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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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Jason Whitely / WFAA-TV:
Texas power outages: How the largest energy-producing state in the US failed in freezing temperatures
Texas power outages: How the largest energy-producing state in the US failed in freezing temperatures
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Washington Post, Axios, Media Matters for America, The Texas Tribune and San Antonio Express-News
John Timmer / Ars Technica:
Texas' power grid crumples under the cold
Texas' power grid crumples under the cold
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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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CNN:
Giuliani not currently representing Trump ‘in any legal matters,’ adviser says — (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is “not currently representing President Trump in any legal matters,” senior Trump adviser Jason Miller told CNN on Tuesday.
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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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Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump dumps Rudy Giuliani as his personal lawyer with aides saying they haven't worked together since January 6 but he is still ‘an ally and friend’
Donald Trump dumps Rudy Giuliani as his personal lawyer with aides saying they haven't worked together since January 6 but he is still ‘an ally and friend’
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Congressman, NAACP sue Trump and Giuliani over Capitol riot
Congressman, NAACP sue Trump and Giuliani over 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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Christopher Dinsmore / Baltimore Sun:
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.
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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 …
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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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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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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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
Scoop: Biden to use “more inclusive” immigration terms
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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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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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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.
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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.
NBC News:
OpenOurSchools: GOP targets teachers unions in bid to retake suburbs — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says the main obstacle standing in the way of reopening schools is “the rich, powerful unions that donate huge sums to Democrats and get a stranglehold over education in many communities.”
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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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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
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 …
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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 …
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HotAir
James Barber / Military.com:
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.
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
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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CBS News:
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 …
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BuzzFeed News and The Hill
Brad Polumbo / Foundation for Economic Education:
Ivy League Study Warns Biden's Expensive ‘Stimulus’ Plan Will Hurt Economy in the Long Term — Wharton School analysts concluded that Biden's proposed spending binge would actually lead to a smaller economy in 2022. Here's why. — President Biden is hitting the road and traveling across …
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
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.
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 …