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New York Times:
Trump Lawyer Asks to Pause Impeachment Trial if It Runs Into Sabbath — David Schoen, one of former President Donald J. Trump's lawyers, has requested that the Senate suspend the impeachment trial at sundown on Friday and on Saturday, potentially upending plans for a fast trial.
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Democrats' big shift in Trump's second impeachment — Democrats made a push for witnesses central to President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial. But not this time. — Senate Democrats are making it clear they're taking a different approach than they did for Trump's infamous Ukraine call.
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Ben Leonard / Politico:
Trump impeachment lawyer says he'll use video of Dems' own remarks at trial
Trump impeachment lawyer says he'll use video of Dems' own remarks at trial
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Insider, Washington Times and No More Mister Nice Blog
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Lawsuits Take the Lead in Fight Against Disinformation — Defamation cases have made waves across an uneasy right-wing media landscape, from Fox to Newsmax. — In just a few weeks, lawsuits and legal threats from a pair of obscure election technology companies have achieved what years …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Analysis: The end of the road for Lou Dobbs — (CNN)Nothing unusual happened when Lou Dobbs hosted his Fox Business show on Thursday evening. His hour was full of Fox's usual themes about “radical Dims” (Democrats) and Big Tech “abusing their power.” — “Join us here tomorrow,” he said at the end of the show.
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Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite:
Lou Dobbs Retweets Daily Beast Reporter Trolling Him In Donald Trump's Voice
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How San Francisco Renamed Its Schools — Last month, San Francisco's Board of Education voted, 6-1, to change the names of forty-four schools, including schools named after Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. A committee formed by the board in 2018, in the wake of the white-supremacist rally …
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Lawrence Summers / Washington Post:
My column on the stimulus sparked a lot of questions. Here are my answers. — My recent Post column — admiring the ambition of the Biden stimulus bill, while identifying some possible risks — generated discussion and a number of questions that I did not directly answer in the piece itself …
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Cheney on Trump impeachment vote: 'The oath I took ... doesn't bend to partisanship' — Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is standing by her vote to impeach former President Trump, saying on Sunday that despite Republican backlash, she felt “compelled” to support impeachment.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘The Democratic version of John McCain’ — Here's a question on everyone's mind when a critical vote comes up: Where is Joe Manchin? — The West Virginia senator has become the central character in Democrats' control of Washington, a conservative throwback who speaks his mind and is maddeningly frustrating to liberals.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Senior Democrats to unveil new $3,000-per-child benefit as Biden stimulus gains steam — Under the proposal, the Internal Revenue Service would begin sending $250 per month to millions of families in July — Senior Democrats on Monday will unveil legislation to provide $3,000 per child …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Republican Perversion of ‘Freedom’ — She's playing the victim. Don't fall for it. — The Republican delirium drawing the most attention is the party's indulgence of Marjorie Taylor Greene as she turns madness into martyrdom. Mustn't alienate the QAnon caucus!
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Majority of Americans say Trump should be convicted, barred from holding federal office in impeachment trial: POLL — The Senate is set to begin Trump's second impeachment trial on Tuesday. — 2nd Impeachment Trial: What this could mean for Trump — Donald Trump will be the first president …
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Bloomberg, Ipsos and Political Wire
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
How Lindsay Graham's Petty Partisan Decision Stalled the DOJ — At the center of the imbroglio is a figure who is accustomed to being collateral damage of partisan warfare on Capitol Hill: Merrick Garland. — What first seemed like a petty partisan power play in the U.S. Senate has escalated …
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Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:
Judge Orders OAN to Pay Rachel Maddow and MSNBC $250,000 in Attorney Fees For Filing Frivolous Defamation Lawsuit — A federal judge in California has ordered Herring Networks, the parent company of far-right conservative media organization One America News Network (OAN) …
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Raw Story, Times of San Diego and The Gateway Pundit
Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite:
WATCH: Mike Lindell Has Sudden ‘Epiphany’ And Says He Will Sue Dominion And Smartmatic — MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell pledged on Saturday to take legal action against voting technology companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic if they don't agree to meet with him about his Absolute Proof documentary …
Wall Street Journal:
As Covid-19 Vaccines Raise Hope, Cold Reality Dawns That Illness Is Likely Here to Stay — Ease of transmission, new strains, limits of vaccination programs all mean Covid-19 will be around for years—and a big business — Vaccination drives hold out the promise of curbing Covid-19 …
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
EXCLUSIVE: New Video of Roger Stone with Proud Boys Leaders Who May Have Planned for Capitol Attack — Congressional investigators are reportedly looking into what role Trump associates including Roger Stone may have played in the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:
The Far-Right Militia Member Providing Muscle for Top Trump Allies and Aides
The Far-Right Militia Member Providing Muscle for Top Trump Allies and Aides
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John Harwood / CNN:
Biden needs to figure out what kind of GOP opposition he's facing — Ex-GOP gubernatorial candidate: I can't be a Republican anymore — (CNN)The collision of the new President's agenda with the old one's impeachment trial this week sharpens the question: Just what kind of Republican opposition does …
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Los Angeles Times, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Florida Politics, CBS News and The Atlantic
CNN:
Fake N95 masks have flooded the market. Here's how to tell the difference — (CNN)There's one mask guideline that hasn't changed throughout the pandemic — you definitely should be wearing one. — But what happens when you're not sure if your mask is real?
Melissa Klein / New York Post:
NYC's COVID vaccine hubs are ghost towns as DOH mum on distribution — The city's 15 vaccination hubs were ghost towns last Saturday, and the city Department of Health is refusing to reveal just how bad distribution went. — One DOH staffer stationed at the Hillcrest High School hub in Queens on Jan. 30 said he did nothing all day.
Washington Post:
Trump's election fraud falsehoods have cost taxpayers $519 million — and counting — Donald Trump's claims that the election was stolen have forced local, state and federal agencies to spend millions enhancing security, fending off lawsuits and repairing property damage. The costs are mounting daily.
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Financial Times:
Oxford/AstraZeneca jab fails to prevent mild and moderate Covid from S African strain, study shows — Impact on hospitalisations and deaths caused by variant not yet determined, according to preliminary findings — The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine does not appear to offer protection …
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Matt Welch / Reason:
It's Official: Linguistic Intent No Longer Matters at The New York Times — The New York Times on Friday forced out its lead pandemic reporter, 45-year* newsroom veteran Donald McNeil Jr., because the Grey Lady's management, under public pressure from more than 150 employees …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
They may be at odds now. But Trump and CNN's Jeff Zucker have always had one thing in common. — Just a few years ago, CNN seemed intent on giving Donald Trump as much help as possible for his presidential run. — The network obsessively covered the candidate's raucous speeches in the Republican presidential primary.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Marty Baron Considers His Time at the Washington Post — The soon-to-retire executive editor defends the idea of journalistic objectivity. “It's not neutrality, it's not both-sides-ism, it's not so-called balance,” he says. — On January 26th, Marty Baron, the executive editor of the Washington Post …
Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
Big challenge: Biden is pressed to end federal death penalty — CHICAGO (AP) — Joe Biden, the first sitting U.S. president to openly oppose the death penalty, has discussed the possibility of instructing the Department of Justice to stop scheduling new executions, officials have told The Associated Press.
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