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Trump's Tweet Attacking Pence Came Right After Learning His VP's Life Was In Danger — A statement from Sen. Tommy Tuberville shows Trump turned his mob against Pence minutes after hearing his vice president had to be hustled from the Senate. — WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump posted …
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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.
Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
What Sen. Mike Lee told me about Trump's call the day of the Capitol riot — The call became a controversial part of the impeachment trial on Wednesday. — (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, arrive ahead of the second impeachment trial …
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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.
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CNN, The Week, BuzzFeed News and Raw Story
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Sen. Rick Scott after viewing brutal new videos: ‘This is a complete waste of time’
Sen. Rick Scott after viewing brutal new videos: ‘This is a complete waste of time’
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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 …
Joseph Knoop / IGN:
The Mandalorian Actress Gina Carano Fired by Lucasfilm — The actress' recent comments sparked backlash on social media. — Actress Gina Carano, known for playing former Rebel Alliance soldier Cara Dune on Disney's the Mandalorian, has been fired from the show, according to io9.
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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Lucasfilm, UTA Drop ‘Mandalorian’ Star Gina Carano Following Offensive Social Media Posts
Lucasfilm, UTA Drop ‘Mandalorian’ Star Gina Carano Following Offensive Social Media Posts
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Lucasfilm Calls Gina Carano Social Media Posts “Abhorrent”; Actress No Longer Employed By ‘Mandalorian’ Studio
Lucasfilm Calls Gina Carano Social Media Posts “Abhorrent”; Actress No Longer Employed By ‘Mandalorian’ Studio
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Jordan Moreau / Variety:
‘Mandalorian’ Star Gina Carano Under Fire for Controversial Social Media Posts
‘Mandalorian’ Star Gina Carano Under Fire for Controversial Social Media Posts
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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
Bruce Springsteen Busted for DWI in New Jersey in November
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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.
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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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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 …
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Political Wire
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 …
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Benjamin Parker / The Bulwark:
GOP Senators Support the ‘January Exception’
GOP Senators Support the ‘January Exception’
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John McCormack / National Review:
Cruz: Actually, It Is Constitutional to Impeach and Convict a Former President
Cruz: Actually, It Is Constitutional to Impeach and Convict a Former President
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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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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 …
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 …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Media Matters for America:
Once again, Tucker Carlson is lying about why George Floyd died — On February 10, Tucker Carlson claimed that Black Lives Matter (BLM) had exploited the death of George Floyd to radically alter the United States and that “there was no physical evidence that George Floyd was murdered by a cop.
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
The Killing of George Floyd Tore Minneapolis Apart. Now Comes the Trial.
The Killing of George Floyd Tore Minneapolis Apart. Now Comes the Trial.
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
McCarthy Attended Son's Maskless Wedding on Same Day He Mocked Newsom's Rule-Breach — On the morning of the wedding, the House minority leader very publicly mocked Gov. Gavin Newsom for attending his own maskless gathering. — If you were to very publicly ridicule someone for attending …
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Paul Pringle / Los Angeles Times:
Rep. Kevin McCarthy attended his son's wedding in California amid deadly COVID-19 surge
Rep. Kevin McCarthy attended his son's wedding in California amid deadly COVID-19 surge
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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.”
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
Reckless Rhetoric Is A Reckless Standard For An Impeachment Trial — Below is my column in the Hill on how the second Trump impeachment could become a trial over reckless rhetoric in America. The House managers may be playing into that very danger by selecting some managers who have been criticized …
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Jamie Raskin's Passionate Prosecution Is Convicting Trump in the Eyes of History
Jamie Raskin's Passionate Prosecution Is Convicting Trump in the Eyes of History
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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 …
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Mark Naymik / WKYC-TV:
Former Ohio treasurer Josh Mandel claims 2020 election was ‘stolen from President Trump’ — In announcing bid for U.S. Senate, Mandel also criticized Gov. Mike DeWine's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. — CLEVELAND — Former two-term Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel become the first Republican …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Stop Calling It an ‘Insurrection’ — So, I was out at dinner with my old battalion commander - literally outside, because dining inside apparently is super deadly if you live under blue tyranny - and we were laughing at this whole “Muh Insurrekshun” nonsense.
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
How Republicans Could Rig the Battle for Control of Congress — 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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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 …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Biden terminates Trump emergency order used to construct border wall — President Biden has rescinded the emergency order used by former President Trump to justify construction of the border wall, the White House announced Thursday. — “I have determined that the declaration of a national emergency …
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