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Brendan J. Lyons / Albany Times Union:
FBI, U.S. attorney in Brooklyn probing Cuomo administration on nursing homes — Investigation is in its early stages; no allegations of wrongdoing have been made — ALBANY — The FBI and the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn have launched an investigation that is examining, at least in part …
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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 …
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Faces Revolt After Handling of Nursing Home Deaths — Democratic lawmakers have begun to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of virus-related nursing home deaths, and the governor also faces a federal inquiry. — ALBANY, N.Y. — The Democratic leaders of the New York State Senate …
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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 …
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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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Rush Limbaugh Taught Republicans to Love an Angry, Racist Bully
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Limbaugh obituaries show the mainstream media still fawning over the people who poisoned politics
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Charles Sykes / Washington Post:
We're living in the world Rush Limbaugh created
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio's Conservative Provocateur, Dies at 70
Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
Rush Limbaugh Spent His Lifetime Speaking Ill of the Dead
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
Rush's Place — Rush's program, beamed into cars sitting in traffic across the nation …
Ben Domenech / New York Post:
Appreciation: Rush Limbaugh remade talk radio — and modern conservatism
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Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune:
Stop dripping your faucets: Texas officials say the state's water supply is at risk — After enduring multiple days of freezing temperatures and Texans dripping faucets to prevent frozen pipes from bursting, cities across the state warned Wednesday that water levels are dangerously low, and it may be unsafe to drink.
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The Texas Tribune:
Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left state's power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say — Texas officials knew winter storms could leave the state's power grid vulnerable, but they left the choice to prepare for harsh weather up to the power companies — many of which opted against the costly upgrades.
Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
In Frigid Texas, Desperate Families Take Risks to Stay Warm — Parents resort to gas stoves or build fires inside their homes during power outages, with no relief in sight — AUSTIN, Texas—The children played in front of four lighted gas burners in East Austin on Tuesday night …
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Politico:
Trump-McConnell rift threatens GOP's Senate hopes — Republicans are starting their life in the Senate minority mired in a civil war over the future of the GOP and former President Donald Trump's role in the party. — Trump's scathing attack on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday exposed rifts …
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Washington Post:
Trump-McConnell clash threatens to settle into a cold war as GOP eyes midterms — Were it up to former president Donald Trump, Republicans would spend the next two years purging their ranks and reshaping themselves in his own image — a process he moved to jump-start Tuesday with a searing attack …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The ‘audacious lie’ behind a hedge fund's promise to sustain local journalism — When Alden Global Capital announced Tuesday that it was positioned to buy the Chicago Tribune and several other major newspapers, its statement might have sounded promising. — But only if you knew nothing …
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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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Travis Gibson / WJXT-TV:
DeSantis threatens to pull vaccines from Manatee County after residents question site placement
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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.
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Allegations of sexist cyberstalking by Trump's top advisor roils secretive paternity case — The key advisor in Donald Trump's post-presidency is an often-deadbeat dad who just sent a grave threat to opposing counsel, upending the extraordinarily lengthy Florida paternity case he's spending a fortune to fight.
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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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Australia's bad bargain with platforms
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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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Dionne Searcey / New York Times:
What Caused the Blackouts in Texas? — The state's widespread electricity failure was largely caused by freezing natural gas pipelines. That didn't stop advocates for fossil fuels from trying to shift blame. — As his state was racked by an electricity crisis that left millions …
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Bronson Stocking / Townhall:
Here's What Trump Said When Asked If He's Running for President — On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump gave his first interviews since leaving the White House. While the former president discussed the remarkable life of radio legend and conservative icon Rush Limbaugh …
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Sara Randazzo / Wall Street Journal:
Theranos Lab Chief Says He Found Blood-Testing Technology Didn't Work — Kingshuk Das is expected to testify at Elizabeth Holmes's fraud trial that he faced pushback over concerns he raised — Theranos Inc.'s laboratory director in the company's final years is expected to testify …
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 …
Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun-Times:
Statues of four U.S. presidents among 41 under the microscope by Chicago committee — Mayor Lori Lightfoot is confronting the “hard truths of Chicago's racial history,” launching a public process to review the fate of 41 statues and other monuments, including some of former presidents Abraham Lincoln …
Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Sean Hannity's private plane and the Wake Forest tennis team: A morality fable — But Hannity's own jet has an intriguing history — During a broadcast about two weeks ago, Fox News personality Sean Hannity seized on a favorite trope, saying that former Secretary of State John Kerry …
Law & Crime:
Federal Judge Dismisses Devin Nunes Aide's Lawsuit Against CNN — A federal judge the District of Maryland on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit that Rep. Devin Nunes's senior aide Derek Harvey filed against CNN, former Rudy Giuliani business associate Lev Parnas, and Parnas's lawyer Joseph Bondy.
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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Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
UCLA student with extremist views who FBI says sat in Pence's chair is charged in Capitol riot — A UCLA student who posted white supremacist views online and founded an ultra-right campus organization has been charged with federal crimes for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Avoids Mentioning Dominion, Smartmatic During Right-Wing Media Whinefest — Trump has recently been reminded that he shouldn't mention Dominion Voting Systems or Smartmatic during new media interviews, according to a source familiar with the matter. — Former President Donald Trump kicked off …
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Filip Stojanovski / Global Voices:
Serbia expels US neo-Nazi after investigative website Bellingcat outed his location — Robert Rondo believed to have been living in Serbia since early 2020 — Serbia has expelled Robert Rundo, the “American neo-Nazi and founder of the notorious right-wing extremist Rise Above Movement,” …
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