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10:10 AM ET, February 17, 2021

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Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
Texas mayor tells residents to fend for themselves during power outage: ‘Only the strong will survive’  —  By Tuesday morning, the residents of Colorado City, Tex., were getting anxious.  More than 24 hours had passed since a deadly Arctic blast knocked out power across the state …
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The Texas Tribune:
No, frozen wind turbines aren't the main culprit for Texas' power outages  —  Lost wind power makes up only a fraction of the reduction in power generating capacity that has brought outages to millions of Texans across the state during a major winter storm.  —  Copy link
The Texas Tribune:
“We're in it alone”: Power outages leave millions of Texans desperate for heat and safety  —  Texas residents said the storm — and ensuing partial collapse of the state's power system — sapped what mental reserves they had left after eleven months of a global health crisis that has cost thousands …
Will Englund / Washington Post:
The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn't see the need to prepare for cold weather  —  Republicans blame frozen wind turbines, but the problem was much bigger than that  —  When it gets really cold, it can be hard to produce electricity, as customers in Texas and neighboring states are finding out.
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blames wind turbines, Green New Deal policies for outages.  Critics call that ‘a lie.’  —  As millions of people across Texas struggled to stay warm Tuesday amid massive cold-weather power outages, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) directed his ire at one particular failure …
Jamie Burch / KTXE-LP:
Colorado City mayor resigns, responds to his controversial Facebook post  —  Colorado City Mayor Tim Boyd has resigned.  Boyd acknowledged the resignation Tuesday afternoon while responding to criticism he received for a controversial Facebook post.  Tuesday morning, Boyd voiced his frustrations …
Dallas Morning News:
ERCOT officials say they have no idea when Texas' power outages will end
Bloomberg:
Frozen Wind Farms Are Just a Small Piece of Texas's Power Woes
Jason Whitely / WFAA-TV:
Texas power outages: How the largest energy-producing state in the US failed in freezing temperatures
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
The Weekly Planet: The Big Idea From Bill Gates's New Climate Book
Discussion: Marketplace and The Nation
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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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Only the truth will keep Trump away  —  And now he's really gone, acquitted under the rules yet condemned by the facts, nursing his grievances and planning his comeback from isolation at Mar-a-Lago.  For the country, the question is how to ensure that Donald Trump remains there while the nation tries …
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
Mitch McConnell Has Learned Nothing And Forgotten Nothing
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
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 …
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Kyle Becker / Becker News:   BREAKING: CNN & NBC Paid Antifa Agitator at Capitol Riots — Now We've Got Receipts to Prove It
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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Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
Son Of Prominent Conservative Activist Charged In Capitol Riot
Discussion: UPI and Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
L.A. Unified is officially out of excuses for keeping elementary schools closed  —  Schools have been reopening across the country for months now, illustrating that students can return to classrooms with little risk if the proper precautions have been taken.
Discussion: KTLA
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Jerry Iannelli / The Appeal:
LOS ANGELES D.A. GEORGE GASCÓN LEAVES CALIFORNIA'S POWERFUL D.A. ASSOCIATION
Discussion: CalMatters
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.
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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Charlie Sykes / Bulwark+:
Crenshaw Reloaded  —  The Texas Congressman wants it both ways  —  Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw has some deep thoughts about what ails right-wing politics these days.  —  There is, he says, way too much “performance,” rather than persuasion.  Too much much grift; too much talking about …
BBC:
Princess Latifa: UN to question UAE about Dubai ruler's daughter  —  The United Nations has said it will raise the detention of Princess Latifa, the daughter of Dubai's ruler, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  —  Princess Latifa has accused her father of holding her hostage in Dubai since she tried to flee the city in 2018.
Discussion: Sky News and The Daily Beast
News Corp:
News Corp and Google Agree To Global Partnership On News  —  Long-term Deal Involves Payment For Premium Content For Google News Showcase;  —  Will Yield Substantial Benefits For Journalism And Society  —  News Corp announced today that it has agreed to an historic multi-year partnership …
Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Trump Era in Atlantic City Will End With 3,000 Sticks of Dynamite  —  An implosion of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, the last vestige of the former president's once-dominant brand in Atlantic City, N.J., is scheduled for Wednesday morning.  —  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — It will not be the biggest or the best implosion ever.
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
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.
Discussion: New Republic, Daily Mail, Deadline and VICE
Larry Hogan / TIME:
2021 TIME100 Next  —  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said the “ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”  Over the past few months, Congressman Adam Kinzinger has stood up for the truth …
Washington Free Beacon:
The Post-Trump GOP  —  Florida's DeSantis offers one possibility for the party's future  —  Republicans in search of a promising politician capable of assembling a post-Trump coalition need look no further than Florida governor Ron DeSantis.  —  A pugnacious populist by disposition …
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.
Mike Allen / Axios:
“Politically isolating”: White House issues obstruction warning to GOP  —  Mike Donilon, senior adviser to President Biden, argues in a memo to White House senior staff that GOP opposition to the COVID rescue package would shrink the party's already declining national support.
Dallas Morning News:
Who paid for Texas AG Ken Paxton to travel to DC for the Jan. 6 rally?  We asked.  He won't answer  —  The state paid for the attorney general's second in command to travel to Washington the week of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, but said the agency did not fund Paxton's trip.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
When You Don't Have Trump to Hide Behind  —  There's now space for other scandals.  Witness the Lincoln Project.  —  In case you hadn't noticed, the Lincoln Project — an organization as pointedly anti-Trump as any other, its rise and political relevance symbiotically tied to his — is unraveling.
Torey Van Oot / Axios:
Scoop: Doug Wardlow announces run for Minnesota's attorney general  —  Republican Doug Wardlow is officially launching his second bid for Minnesota attorney general, Axios has learned.  —  The state of play: Attorney General Keith Ellison, a Democrat, edged out Wardlow by four percentage points in 2018 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Democrats defend some GOP members against Q label  —  The calls for civility within the GOP are being wiped away after Donald Trump attacked Mitch McConnell as a “dour, sullen, unsmiling political hack.”  —  More on that in a minute.  But first...  SCOOP: The House Democratic campaign arm's plan …
Discussion: Roll Call, The Dispatch and Fox News
 
 
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CNN:
Right-wing justices think religion is under siege. Will the full Supreme Court follow?
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
The Crisis Candidate Maya Wiley believes she can be a better progressive mayor for our traumatized city than her former boss Bill de Blasio.
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why COVID-19 Cases Are Falling So Fast
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Biden's new VA chief inherits oversight office from Trump viewed as abetting corruption
Greg B. Smith / THE CITY:
Secret NYPD Misconduct Records Jump Closer to Release Under Court Ruling. But de Blasio's Not Making Them Public Just Yet
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
The GOP Is Now the Party of Thugs, Terrorists, Racists and Dopes
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
Internal report cites HUD for lead poisoning in East Chicago children. More could be at risk.
 Earlier Items: 
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
After expanding majority, Republicans look to take more control over SC elections
Lloyd J. Austin III / Washington Post:
The U.S. can't meet its responsibilities alone. That's why we believe in NATO.
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden heads out of D.C. for town hall and first major presidential trip
Daily Sentinel:
The tao of Steve  —  Regular readers of The Daily Sentinel will recognize the name Steve Zansberg.
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
He became one of the Navy's first Black four-star admirals. The military has work to do on diversity, he says.
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV
 
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