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Ted Cruz flew to Cancun with his family amid power crisis in Texas: source — Millions in Texas without power, at least 20 dead — Texas outages is proof we need to expand energy options: Wesley Hunt — Sen. Ted Cruz flew to Cancun, Mexico, with his family this week as Texas dealt …
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Associated Press:
AP source: Sen. Cruz went to Mexico on vacation amid storm — DALLAS (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has traveled to Mexico for a family vacation as his home state struggles with a weather crisis that has left much of Texas without power. — The high-profile Republican lawmaker went with his family …
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Barbs fly at Ted Cruz for heading to Cancun as millions in Texas freeze without power — Fellow vacationers spotted the well-known Texas Republican and his family on flight from Houston — WASHINGTON — With 3 million Texans shivering in the dark, Sen. Ted Cruz jetted off to Cancun with his family …
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CNN:
Cruz responds to fury over his Cancun trip — (CNN)Sen. Ted Cruz and his family flew to Cancun, Mexico, he confirmed in a statement to CNN, as a winter disaster in his home state left millions without power or water. — Analysis: Cruz's Cancun trip violates an unwritten rule of politics.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Ted Cruz Is No Hypocrite. He's Worse. — Nero fiddled while Rome burned; Ted Cruz jetted to Cancún. And although the emperor was at least ensconced in a lavish, louche palace, the senator from Texas was stuck in economy class with the peasantry. — Cruz's appeal as a politician …
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New York Times:
Senator Ted Cruz left Texas for Cancún as the state was battered by a brutal winter storm. — As Texas was battered by an icy storm and widespread power losses that left millions of residents freezing and fearing for their safety, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas left the state on Wednesday …
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz honestly surprised so many people want him around — I, Ted Cruz, am hearing now that my decision to go to Cancun while Texas is devastated by a winter storm and when millions remained without power was — wrong! — This has been very confusing for me.
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KSAT-TV:
Did Ted Cruz fly to Cancun during Texas' winter disaster?
Did Ted Cruz fly to Cancun during Texas' winter disaster?
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Washington Post:
Sen. Ted Cruz confirms he flew to Mexico as Texas grapples with power outages caused by severe weather
Sen. Ted Cruz confirms he flew to Mexico as Texas grapples with power outages caused by severe weather
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Sen. Ted Cruz comes under fire after photos show him traveling to Cancún as Texans freeze
Sen. Ted Cruz comes under fire after photos show him traveling to Cancún as Texans freeze
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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 leaders failed to heed warnings that left state's power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Sen. Ted Cruz comes under fire after photos purportedly show him traveling to Cancún as Texans freeze
Sen. Ted Cruz comes under fire after photos purportedly show him traveling to Cancún as Texans freeze
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Philip Jankowski / Austin American-Statesman:
‘Complete and utter hypocrites’: Ted Cruz chided Austin mayor for Cabo trip. Then he flew to Cancun.
‘Complete and utter hypocrites’: Ted Cruz chided Austin mayor for Cabo trip. Then he flew to Cancun.
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Erin Douglas / The Texas Tribune:
Texas was “seconds and minutes” away from catastrophic monthslong blackouts, officials say — Officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said that grid operators implemented blackouts to avoid a catastrophic failure that could have left Texans in the dark for months. — Copy link
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Joseph Guzman / The Hill:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Texas Gov Abbott fire at each other over deadly winter storm, Green New Deal — More than 3 million Texans were without power as of Wednesday afternoon. — Story at a glance — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) criticized the Green New Deal Tuesday as his state …
John Nichols / The Nation:
While Texans Freeze, Governor Greg Abbott Lies About the Green New Deal
While Texans Freeze, Governor Greg Abbott Lies About the Green New Deal
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Immigration Overhaul Would Offer 8-Year Path to Citizenship for Millions — The proposal offers an eight-year path to citizenship for most of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, eliminates restrictions on family-based immigration and expands worker visas.
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CNN:
White House announces sweeping immigration bill — What Biden has said he'll do about immigration — (CNN)The White House announced a sweeping immigration bill Thursday that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already in the country and provide …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ivanka Trump will not run against Marco Rubio for one of Florida's Senate seats.
Ivanka Trump will not run against Marco Rubio for one of Florida's Senate seats.
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Politico:
Trump snubs Haley — SCOOP: NIKKI HALEY reached out to former President DONALD TRUMP on Wednesday to request a sit-down at Mar-a-Lago, but a source familiar tells Playbook that he turned her down. The two haven't spoken since the insurrection on Jan. 6, when Haley blasted Trump for inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol.
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
Trump Can Still Be The Republican Party's Future. Just Look To Arizona. — Arizona Republicans keep losing. But the Arizona Republican Party has already turned itself into a Trump machine, still trying to win an election that's long over. And that might be the future of conservatism.
