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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Tuberville says he informed Trump of Pence's evacuation before rioters reached Senate — Sen. Tommy Tuberville revealed late Wednesday that he spoke to Donald Trump on Jan. 6, just as a violent mob closed in on the the Senate, and informed the then-president directly that Vice President Mike Pence …
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HuffPost:
Trump's Tweet Attacking Pence Came Right After Learning His VP's Life Was In Danger — A statement from Sen. Tommy Tuberville shows Trump turned his mob against Pence minutes after hearing his vice president had to be hustled from the Senate. — WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump posted …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Impeachment Evidence — He might be acquitted, but he won't live down his disgraceful conduct. — By The Editorial Board — Whether a former President ought to be subject to an impeachment trial is a matter of constitutional debate. Whether it's prudent, if acquittal appears likely, is a related question.
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump's defense team expected to finish its arguments in one day — Conway on Trump's lawyers: This is the best he can do? — Washington (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's defense team expects to finish its arguments in the Senate's impeachment trial by Friday night, two sources tell CNN.
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Kimberly Wehle / The Bulwark:
Damning Evidence in Impeachment Trial Clarifies Trump's Guilt — Video and audio bring back the horror of Jan. 6 as impeachment managers show how the former president expected the violence. — Today we saw the first evidence presented in the second impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump.
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The Week, Slate, The Daily Caller, Crooks and Liars, CNN and Raw Story
Politico:
‘Invited by the president’: Managers say insurrectionists were following Trump — The proof that Donald Trump incited the Jan. 6 insurrection can be found in the words of the insurrectionists themselves, many of whom explicitly said they only showed up at the Capitol at the then-president's urging …
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Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
What Sen. Mike Lee told me about Trump's call the day of the Capitol riot
What Sen. Mike Lee told me about Trump's call the day of the Capitol riot
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Walter Shapiro / New Republic:
The Entire Republican Party Is on Trial
The Entire Republican Party Is on Trial
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Tim Reid / Reuters:
Exclusive: Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump third party — (Reuters) - Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form …
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Not My Party: Guilty, Guilty — Not My Party is back with a new episode on Trump's second impeachment trial. — He tried to steal the election. People are dead. It's onto impeachment round two. — We're three weeks deep in the Biden presidency. Trump has been dispatched to Mar-a-Lago …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Pelosi wants gold medal for police at Capitol
The Latest: Pelosi wants gold medal for police at Capitol
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Benjamin Parker / The Bulwark:
GOP Senators Support the ‘January Exception’
GOP Senators Support the ‘January Exception’
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New York Times, Fox News, RedState, Jewish Insider and TheGrio
Kadia Goba / Axios:
Pelosi to introduce bill to give Capitol Police the Congressional Gold Medal
Pelosi to introduce bill to give Capitol Police the Congressional Gold Medal
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Fox News, IJR, Political Wire and Politico
Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
Dozens of former GOP officials reportedly met last week to discuss mounting a new anti-Trump party
Dozens of former GOP officials reportedly met last week to discuss mounting a new anti-Trump party
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Justice Department says an Oath Keepers leader waited for Trump's direction before Capitol attack — The extremist Oath Keepers who planned attack on Capitol — (CNN)The Justice Department is now making clear that a leader among the Oath Keepers paramilitary group …
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Tom Gjelten / NPR:
A ‘Scary’ Survey Finding: 4 In 10 Republicans Say Political Violence May Be Necessary — Toggle more options — The mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol may have been a fringe group of extremists, but politically motivated violence has the support of a significant share of the U.S. public …
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Kevin Drum:
Barely Anyone Believes In QAnon's Conspiracy Theories — A few days ago Morning Consult released a poll showing that 18% of American adults believed in QAnon's conspiracy theories. Shazam! That might be down a bit from previous polls, but 18% is still a lot. It's one out of six Americans.
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Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service:
Survey: More than a quarter of white evangelicals believe core QAnon conspiracy theory — Flip — (RNS) — A new survey reports more than a quarter of white evangelical Protestants believe a QAnon conspiracy theory that purports former President Donald Trump is secretly battling a cabal …
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Associated Press:
How a leading anti-Trump group ignored a crisis in its ranks — WASHINGTON (AP) — Last June, the Lincoln Project was on a high. — Led by several prominent former Republican consultants, its slickly produced ads attacking President Donald Trump made it perhaps the best known of the so-called Never Trump organizations.
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David Shortell / CNN:
Five people associated with Proud Boys arrested for Capitol riot on conspiracy charges — (CNN)The Justice Department unsealed conspiracy charges against five people associated with the Proud Boys on Thursday in the latest and largest move against the far-right group's coordinated role in the insurrection last month.
