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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
The beginning of the end of Trumpism  —  Don't waste time mourning the Senate's failure to convict Donald Trump for crimes so dramatically and painstakingly proven by the House impeachment managers.  The cowardice of the vast majority of Republican senators was both predicted and predictable.
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Impeachment trial solidified views on Trump conviction: POLL  —  Over half of Americans (58%) say that Trump should have been convicted.  —  Driven by sharp divisions that reflect the persistent partisan fissures within the country, the second impeachment trial of former President Donald …
Discussion: The Hill, Ipsos and Slate
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:   CBS' Margaret Brennan: We Invited on Two Dozen Senate Republicans After Trump Acquitted — ‘No One Accepted’
Charlie Sykes / Bulwark+:
Trump's Party, But Worse  —  Acquitted but not exonerated  —  Mad respect for the seven GOP senators who voted to convict Donald Trump.  —  Don't underestimate how much raw political courage that took.  Even the ones who aren't up for re-election face censure, excommunication …
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Bill Cassidy / The Advocate:
I voted to convict former President Trump because he is guilty.  —  The Articles of Impeachment charged President Donald Trump with inciting an insurrection.  He chose not to testify, and so guilt or innocence must be inferred by the timeline of events, tweets, and his actions during the invasion of the U.S. Capitol.
Discussion: Politico, IJR, The Hill and Axios
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Non-Vindication  —  He may run again, but he won't win another national election.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  The Senate failed Saturday to convict Donald Trump on the single House impeachment article of inciting an insurrection, but the 57-43 vote was no vindication.
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Postcard From Peru: Why the Morality Plays Inside The Times Won't Stop  —  Other news organizations have their own personnel dramas.  But none attract the spotlight like The Times.  —  In 2012, when The New York Times was panicked about its financial future, this newspaper went into the travel business.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Support for Third U.S. Political Party at High Point  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' desire for a third party has ticked up since last fall and now sits at a high in Gallup's trend.  Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults say the “parties do such a poor job representing the American people …
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The Strategic Silence of Mike Pence  —  Complicity, cowardice, or nihilism?  —  On January 6, a horde of pro-Trump rioters breached the United States Capitol with one bloodthirsty mission in mind: to stop Vice President Mike Pence from carrying out his constitutional obligation to certify Joe Biden's 2020 presidential victory.
Molly Fischer / The Cut:
What Was the Wing?  To the extent that it's remembered, it will be as an artifact of the Trump era.  —  Photo-Illustration: by the Cut; Photo Getty Images  —  I remember, over New Year's in 2017, trying to explain to a friend's boyfriend what the Wing was.
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Why Seven Republican Senators Voted to Convict Trump  —  The Republicans who broke with their party to find Donald J. Trump guilty were an eclectic group, bound by their shared lack of concern about retribution from the former president or his followers.  —  WASHINGTON — The seed …
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Tami Luhby / CNN:
Biden's special Obamacare enrollment period opens Monday.  Here's what you need to know  —  Biden: Health care orders undo the damage Trump has done  —  (CNN)Uninsured Americans who want to buy Affordable Care Act coverage have another three months to do so, thanks to an executive order President Joe Biden signed last month.
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Michelle Andrews / NPR:
As Biden Reopens ACA Enrollment, Are You Eligible To Sign Up Or Switch Health Plans?
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Democracy Is the Only Solution  —  The countermajoritarian institutions of the United States are holding us back.  —  Staff writer at The Atlantic  —  If there was one idea shared by just about every author of the Constitution, it was the one articulated by James Madison at the convention on June 26, 1787.
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 …
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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
New York Times quietly updates report on fire extinguisher striking Capitol Police officer
Discussion: TheBlaze and The White House
Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
The U.S.' vaccine rollout is world-beating  —  That doesn't mean it's good enough.  But let's take a moment to appreciate it.  —  4 hr ago  —  The U.S. vaccine rollout is not going fast enough.  Currently, about 1.7 million shots are being put into arms per day:
American Greatness:
The Wages of Trump Hatred  —  Hating Donald Trump in the hater's eyes makes one moral.  But in the real world, such pathological fixations usually result in abject immorality and moral decline.  —  Over the last five years, the pathology of Trump Derangement Syndrome has been widely described.
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Gabe Kaminsky / The Federalist:
It's Been One Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week For The Democratic Party
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
The Taliban Close In on Afghan Cities, Pushing the Country to the Brink  —  The Taliban have positioned themselves around several major population centers, including the capital of Kandahar Province, as the Biden administration weighs whether to withdraw or to stay.
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 …
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Pennsylvania G.O.P.'s Push for More Power Over Judiciary Raises Alarms  —  After fighting the election results, state Republicans are trying to increase their control of the courts.  Outraged Democrats and good government groups see it as a new kind of gerrymandering.
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Biden is winning Republican support for his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan.  Just not in Washington.  —  The pandemic has not been kind to Fresno, the poorest major city in California.  The unemployment rate spiked above 10 percent and has stubbornly remained there.
Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Trump impeachment lawyer Michael van der Veen's home vandalized  —  The word “traitor” was spray-painted on the front of the attorney's driveway.  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  Tyger Williams /The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP
John Solomon / Just The News:
Smoking gun: Comey told Clapper FBI unable to ‘sufficiently corroborate’ Steele — then signed FISA  —  In January 2017 email to intel chief coughed up under court order, the former FBI director contradicted sworn avowal to FISA court that Steele dossier was verified.  — Article
Bobby Caina Calvan / MSN:
On Parkland anniversary, Biden calls for tougher gun laws  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Sorrow reverberated across the country Sunday as Americans, including President Joe Biden, joined a Florida community in remembering the 17 lives lost three years ago in the Parkland school shooting massacre.
Discussion: Raw Story
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The White House:
Statement by the President Three Years After the Parkland Shooting
New York Times:
In a Dangerous Game of Cat and Mouse, Iran Eyes New Targets in Africa  —  Fifteen people arrested in Ethiopia were part of what American and Israeli officials said was a foiled Iranian plot against diplomats from the United Arab Emirates.  —  NAIROBI, Kenya — When Ethiopia's intelligence …
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
 
 
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Emily Zanotti / The Daily Wire:
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
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Margaret Talev / Axios:
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Washington Post:
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Local Florida officials passed a resolution mocking a newspaper columnist's work and immigrant background
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Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
This Republican Prosecutor Stood Up For Black Lives Matter Protests. Haters Ran Him Out of Office.
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John Binder / Breitbart:
Biden's DHS to Release 25.6K Migrants into Texas, California Communities
Politico:
Schiff ponders life beyond the House as focus shifts from Trump
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
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Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
Trump's Defense Was an Insult to the Impeachment Proceedings and an Assault on Reason
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
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