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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Meandering Performance by Defense Lawyers Enrages Trump  —  The former president was particularly angry at Bruce L. Castor Jr., one of his lawyers, for acknowledging the effectiveness of the House Democrats' presentation.  —  On the first day of his second impeachment trial …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
McConnell Signals to GOP Trump Conviction Is a Conscience Vote  — Minority leader suggests he hasn't decided on Trump guilt  — Kentucky Republican voted to declare trial unconstitutional  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is signaling to fellow Republicans that the final vote …
Politico:
Trump was quite displeased with his impeachment defense team  —  For former President Donald Trump, the opening day of his second impeachment trial did not go as planned or to his liking.  —  Cocooned at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Trump watched as his defense attorneys responded …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump is furious, and McConnell might vote to convict  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ANOTHER ANTI-TRUMP LEAK FROM MCCONNELL WORLD — “McConnell Signals to GOP Trump Impeachment Is a Conscience Vote,” Bloomberg: “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is signaling to fellow Republicans …
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
More Philly lawyers are on Trump's impeachment defense team and one sued the president last year  —  As Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial began Tuesday in Washington, his lawyer, former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor, had two other big-name Philadelphia attorneys backing him up.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump's Lawyers Lost the Day  —  “The mob was fed lies.  They were provoked by the president and other powerful people, and they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government which they did not like.”
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Bruce Castor: The Disaster Artist
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and HotAir
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
‘I Said The Opposite’: Criticism Of Trump's Impeachment Defense Intensifies
Steve Neavling / News & Views, Detroit Metro Times:
Sen. Shirkey baselessly claims U.S. Capitol riot was ‘staged’ by Trump haters, recording shows  — Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey.  —  Michigan state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey suggested the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was a “hoax” perpetuated by opponents of former President Donald Trump.
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Axios:
GOP eyes working-class future
Discussion: Political Wire and HotAir
Daniel Victor / New York Times:
'I'm Not a Cat,' Says Lawyer Having Zoom Difficulties  —  The video was immediately shared widely and brought joy to many.  The lawyer, Rod Ponton, said he was happy people got a much-needed laugh.  —  It was a civil forfeiture case hearing like any other hearing, except for the lawyer cat.
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Matthew Gault / VICE:
‘I Am Not a Cat,’ Lawyer Using Zoom Cat Filter Tells Judge
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Why Jamie Raskin's Speech Resonated  —  The emotional high point of Donald Trump's second impeachment trial probably came in its first hours.  —  Closing out the opening presentation from the Democratic House managers, Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland offered a powerful speech …
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Politico:
Trump hid his calls with Putin.  Now, Biden has access to them.  —  Few Trump-era mysteries are as intriguing as what the 45th president said to Vladimir Putin in at least a dozen rambling, off-the-cuff calls and meetings over four years.  Understanding what was said between …
Discussion: Insider, The Hill, Raw Story and The Week
Todd Frankel / Washington Post:
A majority of the people arrested for Capitol riot had a history of financial trouble  —  Trail of bankruptcies, tax problems and bad debts raises questions for researchers trying to understand motivations for attack  —  Jenna Ryan seemed like an unlikely participant in the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
New York Times:
'There's Nothing Left': Why Thousands of Republicans Are Leaving the Party  —  Voting registration data indicates a stronger-than-usual flight from the G.O.P. since the Capitol riot, with an intensely fluid period in American politics now underway.  —  In the days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol …
Simon Shuster / TIME:
Exclusive: Ukraine Releases ‘Shock’ Call With Giuliani As Trump's Second Impeachment Trial Begins  —  “Let these investigations go forward,” Rudy Giuliani told the presidential headquarters in Kyiv, Ukraine, his voice turning impatient.  “Get someone to investigate this.”
Discussion: CNN, The Intellectualist and Raw Story
Michael Gartland / New York Daily News:
Yang holds commanding lead in mayor's race: new poll  —  Andrew Yang commands a double-digit lead in the Democrat primary for mayor, with his closest rivals, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Comptroller Scott Stringer, trailing by more than 10 percentage points each, a new poll released early Wednesday morning revealed.
