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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
New Allegations of Cover-Up by Cuomo Over Nursing Home Virus Toll — In a leaked conversation, the governor's top aide admitted that data was withheld on nursing homes, where more than 10,000 New Yorkers have died during the pandemic. — ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and his top aides …
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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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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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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 …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's impeachment defense centers on both having and eating cake
Trump's impeachment defense centers on both having and eating cake
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
‘Hang Pence’: Connecting the dots on Trump's culpability
‘Hang Pence’: Connecting the dots on Trump's culpability
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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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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.
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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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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Former Lincoln Project Workers Ask to Be Released From Nondisclosure Agreements
Former Lincoln Project Workers Ask to Be Released From Nondisclosure Agreements
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Yashar Ali / Yashar's Newsletter:
Scoop: FBI Investigating Allegations Against John Weaver, Sources Say
Scoop: FBI Investigating Allegations Against John Weaver, Sources Say
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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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Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Two officers who helped fight the Capitol mob died by 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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Officers' Injuries, Including Concussions, Show Scope of Violence at Capitol Riot
Officers' Injuries, Including Concussions, Show Scope of Violence at Capitol Riot
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
What Happened to Officer Sicknick?
What Happened to Officer Sicknick?
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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.
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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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Impeachment trial shows him under attack — but Pence remains loyal to Trump
Impeachment trial shows him under attack — but Pence remains loyal to Trump
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CNN:
Military officials were unaware of potential danger to Pence's ‘nuclear football’ during Capitol riot
Military officials were unaware of potential danger to Pence's ‘nuclear football’ during Capitol riot
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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Glenn H. Reynolds / New York Post:
The French are absolutely right to say ‘no thanks’ to US woke-ism
The French are absolutely right to say ‘no thanks’ to US woke-ism
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Firing Actors for Being Conservative Is Another Hollywood Blacklist — In the 1950s, Hollywood studios — under pressure from the right — promised they would not “knowingly employ a communist.” This blacklist eventually became notorious, especially in Hollywood, which came to lionize its victims in several films.
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Josh Hammer / Newsweek:
Overwrought Nazi Analogies for Me, but Not for Thee?
Overwrought Nazi Analogies for Me, but Not for Thee?
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George Will / Washington Post:
Will Senate Republicans allow their louts to rule the party? — The first of this century's national traumas is denoted by two numbers: 9/11. One purpose of, and a sufficient justification for, the second impeachment of the 45th president was to inscribe this century's second trauma in the nation's memory as: 1/6.
Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Announces Process to Address Individuals in Mexico with Active MPP Cases — WASHINGTON - Building on a series of Executive Orders last week, the Biden Administration is announcing another step in our phased strategy to reform the nation's immigration system.
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Biden administration to move Friday to rescind Medicaid work requirements
Biden administration to move Friday to rescind Medicaid work requirements
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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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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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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump disengaged from her husband's second impeachment trial and bitter over Jill Biden's publicity — (CNN)While former President Donald Trump watches his second impeachment trial unfold, Melania Trump spends most of her time post-White House relaxing at the spa and staying out of the fray.
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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.
Washington Post:
This is how Biden eked out his 2020 victory — In a divided country, elections are won on the margin. — The American electorate hasn't always been this partisan. When Nixon won the presidency in 1972, about 30% of his votes came from Democrats; Reagan got near a quarter of his votes from the same source in 1980.
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 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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Nathan Jeffay / The Times of Israel:
It works: 0 deaths, only 4 severe cases among 523,000 fully vaccinated Israelis — HMO data a week after 2nd dose shows 93% effectiveness, ‘unequivocally’ proving vaccine's success and leaving ‘no doubt’ it's saved many Israeli lives, says Maccabi official — 1,652 shares
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New York Times:
We Asked 175 Pediatric Disease Experts if It Was Safe Enough to Open School — In many places, the debates over reopening are fraught. But in a survey, experts broadly agreed that elementary schools didn't need vaccines to open safely. — Many of the common preconditions to opening schools …
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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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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