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7:15 PM ET, February 14, 2021

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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.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Axios, Insider, Fox News, Associated Press, The Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer, HuffPost, Grand Forks Herald, Maryland Matters, Washington Post, UPROXX, IJR, Politico, The Guardian and Crooks and Liars

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 …

Discussion: HuffPost, Fox News, Washington Post, CNN, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Insider, Washington Times and Breitbart

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.”

Discussion: Insider, Slate, New York Times, Forbes, The Guardian, BizPac Review and New York Post

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 …

Discussion: Vox, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, Insider, Breitbart and Mediaite

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP ready to turn page on Trump

Discussion: RedState, The Guardian, Forbes, Bloomberg and NPR

Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The fallout from Donald Trump's acquittal

Discussion: Fox News, Townhall, NPR, IJR, Insider, Washington Examiner, KTLA, WCCO | CBS Minnesota and Washington Post

Politico:
McConnell's next chapter: Guiding the post-Trump GOP

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Foreign Policy, Raw Story, National Review, CBS News, Fox News, The Guardian, CNN, New York Times and Washington Post

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 …

Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, an Escape, Not an Exoneration

Discussion: Associated Press, CNN, KRON4, Grand Forks Herald, Boston Herald, Raw Story, The Daily Poster, Big League Politics and Insider

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
There are only seven honorable Republican senators

Discussion: Insider, TheBlaze and CBS News

New York Times:
McConnell, Denouncing Trump After Voting to Acquit, Says His Hands Were Tied

Michael W. McConnell / New York Times:
How Democrats Could Have Made Republicans Squirm

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, The Guardian, CNN and DemCast

Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Raskin: Trump found guilty in ‘the court of public opinion and the court of history’

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Fox News, Associated Press, JONATHAN TURLEY, NPR, One America News Network, The Western Journal, Townhall, The Hill, Al Jazeera, Breitbart and Political Wire

Glen Johnson / Axios:
McConnell's two-step portends challenge for Biden and Schumer

Discussion: The Guardian, USA Today, Bloomberg, BizPac Review, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, The Week, Breitbart, Los Angeles Times, Fox News, HuffPost, New York Magazine, The Hill, Mediaite, Insider and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

Devan Cole / CNN:
Plaskett on Trump's acquittal: 'We didn't need more witnesses, we needed more senators with spines'

Discussion: Washington Post, Vox, Insider, Talking Points Memo, USA Today, Associated Press, The Hill, Bloomberg, The Week, BizPac Review, Washington Times, Fox News, Axios, Michigan Advance, Politico and New Republic

Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Trump's Acquittal Is an Ignominious Failure

Discussion: CNN, BizPac Review, CBS News, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, NBC News and Insider

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

Discussion: Mother Jones, POLITICUSUSA, Gothamist, Raw Story and Juanita Jean's

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 …

Discussion: Jewish Telegraphic Agency

New York Times:

'What's the Point?' Young People's Despair Deepens as Covid-19 Crisis Drags On — Experts paint a grim picture of the struggle with lockdown isolation — a “mental health pandemic” that should be treated as seriously as containing the coronavirus. — Life seemed promising last year …

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

Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Fauci: Stimulus bill needs to be passed for schools to reopen

Discussion: ABC News, TheBlaze, Townhall, Breitbart and New York Post

Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
First known patient reinfected with South Africa coronavirus variant is in critical condition

Discussion: CBS News

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.

Discussion: The Other McCain, Slow Boring, Instapundit and Astral Codex Ten, more at Mediagazer »

Ronald Brownstein / CNN:

Is the GOP's extremist wing now too big to fail? — SE Cupp: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene among Trump's awful legacies — (CNN)Congressional Republicans have crystallized an ominous question by rejecting consequences for Donald Trump over the January 6 riot in his impeachment trial …

Discussion: New York Times and The Times of Israel

American Greatness:

The New York Times Retracts the Sicknick Story — Like so many fake news stories about Donald Trump and his supporters, millions of Americans believe the Sicknick story as truth; even a correction won't change their minds. — In a quiet but stunning correction, the New York Times backed away …

Discussion: Townhall, The White House and HotAir

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 …

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: Axios, Insider, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story and Politico

Josh Feldman / Mediaite: CBS' Margaret Brennan: We Invited on Two Dozen Senate Republicans After Trump Acquitted — ‘No One Accepted’

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: The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God. and The Gateway Pundit

Dana Goldstein / New York Times:

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on What She Learned From Battling the Teachers' Union — In an interview, Ms. Lightfoot talked about how she hoped to rebuild trust in the system and eventually reopen high schools. — After a bitter fight, the Chicago Public Schools reached a deal …

Sarah Bahr / New York Times:

Indianapolis Museum of Art Apologizes for Insensitive Job Posting — The museum wrote that it was seeking a director who would work to maintain its “core, white art audience,” in addition to attracting a more diverse one. — INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields …

Discussion: The Hill, WTOP, Insider and Althouse

Tom Nichols / USA Today:

Republicans who acquitted Trump put their careers over duty, honor and the Constitution — Trump's acquittal proved with final certainty that Republicans are driven only by ambition, comfort and self-interest — and the Constitution be damned. — The second Senate trial of Donald Trump is over.

Discussion: The Week

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 and Axios