Axios:
Dozens of states see new voter suppression proposals  —  There are at least 165 proposals under consideration in 33 states so far this year to restrict future voting access by limiting mail-in ballots, implementing new voter ID requirements and slashing registration options.
Scott Fontana / New York Post:
Mark Cuban's Mavericks won't play national anthem anymore  —  Haven't heard about any national anthem protests at Dallas Mavericks games?  There's a good reason for that: The team isn't and won't be playing it anymore.  —  Mark Cuban told The Athletic it was his decision to eliminate …
Nikole Hannah-Jones / Rod Dreher:
At Times, Don McNeil Scandal Deepens  —  This business over The New York Times pushing out veteran science journalist Donald G. McNeil, Jr., is shaping up to be deeply symbolic of the way wokeness has corrupted a major American institution.  Seriously, the rot goes all the way to the top.
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Dexter Thomas / VICE:
Is This Beverly Hills Cop Playing Sublime's ‘Santeria’ to Avoid Being Live-streamed?  —  Police officers in Beverly Hills have been playing music while being filmed, seemingly in an effort to trigger Instagram's copyright filters.  —  DT  —  Last Friday, a man entered the Beverly Hills police department …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
GOP Image Slides Giving Democrats Strong Advantage  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' opinions of the Republican Party have worsened in recent months, with 37% now saying they have a favorable view of the party, down from 43% in November.  This decline, along with a slight increase …
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
Wall Street Journal:
TikTok Sale to Oracle, Walmart Is Shelved as Biden Reviews Security  —  Trump-driven deal had languished as video-sharing app's Chinese owner mounted successful legal challenges  —  WASHINGTON—A U.S. plan to force the sale of TikTok's American operations to a group including Oracle Corp …
PepsiCo:
Aunt Jemima Rebrands As Pearl Milling Company  —  PepsiCo, Inc., today announced the debut of Pearl Milling Company, the new name of the pancake mix and syrup varieties previously found under the Aunt Jemima brand.  —  Pearl Milling Company-branded pancake mixes, syrups, cornmeal, flour …
Mike Luckovich / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
2/10 Mike Luckovich: Where they came from  —  ByeDonThis was after Super Tuesday, and after Biden won South Carolina.  It seemed at that point that he was gonna be the nominee.  I woke up around 330 a.m. the next morning and started thinking, and something just hit me — “ByeDon.”
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Jan. 6 images were already disturbing.  The impeachment-trial video makes them terrifying.  —  The pounding on the Capitol doors, the shouts of the mob, police officers screaming in pain, barricades toppled, windows shattered, the deadly gunshot.  —  Captured in fragments on cellphone videos …
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Occupy Democrats
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Biden Team Fears: No COVID Herd Immunity Until Thanksgiving  —  Dr. Fauci is still “cautiously optimistic” that life can return to normal by the beginning of the fall.  But others worry that we may not get there until the early winter.  —  Top members of Biden's COVID response team …
Politico:
Inside Republicans' plans for a House takeover  —  House Republicans surprised nearly everyone last November when they almost captured the majority.  —  Then they spent January roiled by the deadly attack on the Capitol, confronting a second impeachment of then-President Donald Trump …
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
The biggest ACA overhaul in a decade is underway  —  Democrats' coronavirus relief proposal includes major changes to the Affordable Care Act, aiming to make health insurance more affordable for the millions of people who have lost their employer-based coverage during the pandemic.
Discussion: NPR and Ways and Means Committee
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Why Trump's Second Impeachment Is a Visceral Reckoning  —  At issue will be many aspects that defined Donald Trump's presidency: his relentless assaults on truth, his fomenting of divisions, his shattering of norms and his undermining of an election.  —  This was no phone call transcript, no dry words on a page open to interpretation.
 
 
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Jonathan Holloway / New York Times:
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New York Times:
Iran Suggests It May Seek Nuclear Weapons, in New Escalation of Threats
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh is ailing. And so is the conservative talk-radio industry.
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Craig Simpson / Telegraph:
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Seth Simons / New Republic:
The Comedy Industry Has a Big Alt-Right Problem
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