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5:40 PM ET, February 14, 2021

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New York Times:
Post-Impeachment Live Updates: Republican Leaders Divided Over Trump's Future Influence  —  The backlash against the seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump has begun.  The federal criminal investigations related to the Capitol riot will keep the issue of Mr. Trump's culpability alive for months.
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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 …
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.”
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.
New York Times:
McConnell, Denouncing Trump After Voting to Acquit, Says His Hands Were Tied  —  The top Senate Republican gave his most damning condemnation of Donald Trump, but said the Senate had no power to convict an ex-president.  He had refused to try Mr. Trump while he remained in office.
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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 …
Devan Cole / CNN:
Plaskett on Trump's acquittal: 'We didn't need more witnesses, we needed more senators with spines'
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
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
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
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 …
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
CDC head: ‘I think we need a lot more resources in order to get the schools safe’  —  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said on Sunday that despite new guidance from the agency for reopening schools, “I think we need a lot more resources in order to get the schools safe.”
Discussion: cai.burbio.com and HotAir
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Fauci: Stimulus bill needs to be passed for schools to reopen
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
First known patient reinfected with South Africa coronavirus variant is in critical condition
Discussion: 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 …
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.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Gateway Pundit
Elizabeth Spiers / My New Band Is:
Slate Star Clusterfuck  —  On journalism, ideas, “ideas”, free speech, and tech.  —  2 hr ago  —  A while ago, I did a Q&A with a venture capitalist who had formerly worked in media.  The conversation took place on Clubhouse, the explosively growing audio-driven social network.
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: Axios and Washington Examiner
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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The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Reestablishes the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg and Deseret News
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 …
Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:
The Problem With Mandatory Patriotism in Sports  —  Amid renewed attention to inequity in American life, pro leagues shouldn't strong-arm teams into playing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”  —  Contributing writer at The Atlantic  —  Playing the “The Star-Spangled Banner” …
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 …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The massive GOP betrayal of our democracy requires a forceful Democratic response  —  Now that the vast majority of Senate Republicans voted to acquit former president Donald Trump of inciting violent insurrection, as we all knew they would, Democrats should immediately respond as follows:
Discussion: Insider, Raw Story and Politico
 
 
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Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Republicans who acquitted Trump put their careers over duty, honor and the Constitution
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Is the GOP's extremist wing now too big to fail?
David Marcus / The Federalist:
Whataboutism Is A Nonsense Word That Defends Hypocrisy
Tim Morrison / National Review:
Will Biden's Nominees Confront China?
New York Times:
A Decade After the Arab Spring, Autocrats Still Rule the Mideast
Haley Victory Smith / Washington Examiner:
Trump lawyer says impeachment managers ‘failed miserably’ and ‘manufactured evidence’
Discussion: Insider and Crooks and Liars
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
Breaking the Rule of One  —  After upending a racial norm in the rural South …
Dante Chinni / NBC News:
How the Senate map shift helped Trump win acquittal
Discussion: American Greatness and Salon
 Earlier Items: 
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
What Happens to Trump's Wall Now?
Discussion: Washington Post
Kate Santich / MSN:
As COVID variants spread, Florida refuses to release data
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
FBI Informant Panic Is Ruining Friendships All Over the Far Right
Discussion: Raw Story
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
‘A moment of truth’? After years of Trump's lies, amplified by MAGA media, that proved impossible for most Republicans
Discussion: New York Times
Julian Glover / ABC7:
Black CA couple lowballed by $500K in home appraisal, believe race was a factor
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Ben Sasse's Conviction: Trump's Lies Caused This