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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 …
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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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Brad Plumer / New York Times:
A Glimpse of America's Future: Climate Change Means Trouble for Power Grids — Systems are designed to handle spikes in demand, but the wild and unpredictable weather linked to global warming will very likely push grids beyond their limits. — Huge winter storms have plunged large parts …
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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 …
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Maya King / Politico:
NAACP sues Trump and Giuliani after Jan. 6 riots
NAACP sues Trump and Giuliani after Jan. 6 riots
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in Capitol riot
Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in Capitol riot
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
NAACP sues Trump for inciting Capitol riot
NAACP sues Trump for inciting Capitol riot
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HuffPost:
Brent Bozell IV, Son Of Prominent Conservative Activist, Charged In Capitol Riot — Online sleuths looked into Bozell because he wore the sweatshirt of a Christian school where he previously served as a girls' basketball coach. — Leo Brent Bozell IV, the son of conservative activist L. Brent Bozell III …
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Politico:
Trump attacks McConnell in fiery statement — Former President Donald Trump issued a caustic and highly personal statement against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday, effectively declaring war on the Kentucky Republican for failing to back his attempts to undermine the 2020 election.
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Anna Kambhampaty / Politico:
Johnson: McConnell doesn't ‘speak for the conference’ on Trump's culpability for riot — Sen. Ron Johnson said Tuesday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's excoriation on Saturday of former President Donald Trump put him out of step with the GOP caucus he leads.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Ron Johnson and the emerging hoax-ification of the Capitol riot
Ron Johnson and the emerging hoax-ification of the Capitol riot
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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
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans can't quit Trump
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Ugly new attacks on Republicans who defied Trump hint at a dark GOP future
Ugly new attacks on Republicans who defied Trump hint at a dark GOP future
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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 …
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The Daily Beast:
Dominion Says It Will Sue MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Over Election Fraud Claims — Dominion sent letters to Lindell in December and January demanding that he retract false claims about their machines, instead the MyPillow CEO doubled down. … MAGA diehard and pillow magnate Mike Lindell …
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UPROXX
Sky Palma / Raw Story:
Bannon thought Trump was suffering from dementia and pushed 25th Amendment behind the scenes: 60 Minutes producer — Speaking on the Skullduggery podcast, veteran “60 Minutes producer” Ira Rosen told the show's hosts that during his time at the White House, Steve Bannon concluded …
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Washington Examiner, Mediaite and UPROXX
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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 …
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George Parry / The American Spectator:
Life in DeSantis's Florida: Time Travel to America
Life in DeSantis's Florida: Time Travel to America
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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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Washington Examiner, Yahoo Finance, HotAir, RedState and Townhall
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Biden to use “more inclusive” immigration terms
Scoop: Biden to use “more inclusive” immigration terms
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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 …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
The One Thing That Could Doom Biden — Who's afraid of the I-word? — 3 hr ago — 1. The Natural Gas Scare — If you were looking for unknown-unknowns to worry about over the next six months, here's one: — Have you seen the price of natural gas recently? It's up. Way up.
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Hedge fund Alden to buy Tribune Publishing in deal valued at $630 million — Tribune Publishing, publisher of the Chicago Tribune and other major newspapers, has agreed to be acquired by Alden Global Capital in a deal valued at $630 million. — Announced Tuesday after the stock market closed …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The right's grift machine is only growing stronger — The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the grift shall never die. — I speak (with a nod to Ted Kennedy) of the long tradition in which prominent conservatives go around scamming, fleecing, and conning their own rank-and-file.
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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 …
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Washington Post, Occupy Democrats and Political Wire
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.
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Washington Post and Balloon Juice
Fox News:
Biden, Cuomo didn't discuss COVID nursing home scandal, Psaki says — The controversy “was not a focus of their conversation or a topic,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters — New York Democrats slam Gov. Cuomo over COVID-19 nursing home scandal
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ABC News, New York Post and Townhall
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Who Owns Kavanaugh #3: The Basketball Coach & The Devil's Triangle — Just as the press begins to dig into Kavanaugh's finances and sketchy work with Bush 43, all hell breaks loose. — Greg Olear and LB — 8 hr ago — This series is written by Greg Olear in collaboration with Lincoln's Bible.
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.
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Keydra Manns / Yahoo Finance:
Sen. Tim Scott says Trump is the 'one person I don't blame' for Capitol attack — The South Carolina senator says Trump is simply not responsible for the protest that left five dead — Many Americans blame former president Donald Trump for the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol but his supporters …
Wall Street Journal:
Hacker Claims to Have Stolen Files Belonging to Prominent Law Firm Jones Day — Firm disputes network breach, says its file-transfer company was compromised — A hacker claims to have stolen files belonging to the global law firm Jones Day and posted many of them on the dark web.
NBC News:
U.S. still hasn't ruled out lab accident origin for Covid because China hasn't been transparent … WASHINGTON — Despite a finding by the World Health Organization that the Covid-19 outbreak in China most likely first infected humans through an animal host, the United States is still not ruling …
John M. Donnelly / Roll Call:
Pentagon report reveals inroads white supremacists have made in military — A soldier in the Florida National Guard who co-founded a murderous fascist group was chatting with a fellow white supremacist in the extremist “Iron March” online forum in 2016 when the guard member made a remarkable statement.
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 …
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Michigan Republicans Who Voted to Impeach Trump Face Backlash — Even after his defeat, Donald Trump is causing fierce infighting among Republicans in a crucial battleground state. Loyalists are rewarded. Dissenters face punishment. — ROCKFORD, Mich. — When Representative Peter Meijer voted …
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Washington Post
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.
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
Subpoenas in Trump criminal probe suggests fresh scrutiny of his Seven Springs estate — Manhattan prosecutors conducting a criminal investigation into possible bank, tax and insurance fraud by former President Donald Trump and his company recently subpoenaed documents from an engineer …
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 …
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