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7:40 AM ET, February 16, 2021

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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Adam Kinzinger's Lonely Mission  —  Censured by his party and shunned by family members, Mr. Kinzinger, a six-term Illinois Congressman, is pressing Republicans to leave Donald Trump behind — and risking his career doing so.  —  WASHINGTON — As the Republican Party censures …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Kinzinger Receives Stunning Letter from Relatives Over His Trump Opposition: ‘You Have Lost the Respect of Lou Dobbs...’  —  A new profile on Congressman Adam Kinzinger, one of the few House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump, reveals that several family members actually sent …
Mitch McConnell / Wall Street Journal:
Acquittal Vindicated the Constitution, Not Trump  —  House managers wanted us to rush through a sham trial.  Instead we did our duty to the rule of law.  —  Jan. 6 was a shameful day.  A mob bloodied law enforcement and besieged the first branch of government.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Impeachment's Over.  Bring On the Criminal Investigations.  —  After Mitch McConnell's cynical speech, Republicans can't complain.  —  A few hours after the Senate voted in Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Saturday, I spoke to the lead impeachment manager, Jamie Raskin.  He was crushingly disappointed.
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Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Doesn't Care About Trump Brand in 2022, He Just Wants Electable Candidates
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Brandon Mulder / Austin American-Statesman:
Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson on Jan. 6 Capitol attack: 'This didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me'  —  MADISON - Two days after members of the U.S. Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump on charges of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Wisconsin's senior senator is questioning whether an armed insurrection even occurred.
Fox News:
North Carolina Republicans censure Senator Richard Burr over vote to convict Trump  —  Burr is the latest Republican to face disapproval from their home state party for voting with Democrats on impeachment  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for February 15  —  The North Carolina GOP Central Committee …
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Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Mitt Romney accused of being ‘deep state’ agent in proposed censure motion
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Inside the new President's routine: Oval Office fires and early bedtimes  —  (CNN)When President Joe Biden flew aboard Air Force One for the first time this month, he did not spend much time soaking in the moment.  —  The flight, after all, was only 25 minutes long.
Discussion: Politico and Twitchy
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Accepts Some Blame in Nursing Home Scandal but Denies Cover-Up  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted to a delay and that he “created pain,” but stopped short of a full apology for the state's withholding of virus death data from state lawmakers.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Admitting a degree of fault …
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Fox News:
LIVE UPDATES: Andrew Cuomo's explanation for nursing home data delay criticized by state Dem lawmakers
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Perdue explores Senate comeback bid against Warnock in 2022  —  Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue took the first steps toward a potential comeback bid by filing campaign paperwork on Monday to explore a challenge against Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Dear Colleague: Security, Security, Security  —  Today, we celebrate the birthdays of America's two greatest presidents: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  —  George Washington was the patriarch of our country, who with his courage, fought for and won our independence at great odds …
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BBC:
Myanmar coup: Army promises new elections amid protests  —  Myanmar's military has repeated its promise to hold new elections and relinquish power as anti-coup protests continue across the country.  —  Army spokesman Brig Gen Zaw Min Tun once again claimed that the military took control …
Discussion: Reuters
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Bloomberg:
Myanmar Shuts Internet Again as Protest Crackdown Continues
Discussion: The Nation
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 …
Amanda Becker / The 19th:
Some Lincoln Project founders knew about sexual harassment allegations as early as March  —  The revelation comes as the political group releases workers from nondisclosure agreements.  —  Some of the leaders of the embattled Lincoln Project knew about sexual harassment allegations …
Discussion: Fox News, RedState, HotAir and driftglass
Scott Rosenberg / Axios:
After Trump, the attention economy deflates  —  Politicians, celebrities and business leaders are trying to adapt to a new world beyond the attention inflation of the Trump era — one where the volume of attention-getting statements and actions has dropped and the value and impact of individual events may rise.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
The FBI Wants You To Make These Photos Of Capitol Insurrectionists Go Viral  —  Inside the bureau's evolving strategy to get photos of the Trump supporters who invaded the U.S. Capitol on your social media feed.  —  The search for the insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol last month isn't your typical FBI manhunt.
