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In This Episode
The second impeachment of Donald Trump begins, President Biden reins in ICE as part of an immigration overhaul, and Fox News is hit with a $2.3 billion defamation lawsuit for spreading election conspiracies.
Show notes
Impeachment Preview
- CNN: Trump’s second impeachment trial set to kick off this week amid questions about what it will look like
- ABC News: Majority of Americans say Trump should be convicted, barred from holding federal office in impeachment trial: POLL
- Politico: Democrats’ big shift in Trump’s second impeachment
- WaPo: Shape of Senate impeachment trial remains unclear as Trump rejects House Democratic request to testify
- Politico: Trump won’t testify at his second impeachment trial
- NYT: Senate Leaders Agree on Impeachment Trial Delay, Giving Biden Breathing Room
- Axios: Democrats call on Schumer for speedy Trump impeachment trial
- AP: Senate Republicans back Trump on eve of impeachment trial
- LA Times: Trump backer decries ‘show trial’ as Democrats call on Senate to hold him accountable
- Politico: Trump impeachment lawyer says he’ll use video of Dems’ own remarks at trial
- NYT: Impeachment Case Aims to Marshal Outrage of Capitol Attack Against Trump
- NYT: Read the Brief from Trump’s Defense Team on Impeachment Charge
- WaPo: 5 arguments the GOP is making against impeachment, parsed
- NYT: Impeachment Case Aims to Marshal Outrage of Capitol Attack Against Trump
- WaPo Analysis: Power Up: Democrats and Trump’s lawyers just previewed their impeachment trial strategy. Here’s a breakdown.
- WaPo: Trump’s actions described as ‘a betrayal of historic proportions’ in trial brief filed by House impeachment managers
- NYT: Republicans Rally Against Impeachment Trial, Signaling Likely Acquittal for Trump
- CBS News: Biden says “no need” for Trump to still receive intel briefings
- Politico Transition Playbook: Impeachment? Never heard of her
- WaPo: Trump’s access to sensitive briefings will be determined by intelligence officials, White House clarifies
- Vox: Biden’s hesitancy about Trump receiving intelligence briefings, briefly explained
- NYT: Biden Bars Trump From Receiving Intelligence Briefings, Citing ‘Erratic Behavior’
Immigration
- WaPo: New Biden rules for ICE point to fewer arrests and deportations, and a more restrained agency
- ABC News: Biden ending deals with Central America restricting asylum
- WSJ: Biden Withdraws From Trump’s Agreements to Send Asylum Seekers to Central America
- NPR: Biden Moves To End Trump-Era Asylum Agreements With Central American Countries
- NYT: Migrant Families Force Biden to Confront New Border Crisis
- The Guardian: US to resume deporting asylum seekers after judge rejects Biden order
- Texas Tribune: Federal judge temporarily blocks Biden’s 100-day deportation moratorium after Texas sues administration
- Politico: Biden dealt blow on 100-day deportation moratorium
- CBS News: ICE starts 100-day moratorium on deportations for certain immigrants in U.S.
- Vox: Biden will pause deportations for 100 days
- WaPo: Biden announces efforts to reunite migrant families separated by Trump administration
- ABC News: Biden creating task force to reunite families separated at the border
- The White House: Executive Order on the Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families
- WaPo: Biden seeks to restore ‘badly damaged’ refugee resettlement program
- NYT: Biden to Welcome More Refugees, but Far From All Will Get In
- The Hill: Biden immigration policy looks beyond reversing Trump
- WaPo: Biden’s new orders seem bold. For most immigrants, they don’t change much.
- Texas Tribune: President Biden’s early immigration overhaul has overlooked one growing problem: A massive court backlog
- New Yorker: The Race to Dismantle Trump’s Immigration Policies
- PBS: Why reforming the U.S. approach to deportations could be Biden’s biggest immigration challenge
- Vox: What Biden can learn from Obama’s immigration mistakes
- NYT Op-Ed: 3 Million People Were Deported Under Obama. What Will Biden Do About It?
- WaPo Opinion: Opinion: Biden must fight for immigration reform like never before. Until I see that, consider me a skeptic.
- WaPo Opinion: Opinion: ICE’s union can basically veto any Biden immigration plan — thanks to Ken Cuccinelli
- NYT: Trump Loyalists Across Homeland Security Could Vex Biden’s Immigration Policies
- SC Now: Lindsey Graham says Joe Biden’s immigration polices will make the migrant caravans flow again
- The Hill: Biden on immigration orders: ‘I’m eliminating bad policy’
- The Hill: McConnell criticizes Biden’s Day 1 actions
- Fox News: Marco Rubio rejects Biden immigration bill, calls it ‘blanket amnesty’
- CNBC: Bipartisan pair of senators reintroduces immigration reform bill protecting ‘Dreamers’
- Politico: Biden open to breaking his immigration bill into pieces
- AP: Democrats start reining in expectations for immigration bill
- NBC News: Senate Republicans throw cold water on Biden’s immigration proposal
- AP: Biden immigration plan opposed by GOP, conservative groups
- CNN Analysis: On immigration, Biden seeks a new approach to an old deadlock
Disinformation and Defamation
- Vox: Fox Business abruptly canceled Lou Dobbs Tonight
- LA Times: Fox News cancels Lou Dobbs’ show; pro-Trump host not expected to be back on air
- WaPo: Smartmatic files $2.7 billion defamation suit against Fox News over election fraud claims
- Axios: Smartmatic files $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell
- NYT: Fox News Is Sued by Election Technology Company for Over $2.7 Billion
- WaPo: Dominion voting machine firm sues Giuliani for more than $1.3 billion
- NPR: Dominion Voting Systems Suing Giuliani For Defamation
- CNBC: Dominion Voting warns Fox News, Sean Hannity, other conservative outlets that defamation lawsuits are imminent
- NYT: Lawsuits Take the Lead in Fight Against Disinformation
- WaPo Analysis: Lou Dobbs, and the most problematic claims Trump allies made about voting machines
- Vox: OAN prefaced Mike Lindell’s election “documentary” with a hilariously massive disclaimer
- Bloomberg Opinion: Defamation Law Can Slow the Plague of Fake News
- CNN Business: ‘There is real teeth to this’: Legal experts weigh in on Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News
- USA Today Opinion: Fake news victims are using lawsuits to shut down the lies. Can courts cure this plague?
- Columbia Journalism Review: The debate about fixing America’s information ecosystem
- Media Matters: These companies dropped the GOP’s insurrection caucus — but are still running ads on Fox
- WaPo Opinion: Fox News is a hazard to our democracy. It’s time to take the fight to the Murdochs. Here’s how.
- NYT: More Than 1,000 Companies Boycotted Facebook. Did It Work?
- NYT: Advertisers Are Fleeing Tucker Carlson. Fox News Viewers Have Stayed.
- WaPo: Three ways the media can vanquish the Big Lie that will linger even after Trump is gone
- NYT Opinion: The Women Who Paved the Way for Marjorie Taylor Greene
- WaPo: The media can’t ignore Marjorie Taylor Greene. Can they figure out how to cover her?
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