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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio provocateur and cultural phenomenon, dies at 70 — Rush Limbaugh, who deployed comic bombast and relentless bashing of liberals, feminists and environmentalists to become the nation's most popular radio talk-show host and lead the Republican Party into a politics …
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HuffPost:
Rush Limbaugh, Bigoted King Of Talk Radio, Dies At 70 — Limbaugh saturated America's airwaves with cruelty and conspiracies, amassing millions of listeners and transforming the Republican Party. — Rush Limbaugh, a talk radio pioneer who saturated America's airwaves with cruel bigotries …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio's Conservative Provocateur, Dies at 70 — A longtime favorite of the right, he was a furious critic of Barack Obama and a full-throated cheerleader for Donald J. Trump. — Rush Limbaugh, the relentlessly provocative voice of conservative America who dominated talk radio …
Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
The Indispensable Man — It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Rush Limbaugh …
The Indispensable Man — It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Rush Limbaugh …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Rush Limbaugh Taught Republicans to Love an Angry, Racist Bully
Rush Limbaugh Taught Republicans to Love an Angry, Racist Bully
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Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …:
My Friend Rush Limbaugh, RIP
My Friend Rush Limbaugh, RIP
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Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Trump to appear on conservative networks in wake of Limbaugh's death
Trump to appear on conservative networks in wake of Limbaugh's death
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Eliza Relman / Insider:
Fox News hosts didn't correct Trump's lie that he won the election in his first interview post-insurrection
Fox News hosts didn't correct Trump's lie that he won the election in his first interview post-insurrection
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Rush Limbaugh, the Human Megaphone Who Hijacked the GOP, Dead at 70
Rush Limbaugh, the Human Megaphone Who Hijacked the GOP, Dead at 70
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Kadia Goba / Axios:
Rush Limbaugh dies at 70 after battle with lung cancer
Rush Limbaugh dies at 70 after battle with lung cancer
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Era of Limbaugh — Editor's Note: This post was originally published on Feb. 7, 2020.
The Era of Limbaugh — Editor's Note: This post was originally published on Feb. 7, 2020.
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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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Bloomberg:
Texas Was Warned a Decade Ago Its Grid Was Unready for Cold — Grid regulators investigated cold snap in 2011 that cut power — Federal recommendations to avoid repeat incident went unheeded — Federal regulators warned Texas that its power plants couldn't be counted on to reliably churn …
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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 …
Tom Steele / Dallas Morning News:
Texas mayor says he had already resigned after writing ‘only the strong will survive’ amid cold, power outages
Texas mayor says he had already resigned after writing ‘only the strong will survive’ amid cold, power outages
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blames wind turbines, Green New Deal policies for outages. Critics call that ‘a lie.’
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blames wind turbines, Green New Deal policies for outages. Critics call that ‘a lie.’
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Will Englund / Washington Post:
The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn't see the need to prepare for cold weather
The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn't see the need to prepare for cold weather
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CNN:
Cuomo said ‘he can destroy me’: NY assemblyman alleges governor threatened him over nursing homes scandal — (CNN)New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been pleading with lawmakers for support and even threatening political retribution against Democrats who have criticized him in an aggressive effort …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Attacks a Fellow Democrat Over Nursing Home Criticism — Gov. Andrew Cuomo lashed out at Assemblyman Ron Kim, both publicly and in a private phone call, as a war intensified over the state's handling of nursing home deaths during the pandemic. — For months, Assemblyman Ron Kim …
James Osborne / Houston Chronicle:
Perry says Texans willing to suffer blackouts to keep feds out of power market — WASHINGTON - Former Texas governor Rick Perry suggests that going days without power is a sacrifice Texans should be willing to make if it means keeping federal regulators out of the state's power grid.
