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11:20 AM ET, February 1, 2022

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Washington Post:
Some records sent to Jan. 6 committee were torn up, taped back together — mirroring a well-known Trump habit  —  The National Archives confirmed Trump's unusual habit of ripping up documents, which forced aides to attempt to piece them back together in order to comply with the Presidential Records Act.
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ABC News:
Ex-White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany turned over text messages to Jan. 6 committee  —  McEnany was around then-President Trump before and during the Capitol attack.  —  Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany turned over text messages to the House select committee investigating …
Washington Post:
Trump says congressional investigators should examine why Pence didn't reject electoral college results  —  Former president Donald Trump on Tuesday advocated a new focus for congressional investigators: why then-Vice President Mike Pence did not take steps on Jan. 6, 2021 …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Political Wire
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Promise to Pardon Jan. 6 Rioters Is Worse Than Watergate
Discussion: CNN, MSNBC and Raw Story
CNN:
Exclusive: Mike Pence's former chief of staff testifies in House January 6 investigation
Politico:
House accuses Trump attorney John Eastman of stalling on Jan. 6 subpoena
New York Times:
Trump Had Role in Weighing Proposals to Seize Voting Machines  —  New accounts show that the former president was more directly involved than previously known in plans developed by outside advisers to use national security agencies to seek evidence of fraud.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump gave $1M to Meadows nonprofit weeks after Jan. 6 panel's creation  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump's political action committee donated $1 million to the conservative nonprofit organization where his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, is a senior partner …
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Washington Post:
Republicans lead 2022 money race as both parties hit record levels of cash on hand  —  Major Republican organizations focused on winning back control of the House and the Senate ended last year with significantly more money than their Democratic counterparts, a reversal of past fortunes …
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Trump-backed candidates confront cash wave  —  Some of Donald Trump's handpicked candidates are hitting an obstacle in their efforts to purge the Republican Party of Trump skeptics: money.  Lots of it.  —  Driving the news: Key Trump-backed Republican challengers were heavily outraised …
Discussion: CNN and The Lincoln Project
Max Greenwood / The Hill:   Ex-President Bush backs two high-profile Republicans slammed by Trump
New York Times:
Angry US-Russia Exchange at UN Punctuates Deepening Ukraine Rift  —  With vitriolic accusations that echoed the Cold War era, the United States and Russia sparred in a bitter debate over the Ukraine crisis in a Security Council meeting watched by the world on Monday.
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Russia: No, we didn't send Biden a written response on Ukraine  —  We were informed yesterday that Russia had sent a written response to the U.S. State Department after receiving our own official offer to them last week.  Considering how badly the discussions at the United Nations Security …
Travel.State.Gov:
Travel Advisory  —  Belarus - Level 4: Do Not Travel  —  Do not Travel to Belarus due …
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Critics slam Cruz for saying Biden's vow to nominate first Black woman to Supreme Court is ‘offensive’  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) says President Biden's vow to nominate and confirm the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court is “offensive” and “an insult to Black women,” …
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Georgetown Suspends Lecturer Who Criticized Vow to Put Black Woman on Court
Buck Sexton / The Hill:
Buck Sexton says Kavanaugh's confirmation means ‘liberty won’
Discussion: The Federalist
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:   A Black woman on the Supreme Court can't fix Democrats' problems, but America needs her
Miami Herald:
DeSantis's failure to condemn Nazis gives cover for hate  —  OPINION AND COMMENTARY  —  Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters.  —  BY THE MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD
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Politico:
Biden vs. Trump: The Makings of a Shattering Constitutional Crisis  —  Donald Trump is already signaling that he will run for president in 2024.  A Biden-Trump rematch risks worsening our country's already deep divisions.  But there's more to be worried about: The next election will provoke …
Washington Post:
N.Y. attorney general subpoenaed Trump D.C. hotel records from feds  —  The request sought information about whether Trump used false information to secure hotel lease, according to people familiar with inquiry  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) subpoenaed the General Services Administration …
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump ally pushes Republican Party to expel Cheney, Kinzinger  —  The resolution, to be debated at the RNC annual meeting in Salt Lake City this week, would be an unusual and public rebuke from a political party against two of its incumbent members of Congress
Discussion: NBC News, Insider, CNN, Raw Story and Power Line
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Who will win Florida in 2024?  A new poll has Biden losing to these Republicans  —  WASHINGTON - A new poll says President Joe Biden is struggling in the politically pivotal state of Florida, where more than half of potential voters disapprove of his handling of the economy and of his job overall.
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Conflict of Interest: New Washington Post National Editor Recused From FBI Coverage  —  The Washington Post has recused its new national editor, Matea Gold, from the news organization's coverage of the FBI and Justice Department over a personal conflict of interest.
Amnesty International:
Israel's apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity  —  Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, Amnesty International said today in a damning new report.
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
The Marxist Who Antagonizes Liberals and the Left  —  The renowned Black scholar Adolph Reed opposes the politics of anti-racism, describing it as a cover for capitalism.  —  Within the world of racial politics, Adolph Reed is the great modern denouncer.  His day job, for forty years, was as a political scientist.
Washington Post:
Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children under 5 could be available by the end of February, people with knowledge say  —  Coronavirus vaccines for children younger than 5 could be available far sooner than expected — perhaps by the end of February — under a plan that would lead …
Corey Atad / ET Canada:
Whoopi Goldberg Addresses ‘The View’ Holocaust Comments In Conversation With Colbert: ‘I Think Of Race As Being Something That I Can See’ … Amid controversy over her recent comments about race and the Holocaust, Whoopi Goldberg attempted to clarify her intentions Monday night on Global's “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert.
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
‘Show up armed’ to protect election observers, Michigan candidate suggests  —  Lansing — Republican Mike Detmer, a candidate for the Michigan state Senate, told a crowd Saturday that people should “show up armed” to protect Republican election observers' access to monitor the counting of ballots.
 
 
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American Greatness:
Justice Department Continues to Go Easy on 2020 Rioters
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Admin Has Records on Nearly One Billion Gun Sales
Discussion: Breitbart
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
All-out effort to keep Biden COVID-free; no ‘normal’ yet
Discussion: NBC News
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Associated Press:
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Biden's chief of staff leaked Breyer retirement to ‘limited’ group, Durbin says
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