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8:15 AM ET, February 12, 2021

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New York Times:
Trump Was Sicker Than Acknowledged With Covid-19  —  When hospitalized with the coronavirus in October, his blood oxygen levels had plunged and officials feared he was on the verge of being placed on a ventilator.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump was sicker with Covid-19 in October …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“We Lost the Line”: Trump Is on the Brink of Yet Another Senate Acquittal  —  Republican senators ran for their lives, but they will not run from the former President.  —  A few hours into the presentation of the House managers' case against Donald Trump, for inciting the mob that stormed …
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CNN:
Three GOP senators meet with Trump's lawyers on eve of impeachment defense presentation  —  (CNN)A trio of Republican senators allied with former President Donald Trump met with his defense team Thursday evening, in the middle of an impeachment trial in which they will vote on whether …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Even with acquittal, GOP sees trial ending Trump's shot at future office
New York Post:
Cuomo aide admits they hid nursing home data so feds wouldn't find out  —  Governor Cuomo's top aide privately apologized to Democratic lawmakers for withholding the state's nursing-home death toll from COVID-19 — telling them “we froze” out of fear the true numbers would “be used against us” …
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Associated Press:
AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes
Miranda Green / New York Magazine:
The Predator in the Lincoln Project John Weaver used his power to get jobs for young men he allegedly harassed.  His colleagues were warned.  —  Alex Johnson was a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, pursuing a career in politics, when he first heard from John Weaver, the legendary Republican operative living nearby.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Could McConnell surprise us all?  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BREAKING OVERNIGHT — LINCOLN PROJECT MELTDOWN: Late Thursday night, the Lincoln Project published what appeared to be the private Twitter messages of its recently departed co-founder JENNIFER HORN …
Washington Post:
Mounting evidence suggests Trump knew of danger to Pence when he attacked him as lacking ‘courage’ amid Capitol siege  —  Mounting evidence emerging as former president Donald Trump's impeachment trial unfolds in the Senate this week indicates Trump may have been personally informed …
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New York Times:
Officers' Injuries, Including Concussions, Show Scope of Violence at Capitol Riot  —  The impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump has heightened attention on the rioters' attacks on officers, some of which resulted in serious damage.  —  One officer lost the tip of his right index finger.
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Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
Biden to begin admitting migrants forced by Trump to wait in Mexico  —  The Biden administration will soon begin allowing migrants into the U.S. who, because of a Trump-era policy, have been forced to remain in Mexico while their asylum cases are processed.  —  As part of the new administration's …
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Washington Post:
Biden administration to move Friday to rescind Medicaid work requirements
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Bret Stephens / New York Post:
Read the column the New York Times didn't want you to read  —  Last weekend, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens wrote a piece criticizing the rationale behind the forced ouster of Times reporter Donald J. McNeil, but it was never published.  Stephens told colleagues the column was killed by publisher A.G. Sulzberger.
Martin Gould / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Embattled QAnon congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘openly cheated’ on her husband of 25 years with a polyamorous tantric sex guru and then moved on to another affair with the manager at her gym  — Marjorie Taylor Greene had affairs with tantric sex guru Craig Ivey …
Samantha Melamed / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Nation's oldest juvenile lifer, Joe Ligon, leaves Pa. prison after 68 years  —  Leaving the State Correctional Institution Phoenix in Montgomery County on Thursday morning, his white hair peeking out below a prison-issue hat, Joe Ligon was accompanied by a dozen large file boxes.
Politico:
Nikki Haley's Choice  —  The 2024 hopeful can't decide who she wants to be—the leader of the post-Trump GOP or a “friend” to the president who tried to sabotage democracy.
Dallas Morning News:
Lawsuit: Texas AG Ken Paxton swapped political favors for home remodel, job for alleged ‘mistress’  —  The new allegations offer up the most detailed theory to date about why Paxton helped Austin real estate developer Nate Paul even as his top aides balked at his behavior.
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The Texas Tribune:
Former top aides say Attorney General Ken Paxton received assistance with home remodel, job for alleged girlfriend in return for helping political donor
Discussion: Off the Kuff
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Grand Jury Votes Not to Indict Buffalo Police Officers Accused of Shoving Protester  —  The officers had been charged with assault after a widely shared video showed them pushing Martin Gugino, a 75-year-old protester who landed hard on the sidewalk.  —  A grand jury has declined to indict …
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Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed News:
Charges Were Dropped Against The Buffalo Police Officers Who Violently Shoved A 75-Year-Old Protester
Discussion: ABC News and The Hill
Ben Feuerherd / New York Post:
Charges dismissed against Buffalo cops who shoved elderly protester
Discussion: Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
The most influential Democrat you never hear from  —  Kyrsten Sinema doesn't often make big policy pronouncements.  But when she does, Democrats had better listen.  —  Take the $15 hourly minimum wage that Democratic leaders want to add to a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
Washington Examiner:
With Biden, teachers unions are getting what they paid for  —  President Biden has made abundantly clear that he cares more about the teachers unions than he does about the parents and students they're hurting.  For an explanation, all you have to do is follow the money.
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Kate Klonick / New Yorker:
Inside the Making of Facebook's Supreme Court  —  The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg.  Soon, it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook.  —  On a morning in May, 2019, forty-three lawyers, academics, and media experts gathered in the windowless basement …
ABC News:
Consequences of both impeachment and acquittal loom over Trump defense: The Note  —  As Jan. 6 made clear, there are more than political consequences to consider.  —  Breaking down day 3 of impeachment arguments  —  ABC News' and Cardozo Law School professor Kate Shaw discusses whether GOP senators …
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Washington Post:
Former FBI official, a Navy veteran, is ‘key figure’ in Jan. 6 riot, prosecutors allege  —  A former U.S. Navy intelligence officer and FBI official from Virginia has emerged as a key figure in the federal investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, as U.S. prosecutors alleged Thursday …
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CNN:
North Carolina man charged with threatening to kill President Biden  —  (CNN)A North Carolina man has been charged with making threats to kill President Joe Biden, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed in court Thursday.  —  David Kyle Reeves, 27, of Gastonia, North Carolina …
New York Times:
Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo: How to Turn Your Red State Blue  —  It may take 10 years.  Do it anyway.  —  Ms. Abrams was the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in 2018.  Ms. Groh-Wargo was her campaign manager.  They opened Fair Fight Action in late 2018.  — Feb. 11, 2021
Discussion: wabe.org
Josh Hammer / Newsweek:
Overwrought Nazi Analogies for Me, but Not for Thee?  —  Earlier this week, Lucasfilm severed ties with “The Mandalorian” actress Gina Carano after a hyperbolic social media post in which she compared current political imperiousness and cancel culture in the United States—and the treatment of …
 
