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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 …
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 …
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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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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.
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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Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Impeachment Evidence
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Tuberville says he informed Trump of Pence's evacuation before rioters reached Senate
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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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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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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Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Bombshell Unearthed As Trump Spent At Least $3.5 Million To Organize Capitol Attack — Newly unearthed financial disclosures reveal that the Trump campaign spent at least $3.5 million organizing the rally that turned into the Capitol attack. — OpenSecrets found the disclosures:
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Texas Tribune:
Former top aides say Attorney General Ken Paxton received assistance with home remodel, job for alleged girlfriend in return for helping political donor — A court filing documents what Paxton's whistleblowers believe led to an alleged “bizarre, obsessive use of power.” — Copy link
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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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
GOP Senators Increasingly Absent From Impeachment Trial As Weariness Grows
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New York Times:
Democrats Push to Borrow More Money as Deficit Is Set to Shrink Slightly in 2021 — Top Democrats and some of President Biden's advisers are considering borrowing money to fund a sweeping infrastructure package as the nation's fiscal situation improves more rapidly than expected.
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Axios:
Scoop: Biden considering prominent Republicans for ambassadorships — Biden administration officials are weighing nominating prominent Republicans to ambassadorships — including Cindy McCain and former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake — to highlight the importance of bipartisanship in U.S. foreign policy …
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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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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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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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 …
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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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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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Biden Trims Ambitions on School Reopening Pledge — As the White House struggles to flesh out President Biden's promise to reopen schools within 100 days, aides have found themselves steadily lowering expectations. — WASHINGTON — President Biden appeared to give many educators and parents …
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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 …
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.
Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Desperate OAN Blames City Planning, Not Trump, For Capitol Violence — One America News claims an architect hired by George Washington is responsible for the mob. — In an ongoing and desperate attempt to absolve former President Donald Trump of any responsibility for the seditious …
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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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Ben Feuerherd / New York Post:
Charges dismissed against Buffalo cops who shoved elderly protester — A grand jury in Western New York has dismissed assault charges against two police officers who shoved an elderly protester to the ground during a George Floyd protest in June. — Buffalo Police Department officers Robert McCabe …
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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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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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