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8:15 AM ET, February 20, 2021

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Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Erik Prince, Trump Ally, Violated Libya Arms Embargo, U.N. Report Says  —  Mr. Prince offered to supply weapons, drones and mercenaries to a Libyan militia commander seeking to overthrow the government, according to U.N. investigators.  —  NAIROBI, Kenya — Erik Prince …
Reuters:
Exclusive: New York City tax agency subpoenaed in Trump criminal probe  —  (Reuters) - The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has subpoenaed a New York City property tax agency as part of a criminal investigation into Donald Trump's company, the agency confirmed on Friday …
Elizabeth Elizalde / New York Post:
Ted Cruz's family seen soaking up the Cancun sun while Texas shivers  —  Here's what Ted Cruz is missing out on in Cancun.  —  The Texas senator's family was happily soaking up the Mexican sun Friday — without him — after leaving the Lone Star State, where millions experienced power outages …
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
On Cancun and the Insurrection  —  What is the point of being a United States Senator anyway?  —  The year 2021 has not been kind to Ted Cruz.  We're only two months in and he's already attracted all sorts of attention—the wrong kind—for his role in inciting an insurrection and then for fleeing …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Cruz family's Cancun trip rattles their private school  —  Three weeks before Sen. Ted Cruz embarked on his ill-fated Cancun trip to escape the aftermath of Texas's devastating winter storm, the elite K-12 Houston private school attended by his two daughters emailed a Covid warning to parents about international travel.
Washington Post:
U.S. investigating possible ties between Roger Stone, Alex Jones and Capitol rioters  —  The Justice Department and FBI are investigating whether high-profile right-wing figures — including Roger Stone and Alex Jones — may have played a role in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach as part of a broader look …
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Washington Post:
U.S. alleges wider Oath Keepers conspiracy, adds more defendants in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
The Capitol Rioters Are Starting To Face Much More Serious Charges For The Insurrection
Discussion: Raw Story
Jack Dutton / Newsweek:
Mitt Romney Tears Into Donald Trump Again Amid GOP Civil War  —  Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) launched another scathing attack on former President Donald Trump, accusing him of dividing the United States into a “dark and dangerous place” by continuously claiming the November election results were fraudulent.
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
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Johnny Diaz / New York Times:
Extreme Cold Killed Texans in Their Bedrooms, Vehicles and Backyards  —  At least 58 people died in storm-affected areas stretching to Ohio, victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, car crashes, drownings, house fires and hypothermia.  —  SAN ANTONIO — Carrol Anderson spent much of his life …
Duncan Agnew / The Texas Tribune:
As Texans endured days in the dark, the state failed to deliver vital emergency information  —  When the lights went out this week and Texans lost access to power and clean drinking water, the Texas Division of Emergency Management failed to provide accessible and life-saving updates on outages and inclement weather.
Discussion: The Guardian, The Week and The Hill
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Brittany Bernstein / National Review:
Manchin Comes Out against Neera Tanden's Confirmation as OMB Director  —  Senator Joe Manchin (D., W. Va.) said Friday he will not support Neera Tanden's nomination for director of the Office of Management and Budget, citing her “overtly partisan statements.”
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Politico:
Manchin to oppose Tanden for OMB, imperiling major Biden nomination
Jacqueline Thomsen / LAW.com:
Seeing ‘Political Grandstanding’ in Election Lawsuit, Judge Orders Attorney to Face Grievance Committee  —  “When any counsel seeks to target processes at the heart of our democracy, the committee may well conclude that they are required to act with far more diligence and good faith than existed here,” the judge said.
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
‘Thank God for The Texas Tribune’: Power crisis shines light on local news  —  New York (CNN Business)For nearly a year, newsrooms have mostly sat empty because of the pandemic.  Staffers have been working from home and not seeing many of their coworkers in person.
