- Biden won’t deal with Xi or China like Trump did (Politico) – “The question is, I’ve said to him all along, that we need not have a conflict,” he added, in explaining how he would relate to Xi differently than former President Donald Trump did. “But there’s gonna be extreme competition.
- Democrats’ big shift in Trump’s second impeachment (Politico) – Senate Democrats aren’t pressing hard to include witnesses in the upcoming trial. “This is based on a public crime,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).
- GOP senator compares Trump impeachment proceedings to Soviet ‘show trial’ (The Hill) – Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) knocked Democrats on Sunday over the speed at which the House voted to impeach former President Trump last month, comparing it to a “show trial,” the likes of which he said would have been found in the Soviet Union.
- On cusp of impeachment trial, court documents point to how Trump’s rhetoric fueled rioters who attacked Capitol (Washington Post) – The nine House impeachment managers leading Trump’s prosecution made clear in an 80-page brief filed last week that they will argue that his role in inspiring the crowd to action began long before the 70-minute speech he gave that day.
- Yellen, Summers Spar About Overheating Risk in Stimulus Plan (Bloomberg) – Perhaps the most surprising economist to raise questions about the package is Summers, the Harvard University professor who’s been a fixture in Democratic policy-making ranks for decades.
- White House says Biden doesn’t have final word on refusing Trump intelligence briefings (New York Post) – Ex-presidents and other former senior officials customarily retain access to classified information.
- Impeachment Case Aims to Marshal Outrage of Capitol Attack Against Trump (New York Times) – Armed with lessons from the last impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump, prosecutors plan a shorter, video-heavy presentation to confront Republicans with the fury they felt around the Capitol riot.
- Maxine Waters tries walking back violent rhetoric against Trump (FOX News) – The California Democrat was asked whether she ever “glorified or encouraged” violence against Republicans in a Sunday interview with MSNBC’s Ali Velshi.
- ‘No comparison’: Democrats firebrands rebuff GOP criticism, say Trump case different (Washington Times) – Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, said Sunday that if “incitement” is the new standard, then there should be a long line of Democrats waiting to be impeached after the Trump trial is over, starting with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer.
- Senior Democrats to unveil $3,000-per-child benefit as Biden stimulus gains steam (Washington Post) – Under the proposal, the Internal Revenue Service would begin sending $250 per month to millions of families in July.
- So you’re being held accountable? That’s not ‘cancel culture.’ (Washington Post) – The First Amendment forbids the government — not Twitter or any other private entity — from shutting down speech except in the most dangerous cases. That doesn’t mean that people are immune to other forms of accountability, though. That’s not cancel culture. It’s responsibility.
- Cheney: Trump ‘does not have a role as a leader of our party going forward’ (The Hill) – “Somebody who has provoked an attack on the United States Capitol to prevent the counting of electoral votes, which resulted in five people dying, who refused to stand up immediately when he was asked and stop the violence, that is a person who does not have a role as a leader of our party going forward.”
