BREAKING: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says former President Trump's impeachment trial will start the week of Feb. 8. https://t.co/FKAryO7Sum
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 22, 2021
House Democrats will deliver an impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, triggering the start of a second trial in the coming days. https://t.co/a3ycgTe06L
— POLITICO (@politico) January 22, 2021
SCHUMER announces:
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) January 22, 2021
*Impeachment article will be read Monday at 7 p.m.
*Yellen confirmation Monday at 5:30 p.m.
*Senate trial will start in earnest week of Feb. 8
*Senate during 2-week delay can move on Cabinet & COVID relief.
Hews close to McConnell timeframe.
‘Argument Of Convenience’: Experts Dismiss GOP’s New Claim That Trump’s Impeachment Is Unconstitutional https://t.co/LUFrcSmElJ via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 22, 2021
Biden on Trump's impeachment trial perhaps not beginning until next month: "The more time we have to get up and running to meet these crises, the better." pic.twitter.com/GvuCGGpOGU
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 22, 2021
JUST IN: Democrats float 14th Amendment to bar Trump from ever holding office again https://t.co/Dv1M4RS31A pic.twitter.com/MsK8vhiaBt
— The Hill (@thehill) January 22, 2021
— Bethe's Chair @ The Table 🐋🇺🇲🐎🏅🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 (@Bethe57) January 22, 2021
NEW: South Carolina lawyer Butch Bowers, who's representing Trump at his impeachment trial, is best known for helping save former Gov. Mark Sanford from being removed from office over an extramarital affairhttps://t.co/YJKGHwa8AQ @eelarson @StevenTDennis @business pic.twitter.com/AndC3K8uF5
— David S. Joachim (@davidjoachim) January 22, 2021
McConnell privately says he wants Trump gone but faces backlash—CNN obtains 9-point memo to get rid of Trump – CNNPolitics https://t.co/OFdZCQCC0m
— Luke McGee (@lukemcgee) January 22, 2021
Chuck Schumer Tells Senate Trump Incited the 'Erection' https://t.co/7gKkpKsBGS
— TMZ (@TMZ) January 22, 2021
WASHINGTON POST (1/19): Federal Law Enforcement Uncovers Massive Early-January Plot to Murder All of Congress; Plotters with Military Backgrounds, Who Had Trained to "Storm the Capitol," Planned to Gas Members of Congress in the Tunnels Beneath the Capitol https://t.co/2TbyCYkOzq
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 22, 2021
Trump’s campaign paid more than $2.7 million to individuals and firms that organized the Jan. 6 rally that led to violent rioters storming the U.S. Capitol.
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) January 22, 2021
Seems like something to mention at his trial!https://t.co/xpU98GxY4i
NEW: former President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign disclosed paying people & firms behind the January 6 rally before rioters stored the US Capitol *OVER $2.7 MILLION*—but secretive shell companies & "dark money" hide details of Trump ties to those protests https://t.co/ABgwnBvo0S pic.twitter.com/NZ3LVSzsVg
— Anna Massoglia (@annalecta) January 22, 2021
Trump ally Matt Schlapp got $750,000 in unsuccessful pardon push https://t.co/xyljmtOWp6
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) January 22, 2021
A more thorough look at Hawley's election lies from Nov. 6th (when he amplified that rumor about a truck delivering ballots in Detroit, when it was actually delivering TV news gear) onward https://t.co/VQIow8K4JM
— Tim Murphy (@timothypmurphy) January 22, 2021
You threw away your career, your reputation, and your duty to this nation. Was it worth it, Josh? pic.twitter.com/hMFc4zhSte
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) January 22, 2021
An unruly passenger who had been shouting “Trump 2020!” was escorted off a flight leaving a Washington airport. Less than an hour later, an officer identified him through a video on social media as a Capitol rioter and he was arrested. https://t.co/5lRxHdPXtN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 22, 2021
Candidates, donors and local party officials are organizing against the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trumphttps://t.co/rHbxHQ7jHs
— POLITICO (@politico) January 22, 2021
NEW: Press Sec. Psaki announces Biden admin. efforts to combat domestic violent extremism:
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 22, 2021
• DNI to oversee a "comprehensive threat assessment"
• "Build NSC capability" to counter extremism, disrupt extremist networks
• Coordination among federal depts. on evolving threats pic.twitter.com/dmwpd9z0D2
How the upcoming Trump impeachment trial will compare with his first https://t.co/X1mgmBThBp via @bpolitics
— Kevin Whitelaw (@KevinWhitelaw1) January 22, 2021
"Every time we turn away from accountability, we allow the needle to move…There just has to be a reckoning. There just has to be. You can't reset unless you truth-tell and demand that people are held accountable for what they have done."https://t.co/r834o1s9ni
— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) January 22, 2021
Why didn’t Trump pardon himself and his family? It could be strategic https://t.co/iC1jlPZgjZ
— The Independent (@Independent) January 22, 2021
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BRITAIN FACES FRESH COVID CHAOS
For weeks health authorities have insisted the mutant B.1.1.7 form of #COVID19 was up to 70% more contagious, but not on an individual basis any more dangerous.
