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 …

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 …

Former President Trump faces serious criminal, civil investigations after White House  — Former President Donald Trump might have easily avoided conviction at his second impeachment trial — but he could find it a lot tougher to beat several serious criminal and civil probes that he's now facing.

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.

The Baltimore Sun to be acquired by nonprofit from Tribune Publishing  —  Returning The Baltimore Sun to Maryland hands, the state's largest newspaper and its affiliates will be acquired by a nonprofit formed by businessman and philanthropist Stewart Bainum Jr. that would operate the media organization for the benefit of the community.

CNN And NBC Both Paid $35,000 To Left-Wing Activist For Footage Of Fatal Capitol Shooting  —  A left-wing activist facing criminal charges for his involvement in the Capitol riots received $35,000 from both CNN and NBC for footage he recorded of a Trump supporter being fatally shot inside …

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.

Stumbles, Clashes and Egos: Behind the Scenes With Trump's Legal Team  —  The lawyers assembled by the former president to represent him in his Senate impeachment trial hardly knew one another.  They prevailed in the end, but it wasn't pretty.  —  Last Wednesday afternoon …

‘Hell or high water:’ Manchin tells Biden he won't back push to skirt Senate rules on relief bill  —  (CNN)West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has privately informed President Joe Biden that he won't join any Democratic efforts to force through provisions in his economic rescue package if they are ruled …

Take a First Look at the Awesome New Air Force One  —  National Geographic Channel has just premiered a new documentary special called “The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress” about the brand-new $5.3 billion Boeing 747 that's about to go into service for President Joe Biden.

The False and Exaggerated Claims Still Being Spread About the Capitol Riot  —  Insisting on factual accuracy does not make one an apologist for the protesters.  False reporting is never justified, especially to inflate threat and fear levels.  —  1 hr ago

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 …

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 …

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 …

LOS ANGELES D.A. GEORGE GASCÓN LEAVES CALIFORNIA'S POWERFUL D.A. ASSOCIATION  —  Gascón is battling a lawsuit, filed by his own line prosecutors and backed by the state DA association, against his criminal justice reforms.  —  Los Angeles County's newly elected district attorney …

Homeland Security officials scrap Trump-era union deal that could have stalled Biden's immigration policies  —  The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday moved to scrap a contract signed at the tail end of the Trump administration that could have allowed a union of deportation officers …

The tao of Steve  —  Regular readers of The Daily Sentinel will recognize the name Steve Zansberg.  —  He is known for his work representing local and national media outlets to secure public records from governments that don't want to disclose them.  He has also been integral …

Biden heads out of D.C. for town hall and first major presidential trip  —  MILWAUKEE — President Biden arrived in Milwaukee on Tuesday for his first major trip since taking office, kicking off a new phase of his presidency that attempts to move past the impeachment of his predecessor …

Hezbollah Is Vulnerable.  Lokman Slim's Assassination Proves It.  —  The Biden administration and the French government must draw clear red lines, or the group will escalate its campaign of terror.  —  The assassination of the Lebanese activist and writer Lokman Slim—who was openly critical of Hezbollah—was in the making for years.

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.

Trump Fans Charged In Capitol Attack Didn't Like Antifa Getting Credit For Their Work  —  Capitol attack defendants, lured to D.C. by a mass voter fraud conspiracy theory, didn't like seeing conspiracy theories steal their credit.  —  Not long after he used a stick to swing and stab …

‘BULLSH*T!’  Fox News Hot Mic Catches Larry Kudlow Raging at Kamala Harris For Claim About Vaccines  —  Former Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow was caught on a hot-mic shouting profanely about Vice President Kamala Harris' recent comments on the federal government's coronavirus vaccine distribution plan.

He became one of the Navy's first Black four-star admirals.  The military has work to do on diversity, he says.  —  The young midshipman heard the question but kept walking as he neared a group of White students at the Naval Academy.  —  “You know, the only reason you're here is the quota system, right?” one of them asked.

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.

Democrats Say They Can't Work With Republicans.  Why Not?  —  Don't believe everything Barack Obama said about partisan intransigence.  —  “I came in expressing a strong spirit of bipartisanship,” President Barack Obama said, “and what was clear was that even in the midst of crisis …