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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.
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.
Discussion: The Hill, UPI, New York Post and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Live updates: Democrats abandon plan to call witnesses in Trump trial, clearing the way for closing arguments  —  The Senate on Saturday abandoned a plan to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, clearing the way for closing arguments and a vote on whether to convict the former president.
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:
Lawyers strike deal to prevent witness testimony in trial  —  The lawyers in Donald Trump's impeachment trial clinched an agreement that would bypass witness testimony, clearing the way for the former president to be acquitted on Saturday.  —  House Democrats prosecuting the case …
New York Times:
House Managers Drop Call for Witnesses  —  The defense and prosecution reached a deal to avoid a potentially lengthy delay.  President Donald J. Trump's second impeachment acquittal remained likely, with Senator Mitch McConnell telling his Republican colleagues that he planned to vote not guilty.
Politico:
Senate Dems blindsided by House Dem push for witnesses  —  When Senate Democrats stepped onto the floor on Saturday morning, they had no idea the House impeachment managers were about to drop a political grenade in their laps.  —  While Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) …
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 …
Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler:
Herrera Beutler Again Confirms Conversation with McCarthy Regarding January 6 U.S. Capitol Attack  —  f t # e  —  Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) today released the following statement confirming again a conversation with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy regarding the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack:
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Republican pleads for Pence, Trump aides to speak out on Jan. 6 insurrection
Amanda Becker / The 19th:
Inside the Lincoln Project's ‘toxic’ workplace
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: Lincoln Project co-founder resigns
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
GOP super-lawyer Ted Olson cuts off donations to Republicans who refuse to convict Trump
Discussion: Axios and LAW.com
Marcia Coyle / LAW.com:   Ted Olson Backs Case for Trump Conviction at Impeachment Trial
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
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
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
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Call Kyrsten Sinema's Bluff  —  As perhaps the second-most conservative member of a Democratic Senate caucus that can't afford to lose a single vote to pass its agenda, Arizona's Kyrsten Sinema has a great deal of leverage.  Despite her power within the caucus, and despite her record …
Wall Street Journal:
New York Prosecutors Investigating Trump's Manhattan Properties  —  Officials are investigating loans the former president took on four buildings, including his flagship Trump Tower  —  New York prosecutors are investigating financial dealings around some of Donald Trump's signature Manhattan properties …
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
 
 
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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
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Rachael Levy / Wall Street Journal:
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Schumer says Senate will call witnesses for Trump's trial — if impeachment managers want them
Discussion: IJR
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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
Marcia Coyle / LAW.com:
Chuck Cooper's Test for Senate Republicans Weighing Trump Trial Verdict