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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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Even with acquittal, GOP sees trial ending Trump's shot at future office — Senate Republicans, including those who do not plan to vote to convict former President Trump, say this week's impeachment trial has effectively ended any chance of him becoming the GOP presidential nominee in 2024.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senators praise impeachment managers but say Trump will be acquitted
GOP senators praise impeachment managers but say Trump will be acquitted
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Hawley and Blunt deepen Missouri's embarrassment by refusing to see Trump's guilt
Hawley and Blunt deepen Missouri's embarrassment by refusing to see Trump's guilt
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
GOP Senators Increasingly Absent From Impeachment Trial As Weariness Grows
GOP Senators Increasingly Absent From Impeachment Trial As Weariness Grows
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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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Could McConnell surprise us all? — DRIVING THE DAY — BREAKING OVERNIGHT — LINCOLN PROJECT MELTDOWN: Late Thursday night, the Lincoln Project published what appeared to be the private Twitter messages of its recently departed co-founder JENNIFER HORN …
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New York Times:
Former Lincoln Project Workers Ask to Be Released From Nondisclosure Agreements — Leaders of the anti-Trump group came under fire from former workers who want to talk about John Weaver, a co-founder who harassed young men. — Leaders of the Lincoln Project, the anti-Trump media venture …
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Mitch McConnell still isn't talking to Trump. But will he vote to acquit him?
Power Up: Mitch McConnell still isn't talking to Trump. But will he vote to acquit him?
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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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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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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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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 …
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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Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Two officers who helped fight the Capitol mob died of suicide. Many more are hurting. — Engulfed in the crush of rioters storming the Capitol, D.C. police officer Jeffrey Smith sent his wife a text that spoke to the futility and fears of his mission. — “London has fallen,” …
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Marc Thiessen / Washington Post:
Biden owes the Capitol Police an apology
Biden owes the Capitol Police an apology
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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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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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Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
Biden to begin admitting migrants forced by Trump to wait in Mexico
Biden to begin admitting migrants forced by Trump to wait in Mexico
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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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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.
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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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
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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.
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Grand Jury Votes Not to Indict Buffalo Police Officers Accused of Shoving Protester — The officers had been charged with assault after a widely shared video showed them pushing Martin Gugino, a 75-year-old protester who landed hard on the sidewalk. — A grand jury has declined to indict …
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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
Biden Trims Ambitions on School Reopening Pledge
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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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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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Kate Klonick / New Yorker:
Inside the Making of Facebook's Supreme Court — The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon, it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook. — On a morning in May, 2019, forty-three lawyers, academics, and media experts gathered in the windowless basement …
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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