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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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell reveals he will vote to acquit Trump  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told GOP colleagues in a letter that he will vote to acquit Donald Trump in the former president's impeachment trial, according to sources familiar with the communication.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
New Evidence Shows Trump Used Riot To Pressure Congress to Steal Election  —  There has always been one small hole in the prosecution's case for Donald Trump's second impeachment.  Trump encouraged a public demonstration, promised in advance it would be “wild,” instructed his supporters …
Politico:
Senate votes to allow witnesses in Trump's trial  —  The Senate voted unexpectedly on Saturday to permit the lawyers in Donald Trump's impeachment trial to call witnesses, following a surprise request by the Democrats prosecuting the case to seek the testimony of a key House Republican …
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 …
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 …
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.)
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Republican pleads for Pence, Trump aides to speak out on Jan. 6 insurrection  —  Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, one of 10 House Republicans to support Donald Trump's impeachment for inciting the Capitol insurrection, pleaded with those close to the former president …
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: Axios and LAW.com
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Trump sided with the Capitol mob, Herrera Beutler says McCarthy told her.
Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A big curveball on impeachment
Discussion: Insider
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Trump Crew's Incompetence Lasted to the End
Discussion: Raw Story
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
5 Republicans Join Democrats in Vote to Hear Testimony
MSNBC:   Report: Trump refused to call off rioters during Kevin McCarthy phone call on Jan. 6
ProPublica:   “I Don't Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection
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 …
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN, The Hill and Raw Story
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Axios:
Historians say impact of expected Trump acquittal will be felt for years  —  It's not lost on historians that Donald Trump's impeachment trial acquittal will fall on Presidents' Day weekend, a holiday celebrating the examples set by America's first president, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Graham to meet with Trump to talk future of GOP
Discussion: The Hill and Insider
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton DA's probe will include Graham's call to Raffensperger
Discussion: New York Times, IJR and The Week
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
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: New York Magazine and Quartz
Cade Metz / New York Times:
Silicon Valley's Safe Space  —  Slate Star Codex was a window into the psyche of many tech leaders building our collective future.  Then it disappeared.  —  The website had a homely, almost slapdash design with a light blue banner and a strange name: Slate Star Codex.
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
Discussion: Insider
New York Times:
Trump Is Guilty  —  There's no doubt who must be held responsible for attacking the Capitol and trying to overturn the results of the election.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell says he'll vote to acquit Trump
Discussion: CNN and IJR
Rachael Levy / Wall Street Journal:
A Domestic Terrorism Law Is Debated Anew after Capitol Riot
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Schumer says Senate will call witnesses for Trump's trial — if impeachment managers want them
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY and IJR
DeNeen L. Brown / Washington Post:
Renowned as a Black liberator, Harriet Tubman was also a brilliant spy
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
57 GOP State And Local Officials Were At The Capitol Insurrection
 Earlier Items: 
Justin Stabley / PBS NewsHour:
Sen. Patty Murray recounts her narrow escape from a violent mob inside the U.S. Capitol
Discussion: CNN
Snopes.com:
Facebook Failed To Respond to Dire Emails Ahead of Capitol Riot
Bill McKibben / New Yorker:
The Beauty of Jamie Raskin's America, on Display at Trump's Impeachment Trial
 

 
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

CNBC:
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