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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Adam Kinzinger's Lonely Mission — Censured by his party and shunned by family members, Mr. Kinzinger, a six-term Illinois Congressman, is pressing Republicans to leave Donald Trump behind — and risking his career doing so. — WASHINGTON — As the Republican Party censures …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Kinzinger Receives Stunning Letter from Relatives Over His Trump Opposition: ‘You Have Lost the Respect of Lou Dobbs...’ — A new profile on Congressman Adam Kinzinger, one of the few House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump, reveals that several family members actually sent …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Live updates: Biden seeks to return attention to combating the coronavirus with televised town hall
Live updates: Biden seeks to return attention to combating the coronavirus with televised town hall
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New York Times:
Read the document — Below is a letter to Representative Adam Kinzinger, Republican of Illinois …
Read the document — Below is a letter to Representative Adam Kinzinger, Republican of Illinois …
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North Carolina Republicans censure Senator Richard Burr over vote to convict Trump
North Carolina Republicans censure Senator Richard Burr over vote to convict Trump
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Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Mitt Romney accused of being ‘deep state’ agent in proposed censure motion
Mitt Romney accused of being ‘deep state’ agent in proposed censure motion
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QU Poll:
3 Out Of 4 Republicans Want To See Trump Play A Big Role In GOP, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 68% Of Americans Say Trump Didn't Do Enough To Stop Insurrection
3 Out Of 4 Republicans Want To See Trump Play A Big Role In GOP, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 68% Of Americans Say Trump Didn't Do Enough To Stop Insurrection
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Mitch McConnell / Wall Street Journal:
Acquittal Vindicated the Constitution, Not Trump — House managers wanted us to rush through a sham trial. Instead we did our duty to the rule of law. — Jan. 6 was a shameful day. A mob bloodied law enforcement and besieged the first branch of government.
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson on Jan. 6 Capitol attack: 'This didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me' — MADISON - Two days after members of the U.S. Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump on charges of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Wisconsin's senior senator is questioning whether an armed insurrection even occurred.
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Riley Vetterkind / madison.com:
Sen. Ron Johnson: 'This didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me'
Sen. Ron Johnson: 'This didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me'
The Texas Tribune:
2 million Texas households without power as massive winter storm drives demand for electricity — Some utility companies that deliver electricity to Texans are telling customers to expect power outages through Monday night and potentially into Tuesday. — Copy link — Here's what you need to know:
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Impeachment's Over. Bring On the Criminal Investigations. — After Mitch McConnell's cynical speech, Republicans can't complain. — A few hours after the Senate voted in Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Saturday, I spoke to the lead impeachment manager, Jamie Raskin. He was crushingly disappointed.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Dear Colleague: Security, Security, Security — Today, we celebrate the birthdays of America's two greatest presidents: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. — George Washington was the patriarch of our country, who with his courage, fought for and won our independence at great odds …
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Joanna Walters / The Guardian:
Pelosi announces plans for 9/11-style commission to examine Capitol riot
Pelosi announces plans for 9/11-style commission to examine Capitol riot
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Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
House GOP demands Pelosi address Capitol riot security failures
House GOP demands Pelosi address Capitol riot security failures
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Inside the new President's routine: Oval Office fires and early bedtimes — (CNN)When President Joe Biden flew aboard Air Force One for the first time this month, he did not spend much time soaking in the moment. — The flight, after all, was only 25 minutes long.
