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8:10 PM ET, February 12, 2021

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Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair:
“I Will Destroy You”: Biden Aide Threatened a Politico Reporter Pursuing a Story on His Relationship  —  Deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo lashed out at journalist Tara Palmeri, spurring conversations between Politico's brass and the White House—and raising questions about behavior tolerated in the Biden administration.
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
The White House Response to the TJ Ducklo Story Should Remind Reporters: Press Staff Are Not Your Friends.
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
White House suspends deputy press secretary for one week for threatening reporter over story about him
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: Lincoln Project co-founder resigns  —  Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt is resigning from the group's board amid a series of scandals that has rocked the high-dollar anti-Trump super PAC, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: Schmidt, a veteran Republican operative …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Lincoln Project backers consider cutting off donations after misconduct allegations as co-founder Steve Schmidt quits  — Wealthy donors to the conservative anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project are waiting to see what a probe says about how leaders handled allegations of sexual misconduct against co-founder John Weaver.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Could McConnell surprise us all?
Yashar Ali / Yashar's Newsletter:
Scoop: FBI Investigating Allegations Against John Weaver, Sources Say
Politico:
Senate GOP gripped by conviction vote intrigue  —  Six GOP senators voted this week to move forward with President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.  But Republicans believe several more of them may be considering conviction.  —  As the Trump defense made its argument on Friday …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Even with acquittal, GOP sees trial ending Trump's shot at future office  —  Senate Republicans, including those who do not plan to vote to convict former President Trump, say this week's impeachment trial has effectively ended any chance of him becoming the GOP presidential nominee in 2024.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
No. 2 GOP senator suggests he's open to censuring Trump
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Sen. Cassidy seen holding draft statement indicating support for Trump's acquittal
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
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HotAir:
Question From Collins And Murkowski: When Did Trump Know Congress Was In Danger And What Did He Do About It?  —  We're at the question-and-answer portion of the trial already because Trump's defense took just three of the 16 hours it was allotted to present its case.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Buzz: Trump to unleash after trial, Cheney on his ‘list,’ GW's hair, JFK's sweater to auction
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
New Allegations of Cover-Up by Cuomo Over Nursing Home Virus Toll  —  In a leaked conversation, the governor's top aide admitted that data was withheld on nursing homes, where more than 10,000 New Yorkers have died during the pandemic.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and his top aides …
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Politico:
De Blasio calls for ‘full accounting’ after Cuomo accused of covering up nursing home death toll
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.
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Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Nikki Haley breaks with Trump: 'We shouldn't have followed him'
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Firing Actors for Being Conservative Is Another Hollywood Blacklist  —  In the 1950s, Hollywood studios — under pressure from the right — promised they would not “knowingly employ a communist.”  This blacklist eventually became notorious, especially in Hollywood, which came to lionize its victims in several films.
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Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
Gina Carano Hits Back, Announces New Movie Project With Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire: “They Can't Cancel Us If We Don't Let Them”
Washington Post:
Postmaster general's new plan for USPS is said to include slower mail and higher prices  —  A key provision of the postmaster general's strategy includes banning air travel for all first-class mail at a time when delivery rates are at historic lows.  —  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy …
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.
ProPublica:
“I Don't Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection  —  Interviews with 19 current and former officers show how failures of leadership and communication put hundreds of Capitol cops at risk and allowed rioters to get dangerously close to members of Congress.
USA Today:
Take whatever COVID vaccine you can get.  All of them stop death and hospitalization.  —  Waiting for a more effective vaccine is actually the worst thing you can do to lower your risk of getting severely ill and dying of COVID-19.  —  Almost every day, we get the same questions from family …
Discussion: HotAir, MyRGV.com and The Week
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Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Two officers who helped fight the Capitol mob died by suicide.  Many more are hurting.  —  Engulfed in the crush of rioters storming the Capitol, D.C. police officer Jeffrey Smith sent his wife a text that spoke to the futility and fears of his mission.  —  “London has fallen,” …
Financial Services Committee:
Waters Announces Robinhood, Citadel, Melvin Capital, Reddit CEOs and Keith Gill to Testify at Committee Hearing  —  Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, announced the following witnesses for the February 18 full Committee virtual hearing entitled: “Game Stopped?
Discussion: Axios
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump disengaged from her husband's second impeachment trial and bitter over Jill Biden's publicity  —  (CNN)While former President Donald Trump watches his second impeachment trial unfold, Melania Trump spends most of her time post-White House relaxing at the spa and staying out of the fray.
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
6-Month Delay In Census Redistricting Data Could Throw Elections Into Chaos  —  The 2020 census data needed for the redrawing of voting districts around the country are extremely delayed and now expected by Sept. 30.  —  A senior Democratic aide who was briefed by the Census Bureau on Friday …
Politico:
Grenell lays groundwork for California gubernatorial run  —  The Trump ally could reorganize the Republican field in a recall campaign.  —  Richard Grenell, a fierce ally of former President Donald Trump and a fixture in MAGA politics, is interviewing campaign strategists and laying groundwork …
Discussion: The Federalist and RedState
 
 
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CNN:
Capitol rioters boasted on social media. Now, they're scrambling to scrub phones and pictures
The Economist:
“Genocide” is the wrong word for the horrors of Xinjiang
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Jake Tapper Trashes Team Trump's Defense: Just a ‘Sean Hannity Mixtape’
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Union or Woke Activist Group? New York Times Employees Raise Questions About Guild's Role in Recent Dismissals
Wall Street Journal:
China Refuses to Give WHO Raw Data on Early Covid-19 Cases
Joshua Vaughn / The Appeal:
After Man Dies Waiting For Commutation, Pennsylvania Governor Frees 13 People
Discussion: FAMM
Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …:
Disproportionality Will Lead to Violence
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 Earlier Items: 
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's version of an insanity defense: His critics are insane
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
A Vote to Acquit Trump Is a Vote for a Lie
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Donors Fume: 'It's Bullshit' Biden Hasn't Called About Ambassadorships
Discussion: HotAir
George Will / Washington Post:
Will Senate Republicans allow their louts to rule the party?
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fubo says TelevisaUnivision has pulled its networks from Fubo and that TelevisaUnivision offered terms “that would increase prices by 25%” for Fubo subscribers

Jem Aswad / Variety:
UMG and Amazon Music strike a new deal to collaborate on audiobooks and livestreams, address unlawful AI-generated content, protect against fraud, and more

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads
 
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