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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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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” …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“We Lost the Line”: Trump Is on the Brink of Yet Another Senate Acquittal — Republican senators ran for their lives, but they will not run from the former President. — A few hours into the presentation of the House managers' case against Donald Trump, for inciting the mob that stormed …
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CNN:
Three GOP senators meet with Trump's lawyers on eve of impeachment defense presentation — (CNN)A trio of Republican senators allied with former President Donald Trump met with his defense team Thursday evening, in the middle of an impeachment trial in which they will vote on whether …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senators praise impeachment managers but say Trump will be acquitted
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
GOP Senators Increasingly Absent From Impeachment Trial As Weariness Grows
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Washington Post:
Mounting evidence suggests Trump knew of danger to Pence when he attacked him as lacking ‘courage’ amid Capitol siege — Mounting evidence emerging as former president Donald Trump's impeachment trial unfolds in the Senate this week indicates Trump may have been personally informed …
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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 …
Marc Thiessen / Washington Post:
Biden owes the Capitol Police an apology — Watching never-before-seen video of the mob assaulting the U.S. Capitol presented by the House impeachment managers was infuriating. For the first time, Americans saw surveillance footage that showed just how close the rioters got to senators, congressmen and Vice President Mike Pence.
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New York Times:
Officers' Injuries, Including Concussions, Show Scope of Violence at Capitol Riot — The impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump has heightened attention on the rioters' attacks on officers, some of which resulted in serious damage. — One officer lost the tip of his right index finger.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
What Happened to Officer Sicknick?
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Bret Stephens / New York Post:
Read the column the New York Times didn't want you to read — Last weekend, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens wrote a piece criticizing the rationale behind the forced ouster of Times reporter Donald J. McNeil, but it was never published. Stephens told colleagues the column was killed by publisher A.G. Sulzberger.
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Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
Biden to begin admitting migrants forced by Trump to wait in Mexico — The Biden administration will soon begin allowing migrants into the U.S. who, because of a Trump-era policy, have been forced to remain in Mexico while their asylum cases are processed. — As part of the new administration's …
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Arelis Hernández / Washington Post:
Asylum seekers stuck in Mexico are frustrated, angry over Biden administration's release of some migrants into U.S.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
ICE ‘Deep State’ is blocking Biden's quest for justice for refugees
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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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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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Dallas Morning News:
Lawsuit: Texas AG Ken Paxton swapped political favors for home remodel, job for alleged ‘mistress’ — The new allegations offer up the most detailed theory to date about why Paxton helped Austin real estate developer Nate Paul even as his top aides balked at his behavior.
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Samantha Melamed / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Nation's oldest juvenile lifer, Joe Ligon, leaves Pa. prison after 68 years — Leaving the State Correctional Institution Phoenix in Montgomery County on Thursday morning, his white hair peeking out below a prison-issue hat, Joe Ligon was accompanied by a dozen large file boxes.
Politico:
Nikki Haley's Choice — The 2024 hopeful can't decide who she wants to be—the leader of the post-Trump GOP or a “friend” to the president who tried to sabotage democracy.
Washington Examiner:
With Biden, teachers unions are getting what they paid for — President Biden has made abundantly clear that he cares more about the teachers unions than he does about the parents and students they're hurting. For an explanation, all you have to do is follow the money.
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Biden Trims Ambitions on School Reopening Pledge
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
The most influential Democrat you never hear from — Kyrsten Sinema doesn't often make big policy pronouncements. But when she does, Democrats had better listen. — Take the $15 hourly minimum wage that Democratic leaders want to add to a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
ABC News:
Consequences of both impeachment and acquittal loom over Trump defense: The Note — As Jan. 6 made clear, there are more than political consequences to consider. — Breaking down day 3 of impeachment arguments — ABC News' and Cardozo Law School professor Kate Shaw discusses whether GOP senators …
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Washington Post:
Former FBI official, a Navy veteran, is ‘key figure’ in Jan. 6 riot, prosecutors allege — A former U.S. Navy intelligence officer and FBI official from Virginia has emerged as a key figure in the federal investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, as U.S. prosecutors alleged Thursday …
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Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed News:
Charges Were Dropped Against The Buffalo Police Officers Who Violently Shoved A 75-Year-Old Protester — Felony charges were dropped Thursday against two police officers in Buffalo, New York, who violently shoved a 75-year-old protester, causing him to fall, hit his head on the sidewalk, and bleed from his ear, officials said.
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Ben Feuerherd / New York Post:
Charges dismissed against Buffalo cops who shoved elderly protester
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New York Times:
Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo: How to Turn Your Red State Blue — It may take 10 years. Do it anyway. — Ms. Abrams was the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in 2018. Ms. Groh-Wargo was her campaign manager. They opened Fair Fight Action in late 2018. — Feb. 11, 2021
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CNN:
North Carolina man charged with threatening to kill President Biden — (CNN)A North Carolina man has been charged with making threats to kill President Joe Biden, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed in court Thursday. — David Kyle Reeves, 27, of Gastonia, North Carolina …
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Josh Hammer / Newsweek:
Overwrought Nazi Analogies for Me, but Not for Thee? — Earlier this week, Lucasfilm severed ties with “The Mandalorian” actress Gina Carano after a hyperbolic social media post in which she compared current political imperiousness and cancel culture in the United States—and the treatment of …
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Politico:
The Chamber embraces Biden. And Republicans are livid. — Washington's most powerful trade group is having a political identity crisis. — Over the past month, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has taken a series of steps that have enraged its traditional Republican allies.
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Washington Post:
Biden administration to move Friday to rescind Medicaid work requirements — The Biden administration is planning Friday to wipe out one of the core health policies of the Trump era, taking actions that will immediately rescind permission for states to compel poor residents to work in exchange for receiving Medicaid benefits.
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Catharine Smith / The Guardian:
'If white people were still here, this wouldn't happen': the majority-Black town flooded with sewage … Supported by — About this content — Sharon Smith has to plunge her toilet to get it to flush. On rainy days, wastewater spills into her yard from nearby drainage ditches.
MSNBC:
'That doesn't exist': Joy Reid debunks claims by GOP Senator comparing BLM protests to Capitol riot — On Senator Roy Blunt's claims saying that Black Lives Matter protests looked similar to the Capitol Hill Insurrection, Joy Reid asked the team for some of that footage …
USA Today:
If election was ‘wildly successful,’ what's the truth behind so-called secure voting bills? — Our View: Trump so pervasively insinuated election fraud, legislators in nearly 30 states have offered proposals that would actually restrict ballot box access. — The Editorial BoardUSA TODAY
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