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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Lindsey Graham says Mitch McConnell speech slamming Trump could haunt Republicans in 2022 — WASHINGTON - Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday he thought Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's speech blasting former President Donald Trump would be used against Republicans in campaign ads …
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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.
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 …
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.
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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.
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Graham: Lara Trump is biggest winner of impeachment trial — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) predicted former President Trump's daughter-in-law Lara will benefit from his second acquittal in an impeachment trial this weekend. — “The biggest winner of this whole impeachment trial is Lara Trump,” Graham said on “Fox News Sunday.”
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
There are only seven honorable Republican senators — In a masterly job of lawyering, public education and civic performance, House impeachment managers got every available Republican vote to convict former president Donald Trump on Saturday. Alas, there were only seven available …
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Raskin: Trump found guilty in ‘the court of public opinion and the court of history’
Raskin: Trump found guilty in ‘the court of public opinion and the court of history’
Glen Johnson / Axios:
McConnell's two-step portends challenge for Biden and Schumer
McConnell's two-step portends challenge for Biden and Schumer
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Senate Vote in the Trial of Donald Trump
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Senate Vote in the Trial of Donald Trump
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New York Times:
McConnell, Denouncing Trump After Voting to Acquit, Says His Hands Were Tied
McConnell, Denouncing Trump After Voting to Acquit, Says His Hands Were Tied
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, an Escape, Not an Exoneration
For Trump, an Escape, Not an Exoneration
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Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Trump's Acquittal Is an Ignominious Failure
Trump's Acquittal Is an Ignominious Failure
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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
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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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Senator Ben Sasse, Washington Examiner and HuffPost
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Michael W. McConnell / New York Times:
How Democrats Could Have Made Republicans Squirm
How Democrats Could Have Made Republicans Squirm
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Haley Victory Smith / Washington Examiner:
Trump lawyer says impeachment managers ‘failed miserably’ and ‘manufactured evidence’
Trump lawyer says impeachment managers ‘failed miserably’ and ‘manufactured evidence’
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Crooks and Liars and Insider
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Fauci: Stimulus bill needs to be passed for schools to reopen — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, said on Sunday that a stimulus bill needed to be passed in order for schools to safely reopen. — While appearing on ABC's “This Week,” …
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
First known patient reinfected with South Africa coronavirus variant is in critical condition
First known patient reinfected with South Africa coronavirus variant is in critical condition
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CBS News
Michael Powell / New York Times:
Obscure Musicology Journal Sparks Battles Over Race and Free Speech — A scholar's address about racism and music theory was met with a vituperative, personal response by a small journal. It faced calls to cease publishing. — A periodical devoted to the study of a long-dead European music theorist …
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 …
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Axios and Washington Examiner
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 …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump left them to die. 43 Senate Republicans still licked his boots.
Trump left them to die. 43 Senate Republicans still licked his boots.
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The White House:
Executive Order on the Establishment of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to better serve people in need through partnerships with civil society …
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Ido Efrati / Haaretz:
94 Percent Drop in Symptomatic COVID Cases Seen Among Vaccinated, Biggest Israeli Study Shows — The Pfizer COVID vaccine, the study found, was equally effective for all age groups, including people aged 70 and older — The Pfizer coronavirus vaccine has produced a 94 percent drop …
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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 …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
James Ridgeway, Who Exposed Malfeasance and Skulduggery, Dies at 84 — Writing for many publications, he drew attention to neo-Nazis, corporate polluters, preening politicians and the practice of solitary confinement. — James Ridgeway, an investigative reporter who exposed corporate dirty tricks …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
After impeachment, bipartisanship is dead — and so is the immoral Republican Party — The Republican Party was born on March 20, 1854, the green shoots of a political spring. Unlike America's other parties that were often shotgun weddings of convenience, the Republicans burst forth around moral ideas …
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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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
In defense of interesting writing on controversial topics
In defense of interesting writing on controversial topics
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
The swift death of the media darlings known as the Lincoln Project — As quickly as it rose to its perch as a media darling, the Lincoln Project (LP) is crashing down swiftly to its fitting end. And it has no one to blame but itself. — The beginning of the end came a few weeks ago.
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Joe.My.God. and The Gateway Pundit
BBC:
Myanmar coup: Gunfire heard and troops seen on streets — Automatic gunfire has been heard at a protest in northern Myanmar amid signs that the military is preparing a crackdown on opposition to the coup it carried out on 1 February. — Western embassies in Myanmar urged the military …
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