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New York Times:
Promotions for Female Generals Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump's Reaction — Under a Biden administration, the nominations are expected to go from the Pentagon to the White House within weeks and then to the Senate for approval. — WASHINGTON — Last fall, the Pentagon's most senior leaders agreed …
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Pete Souza / Jewish Insider:
Ben Rhodes cites ‘very aggressive, pro-Likud media’ in the U.S. for intensity on Israel — PODCAST PLAYBACK — Rhodes joined Peter Beinart on his podcast, Occupied Thoughts — Peter Beinart, a fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace and editor-at-large of Jewish Currents …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Former Obama Foreign Policy Hand Disappointed in Biden's Pro-Israel Posture
Former Obama Foreign Policy Hand Disappointed in Biden's Pro-Israel Posture
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Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Watch the Trump Era in Atlantic City End With 3,000 Sticks of Dynamite — The implosion of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, the last vestige of the former president's once-dominant brand in Atlantic City, N.J., took place Wednesday morning. — ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — It was not the biggest or the best implosion ever.
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About Facebook:
Changes to Sharing and Viewing News on Facebook in Australia — In response to Australia's proposed new Media Bargaining law, Facebook will restrict publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content. — The proposed law fundamentally misunderstands …
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Skyler Swisher / Sun-Sentinel:
'I wouldn't be complaining.' Gov. DeSantis threatens to pull coronavirus vaccine from communities that criticize distribution — Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested Wednesday that he would divert COVID-19 vaccines from communities that criticize his distribution methods, sparking complaints that he is playing politics with lifesaving medicine.
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Spare us: After Trump, seven Republican lectures Democrats never need to hear again — It probably would be easier to list what Republicans are still qualified to pontificate on. Why the federal deficit is a huge problem? Hmmm. Never mind. — There's nothing like a new Democratic administration …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / The Hill:
Graham's ‘impeach Kamala’ drumbeat will lead Republicans to a 2022 defeat
Graham's ‘impeach Kamala’ drumbeat will lead Republicans to a 2022 defeat
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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
News Analysis: The tragedy of Dianne Feinstein — If Dianne Feinstein hadn't lived the life she had, her story might be the product of a screenwriter's over-fertile imagination. — The synopsis: After surviving an abusive childhood, Feinstein overcomes personal loss — she is widowed at age 45 …
QU Poll:
Half Of Americans Approve Of The Job President Biden Is Doing, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Most Say Conspiracy Theories In The U.S. Are Out Of Control — Four weeks after being sworn into office, President Joe Biden receives a positive job approval rating as Americans approve 50 …
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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.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden finally calls Netanyahu
Biden finally calls Netanyahu
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Steve Israel / The Hill:
How Democrats can ensure Trump never runs again — The second impeachment of former President Donald Trump ended as predictably as the first: an acquittal based on evidence that was never actually presented. Even when their eyes were riveted to the grotesque footage of armed insurrectionists invading …
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Millions of jobs probably aren't coming back, even after the pandemic ends — The United States needs to invest more in retraining workers, economists warn. — Millions of jobs that have been shortchanged or wiped out entirely by the coronavirus pandemic are unlikely to come back …
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 …
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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. — Maya Wiley's parents, both activists, raised her and her brother, Dan, to be resilient. In 1973, when Maya was 9 and her brother 10, their father, George Wiley, bought a small boat.
Hollywood Reporter:
Behind Disney's Firing of ‘Mandalorian’ Star Gina Carano — The ouster of Carano from the show draws the ire of the political right-wing and marks an inflection point for Lucasfilm, whose star was warned repeatedly about her social posts. — It's a plot twist that no studio relishes …
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Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
Universal Basic Income Could Be Coming for Kids — Tax-credit proposals would send almost every parent $250 or more a month — Entrepreneurs, intellectuals and presidential candidates have in recent years touted “universal basic income,” a cash stipend to everyone with no strings attached …
Ben Makuch / VICE:
Department of Homeland Security Confirms Neo-Nazi Leader Used to Work For It — The leader of terror group the Base once worked for an agency tasked with coordinating the U.S. government's counterterrorism efforts. — Ben Makuch — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) …