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CNN:
The Supreme Court is still sitting on Trump's tax returns, and justices aren't saying why — (CNN)Lawsuits involving Donald Trump tore apart the Supreme Court while he was president, and the justices apparently remain riven by him. — For nearly four months, the court has refused to act …
Tevi Troy / City Journal:
On the Ground … A Radio Man and His Presidents — For more than 30 years, the White House occupant could not ignore Rush Limbaugh. — Politics and law — Rush Limbaugh's conservative radio talk show debuted on August 1, 1988, at the tail end of Ronald Reagan's years in the White House.
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Alexa Mikhail / The 19th:
How Rush Limbaugh helped turn feminism into an urgent threat to the Republican Party
How Rush Limbaugh helped turn feminism into an urgent threat to the Republican Party
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Bob Dole diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer — Bob Dole, the former longtime Kansas senator and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, said Thursday that he has stage 4 lung cancer. — “Recently, I was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. My first treatment will begin on Monday,” Dole, 97, said in a statement.
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Bob Dole announces stage four lung cancer diagnosis
Bob Dole announces stage four lung cancer diagnosis
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New York Times:
A Grim Measure of Covid's Toll: Life Expectancy Drops Sharply in U.S. — American life expectancy fell by one year, to 77.8 years, in the first half of 2020. It may rebound as the pandemic's end approaches. — Life expectancy in the United States fell by a full year in the first six months of 2020 …
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Marilynn Marchione / Associated Press:
US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII
US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII
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Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Reply All Is Having Its Own Reckoning Now — Oh, you like podcasts? Sign up for Vulture's new recommendation newsletter 1.5x Speed here. — Earlier this month, Reply All kicked off an ambitious miniseries, “The Test Kitchen,” which sought to take on one of the bigger stories …
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Helen Roy / The American Mind:
Walk Away from Never Trump — The Lincoln Project isn't the only purveyor of fake conservative grift. — When one member of a romantic partnership practices infidelity, he or she becomes hyper-paranoid about the other partner committing the same crime. Vice has this way of snowballing …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Lincoln Project faces calls to shut down
Lincoln Project faces calls to shut down
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Politico:
‘Recipe for disaster’: Dem fears mount over immigration overhaul — “Biden is going to be dealing with a minority in Congress if he continues down some of these paths,” said one Democratic congressman. — Migrants are loaded onto a bus by U.S. Border Patrol agents after being detained …
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Sam Seder / FAIR:
Open Letter to John Mulholland, US editor of The Guardian — We write in support of Nathan Robinson, founder of Current Affairs magazine, who was fired as a columnist for The Guardian for a joking tweet critical of U.S. military aid to Israel. This is shocking behavior for a publication …
Chicago Tribune:
Michael Madigan resigns from Illinois House after being ousted as speaker, defends his legacy in face of ‘vicious attacks’ — By E. JASON WAMBSGANS / CHICAGO TRIBUNE “,sourceId: “119780616”,shareUrl: “https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2 Fnews%2Fchi- illinois-politician-michael-madigan …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Why We're Taught to Not Speak Ill of the Dead — We used to widely honor the instruction to not speak ill of the dead, at least in media and public communications. But in our modern era of social media, the instinct is largely the opposite. When a prominent political figure passes away …
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Pass popular Biden's popular COVID-19 bill — In the Real Clear Politics summary of all polling, as of Tuesday morning, President Biden's favorable rating was 54.7 percent while his unfavorable rating was only 36.5 percent. Comparable favorable and unfavorable ratings for former President Trump …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Frets Foes Will Be ‘Suing Me for the Rest of My Life’ — Though the riot was the culmination of Trump's months of attempts to overturn the election, it's hardly the only incident that may have left the ex-president legally exposed. — A criminal investigation in the state of Georgia.
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Politico:
It might just be game over for the Iowa caucuses — The siege of Iowa and New Hampshire has begun. — The two states with privileged places on the presidential primary calendar are finding their roles more threatened than ever before — most recently in the form of a bill introduced …
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Bloomberg:
A U.S. Vaccine Surge Is Coming, With Millions of Doses Promised — New supplies should help the pace of vaccinations double in coming weeks — The U.S. vaccine supply is poised to double in the coming weeks and months, according to an analysis by Bloomberg, allowing a broad expansion of doses administered across the country.
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Russel Honoré, Pelosi pick to lead review of Capitol security, ripped by Republicans as ‘extreme partisan’ — The retired Army lieutenant general is drawing fire for past comments — Sen. Josh Hawley responds to Lt. Gen. Russel Honore comments: ‘Disturbing, downright crazy’
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