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New York Times:
Trump Was Sicker Than Acknowledged With Covid-19 — When hospitalized with the coronavirus in October, his blood oxygen levels had plunged and officials feared he was on the verge of being placed on a ventilator. — WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump was sicker with Covid-19 in October …
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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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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.
CNN:
Military officials were unaware of potential danger to Pence's ‘nuclear football’ during Capitol riot — Chilling new security footage shows Pence and family rushed to safety — (CNN)Military officials overseeing the authorization process to launch nuclear weapons were unaware on January 6 …
Andrew Roth / Michigan Advance:
Impeachment managers: Armed Michigan rally was a ‘state-level dress rehearsal’ for Jan. 6 insurrection
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Kimberly Wehle / The Bulwark:
Damning Evidence in Impeachment Trial Clarifies Trump's Guilt
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Four takeaways from Day 3 of Trump's impeachment trial
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Martin Gould / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Embattled QAnon congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘openly cheated’ on her husband of 25 years with a polyamorous tantric sex guru and then moved on to another affair with the manager at her gym — Marjorie Taylor Greene had affairs with tantric sex guru Craig Ivey …
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Mediaite, Political Flare, The Intellectualist, UPROXX, Occupy Democrats and Boing Boing
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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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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Washington Post:
Former FBI official, a Navy veteran, is ‘key figure’ in Jan. 6 riot, prosecutors allege
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Oath Keepers Plotting Before Capitol Riot Awaited ‘Direction’ From Trump, Prosecutors Say
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Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath / Axios:
More people affiliated with Proud Boys arrested over deadly Capitol riot
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Law & Crime and Talking Points Memo
Miranda Green / New York Magazine:
The Predator in the Lincoln Project John Weaver used his power to get jobs for young men he allegedly harassed. His colleagues were warned. — Alex Johnson was a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, pursuing a career in politics, when he first heard from John Weaver, the legendary Republican operative living nearby.
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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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Washington Post:
Biden to announce his administration has secured 200 million additional vaccine doses — The promised purchases would increase available supply by 50 percent, but not immediately. — President Biden is expected to announce Thursday afternoon that his administration has secured deals …
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New York Post:
Cuomo aide admits they hid nursing home data so feds wouldn't find out — Governor Cuomo's top aide privately apologized to Democratic lawmakers for withholding the state's nursing-home death toll from COVID-19 — telling them “we froze” out of fear the true numbers would “be used against us” …
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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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 …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
U.S. federal debt to exceed size of economy even before Biden stimulus is approved, CBO says — CBO's deficit projections come the day after the Federal Reserve chair warned that unemployment remains very high — America's federal debt is set to exceed the size of the entire U.S. economy …
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Poynter:
Factually: What will fact-checkers find on Clubhouse? — This is the Feb. 11, 2021 edition of Factually. Live audio and no recording might complicate the work of fact-checkers on this new platform. … A fact-checker lands on Clubhouse — There is a new social media platform trending worldwide.
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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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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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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
What Happened to Officer Sicknick? — Democratic impeachment managers have a duty to explain how Officer Sicknick died. — n its article of impeachment, the Democrat-controlled House alleged that former president Donald Trump, by his “incitement of insurrection,” was responsible for murder.
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Emma Colton / Washington Examiner:
Project Veritas permanently suspended from Twitter as James O'Keefe faces temporary lock for violating rules — Project Veritas was permanently suspended from Twitter, and its founder, James O'Keefe, was temporarily locked from his account for violating the tech giant's “private information policy.”
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Right-wing Project Veritas permanently banned from Twitter after multiple violations: report
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Steven Perlberg / Insider:
Bloomberg News has begun layoffs and nearly 100 people will be affected — read the full memo to staff … - Bloomberg News began laying off staffers on Thursday. — About 90 people in a newsroom of about 3,100 will be affected. — The shrinking comes as the company has been expanding its subscription business.
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
GOP Senators Increasingly Absent From Impeachment Trial As Weariness Grows — Senators are tuning out as former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial grinds into its third day, with many falling asleep and more than a dozen Republicans exiting the chamber at various intervals. — KEY FACTS
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The Daily Beast:
Even for the Trumpist Conspiracy-Peddler Sidney Powell, This Was ‘Weird as Shit’ — It was bound to get a little odd when Dominion Voting Systems tried to serve the ‘Kraken’ legal mind with a defamation suit for demonizing the firm. But this was extra. — There was a time when Sidney Powell …
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The Asheville Citizen Times
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
We're facing a massive spike in violent crime. Democrats can't take it lightly. — Democratic House impeachment managers are rightly focusing the nation's attention on the horrific violence that occurred at the Capitol on Jan. 6. After the trial is over, lawmakers should also focus …
Associated Press:
AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes — NEW YORK (AP) — More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes early in the pandemic under a controversial order that was scrapped amid criticisms it accelerated outbreaks …
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Politico:
Hail to the chief of the chief of the chief — Welcome to POLITICO's 2021 Transition Playbook, your guide to the first 100 days of the Biden administration — Outside of the Oval Office, the most important room in the West Wing belongs to chief of staff RON KLAIN.
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 and Insider
Alex Nester / Washington Free Beacon:
Psaki Says White House ‘Lacks Data’ on Reopening Schools, Ignores CDC Study — White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed a “lack of data” has kept the Biden administration from announcing a school reopening plan, ignoring growing scientific evidence that supports reopening K-12 schools.
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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 …
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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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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HotAir and Outside the Beltway
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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globaltimes.cn:
China bars BBC World News over false reports — BBC World News has been barred from airing in China, the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) announced, saying some BBC's reports on China infringed the principles of truthfulness and impartiality in journalism.
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Erin Hawley / Fox News:
The recent assault on our home and attacks on my family are not civil discourse — I walked upstairs to see approximately 20 protestors standing in front of our house shouting through bullhorns — Hawley: Left, ‘woke capitalists’ allied to seek ‘complete control’
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