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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 …
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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Politico:
‘They could have killed all of us’: Trump trial opens with gripping footage of Capitol violence — House Democrats opened their case Tuesday to convict Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection with a montage of harrowing scenes of violence wrought by the former president's supporters during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
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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Associated Press:
The Latest: Aides say Trump impeachment case ‘devastating’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate impeachment trial (all times local): — House impeachment managers plan to lay out a “devastating” case that is similar to a criminal prosecution …
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Common Dreams, Associated Press, Crooks and Liars, Florida Politics and KTLA
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 and nationalinterest.org
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Psaki: Biden not weighing in on Trump impeachment trial because 'he's not a pundit' — Psaki said Biden will not watch the Trump impeachment trial proceedings — Fox News Go — White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday said President Biden is not weighing in on former President …
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Washington Examiner, Politico, The Independent and Washington Times
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, Raw Story, Mercury News, Breitbart, Common Dreams, New York Post and Lawfare
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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The Hill, NBC News, Slate, New York Post, New York Times and Roll Call
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Live updates: Day 1 of Trump's second impeachment trial
Live updates: Day 1 of Trump's second impeachment trial
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Politico, New York Times, CBS News, IJR, The Independent, Vanity Fair and Washington Post
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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Rasmussen Reports, Occupy Democrats, Washington Examiner, CNN, Fox News, The Hill, NPR, Insider, Truthout, HotAir, Talking Points Memo, Slate, The Root, The Dickinson Press and WHYY
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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NBC News, New York Times, The Boston Globe, Poynter, Talking Points Memo and HotAir
Adam Kinzinger / Washington Post:
My fellow Republicans, convicting Trump is necessary to save America
My fellow Republicans, convicting Trump is necessary to save America
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CNN, New York Magazine, HuffPost, Forbes, Talking Points Memo, Wall Street Journal, Insider, NPR, The Hill, UPI, The Week, Raw Story and TheGrio
ABC News:
‘Because President Trump said to’: Over a dozen Capitol rioters say they were following Trump's guidance
‘Because President Trump said to’: Over a dozen Capitol rioters say they were following Trump's guidance
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, UPI, Mother Jones, The Week, Denver Post and wabe.org
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
The debate over whether the Senate can hear Trump's impeachment: An explainer
The debate over whether the Senate can hear Trump's impeachment: An explainer
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ABC News, Fox News, HuffPost, The Dickinson Press and The Week
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 and Commercial Observer
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Opening moments from the impeachment trial
POLITICO Playbook PM: Opening moments from the impeachment trial
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Fox News, Al Jazeera, New York Sun, Occupy Democrats, Washington Examiner and Washington Post
Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN to host town hall with President Joe Biden
CNN to host town hall with President Joe Biden
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, New York Post, TVNewser and Deadline
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, Los Angeles Times, Political Wire and Breitbart
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 and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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Fox News Channel Press, The Daily Caller, NPR, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, Axios, The Wrap, Althouse and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »
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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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Politico, Bloomberg, Law & Crime, CNBC and Raw Story
CNN:
DOJ asks Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign — (CNN)The Justice Department on Tuesday asked US attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit their resignations, a turnover that spares two top prosecutors in Delaware and Connecticut overseeing two sensitive Trump-era investigations.
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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, The Week, Mock Paper Scissors and Law & Crime, more at Mediagazer »
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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BuzzFeed News and The Hill
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Connie Hanzhang Jin / NPR:
The Capitol Siege: The Arrested And Their Stories
Josh Siegel / Washington Examiner:
Manchin pushes Biden to reverse Keystone XL pipeline rejection — Joe Manchin, the most conservative Democrat in a split Senate, is calling on President Biden to reconsider his decision to cancel a permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline. — Manchin, the chairman of the powerful Energy Committee …
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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.
ABC News:
Pilot disorientation, flight rule violations blamed for crash that killed Kobe Bryant: NTSB — They were headed to a basketball game when the chopper crashed into a hillside. — Investigation into helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant — The National Transportation Safety Board …
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Washington Examiner
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Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Pilot in Kobe Bryant Crash Became Disoriented in Clouds, N.T.S.B. Finds
Pilot in Kobe Bryant Crash Became Disoriented in Clouds, N.T.S.B. Finds
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CBS Los Angeles, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, The Wrap, The Daily Caller, KCLO-TV, Variety and Orange County Register
Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:
Rep. Meijer avoids censure after GOP committee deadlock — GOP U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer avoided censure by Republican leaders in his west Michigan district after they deadlocked 11-11 Monday night, causing the censure resolution to fail. — Meijer, who represents the Grand Rapids area …
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The Hill, CNN, Deseret News, Vox and The 19th
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
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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Insider
Richard Read / Los Angeles Times:
Ammon Bundy, veteran of armed standoffs, builds militia network on COVID backlash — The two dozen demonstrators pressed against the emergency-room doors, screaming to be let in. — “Show us the law!” they chanted. — “Let Grandma out!” one shouted. — They had descended …
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The Senate's coming crisis over majority rule — Harris casts tie-breaking vote to pass budget resolution — (CNN)The early lines of division between the parties during Joe Biden's presidency point toward rising confrontation, sooner rather than later, over rules and traditions in the Senate …
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Raw Story, Daily Kos, NOQ Report and The American Independent
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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Fox News, TheGrio, RedState, The Independent, The National Pulse, Mediaite, The Federalist and New York Post
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Reckless rhetoric is a reckless standard in this impeachment — Little more than one year since the first impeachment of Donald Trump, the Senate is poised to pass judgment on him again. There is, however, one notable difference in the trial that starts today.
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New York Times and Breitbart
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Piers Morgan Hammers Sarah Palin for Refusing to Say Election Was Fair in Trainwreck Debate: 'You're Sounding Totally Bonkers!' — Former Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin is still trying to push claims that there were “shenanigans” in the 2020 election, while not acknowledging it was contested fairly.
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The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story