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11:55 AM ET, February 16, 2021

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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 …
Discussion: Forbes and Mississippi Today
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in Capitol riot  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic congressman accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and of conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent …
Maya King / Politico:
NAACP sues Trump and Giuliani after Jan. 6 riots  —  On the heels of the Senate's acquittal of Donald Trump, the NAACP, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson and civil rights law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll filed a lawsuit against the former president, Rudy Giuliani and two white supremacist groups …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and VICE
Russell Contreras / Axios:   NAACP sues Trump for inciting Capitol riot
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 …
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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Tracy Connor / The Daily Beast:
Lincoln Project Chiefs Knew of Weaver Abuse Claims in March 2020, Months Earlier Than They Have Said: Report
Discussion: RedState, New York Post and HotAir
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
JUST IN: New Report Alleges Steve Schmidt Was Aware of Sexual Harassment Allegations as Early as March
Gil Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:   Israel Elections: Gideon Sa'ar suspends Lincoln Project advisers
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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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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Mary Spicuzza / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:   Labor group launches $1 million TV ad campaign urging Sen. Ron Johnson to stop blocking COVID-19 relief checks
Washington Post:
Pelosi says there will be a 9/11 Commission-style panel to examine Jan. 6 Capitol riot
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 …
Discussion: Twitchy
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 …
Discussion: Law & Crime
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 …
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.
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Pizzagate's violent legacy … Play Video  —  SALISBURY, N.C. — He slipped out of bed before sunrise and started driving, spurred by the conspiracy theory he would soon help make famous.  As he sped the 350 miles from his hometown in North Carolina to the nation's capital …
Discussion: Raw Story
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Vox Finds Its Next Top Editor at The Atlantic  —  Swati Sharma, 34, prepares to take over the 90-person newsroom of a digital outlet known for its clearsighted articles on knotty issues in the news.  —  Swati Sharma, a managing editor of The Atlantic, will be the next editor in chief of Vox.com …
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 …
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.”
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
Laura Bassett / Elle:
Jennifer Carroll Foy Almost Died After Childbirth Because—Like Many Black Women—Her Pain Was Dismissed  —  Her personal experience is part of why she's running to be the nation's first Black woman governor  —  Jennifer Carroll Foy, a public defender and mother of twins who's running …
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
Joshua Leifer / Jewish Currents:
Israel's Islamists Side with Netanyahu  —  BY THE SUMMER OF 2020, it seemed all but certain that the Joint List, the coalition of Arab-led parties in Israel's Knesset, was headed toward a split.  In July, a vote on whether to send a bill to ban LGBT “conversion therapy” …
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Defying Biden administration, Egypt again arrests relatives of Egyptian American activist  —  CAIRO — Egyptian security forces raided the homes of six relatives of an outspoken Egyptian American activist, arresting and imprisoning two cousins in defiance of calls by the Biden administration …
United States Department of State:
The Houthis Must Cease the Assault on Marib  —  The United States urges the Houthis to halt their advance on Marib and cease all military operations and turn to negotiations.  The Houthis' assault on Marib is the action of a group not committed to peace or to ending the war afflicting the people of Yemen.
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.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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.
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 …
Discussion: New York Post
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 …
 
 
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Joey Garrison / USA Today:
President Biden to extend mortgage relief, ban on home foreclosures through June
Richard Ott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Mitt Romney violated his oath by voting to convict Trump
Discussion: Fox News and IJR
Marina Watts / Newsweek:
Joe Biden, Playing as Luigi, Wins in Mario Kart Race Against Granddaughter at Camp David
Discussion: RedState
Katie Dowd / SFGATE:
Lindsey Graham threatens impeachment of Kamala Harris on Fox News appearance
Discussion: The Daily Caller, HotAir and The Root
Sara Fischer / Axios:
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Yasmeen Serhan / The Atlantic:
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Alex Kotch / EXPOSEDbyCMD:
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 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Governors tell Biden in letter some vaccine efforts are creating confusion and inefficiency
Discussion: The Hill and USA Today
Mary Chastain / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
CDC Admits It Based School Guidelines on Teacher Input and Stakeholders
Discussion: Breitbart, The Federalist and RedState
HuffPost:
Only Half Of Americans Have Heard Of ‘Cancel Culture’
Discussion: Political Wire
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
WaPo, CNN ‘fact-checkers’ silent as Harris falsely claims Biden ‘starting from scratch’ on vaccine rollout
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Inside the new President's routine: Oval Office fires and early bedtimes
Discussion: Twitchy
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
The FBI Wants You To Make These Photos Of Capitol Insurrectionists Go Viral
 

 
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