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3:00 PM ET, February 16, 2021

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Annie Karni / New York Times:
N.A.A.C.P. Sues Trump and Giuliani Over Election Fight and Jan. 6 Riot  —  The civil rights group brought the suit on behalf of Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, with other Democrats in Congress expected to join as plaintiffs.  —  WASHINGTON — The N.A.A.C.P. on Tuesday morning filed …
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Jessica Schneider / CNN:
Leading House Democrat sues Donald Trump under a post-Civil War law for conspiracy to incite US Capitol riot  —  (CNN)Former President Donald Trump and attorney Rudy Giuliani are being accused of conspiring with the far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the January 6 insurrection …
Maya King / Politico:
NAACP sues Trump and Giuliani after Jan. 6 riots  —  On the heels of the Senate's acquittal of Donald Trump, the NAACP, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson and civil rights law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll filed a lawsuit against the former president, Rudy Giuliani and two white supremacist groups …
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in Capitol riot  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic congressman accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and of conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent …
Russell Contreras / Axios:   NAACP sues Trump for inciting Capitol riot
Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Giuliani Accused of Conspiring to Incite U.S. Capitol Riot in New Lawsuit
Discussion: WTOP and The Western Journal
Houston Chronicle:
What went wrong with the Texas power grid?  —  Millions of Texans were without heat and electricity Monday as snow, ice and frigid temperatures caused a catastrophic failure of the state's power grid.  —  The Texas power grid, powered largely by wind and natural gas, is relatively well equipped …
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Bloomberg:
Frozen Wind Farms Are Just a Small Piece of Texas's Power Woes  — Natural gas, coal and nuclear played bigger role in blackouts  — Blaming reduced wind output ‘is really a red herring’  —  Don't point too many fingers at Texas wind turbines, because they're not the main reason broad swaths …
Wall Street Journal:
Winter Storm Creates Havoc Across the U.S.
Discussion: The Week
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Trump Emerges From Impeachment Trial With Sturdy Backing From GOP Voters  —  54% would support him in a hypothetical 2024 primary, a return to pre-riot numbers  — 59% of GOP voters said Trump should play a “major role” in the Republican Party going forward, up 18 points since a Jan. 6-7 survey.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans can't quit Trump  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  While the rest of the country wants less DONALD TRUMP, Republicans just can't quit him.  Our flash POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted in the days following the Senate trial shows that despite the impeachment …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Ron Johnson and the emerging hoax-ification of the Capitol riot  —  In 2017, a white supremacist who attended a rally in Charlottesville drove a car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing one of them.  Then-President Trump leaped into controversy by casting blame on both sides and saying …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mary Spicuzza / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:   Labor group launches $1 million TV ad campaign urging Sen. Ron Johnson to stop blocking COVID-19 relief checks
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson on Jan. 6 Capitol attack: 'This didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me'
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Kamala Harris Disputes Dr. Fauci, Insists Biden Administration Is ‘Starting from Scratch’ on Coronavirus  —  Kamala Harris, in an interview with Mike Allen of Axios, this weekend: … Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaking at the White House, January 21: … If you look at the daily rate of vaccinations …
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Biden to use “more inclusive” immigration terms
Discussion: The Hill
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Covid wars launch DeSantis into GOP ‘top tier’  —  MIAMI — Ron DeSantis once drew national scorn for his stewardship of Florida's Covid-19 response — critics took to referring to the governor as “DeathSantis” for his resistance to restrictive measures.  —  But that very blowback …
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
White House backs effort for independent panel to study Jan. 6 riot  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday said that she would move quickly to set up such a commission.  —  White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Washington.
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Insider and Axios
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Mitch McConnell / Wall Street Journal:
Acquittal Vindicated the Constitution, Not Trump
Amanda Becker / The 19th:
Some Lincoln Project founders knew about sexual harassment allegations as early as March  —  The revelation comes as the political group's domestic and international associates cut ties, including an Israeli prime ministerial hopeful.  —  Some of the leaders of the embattled Lincoln Project knew …
HuffPost:
Only Half Of Americans Have Heard Of ‘Cancel Culture’  —  A HuffPost/YouGov poll found many Americans are unaware of the idea, which has become a major Republican talking point.  —  The Republican Party has a new bogeyman: cancel culture.  —  One of former President Donald Trump's lawyers described …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Marc Rod / Jewish Insider:
David Schoen describes dysfunction within Trump's impeachment team  —  Despite winning former President Donald Trump an acquittal in his second impeachment trial on Saturday, Trump's defense team was plagued by inconsistent internal communication and coordination, last minute shake-ups …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
GOP tries to weaponize pandemic-exhausted parents against Biden  —  Distraught and exhausted parents are emerging as a new class of voters that could torment President Joe Biden — and the White House is moving quickly to head off the pain.  —  Nearing a year into the pandemic …
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Pizzagate's violent legacy … Play Video  —  SALISBURY, N.C. — He slipped out of bed before sunrise and started driving, spurred by the conspiracy theory he would soon help make famous.  As he sped the 350 miles from his hometown in North Carolina to the nation's capital …
Discussion: Raw Story
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Zucker lieutenant is a top candidate to replace him at CNN's helm  —  Allison Gollust, a CNN executive and top lieutenant to Jeff Zucker, has emerged as the leading internal candidate to take over the network if Zucker steps down as president, two people at CNN familiar with the matter say.
