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12:35 PM ET, February 14, 2021

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David Frum / The Atlantic:
It'll Do  —  In 1955, a junior United States senator named John F. Kennedy published Profiles in Courage, a collection of short essays about eight of his predecessors who had risked their careers for their ideals over the previous 150 years.  —  In one single day in 2021 …
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Senate Vote in the Trial of Donald Trump … It was nearly two weeks ago that Jill and I paid our respects to Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who laid in honor in the Rotunda after losing his life protecting the Capitol from a riotous, violent mob on January 6, 2021.
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Post-Impeachment Live Updates: Fallout Begins for Republicans Who Voted to Convict Trump  —  By acquitting the former president, the G.O.P. ensured that his influence will continue to dominate the party.  The federal criminal investigations related to the Capitol riot will keep the issue of Trump's culpability alive for months.
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Raskin: Trump found guilty in ‘the court of public opinion and the court of history’ … WASHINGTON — The lead House impeachment manager, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., criticized Republicans like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for “trying to have it both ways” by voting …
Glen Johnson / Axios:
McConnell's two-step portends challenge for Biden and Schumer  —  With his words and deeds, Mitch McConnell has shown how to retain power when you no longer hold it.  —  Why it matters: Perhaps the most powerful Senate leader since LBJ, McConnell sets the chamber's agenda whether in the majority or, as he is now, the minority.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:   ‘A moment of truth’? After years of Trump's lies, amplified by MAGA media, that proved impossible for most Republicans
Tim Wigginton / North Carolina Republican Party:
NCGOP Chairman Michael Whatley's Statement On Senator Burr's Contradictory Impeachment Vote
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Trump's Republicans, Brought to Their Knees
Discussion: Bloomberg, Vox and NBC News
CBS News:
McConnell says Trump was “practically and morally responsible” for riot after voting not guilty
New York Times:
First They Guarded Roger Stone.  Then They Joined the Capitol Attack.  —  Oath Keepers guarding Roger Stone on Jan. 5 ...  Roger  —  Stone  —  ... and participating in the  —  Oath Keeper  —  Oath Keeper  —  Oath  —  Keeper  —  Oath  —  Keeper
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Ben Sasse's Conviction: Trump's Lies Caused This  —  In a series of interviews leading up to Saturday's impeachment vote, the GOP senator described the stakes as he sees them: nothing less than the integrity of the Constitution.  —  What happened on January 6 of this year …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The fallout from Donald Trump's acquittal  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  DONALD TRUMP teased his political comeback.  Democrats did a victory lap in defeat, pointing to the seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict.  And Republicans face a future haunted by a damaged ex-president who won't go away.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Townhall and National Review
Politico:
McConnell's next chapter: Guiding the post-Trump GOP  —  Mitch McConnell voted to acquit Donald Trump, then publicly torched him — encapsulating the dilemma of the man who now must guide a GOP riven by infighting over whether it's the party of Trump or the center-right party he wants them to be.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump left them to die. 43 Senate Republicans still licked his boots.  —  In the end, the darkest truth of Donald Trump's crime came to light.  —  As his marauders sacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 in their bloody attempt to overturn the election, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy called …
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Plaskett on Trump's acquittal: 'We didn't need more witnesses, we needed more senators with spines'  —  Plaskett: We didn't need more witnesses, we needed more senators with spines  —  Washington (CNN)Del. Stacey Plaskett on Sunday defended the Democratic House managers' decision …
John Nichols / The Nation:
The Senate Has Failed America
Scott Alexander / Astral Codex Ten:
Statement on New York Times Article  —  There was recently a negative article about me and my blog in the New York Times.  Most of you already know the history behind this, but for anyone referred here by NYT, this is where I give my side and defend myself.
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
First known patient reinfected with South Africa coronavirus variant is in critical condition … A man in France is critically ill with the coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa four months after he was previously infected with the virus — the first recorded reinfection case involving …
Discussion: CBS News
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Kate Santich / MSN:
As COVID variants spread, Florida refuses to release data
Discussion: Raw Story
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Lindsey Graham: 'I don't see how Kamala Harris doesn't get impeached'  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday said that he expects Republicans to impeach Vice President Kamala Harris if the party takes control of the U.S. House of Representatives.  —  During an appearance on Fox News Sunday …
The Daily Beast:
FBI Informant Panic Is Ruining Friendships All Over the Far Right  —  TRUST NO ONE  —  From Proud Boys panicked about the revelation that their leader was a snitch to the racist America First crowd, old pals are now enemies.  —  As federal authorities crack down on the far right …
Discussion: Raw Story and USA Today
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Tom Perez on Democrats' Mistakes and Why Iowa Shouldn't Go First  —  In an interview, the former D.N.C. chairman discussed a possible bid for Maryland governor and said Iowa and New Hampshire starting the presidential nominating process was “unacceptable.”  —  For the past four years …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
This is Trump's heaping list of legal problems post-impeachment  —  (CNN)After averting a conviction in his second impeachment trial, former President Donald Trump faces significant new legal threats as prosecutors in Georgia have joined those in New York to conduct criminal investigations into his actions.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and WSB-TV
Dante Chinni / NBC News:
How the Senate map shift helped Trump win acquittal  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's second impeachment trial followed a very predictable partisan path in the U.S. Senate last week, with Democrats voting to convict and most Republicans voting to acquit.  There is a long list of reasons behind …
Discussion: The Guardian
Michael W. McConnell / New York Times:
How Democrats Could Have Made Republicans Squirm  —  G.O.P. lawmakers were unlikely to convict Trump.  But a different approach to impeachment would have been more difficult for them to ignore.  —  Mr. McConnell, a former federal appeals court judge appointed by President George W. Bush …
Discussion: Arkansas Online and DemCast
 
 
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Meg Cunningham / ABC News:
9/11-style commission should investigate Capitol attack: Sen. Coons, Rep. Dean
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