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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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Trump's Mob Would Have Killed Them If It Had the Chance
Discussion: Forbes and HuffPost
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 …
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
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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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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
Kevin Drum:
Barely Anyone Believes In QAnon's Conspiracy Theories
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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.
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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TMZ.com:
Bruce Springsteen Busted for DWI in New Jersey in November
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.
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
Joseph Knoop / IGN:
The Mandalorian Actress Gina Carano Fired by Lucasfilm
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.
Discussion: HuffPost, Breitbart and Okayplayer
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Media Matters for America:
Once again, Tucker Carlson is lying about why George Floyd died
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 …
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.
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.
Paul Pringle / Los Angeles Times:
Rep. Kevin McCarthy attended his son's wedding in California amid deadly COVID-19 surge  —  Early in the morning on Dec. 5, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy mockingly alluded on Facebook to Gov. Gavin Newsom's widely criticized attendance at a party the month before at the exclusive French …
Discussion: Insider and Political Wire
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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Daily Signal and New York Post
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 …
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 …
Discussion: CNBC
David Frum / The Atlantic:
There Is No Defense—Only Complicity  —  To understand what was at issue in the impeachment proceedings today, it helps to look at a video released yesterday by Senator Marco Rubio.  —  Few Republican officials have more reason to hate former President Donald Trump than the defeated rival Trump so memorably nicknamed “Liddle Marco.”
Discussion: Morning Shots
Kadia Goba / Axios:
Pelosi to introduce bill to give Capitol Police the Congressional Gold Medal  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday she's introducing legislation that would give Capitol police officers the Congressional Gold Medal for fighting back a violent mob of insurrectionists on Jan 6.
Discussion: Fox News, IJR, Political Wire and Politico
 
 
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Congresswoman and Jonestown survivor Jackie Speier: ‘Trump is a political cult leader’
Discussion: Raw Story, Mother Jones and NPR
Candace Sweat / NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth:
Man Takes His Own Life in Front of Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne's Home
Jesselyn Cook / HuffPost:
‘I Miss My Mom’: Children Of QAnon Believers Are Desperately Trying To Deradicalize Their Own Parents
Discussion: Raw Story
Richard Bernstein / RealClearInvestigations:
America's Spy-Busters Put Secret-Stealing Chinese ‘Grad Students’ Under Microscope
Discussion: The National Interest
Jada Chin / Washington Post:
Covid fueled anti-Asian racism. Now elderly Asian Americans are being attacked.
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
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U.S. Department of Justice:
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The GOP Cheat Code to Winning Back the House
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Stop Calling It an ‘Insurrection’
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Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Meena Harris has a personal brand. Some fear she's profiting from her Aunt Kamala's office
Mark Naymik / WKYC-TV:
Former Ohio treasurer Josh Mandel claims 2020 election was ‘stolen from President Trump’
Discussion: CNN and National Review
 

 
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