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Raw Story
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson Goes Full Conspiracy Theorist, Ties Insurrection to George Floyd's Death — Claiming George Floyd's death was an “utter lie” and “carefully concocted myth,” Carlson wondered aloud why liberals and Democrats wouldn't also lie about the Capitol riots.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Media Matters for America:
Once again, Tucker Carlson is lying about why George Floyd died
Once again, Tucker Carlson is lying about why George Floyd died
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Crooks and Liars, Sports Illustrated and The Wrap
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Can We Put Fox News on Trial With Trump?
Can We Put Fox News on Trial With Trump?
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Media Matters for America, Kevin Drum, Associated Press, Twitchy, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
Alexander Nazaryan / The Atlantic:
I Was an Enemy of the People — Thrilling, without a single boring day: That's how I'd describe my four years as an enemy of the people, a lanyard-wearing member of the “Lügenpresse,” a term some Donald Trump supporters borrowed from the Nazis to refer to insufficiently flattering coverage …
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Dan Barry / New York Times:
Houston Doctor Fired for Giving Away Doses of Covid Vaccine — Ten doses of the Covid-19 vaccine would expire within hours, so a Houston doctor gave it to people with medical conditions, including his wife. What followed was “the lowest moment in my life,” Dr. Hasan Gokal said.
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Lyz Lenz / Columbia Journalism Review:
Thread Man — Seth Abramson's viral meta-journalism unreality — For four years, America has been ruled by the tyranny of tweets, and the news media has been tangled in threads. Twitter threads are a way for journalists to gather information and to promote their work …
Asbury Park Press:
Springsteen blew 0.02 - quarter of legal limit, source says — Kathleen Hopkins Ken SerranoAsbury Park Press — New Jersey rock icon Bruce Springsteen's blood-alcohol content was .02 - just a quarter of New Jersey's legal limit - when he was arrested on Sandy Hook in November and charged …
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CREW:
Pompeo spent $10k on engraved pens for notorious “Madison Dinners” … Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spent more than $10,000 in taxpayer funds on engraved Madison Dinner-branded pens that he gifted to attendees of the notorious dinner parties, according to records obtained by CREW …
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Hollywood Reporter:
‘The Mandalorian’ Star Gina Carano Fired Amid Social Media Controversy — UTA has also dropped the actor, who will no longer be part of the ‘Star Wars’ galaxy. — Gina Carano will not be returning to The Mandalorian or the Star Wars galaxy after sharing a post on social media implying …
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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Lucasfilm, UTA Drop ‘Mandalorian’ Star Gina Carano Following Offensive Social Media Posts
Lucasfilm, UTA Drop ‘Mandalorian’ Star Gina Carano Following Offensive Social Media Posts
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
For decades Donald Trump bullied Palm Beach to get his way. Now he's determined to make it his home. — One night in late January 1994, fireworks sparkled in the sky above Mar-a-Lago, a grand estate in Palm Beach, Fla., with a gilded ceiling, an entry gate clad in antique Spanish tiles …
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Nicholas Reimann / Forbes:
Georgia Sen. Warnock Under Investigation For Voter Registration Misconduct — The Georgia State Election Board voted unanimously Wednesday to move forward with an investigation of U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) for his role serving as board chairman of a voter registration organization founded …
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
New poll finds sharp decline in support for Sen. Dianne Feinstein in California — Sen. Dianne Feinstein's approval ratings have fallen sharply in her home state, a new poll showed, marking the first time in her nearly three-decade Senate career that a plurality of Californians hold negative views of her job performance.
bellingcat:
Vladimir Kara-Murza Tailed by Members of FSB Squad Prior to Suspected Poisonings — In a December 2020 investigation, we disclosed the existence of a clandestine unit within the FSB's Criminalistics Institute, members of which - having medical and chemical weapons training …
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The GOP Cheat Code to Winning Back the House — Democrats face a daunting future of severe Republican gerrymandering that could flip control of the House in 2022 and suppress diverse younger generations' political influence for years to come, according to a new study released today.
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Brennan Center for Justice
Washington Post:
Now out of office, Trump may have to face tax questions — However his impeachment trial ends, Trump faces an IRS decision on a massive refund and may no longer be able to conceal his tax returns — Once his impeachment trial concludes and former president Donald Trump returns to his business …
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Raw Story
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
California Is Making Liberals Squirm — If progressivism can't work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else? — You may have heard that San Francisco's Board of Education voted 6 to 1 to rename 44 schools, stripping ancient racists of their laurels, but also Abraham Lincoln and Senator Dianne Feinstein.
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Jennifer Jett / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is barred from Instagram over false coronavirus claims. — Instagram took down the account of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the political scion and prominent anti-vaccine activist, on Wednesday over false information related to the coronavirus.
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Amanda Holpuch / The Guardian:
US could have averted 40% of Covid deaths, says panel examining Trump's policies — The country began the pandemic with a degraded public health infrastructure, leading to more deaths than other high-income countries — The US could have averted 40% of the deaths from Covid-19 …
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