GOP senators who acquit him
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The Boston Globe, The Carpentariat and HotAir
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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Washington Times, Insider, NPR, CBS News, Slate, The Root, Mediaite, Breitbart, The Dickinson Press, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, Denver Post, NBC Chicago, WGN-TV and WHYY
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.
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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Washington Examiner, USA Today, Tallahassee Democrat, HotAir, New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Kos, Fox News, CBS Chicago, HuffPost, National Review, The National Pulse, The Daily Caller, Insider, TheBlaze, Bloomberg, Axios, Talking Points Memo, TheGrio, Just Security, The Hill, Politico, Townhall, The Week, Washington Times and U.S. Department of Justice
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department drops suit over Melania Trump aide's tell-all book
Justice Department drops suit over Melania Trump aide's tell-all book
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Washington Post, Insider, The Daily Caller, Mock Paper Scissors, The Week and Law & Crime, more at Mediagazer »
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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POLITICUSUSA, The Independent, Townhall, NBC 6 South Florida, The Daily Caller and Washington Examiner
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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Fox News, The American Independent, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Washington Examiner
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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The Federalist, Mediaite and New York Post
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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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Bloomberg, USA Today, Real Clear Politics, NBC Chicago and Raw Story
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.
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Raw Story
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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Reuters, Wired, New York Times, Al Jazeera, CNN, Wall Street Journal and Washington Examiner
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 …
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
This New York Times profile on Kamala Harris is why the media so often earn the ‘fake news’ title — Reporters in Washington to this day act like they've just come out of a war zone because former President Donald Trump called them “fake news.” It escapes them that they might have earned the title.
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Media Matters for America and Todd Starnes
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Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Vice President Kamala Harris could kill the filibuster herself
Vice President Kamala Harris could kill the filibuster herself
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Outside the Beltway
Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN to host town hall with President Joe Biden — (CNN)Less than one month after taking office, President Joe Biden will participate in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, answering questions from Americans as the nation struggles to contain the coronavirus pandemic and jumpstart a troubled economy.
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The Hill, Deadline, TVNewser and The Guardian
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 …
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, ABC News, The Daily Caller, The Guardian and nationalinterest.org
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.
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
CNN's Van Jones felt ‘ambushed’ by hosts of ‘The View’ — CNN pundit Van Jones did not get the warm welcome he was expecting when he appeared on ABC's “The View” last Friday. — “He felt like they were rude, and he was completely blindsided by how they questioned him. He was not happy about how the interview went.
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The Hill and National Review
Richard Ruelas / Arizona Republic:
Jake Angeli, who wore a fur hat with horns while raiding U.S. Capitol, apologizes — The Phoenix man who took part in the Jan. 6 raid on the U.S. Capitol wearing a fur hat with horns, apologized on Monday for entering the building and expressed disappointment in former President Donald Trump, at whose behest he had traveled to D.C.
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Lincoln Project's avowed ignorance of Weaver texts undercut by leaked communications — The Lincoln Project's leaders, amid the unfolding scandal of co-founder John Weaver soliciting sexual favors from young men, have asserted they were unaware of his indiscretions until last month …
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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Mediaite, Crooks and Liars, Bloomberg, Insider, HuffPost, TheBlaze, Reuters, Associated Press, POLITICUSUSA, TheGrio, Raw Story and Vanity Fair
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia investigation opened into Trump's call to overturn election
Georgia investigation opened into Trump's call to overturn election
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Democracy Now, Truthout, CNN, Cyprus Mail, Politico, NBC News, Reuters, The Week, The Independent, UPI and ABC News
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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HotAir, Twitchy, Fox News and Instapundit
Tevi Troy / City Journal:
Experts Topics … Secretary for America — George Shultz, R.I.P. — Economy, finance, and budgets — Politics and law — Other — Economist, academic, business leader, diplomat, and patriot George Shultz has just died at 100. He is one of only two Americans …
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Power Line, New York Sun and National Review
Laura Reiley / Washington Post:
Raising the steaks: First 3-D-printed rib-eye is unveiled — USDA and FDA don't yet have regulatory framework to bring it to market — An Israeli company unveiled the first 3-D-printed rib-eye steak on Tuesday, using a culture of live animal tissue, in what could be a leap forward …
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The Daily Caller and Althouse
John Bowden / The Hill:
Germany, Poland and Sweden expel Russian officials in diplomatic tit-for-tat — Three European countries have expelled Russian diplomats in response to the expulsion of European Union (EU) officials who were part of a delegation to Moscow headed by Josep Borrell, the EU's High Representative.
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HotAir and The Guardian
Jeff Stein / The Daily Beast:
The Intelligence Community's Massive January 6 Failure — A key DHS threat monitor's Jan. 5 message of “Nothing special to report” as alarm bells were screaming illustrates that no “lessons learned” after 9/11 really sank in. — I don't know about you, but I've had it up to my keister with “wake-up calls” and “lessons learned.”
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Raw Story, SpyTalk and New York Post
Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
OMB Nominee Neera Tanden Says She Regrets Past Tweets — Nominee for budget office director has drawn criticism for her past tweets about Republicans and Sen. Bernie Sanders — WASHINGTON— Neera Tanden, President Biden's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget …
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The Daily Beast, USA Today, Fox News, The Hill, Washington Times, Mediaite and Roll Call
Kristen Holmes / CNN:
Trump's Postmaster General wants to stay on the job, but his days in the Biden administration may be numbered — Washington (CNN)Embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has told those close to him he wants to stay in his role under the new president, two sources tell CNN …
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Slate and Mock Paper Scissors