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The truth about Cuomo  —  As the pandemic took hold of the United States last March, upending life as Americans knew it, Trump offered little consolation.  The president claimed COVID would magically disappear in a few weeks, promoted miracle cures, and dismissed any criticism of his chaotic response as a “hoax.”
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Rep. Debbie Lesko says Americans, not Hispanics, need vaccine first; draws outrage  —  Rep. Debbie Lesko said Hispanics are “very good workers” but implied they are not Americans in comments she made last week during a congressional hearing on vaccine distribution plans.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
FBI Arrests Activist Daniel Baker Over Posts About Police Abuse and Self Defense  —  In the wake of the January 6 Capitol riot, many Democratic politicians and left-of-center pundits have been calling for the expanded use of “domestic terror” laws against people whose social media rhetoric seems too radical.
Discussion: Washington Post and Balloon Juice
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Don't Care for This Impeachment?  Wait Until Next Year  —  Leaders of both political parties suggest that impeachments, Electoral College standoffs and Supreme Court nomination blockades may become frequent fights in American politics.  —  WASHINGTON — The second season of impeachment …
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Vox Finds Its Next Top Editor at The Atlantic  —  Swati Sharma, 34, prepares to take over the 90-person newsroom of a digital outlet known for its clearsighted articles on knotty issues in the news.  —  Swati Sharma, a managing editor of The Atlantic, will be the next editor in chief of Vox.com …
New York Times:
Read the document  —  Below is a letter to Representative Adam Kinzinger, Republican of Illinois, from several of his family members who support former President Trump.  The Times has redacted the names of some family members who signed the letter but whom we did not interview.
Laura Bassett / Elle:
Jennifer Carroll Foy Almost Died After Childbirth Because—Like Many Black Women—Her Pain Was Dismissed  —  Her personal experience is part of why she's running to be the nation's first Black woman governor  —  Jennifer Carroll Foy, a public defender and mother of twins who's running …
Katie Dowd / SFGATE:
Lindsey Graham threatens impeachment of Kamala Harris on Fox News appearance  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) threatened Vice President Kamala Harris with a potential impeachment trial in an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.”  —  The interview, conducted one day after President Donald Trump …
Discussion: HotAir, The Root and The Daily Caller
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
GOP senator to propose minimum wage hike coupled with immigration enforcement  —  As Democrats try to plot a way forward to raise the minimum wage to $15-an-hour, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, announced Tuesday that he's working on a separate bill to increase the long stagnant minimum wage while …
Discussion: The Hill and MSNBC
Fredrik deBoer:
Scott Alexander is not in the Gizmodo Media Slack  —  Recently, after months of threats and intimidation tactics, the New York Times published a hit piece about Scott Alexander and his blog SlateStarCodex, by something named Cade Metz.  You can read Alexander's response here.  —  I'll cut to the chase.
Richard Ott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Mitt Romney violated his oath by voting to convict Trump  —  Utah Republican Party should censure Romney and find someone to run against him.  —  (J. Scott Applewhite |  AP photo) Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, returns to the chamber from a short break as House impeachment managers present …
Discussion: Breitbart, Associated Press and IJR
 
 
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KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station:
Austin Energy Tells Customers To Prepare To Be Without Power Through Tuesday Night At The Least
Discussion: KXAN-TV
Brakkton Booker / NPR:
Sen. Ben Sasse: GOP Must Persuade Voters It Has A Vision Beyond Donald Trump
Discussion: The Hill
Dianne Solis / Dallas Morning News:
Freezing weather hits Matamoros migrant camp where asylum-seekers are days away from U.S. entry
Discussion: Daily Kos
David Dayen / American Prospect:
First 100: Reopening All Schools Requires Public Investment in the Poorest
Discussion: The Hill and BizPac Review
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Stop Treating Celebrities Like Politicians (and Vice Versa)
Discussion: HotAir, Page Six and spectator.us
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
The vaccines will end the pandemic — whether Dr. Fauci likes it or not
Discussion: Fox News, HotAir and RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Charlotte Mitchell / Agence France-Presse:
30 Taliban militants are killed in explosion during bomb-making class at Afghan mosque
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Marina Watts / Newsweek:
Joe Biden, Playing as Luigi, Wins in Mario Kart Race Against Granddaughter at Camp David
Discussion: RedState
Joshua Leifer / Jewish Currents:
Israel's Islamists Side with Netanyahu
Yasmeen Serhan / The Atlantic:
What's Next for Trumpism?
Abdulqahar Balkhi / Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan:
Open letter to the people of the United States of America
Alex Kotch / EXPOSEDbyCMD:
Parler Is Now in the Hands of a Right-Wing Activist Seeking a Radical Rewrite of the Constitution
Financial Times:
China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry
Discussion: NBC News and The Atlantic
Scott Rosenberg / Axios:
After Trump, the attention economy deflates