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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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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 …
Jason Whitely / WFAA-TV:
Texas power outages: How the largest energy-producing state in the US failed in freezing temperatures — “There are things that can be done, but it will cost some money,” said Dr. David Tuttle, from UT Austin's Energy Institute, in the latest episode of Y'all-itics.
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Washington Post, Politico, Axios, Media Matters for America, The Texas Tribune and San Antonio Express-News
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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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
Giuliani not currently representing Trump ‘in any legal matters,’ adviser says
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Forbes, Insider, The Hill, Daily Mail, Reuters, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, The Week and Raw Story
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Former President Trump faces serious criminal, civil investigations after White House
Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
Explainer: Trump's acts as president are ‘fair game’ for criminal charges
Explainer: Trump's acts as president are ‘fair game’ for criminal charges
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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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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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Breitbart, MSNBC, The Guardian and Daily Kos
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 …
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Alden Global Capital Agrees to Buy Rest of Tribune Publishing
Alden Global Capital Agrees to Buy Rest of Tribune Publishing
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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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NPR, Crooks and Liars, RedState, Talking Points Memo, Law & Crime, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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
Johnson: McConnell doesn't ‘speak for the conference’ on Trump's culpability for riot
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Fox News, Washington Examiner, RedState, Vanity Fair, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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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Breitbart, Washington Examiner, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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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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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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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, ABC News, Al Jazeera, Beaver County Times …, CBS News and TheBlaze
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans can't quit Trump
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans can't quit Trump
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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.
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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Mediaite, Washington Examiner 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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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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Law & Crime and UPROXX
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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NPR:
Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Secretary of State Tony Blinken — Mary Louise Kelly: Secretary Blinken, welcome. — Secretary of State Antony Blinken: Thanks. It's so good to be with you, Mary Louise. — It is good to have you with us. Let's start here: If I asked you for one sentence …
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Laurel Wamsley / NPR:
Secretary Of State Blinken: ‘No Doubt’ U.S. Diplomacy ‘Tarnished By Recent Events’
Secretary Of State Blinken: ‘No Doubt’ U.S. Diplomacy ‘Tarnished By Recent Events’
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The Hill
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.
CNN:
‘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 …
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Political Wire
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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HotAir, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Week and Political Flare
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
‘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.
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Crooks and Liars, TheBlaze, Deadline, Raw Story, UPROXX and Breitbart
Glenn Greenwald:
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
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Snopes.com and Newsbusters
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
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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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
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
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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Insider
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 …
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.
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.