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10:00 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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New York Times:
Read the document  —  Below is a letter to Representative Adam Kinzinger, Republican of Illinois, from several of his family members who support former President Trump.  The Times has redacted the names of some family members who signed the letter but whom we did not interview.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Kinzinger Receives Stunning Letter from Relatives Over His Trump Opposition: ‘You Have Lost the Respect of Lou Dobbs...’
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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  —  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: Washington Post
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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Gil Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Israel Elections: Gideon Sa'ar suspends Lincoln Project advisers  —  Suspension follows sexual misconduct scandal in US; rival party disappointed to see Sa'ar advisers go after he has fallen in polls.  —  Prime ministerial hopeful Gideon Sa'ar will no longer work with his American advisers …
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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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 …
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.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The truth about Cuomo  —  As the pandemic took hold of the United States last March, upending life as Americans knew it, Trump offered little consolation.  The president claimed COVID would magically disappear in a few weeks, promoted miracle cures, and dismissed any criticism of his chaotic response as a “hoax.”
Discussion: Deadline and Mediaite
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Accepts Some Blame in Nursing Home Scandal but Denies Cover-Up
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 …
Matthew Gault / Wired:
Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change  —  Tech oligarchs are encouraging the creation of virtual worlds as a cheap way to avoid problems in the real one.  —  THE FUTURE OF virtual reality is far more than just video games.  Silicon Valley sees the creation of virtual worlds …
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Politico:   Biden looks past anger at Silicon Valley to get help on vaccines
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
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 …
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
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
Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Mitt Romney accused of being ‘deep state’ agent in proposed censure motion  —  Utah Republicans seeking to punish Romney for voting to convict former President Donald Trump.  —  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Some Utah Republicans are seeking to censure Sen. Mitt Romney for voting …
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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
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
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.
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.
Abdulqahar Balkhi / Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan:
Open letter to the people of the United States of America  —  As you may already be aware, every nation aspires to live a life in accordance with their own principles and values free from the fear of threats, invasions and attacks.  Our struggle for the past nineteen years in Afghanistan …
Alex Kotch / EXPOSEDbyCMD:
Parler Is Now in the Hands of a Right-Wing Activist Seeking a Radical Rewrite of the Constitution  —  The board of the far-right social media app Parler has fired its CEO and put the platform in the hands of interim CEO Mark Meckler and right-wing British political operative Matthew Richardson …
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 …
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
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 …
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
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.
 
 
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CNN:
Governors tell Biden in letter some vaccine efforts are creating confusion and inefficiency
Discussion: The Hill and USA Today
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
State Dept Refuses to Explain Iran Envoy's Talks with China
Discussion: Mehr News Agency
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
How Joe Neguse and Stacey Plaskett Plan to Wield Their Influence After Impeachment
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
WaPo, CNN ‘fact-checkers’ silent as Harris falsely claims Biden ‘starting from scratch’ on vaccine rollout
Alicia A. Caldwell / Wall Street Journal:
Ban on New Foreign Workers Left U.S. Jobs Unfilled, Even in Covid Downturn
 Earlier Items: 
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
‘Team Biden’ Sought To Cultivate Ties To Businessman Who's Now Awaiting Sentencing On Federal Charges
Gina Harkins / Military.com:
Veterans Used Their Military Training to Plot Violence in Capitol Riot, Feds Say
Benjamin P. Linas / Vox:
I'm an epidemiologist and a father. Here's why I'm losing patience with our teachers' unions.
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pat Toomey is facing a Republican backlash in Pennsylvania for voting to convict Donald Trump