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 22, 2021
Now, they say, that's wrong.
Now, they say, it's up to 30% more likely to kill.https://t.co/TzX6HfrMkN
It was clear to scientists and doctors before Christmas that the new variant was incredibly worrying. We have spoken up and spoken up and been ignored by government. @BorisJohnson your public are exhausted with your failure to act to save lives.https://t.co/rsdEcx1D4t
— Dr Julia Grace Patterson 💙 (@JujuliaGrace) January 22, 2021
Boris Johnson hints at tighter border rules, saying ‘we may need to go further’ to limit Covid spread https://t.co/oxXGBU5Ti2
— The Independent (@Independent) January 22, 2021
Just more needless, mean nativist garbage from Boris Johnson's government. Have we any more friends to lose?
— Peter Jukes 💙 (@peterjukes) January 22, 2021
Foreign NHS workers could be denied Covid vaccine in England https://t.co/j7h32S0xDE
The EU vaccine roll out was stalling already before tonight’s news re AZ supply shortages pic.twitter.com/cHchdqR72v
— Steve Moore (@steve4good) January 22, 2021
Meanwhile…
It's already clear Brexit deal isn't sustainable for UK https://t.co/2rMYUXtddO
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) January 22, 2021
"A leader of the Brexit movement and newly appointed government trade adviser in the United Kingdom is now the head of a conservative think tank in the American South."
— Justin "Rabbit Hole J. Cole" Coleman (@DemopJ) January 22, 2021
Um…what?https://t.co/dEMYVp5LbI
Frankly Speaking…. no less a personage than @MichelBarnier talks to Brexit Republic in this week’s episode about Ireland, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and the darks days before the Deal. There is a book on its way, he tells us https://t.co/oCPem7lHSN via @rte
— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) January 22, 2021
‘After Brexit, Ireland and France cut out the middleman – Britain’ https://t.co/wVMRn65z7r
— Colin Harvey (@cjhumanrights) January 22, 2021
Labour to force vote on retaining workers' rights as Brexit threatens holiday pay and 48-hour week https://t.co/ztTn2jTxyJ
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) January 22, 2021
🚨 MAJOR INDYREF2 EXCLUSIVE 🚨
— The National (@ScotNational) January 22, 2021
In Saturday’s National we can reveal the SNP’s plan should Boris Johnson refuse indyref2 – ask the Scottish people for a mandate, hold a legal referendum and dare Westminster to challenge it in court.
Pick up the paper to read our report first. 🏴 pic.twitter.com/up9PhWC9ct
Finally…
Breaking News: Hank Aaron, who faced down racism to become one of baseball’s greatest all-around players, holding the home run record for 33 years, has died at 86. https://t.co/6pY6F0GEzV
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 22, 2021
Henry “Hank” Aaron, who died today at the age of 86, was a Hall of Famer’s Hall of Famer. https://t.co/5inxxiwEAo
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) January 22, 2021
"He is one of most important figures in the history of the game, and in the history of American sports," says Bob Costas of Hank Aaron, who passed away today.
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) January 22, 2021
"He was one of the greatest of the great players, yes, but he's a genuine civil rights hero." pic.twitter.com/dhi0QCXxt2
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