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Financial Times:
China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry — Beijing asks industry executives if proposed restrictions will harm western contractors — China is exploring limiting the export of rare earth minerals that are crucial for the manufacture of American F-35 fighter jets …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Accepts Some Blame in Nursing Home Scandal but Denies Cover-Up — Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted to a delay and that he “created pain,” but stopped short of a full apology for the state's withholding of virus death data from state lawmakers. — ALBANY, N.Y. — Admitting a degree of fault …
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Amanda Becker / The 19th:
Some Lincoln Project founders knew about sexual harassment allegations as early as March — The revelation comes as the political group releases workers from nondisclosure agreements. — Some of the leaders of the embattled Lincoln Project knew about sexual harassment allegations …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Covid wars launch DeSantis into GOP ‘top tier’ — MIAMI — Ron DeSantis once drew national scorn for his stewardship of Florida's Covid-19 response — critics took to referring to the governor as “DeathSantis” for his resistance to restrictive measures. — But that very blowback …
Scott Rosenberg / Axios:
After Trump, the attention economy deflates — Politicians, celebrities and business leaders are trying to adapt to a new world beyond the attention inflation of the Trump era — one where the volume of attention-getting statements and actions has dropped and the value and impact of individual events may rise.
Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
Seoul offered free coronavirus tests for pets and soon found its first case in a lethargic, vomiting cat — TOKYO — Officials in Seoul said they found their first case of covid-19 in a cat on Monday shortly after offering free tests to pets in the South Korean capital.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Perdue explores Senate comeback bid against Warnock in 2022 — Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue took the first steps toward a potential comeback bid by filing campaign paperwork on Monday to explore a challenge against Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
The FBI Wants You To Make These Photos Of Capitol Insurrectionists Go Viral — Inside the bureau's evolving strategy to get photos of the Trump supporters who invaded the U.S. Capitol on your social media feed. — The search for the insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol last month isn't your typical FBI manhunt.
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
WaPo, CNN ‘fact-checkers’ silent as Harris falsely claims Biden ‘starting from scratch’ on vaccine rollout — Axios reversed its fact-check of the VP by deleting a tweet that quoted Fauci debunking the claim — Dr. Fauci: Vaccine distribution effort ‘not starting from scratch’
HuffPost:
Only Half Of Americans Have Heard Of ‘Cancel Culture’ — A HuffPost/YouGov poll found many Americans are unaware of the idea, which has become a major Republican talking point. — The Republican Party has a new bogeyman: cancel culture. — One of former President Donald Trump's lawyers described …
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Daniel Goldman / Washington Post:
Lack of witnesses at Trump's trial is not the problem. Witness intimidation is. — The former president has a record of threatening rhetoric toward anyone who crosses him. Now there's a record of supporters willing to back him with violence. — On Saturday morning …
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Politico:
GOP tries to weaponize pandemic-exhausted parents against Biden — Distraught and exhausted parents are emerging as a new class of voters that could torment President Joe Biden — and the White House is moving quickly to head off the pain. — Nearing a year into the pandemic …
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Washington Post:
A GOP donor gave $2.5 million for a voter fraud investigation. Now he wants his money back. — Like many Trump supporters, conservative donor Fred Eshelman awoke the day after the presidential election with the suspicion that something wasn't right. His candidate's apparent lead in key battleground states had evaporated overnight.
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump drives past jubilant supporters at impromptu rally in Florida — Trump marks Presidents Day by waiving to supporters near his south Florida residence — Trump acquitted after media blitz — Former President Trump marked President's Day by waiving to a throng of supporters gathered near his south Florida home.
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CNN:
Biden is hitting the reset button with Israel — Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President.” Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations.
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Mary Chastain / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
CDC Admits It Based School Guidelines on Teacher Input and Stakeholders — Stakeholders. In other words, lobbying groups. Lobbying groups over parents and students. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) admitted during a press conference that it based its new school guidelines …
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Eleni Schirmer / New Yorker:
The Fight for Fifteen at an Orlando McDonald's — For Cristian Cardona and his co-workers, the pandemic brought new meaning to a nationwide movement to raise the minimum wage. — A few days after Mother's Day in 2019, a McDonald's in Orlando, Florida, found itself out of scrambled eggs and receipt paper …
Alicia A. Caldwell / Wall Street Journal:
Ban on New Foreign Workers Left U.S. Jobs Unfilled, Even in Covid Downturn — Visa restrictions last year were partly intended to keep more jobs open for Americans as unemployment surged — The U.S. closed the door to nearly all incoming foreign workers last year.