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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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“We're in it alone”: Power outages leave millions of Texans desperate for heat and safety — Texas residents said the storm — and ensuing partial collapse of the state's power system — sapped what mental reserves they had left after eleven months of a global health crisis that has cost thousands …
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No, frozen wind turbines aren't the main culprit for Texas' power outages — Lost wind power makes up only a fraction of the reduction in power generating capacity that has brought outages to millions of Texans across the state during a major winter storm. — Copy link


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 …
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The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn't see the need to prepare for cold weather — Republicans blame frozen wind turbines, but the problem was much bigger than that — When it gets really cold, it can be hard to produce electricity, as customers in Texas and neighboring states are finding out.


Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blames wind turbines, Green New Deal policies for outages. Critics call that ‘a lie.’ — As millions of people across Texas struggled to stay warm Tuesday amid massive cold-weather power outages, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) directed his ire at one particular failure …
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Texas mayor says he had already resigned after writing ‘only the strong will survive’ amid cold, power outages

Texas largely relies on natural gas for power. It wasn't ready for the extreme cold.
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Beto O'Rourke: ‘We are nearing a failed state in Texas’ due to Republican leaders
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Is the Texas Power Grid ‘Totally Reliant’ on Windmills?
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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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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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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 …
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Rush Limbaugh dies at 70 after battle with lung cancer
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Rush Limbaugh, the Human Megaphone Who Hijacked the GOP, Dead at 70
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The Era of Limbaugh — Editor's Note: This post was originally published on Feb. 7, 2020.
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Talk Show Host Rush Limbaugh, A Conservative Lodestar, Dies At 70
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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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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.


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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Graham's ‘impeach Kamala’ drumbeat will lead Republicans to a 2022 defeat
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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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The GOP Is Now the Party of Thugs, Terrorists, Racists and Dopes — DOING THE WRONG THING … They don't see the attempted insurrection of Jan. 6 as a crime, or even a loss of control to the most extreme elements of the party. They see it as a failure to seize control.
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“Politically isolating”: White House issues obstruction warning to GOP
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If There Was a Republican Civil War, It Appears to Be Over
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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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News Corp and Google Agree To Global Partnership On News — Long-term Deal Involves Payment For Premium Content For Google News Showcase; — Will Yield Substantial Benefits For Journalism And Society — News Corp announced today that it has agreed to an historic multi-year partnership …
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Biden's town hall comments on defunding police, student loans, minimum wage could upset left wing — Progressive movement leader warns Biden's comments could damage grassroots support for COVID relief — Biden contradicts WH press secretary on message of school reopenings
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Biden again rejects $50,000 student loan debt forgiveness plan pushed by other top Democrats
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Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry enters U.S. Senate race with endorsements from several top Milwaukee Democrats — Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry, who helped lure the 2020 Democratic National Convention to Milwaukee, entered the race for U.S. Senate Wednesday with a vow to bring …
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NBA politics shoots for Washington: Alex Lasry launches Wisconsin Senate bid
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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 …


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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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 …


Biden's point man on Israel-Palestine isn't aiming for a Nobel Prize — The man holding the Israel-Palestine file at the State Department, Hady Amr, isn't working on a sweeping plan for peace, but on incremental steps to improve the situation on the ground, several Israeli, Palestinian and U.S sources tell me.


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.


COVID-19 Cases Are Dropping Fast. Why? — Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. — One month ago, the CDC published the results of more than 20 pandemic forecasting models.


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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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 …

FOX NATION TO LAUNCH NEW EXCLUSIVE CONTENT WITH TUCKER CARLSON — Carlson to Host New Video Podcast and Long-form Documentary Series “Tucker Carlson Originals” — NEW YORK - February 17, 2021 — FOX Nation, FOX News Media's on demand subscription-based streaming service, has signed a new …
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Mitch McConnell Has Learned Nothing And Forgotten Nothing — The idea that McConnell is the right man to decide who is ‘electable’ is a joke. — The Senate impeachment trial of former President Trump is over, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to move on.
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