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
WaPo, CNN ‘fact-checkers’ silent as Harris falsely claims Biden ‘starting from scratch’ on vaccine rollout  —  Axios reversed its fact-check of the VP by deleting a tweet that quoted Fauci debunking the claim  —  Dr. Fauci: Vaccine distribution effort ‘not starting from scratch’
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: Political Wire
Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
Seoul offered free coronavirus tests for pets and soon found its first case in a lethargic, vomiting cat  —  TOKYO — Officials in Seoul said they found their first case of covid-19 in a cat on Monday shortly after offering free tests to pets in the South Korean capital.
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 …
Washington Post:
A GOP donor gave $2.5 million for a voter fraud investigation.  Now he wants his money back.  —  Like many Trump supporters, conservative donor Fred Eshelman awoke the day after the presidential election with the suspicion that something wasn't right.  His candidate's apparent lead in key battleground states had evaporated overnight.
Eleni Schirmer / New Yorker:
The Fight for Fifteen at an Orlando McDonald's  —  For Cristian Cardona and his co-workers, the pandemic brought new meaning to a nationwide movement to raise the minimum wage.  —  A few days after Mother's Day in 2019, a McDonald's in Orlando, Florida, found itself out of scrambled eggs and receipt paper …
Alicia A. Caldwell / Wall Street Journal:
Ban on New Foreign Workers Left U.S. Jobs Unfilled, Even in Covid Downturn  —  Visa restrictions last year were partly intended to keep more jobs open for Americans as unemployment surged  —  The U.S. closed the door to nearly all incoming foreign workers last year.
Timothy Puko / Wall Street Journal:
Interior Secretary Nominee on Collision Course With Oil Industry  —  Deb Haaland, poised to be first Native American cabinet secretary, has joined pipeline protests and opposed fracking  —  WASHINGTON— Deb Haaland is poised to make history on two fronts, as both the first Native American cabinet secretary …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
‘Team Biden’ Sought To Cultivate Ties To Businessman Who's Now Awaiting Sentencing On Federal Charges  — A Pakistani-American businessman awaiting sentencing on federal charges developed close ties to members of Joe Biden's inner circle and met multiple times with him when he served as vice president, emails show.
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump drives past jubilant supporters at impromptu rally in Florida  —  Trump marks Presidents Day by waiving to supporters near his south Florida residence  —  Trump acquitted after media blitz  —  Former President Trump marked President's Day by waiving to a throng of supporters gathered near his south Florida home.
 
 
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
How Joe Neguse and Stacey Plaskett Plan to Wield Their Influence After Impeachment
Jan Ransom / New York Times:
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Gina Harkins / Military.com:
Veterans Used Their Military Training to Plot Violence in Capitol Riot, Feds Say
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
How the Pennsylvania GOP is Trying to Increase Their Control of State Courts
NBC News:
Biden, Hill Democrats plan to unveil immigration reform bill this week
Wall Street Journal:
The U.S. Bought Rapid Covid-19 Tests to Help Control the Virus. Now Many Are Unused.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Benjamin P. Linas / Vox:
The needless clash between teachers' unions and science is harming America's kids
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Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge News:
Bill Gates Goes Full Captain Planet, Wants To Change ‘Every Aspect Of Economy’ While We Dine On Fake Meat
Discussion: Twitchy and CBS News
Laurens Cerulus / Politico:
France identifies Russia-linked hackers in large cyberattack
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pat Toomey is facing a Republican backlash in Pennsylvania for voting to convict Donald Trump
CNN:
New radio and video footage from Capitol riot shows a coordinated attack and officers' restraint
David Gilbert / VICE:
Lin Wood Doxed Georgia Officials to Hundreds of Thousands of QAnon Supporters
Discussion: Raw Story
Kathy Frankovic / YouGov:
Republicans used to call Ronald Reagan the best president in US history. Now it's Donald Trump.
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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