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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.
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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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
The White House Response to the TJ Ducklo Story Should Remind Reporters: Press Staff Are Not Your Friends.
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Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
White House aide suspended for threatening reporter
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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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Glenn Greenwald:
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 — 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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Could McConnell surprise us all?
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Yashar Ali / Yashar's Newsletter:
Scoop: FBI Investigating Allegations Against John Weaver, Sources Say
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
The Spectacular Fall of the Lincoln Project
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Everything the Lincoln Project touches dies
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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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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:
No. 2 GOP senator suggests he's open to censuring Trump
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Sen. Cassidy seen holding draft statement indicating support for Trump's acquittal
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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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HotAir:
Question From Collins And Murkowski: When Did Trump Know Congress Was In Danger And What Did He Do About It? — We're at the question-and-answer portion of the trial already because Trump's defense took just three of the 16 hours it was allotted to present its case.
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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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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump lawyers keep accusing Democrats of manipulating evidence. But they're doing that themselves.
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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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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.
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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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Tim Pearce / The Daily Wire:
Gina Carano To Produce And Star In Upcoming Film For The Daily Wire
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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 …
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.
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.
USA Today:
Take whatever COVID vaccine you can get. All of them stop death and hospitalization. — Waiting for a more effective vaccine is actually the worst thing you can do to lower your risk of getting severely ill and dying of COVID-19. — Almost every day, we get the same questions from family …
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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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Financial Services Committee:
Waters Announces Robinhood, Citadel, Melvin Capital, Reddit CEOs and Keith Gill to Testify at Committee Hearing — Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, announced the following witnesses for the February 18 full Committee virtual hearing entitled: “Game Stopped?
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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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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
6-Month Delay In Census Redistricting Data Could Throw Elections Into Chaos — The 2020 census data needed for the redrawing of voting districts around the country are extremely delayed and now expected by Sept. 30. — A senior Democratic aide who was briefed by the Census Bureau on Friday …
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Politico:
Grenell lays groundwork for California gubernatorial run — The Trump ally could reorganize the Republican field in a recall campaign. — Richard Grenell, a fierce ally of former President Donald Trump and a fixture in MAGA politics, is interviewing campaign strategists and laying groundwork …
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