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9:25 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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Mitt Romney accused of being ‘deep state’ agent in proposed censure motion
QU Poll:
3 Out Of 4 Republicans Want To See Trump Play A Big Role In GOP, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 68% Of Americans Say Trump Didn't Do Enough To Stop Insurrection
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.
Discussion: CBS News, The Week, Roll Call and The Nation
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Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Doesn't Care About Trump Brand in 2022, He Just Wants Electable Candidates
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.
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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: Twitchy
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans can't quit Trump  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  While the rest of the country wants less DONALD TRUMP, Republicans just can't quit him.  Our flash POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted in the days following the Senate trial shows that despite the impeachment …
Discussion: ABC News, Washington Post and Breitbart
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.
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 …
Discussion: New York Post and who13.com
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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 …
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 …
Financial Times:
China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry  —  Beijing asks industry executives if proposed restrictions will harm western contractors  —  China is exploring limiting the export of rare earth minerals that are crucial for the manufacture of American F-35 fighter jets …
Discussion: NBC News
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 …
Daniel Payne / Politico:
Biden extends foreclosure moratorium and mortgage forbearance through June  —  The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it would extend the foreclosure moratorium and mortgage forbearance through the end of June.  —  The actions would block home foreclosures and offer delayed mortgage …
Discussion: Axios
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Announces Extension of COVID-19 Forbearance and Foreclosure Protections for Homeowners
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
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
DNC announces key staff hires as Biden takes hold of party  —  President Biden's stewardship brings a focus on bolstering the party structure.  —  DNC Chair Jaime Harrison: ‘Democrats are unified’  —  Jaime Harrison, the new chair of the Democratic National Committee …
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.
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
CNN:
Biden is hitting the reset button with Israel  —  Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President.”  Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations.
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 …
NBC News:
Biden, Hill Democrats plan to unveil immigration reform bill this week  —  The Biden administration and Hill Democrats are expected later this week to release an immigration reform bill, multiple sources familiar with the planning tell NBC News.  —  The legislative text of the …
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.
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’
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.
Mary Chastain / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
CDC Admits It Based School Guidelines on Teacher Input and Stakeholders  —  Stakeholders.  In other words, lobbying groups.  Lobbying groups over parents and students.  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) admitted during a press conference that it based its new school guidelines …
Discussion: Breitbart, The Federalist and RedState
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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CNN:
Governors tell Biden in letter some vaccine efforts are creating confusion and inefficiency
Discussion: The Hill
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
State Dept Refuses to Explain Iran Envoy's Talks with China
Discussion: Mehr News Agency
Matthew Gault / Wired:
Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
How Joe Neguse and Stacey Plaskett Plan to Wield Their Influence After Impeachment
BBC:
Myanmar coup: Army promises new elections amid protests
Discussion: Reuters
Alicia A. Caldwell / Wall Street Journal:
Ban on New Foreign Workers Left U.S. Jobs Unfilled, Even in Covid Downturn
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
‘Team Biden’ Sought To Cultivate Ties To Businessman Who's Now Awaiting Sentencing On Federal Charges
 Earlier Items: 
Gina Harkins / Military.com:
Veterans Used Their Military Training to Plot Violence in Capitol Riot, Feds Say
Eleni Schirmer / New Yorker:
The Fight for Fifteen at an Orlando McDonald's
Benjamin P. Linas / Vox:
I'm an epidemiologist and a father. Here's why I'm losing patience with our teachers' unions.
Timothy Puko / Wall Street Journal:
Interior Secretary Nominee on Collision Course With Oil Industry
Discussion: BizPac Review
Kathy Frankovic / YouGov:
Republicans used to call Ronald Reagan the best president in US history. Now it's Donald Trump.
Discussion: Washington Post
 

 
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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