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12:50 PM ET, February 9, 2021

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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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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 …
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden's strategy for Trump's impeachment: Sit back and STFU
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
How to watch Trump's second impeachment trial like a boss
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump incited Capitol riot further after it began, impeachment prosecutors will claim
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Graham threatens to call Democrats as witnesses during impeachment trial
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and RedState
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
How to watch the Senate impeachment trial
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 …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's trial set to rock Washington and echo through the ages
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.
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.
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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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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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Connie Hanzhang Jin / NPR:   The Capitol Siege: The Arrested And Their Stories
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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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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Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Vice President Kamala Harris could kill the filibuster herself
Discussion: 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.
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 …
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?
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.
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Althouse
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.
Discussion: 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 …
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 …
Discussion: Slate and Mock Paper Scissors
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Pilot in Kobe Bryant Crash Became Disoriented in Clouds, N.T.S.B. Finds  —  The pilot violated flight standards by flying into clouds, where his actions were consistent with “spatial disorientation,” the federal transportation safety agency said.  —  The pilot in the helicopter crash …
Dan Cooney / PBS NewsHour:
In Afghanistan, Biden inherits America's longest war and Trump's peace deal  —  Last year, the Trump administration signed a deal with the Taliban that would have U.S. and NATO troops out of Afghanistan by May 1.  But with the U.S. presence in the country about to enter its third decade …
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
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.”
Discussion: 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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New York Times:
How Biden United a Fractious Party Under One Tent
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
As Biden's son-in-law invests in COVID-19 response, questions of family and ethics could resurface
Discussion: New York Post and HotAir
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Businessman sentenced to prison in fraud case involving ex-Giuliani associate Lev Parnas
Eric Boehm / Reason:
Instead of Lifting Trump's Tariffs, Biden Is Imposing More of Them
James Mackintosh / Wall Street Journal:
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Germany, Poland and Sweden expel Russian officials in diplomatic tit-for-tat
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Brian Bennett / TIME:
How Joe Biden Has Changed the ‘Toxic Tone’ in the Oval Office
Discussion: Washington Post, UncoverDC and HotAir
 Earlier Items: 
Joe Gould / Defense News:
Senate confirms Hicks as DoD's No. 2
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump supporters want us to believe the Framers were fools
Discussion: NBC News and Towleroad Gay News
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Newly reelected Michigan GOP official seeks help investigating Wayne County voters
Kyle Daly / Axios:
How to deprogram America's extremists
Discussion: Raw Story
Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet:
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Discussion: NPR and Bloomberg
New York Times:
Georgia Officials Review Trump Phone Call as Scrutiny Intensifies
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
Discussion: Raw Story