 
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump disengaged from her husband's second impeachment trial and bitter over Jill Biden's publicity
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rebuffs Alabama's Effort to Bar Pastor From Execution Chamber
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and SCOTUSblog
USA Today:
If election was ‘wildly successful,’ what's the truth behind so-called secure voting bills?
New York Times:
We Asked 175 Pediatric Disease Experts if It Was Safe Enough to Open School
Axios:
The trial turns to Republicans
Discussion: The Week
Catharine Smith / The Guardian:
'If white people were still here, this wouldn't happen': the majority-Black town flooded with sewage
 Earlier Items: 
Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
RNC invests $250G to assist California Gov. Newsom recall push
Discussion: CBS News and Washington Examiner
MSNBC:
'That doesn't exist': Joy Reid debunks claims by GOP Senator comparing BLM protests to Capitol riot
Shia Kapos / Politico:
NRCC will ‘absolutely’ support Republicans who backed impeachment, finance chair says
Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Desperate OAN Blames City Planning, Not Trump, For Capitol Violence
Discussion: Common Dreams
Axios:
Scoop: Biden considering prominent Republicans for ambassadorships
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Erin Hawley / Fox News:
The recent assault on our home and attacks on my family are not civil discourse
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Emma Colton / Washington Examiner:
Project Veritas permanently suspended from Twitter as James O'Keefe faces temporary lock for violating rules
Washington Post:
Biden to announce his administration has secured 200 million additional vaccine doses
 

 
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

CNBC:
Sources: Greek media company Antenna Group is in early talks to acquire Time from Marc Benioff, who bought the magazine in 2018 for $180M

April Rubin / Axios:
Trump's campaign files an FEC complaint claiming WaPo illegally contributed to Harris by running digital ads promoting its critical news coverage of Trump

 
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