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10:50 PM ET, February 5, 2022

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New York Times:
In Scrutinizing Trump and His Allies, Jan. 6 Panel Adopts Prosecution Tactics  —  The House committee investigating the assault on the Capitol and what led to it is employing techniques more common in criminal cases than in congressional inquiries.  —  The House select committee scrutinizing …
Discussion: Raw Story
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National Review:
RNC Should Take a Lesson from Mike Pence  —  The Republican National Committee has voted to formally censure Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for “actions in their positions as members of the January 6th Select Committee not befitting Republican members of Congress.”  This is both morally repellent and politically self-destructive.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Trump's ‘circular firing squad’ threatens GOP midterm gains  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Nine months before the midterm elections, nearly everything is falling the Republican Party's way, from President Joe Biden's dismal approval ratings to rising gas prices and a seemingly never-ending pandemic.
Washington Post:
‘He never stopped ripping things up’: Inside Trump's relentless document destruction habits  —  Trump's shredding of paper in the White House was far more widespread and indiscriminate than previously known and — despite multiple admonishments — extended throughout his presidency.
Discussion: Raw Story
Sandy Garossino / National Observer:
Startling Trump interference points to GoFundMe convoy campaign manipulation  —  As the defeated ex-president Donald Trump threw his weight behind the Ottawa protest for a second time, lashing out at GoFundMe for suspending payments to organizers of the $10-million “Freedom Convoy 2022,” remember this ...
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox Business:
GoFundMe backtracks on redistributing money for Canadian truckers, under threat of fraud investigation  —  Crowdfunding platform says it will automatically refund $10 million in donations  —  Facing a potential fraud investigation by the state of Florida, GoFundMe reversed a decision …
Washington Post:
Russia could seize Kyiv in days and cause 50,000 civilian deaths in Ukraine, U.S. assessments find  —  Up to 5 million people likely to flee if Russia invades  —  Russia is close to completing preparations for what appears to be a large-scale invasion of Ukraine that could result …
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Joe Rogan Apologizes for ‘Shameful’ Past Use of Racial Slur  —  His apology came as listeners said that as many as 70 episodes of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast had been quietly taken off Spotify; the company has yet to comment on the reported removals.  —  As pressure has intensified …
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Jessica Bennett / Page Six:
Joe Rogan addresses his repeated use of the N-word in viral clip … Joe Rogan has responded to a resurfaced clip of him using the N-word almost two dozen times while hosting his wildly popular podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience.”  —  Calling the clip “the most regretful and shameful thing I've ever …
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Joe Rogan apologizes for ‘regretful and shameful’ past use of the n-word
Discussion: PIX11
Alex Pareene / The AP (Alex Pareene) Newsletter:
Abolish States  —  Or defund them.  Either way.  —  Ross Douthat wrote a column arguing that liberals are not as committed to democracy as they claim and that conservatives are more committed than they are accused of being.  Eric Levitz wrote a response saying Douthat was “wrong to posit a coherent …
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Todd Gitlin, a Voice and Critic of the New Left, Dies at 79  —  He earned his stripes in the antiwar movement of the 1960s.  In his later years, he was often critical of his erstwhile kindred spirits.  —  Todd Gitlin, whose immersion in the student rebellions of the 1960s laid the foundation …
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com
Reuters:
Russian forces at 70% of level needed for full Ukraine invasion, U.S. officials say … Russia has in place about 70% of the combat power it believes it would need for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and is sending more battalion tactical groups to the border with its neighbor, two U.S. officials said on Saturday.
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US believes Russia plans nuclear exercise to warn west over Ukraine
Discussion: Тел …
Francesca Chambers / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Biden needs GOP support for Breyer replacement, Clyburn says  —  President Joe Biden's nominee to the Supreme Court will need Republican support to receive Senate confirmation, a leading Democratic lawmaker said Friday.  —  Democrats are down to 49 votes in the chamber …
Discussion: Progress Pond
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Ben Paviour / VPM.org:
Historian resigns from Executive Mansion position highlighting stories of enslaved  —  Archeologist and historian Kelley Fanto Deetz resigned on Friday from a position as Virginia's Executive Mansion's director of historic interpretation and education.  —  Deetz had worked with a broader team aiming …
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE North Korea grows nuclear, missiles programs, profits from cyberattacks -U.N. report … North Korea continued to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the past year and cyberattacks on cryptocurrency exchanges were an important revenue source for Pyongyang …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Fixated on ‘Fucking Weird’ Senate Candidate and His Sex Life  —  The former president has gossiped openly about and so far declined to endorse Josh Mandel.  —  Starting at the very dawn of the Biden presidency, a slate of increasingly MAGA-fied Republican candidates have each competed …
Kelly Yamanouchi / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Delta asks Justice Dept. to put unruly passengers on national no-fly list  —  Delta Air Lines is asking the U.S. Justice Department to create a national no-fly list of passengers who have been convicted for on-board disruptions.  —  Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta, wrote a letter …
Jon Levine / New York Post:
‘Genocide games’: NBC refuses to run ad critical of China by NBA's Kanter, Florida congressman  —  NBC is refusing to broadcast an ad critical of China during the 2022 Winter Olympic games in Beijing, a US congressman says.  —  The 30-second spot, purchased by Florida GOP Rep. Mike Waltz …
New York Times:
Amid Slowdown, Immigration Is Driving U.S. Population Growth  —  A declining birthrate and pandemic deaths helped drive U.S. population growth to historic lows.  But immigration appears to be back on the rise.  —  Overall, 2021 will go down as the year with the slowest population growth in U.S. history.
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Phone, email records for lawyer of Bannon, Giuliani sought by Justice Dept.  —  Bannon's team decried the collection Robert J. Costello's records, saying it may have violated attorney-client privilege.  —  The Justice Department has sought phone and email records of a defense attorney …
James Brooks / Anchorage Daily News:
Lacking votes to punish Wasilla lawmaker for membership in far-right group, Alaska House majority will hold hearing instead  —  JUNEAU — The Alaska House of Representatives will not immediately vote to punish Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, for his membership in a far-right paramilitary organization.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Associated Press:
A year after Trump purge, ‘alt-tech’ offers far-right refuge
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Esper Memoir of Trump Tenure to Move Ahead After Legal Battle Ends
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