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New details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters — Washington (CNN)In an expletive-laced phone call with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy while the Capitol was under attack, then-President Donald Trump said the rioters cared more about the election results than McCarthy did.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump's Taste for Blood — If Republicans won't convict, bring on the handcuffs. — WASHINGTON — Every scene in “Lawrence of Arabia” is perfect, but there's one I find especially haunting. — Peter O'Toole's Lawrence returns to Cairo after successfully leading the Arabs in battle …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democrats have one big weapon left against Trump. Will they use it? — Evidence is mounting that Donald Trump knew Mike Pence was in grave danger from the mob rampaging into the Capitol when the then-president sent out a tweet blasting his vice president.
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ProPublica:
“I Don't Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection — Interviews with 19 current and former officers show how failures of leadership and communication put hundreds of Capitol cops at risk and allowed rioters to get dangerously close to members of Congress.
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: Lincoln Project co-founder resigns — Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt is resigning from the group's board amid a series of scandals that has rocked the high-dollar anti-Trump super PAC, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: Schmidt, a veteran Republican operative …
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Amanda Becker / The 19th:
Inside the Lincoln Project's ‘toxic’ workplace — Interviews with nearly two dozen people with knowledge of the group's workings reveal a culture of infighting, sexist language and disparate treatment. — The Lincoln Project's launch in late 2019 was designed to make a splash.
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The Lincoln Project, Facing Multiple Scandals, is Accused by its Own Co-Founder of Likely Criminality — Liberals heralded this group of life-long scammers, sleaze merchants and con artists as noble men of conscience, enabling them to fleece and deceive the public. — 1 hr ago
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Lincoln Project backers consider cutting off donations after misconduct allegations as co-founder Steve Schmidt quits board — Wealthy donors to the conservative anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project are waiting to see what a probe says about how leaders handled allegations of sexual misconduct against co-founder John Weaver.
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New York Times:
Lincoln Project Co-Founder Resigns From Board Amid a Deepening Crisis
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
The Spectacular Fall of the Lincoln Project
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Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair:
“I Will Destroy You”: Biden Aide Threatened a Politico Reporter Pursuing a Story on His Relationship — Deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo lashed out at journalist Tara Palmeri, spurring conversations between Politico's brass and the White House—and raising questions about behavior tolerated in the Biden administration.
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Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
White House aide suspended for threatening reporter
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Washington Post:
Graham's post-election call with Raffensperger will be scrutinized in Georgia probe, person familiar with inquiry says — An Atlanta-area prosecutor plans to scrutinize a post-Election Day phone call between Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger …
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Graham to meet with Trump to talk future of GOP — Sen. Lindsey Graham said he'll be meeting with former President Donald Trump in the coming weeks to talk about the future of the Republican Party. — The South Carolina Republican told reporters Friday evening that he plans to encourage Trump …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
No. 2 GOP senator suggests he's open to censuring Trump
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Benjamin Parker / The Bulwark:
The 10 Worst Moments from Trump's “Defense” — The former president got the impeachment defense he deserved. — Donald Trump's lawyers took only about three and a half hours to make their case in defense of the “45th president”—aka the former president. (More on that in a moment.)
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New York Times:
For the Defense: Twisted Facts and Other Staples of the Trump Playbook — The lawyers representing the former president in his impeachment trial are the latest in a rotating cast that has always had trouble satisfying a mercurial and headstrong client. — Ever since Donald J. Trump began …
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George Conway / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers offered an attack on everything but the evidence
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Impeachment trial barrels toward Saturday acquittal of Trump
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Jake Tapper Trashes Team Trump's Defense: Just a ‘Sean Hannity Mixtape’
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Politico:
Senate GOP gripped by conviction vote intrigue — Six GOP senators voted this week to move forward with President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. But Republicans believe several more of them may be considering conviction. — As the Trump defense made its argument on Friday …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Sen. Cassidy seen holding draft statement indicating support for Trump's acquittal
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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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CNN:
Senate passes legislation to award Officer Eugene Goodman Congressional Gold Medal — (CNN)The Senate on Friday approved legislation to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, who became a national hero for his actions defending the Senate during the siege of the Capitol on January 6.
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Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Two officers who helped fight the Capitol mob died by suicide. Many more are hurting.
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Washington Post:
Postmaster general's new plan for USPS is said to include slower mail and higher prices — A key provision of the postmaster general's strategy includes banning air travel for all first-class mail at a time when delivery rates are at historic lows. — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy …
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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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Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
Gina Carano Hits Back, Announces New Movie Project With Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire: “They Can't Cancel Us If We Don't Let Them”
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump lawyers keep accusing Democrats of manipulating evidence. But they're doing that themselves. — Trump's defense team is twisting words out of their context. — Former President Donald Trump's lawyers began their defense during Friday's portion of the impeachment trial …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Buzz: Trump to unleash after trial, Cheney on his ‘list,’ GW's hair, JFK's sweater to auction
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
How Trump's lawyers (and Tucker Carlson) are using BLM to exonerate Trump
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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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Marcia Coyle / LAW.com:
Chuck Cooper's Test for Senate Republicans Weighing Trump Trial Verdict — The veteran U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and conservative stalwart days ago joined a chorus of prominent lawyers taking positions against Donald Trump.
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