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9:56 AM ET, February 13, 2021

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CNN:
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 …
Politico:
Dems weigh witness question as new details about Trump's conduct revealed  —  The House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection are on the cusp of a major decision: whether to call witnesses to bolster their case.  —  Though many Senate Democrats have indicated …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Trump sided with the Capitol mob, Herrera Beutler says McCarthy told her.  —  On the eve of a verdict in Donald J. Trump's Senate trial, one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach him confirmed on Friday night that the top House Republican, Representative Kevin McCarthy …
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
GOP super-lawyer Ted Olson cuts off donations to Republicans who refuse to convict Trump  —  One of the top GOP lawyers in America says he will no longer donate to Republicans who refuse to convict Donald Trump for inciting the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Discussion: LAW.com
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.
Glenn Greenwald:
The Lincoln Project, Facing Multiple Scandals, is Accused by its Own Co-Founder of Likely Criminality
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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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Trump Crew's Incompetence Lasted to the End  —  If future generations of law professors want to teach a class in what never to do, the belligerent and self-indulgent performance of Michael van der Veen, one of Donald Trump's impeachment lawyers, could provide a lot of the video content.
Discussion: Raw Story
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Impeachment trial barrels toward Saturday acquittal of Trump
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and Insider
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
How to Beat the Pandemic by Summer  —  After nearly a year of social isolation and sacrifice in the long war on COVID-19, the end stage of the pandemic is finally in sight.  Millions of Americans are being vaccinated each week, and the number of coronavirus-related hospitalizations …
Discussion: Quartz
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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NBC News:   Postmaster general's new plan could include slower mail and postage hike
Marcia Coyle / LAW.com:
Ted Olson Backs Case for Trump Conviction at Impeachment Trial  —  What would a conviction take, the prominent Gibson Dunn partner said, “if it isn't encouraging, condoning and inciting an attempt at a violent overthrow of the government of the United States in the Capitol Building …
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Marcia Coyle / LAW.com:   Chuck Cooper's Test for Senate Republicans Weighing Trump Trial Verdict
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
57 GOP State And Local Officials Were At The Capitol Insurrection  —  And a month after the riot, few of the Republican political figures have been held to account.  —  At least 57 state and local Republican officials attended the Jan. 6 rally in Washington that turned into a deadly insurrection …
Bill McKibben / New Yorker:
The Beauty of Jamie Raskin's America, on Display at Trump's Impeachment Trial  —  The first time I remember meeting Jamie Raskin it was dark, and we were standing atop the great steps of Harvard's Widener Library, looking out over a sea of candles.  I was a reporter for the Crimson …
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The story keeps getting worse for Andrew Cuomo on Covid-19  —  (CNN)Amid the swirling controversy over whether New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration knowingly undercounted deaths among nursing home residents during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in the state, a top aide …
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Politico:
Coverup claims engulf Cuomo as scandal over nursing home deaths grows
Justin Stabley / PBS NewsHour:
Sen. Patty Murray recounts her narrow escape from a violent mob inside the U.S. Capitol  —  The impeachment trial this week has revealed a number of new, chilling details of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack.  For the first time, Sen. Patty Murray from Washington state and the highest ranking female Democrat …
DeNeen L. Brown / Washington Post:
Renowned as a Black liberator, Harriet Tubman was also a brilliant spy  —  Under the cover of night on June 1, 1863, Harriet Tubman led Union troops from the Sea Islands up the black waters of South Carolina's Combahee River, with a plan to destroy bridges, raid Confederate outposts and rice plantations …
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Schumer says Senate will call witnesses for Trump's trial — if impeachment managers want them  —  If the House impeachment managers want to call witnesses at Donald Trump's trial, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer says he'll make it happen.  —  Schumer, the Senate's Democratic majority leader …
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Senate votes to award Officer Eugene Goodman the Congressional Gold Medal  —  The Senate ended Friday's impeachment trial proceedings with a unanimous vote to award U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, who directed the violent mob away from the Senate chamber, the Congressional Gold Medal …
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
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CNN:
Senate passes legislation to award Officer Eugene Goodman Congressional Gold Medal
 
 
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Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Biden Wants to Give States $350 Billion. Do They Still Need It?
MSNBC:
Report: Trump refused to call off rioters during Kevin McCarthy phone call on Jan. 6
New York Post:
Violent BLM protest in NYC leaves two NYPD cops injured, 11 arrested
Discussion: Fox News
ABC News:
FBI arrests 2 ‘Boogaloo Bois’-associated militia members, 1 who incited riot on Jan. 6
Discussion: Fox News and TheGrio
New York Times:
On W.H.O. Trip, China Refused to Hand Over Important Data
Snopes.com:
Facebook Failed To Respond to Dire Emails Ahead of Capitol Riot
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Wall Street Journal:
House Democrats Push Minimum Wage Raise in Covid-19 Relief Bill Despite Senate Concerns
Discussion: HuffPost
CNN:
Capitol rioters boasted on social media. Now, they're scrambling to scrub phones and pictures
The Economist:
“Genocide” is the wrong word for the horrors of Xinjiang
Politico:
Grenell lays groundwork for California gubernatorial run
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ProPublica:
“I Don't Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection
 

 
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