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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 …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A big curveball on impeachment  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  PLOT TWIST: SENATE VOTES TO CALL WITNESSES — After days of predicting the trial would be speedy and finish as early as today, senators agreed on a bipartisan basis to depose witnesses.
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 …
Washington Post:
Live updates: In a surprise move, Senate votes to call witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial  —  The Senate voted Saturday to allow witnesses to be called in Donald Trump's historic impeachment trial, delaying the timetable for reaching a verdict on whether the former president bears responsibility …
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 …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
5 Republicans Join Democrats in Vote to Hear Testimony  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  The Senate approved a last-minute call for witnesses in the impeachment trial, putting off a verdict.  —  An expected verdict in Donald J. Trump's impeachment trial was thrown into doubt on Saturday …
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
Discussion: Axios and LAW.com
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Trump Crew's Incompetence Lasted to the End
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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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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 …
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.
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.
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
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 …
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Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Proud Boys leader ordered to appear in D.C. Superior Court after pretrial monitoring agency says he failed to report in
Discussion: CNN
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell says he'll vote to acquit Trump
Discussion: CNN, IJR and Washington Times
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
 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