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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 …
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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.
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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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The Daily Beast, Twitchy, Breitbart, Bloomberg, Real Clear Politics, USA Today, The Daily Caller, The Week, NBC Chicago, Denver Post, CNN, HotAir and Raw Story
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
Jim Jordan / Fox News:
Rep. Jim Jordan: Trump impeachment trial - here's what the Senate must do — President Trump did not incite the violence of Jan. 6 — Jim Jordan: Trump impeachment an ‘obsession’ with Democrats — It's been almost a month since he left office, but Democrats still can't let go of President Donald Trump.
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Breitbart, Mercury News, Common Dreams, The Root, Lawfare and New York Post
David Siders / Politico:
Impeachment minefield awaits 2024 GOP field — Donald Trump's acquittal in his impeachment trial is all but a sure thing. — What's still unsettled is how the Republican senators seeking to take his place in the 2024 presidential primary will navigate the minefield before the verdict is official.
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Insider, Vox, Fox News, The Times of Israel and Political Wire
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, Truthout, New York Post, Talking Points Memo, Roll Call and New York Times
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Psaki: Biden not weighing in on Trump impeachment trial because 'he's not a pundit'
Psaki: Biden not weighing in on Trump impeachment trial because 'he's not a pundit'
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Washington Examiner, Politico, The Independent and Washington Times
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 and Washington Examiner
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, The Independent, NPR, Slate, CBS News, Vanity Fair, IJR, Washington Post and WHYY
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
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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CNN, New York Times, The Boston Globe, Poynter, Talking Points Memo and HotAir
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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CNBC, POLITICUSUSA, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Examiner
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, Washington Post, HotAir, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and Political Wire
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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, 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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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, Law & Crime, Bloomberg, Raw Story and CNBC
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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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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Commercial Observer and Associated Press
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
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.
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 …
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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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Star Tribune, CNN, The Hill and Breitbart
Matthew Gault / VICE:
‘I Am Not a Cat,’ Lawyer Using Zoom Cat Filter Tells Judge — “All it was was a mistake. It was taken off and we had the hearing as normal,” the lawyer told Motherboard. — A court case in Texas was delayed by an adorable kitten filter. Lawyer Rod Ponton showed up to virtual court …
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
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 …
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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Poynter, Breitbart and New Republic
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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The Philadelphia Inquirer and Newsweek
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 …
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 …
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Washington Free Beacon, Fox News and Twitchy
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, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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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Outside the Beltway, Just Security, Media Matters for America and Todd Starnes
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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The Guardian:
Prince Charles vetted laws that stop his tenants buying their homes … The royal family has used a secretive procedure to vet three parliamentary acts that have prevented residents on Prince Charles' estate from buying their own homes for decades, the Guardian can reveal.
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The Daily Caller
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.