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GOV.UK:
Prime Minister's speech at the Munich Security Conference: 19 February 2021  —  Prime Minister Boris Johnson virtually addressed the Munich Security Conference.  —  From: … Delivered on: … There is a habit of turning up at occasions such as these and announcing portentously that the West …
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Jana Winter / Yahoo News:   Feds now say right-wing extremists responsible for majority of deadly terrorist attacks last year
Jessica Lipscomb / Miami New Times:
Jack Daniel's-Swiggin' TikTok “Patriot” Arrested for Threatening FBI Agents  —  KEEP NEW TIMES FREE  —  I SUPPORT … SUPPORT THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF MIAMI AND HELP KEEP THE FUTURE OF NEW TIMES FREE.  —  Palming a bottle of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Fire, Palm Beach County resident Suzanne …
Discussion: TheBlaze and Political Flare
New York Times:
Republicans Struggle to Derail Increasingly Popular Stimulus Package  —  Polls show a $1.9 trillion rescue plan polls strongly across the country, including with many Republican voters, despite a scattershot series of attacks from congressional Republicans.  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans …
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Blueprint for a raid: Documents shed light on plan to buy U.S. helicopter gunships for assault on Tripoli  —  The commandos for hire who landed in Benghazi in June 2019 had arranged, at great expense, to procure every weapon and tool needed for an assault on Libya's government.
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Two women ‘dressed up as grannies’ tried to get vaccinated in Florida.  —  Maybe it was the bonnets.  —  Or the gloves that the two women donned, though the temperatures in Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday hovered in the 60s.  —  In a scene right out of a sitcom, the women went …
Eric Lach / New Yorker:
The Sound and the Fury of Andrew Cuomo  —  Assemblyman Ron Kim was bathing his children when he got an unexpected call from the governor.  —  Last week, Ron Kim, a Democratic State Assembly member from Queens, was preparing a bath for his three daughters—ages six, four, and two …
James Hamblin / The Atlantic:
A Quite Possibly Wonderful Summer  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  The summer of 2021 is shaping up to be historic.  —  After months of soaring deaths and infections …
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Rana Ayyub / Washington Post:
Will this radical nationalist monk be India's next divisive leader?  —  The year was 2007 and Narendra Modi, then the chief minister of the state of Gujarat, was inaugurating the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit, an event carefully planned to bolster his image as pro-business development.
Leticia Miranda / NBC News:
As Texas deep freeze subsides, some households now face electricity bills as high as $10,000  —  As the Texas power grid collapsed under a historic winter storm, Jose Del Rio of Haltom City, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, saw the electricity bill on a vacant two-bedroom home he is trying to sell slowly creep up over the past two weeks.
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Cruz and Cuomo Face Scandal.  Trump Can't Save Them.  —  Without Donald Trump dominating the political conversation, politicians' audacious behavior isn't so quickly subsumed.  —  Even by Washington standards, this has been a particularly shameless week.  —  With millions of Texans freezing …
John Nichols / The Nation:
Calls to Disqualify Trump Using the 14th Amendment Grow Louder  —  The amendment outlines how insurrectionists and those who give “aid or comfort” to sedition can be disqualified.  —  The most compelling argument for the conviction of Donald Trump for incitement of insurrection came …
Discussion: The Intellectualist and Raw Story
Lorraine Ali / Los Angeles Times:
Review: HBO's devastating ‘Allen v. Farrow’ is a nail in the coffin of Woody Allen's legacy  —  Is Woody Allen's career finally toast?  —  The question has been asked frequently in recent decades, both in response to a midcareer slump and, later, as the #MeToo movement brought new scrutiny …
Discussion: Deadline
Bari Weiss / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Whistleblower at Smith College Resigns Over Racism  —  Jodi Shaw made less in a year than the cost of tuition.  She was offered a settlement, but turned it down.  Here's why.  —  We all know that something morally grotesque is swallowing liberal America.  Almost no one wants to risk talking about it out loud.
Carter Sherman / VICE:
‘Leftist Scum’ Memer Raised $400K for Planned Parenthood as a Special Tribute to Rush Limbaugh  —  “You know how to stop abortion?”  Limbaugh once said.  “Require that each one occur with a gun.”  —  CS  —  When Tommy Marcus learned that Rush Limbaugh had died, he grieved …
Joshua Hochschild / The American Mind:
Once Upon a Presidency  —  From populist to dissident  —  Let's say you've long been disaffected with political parties.  You don't trust them.  You care about politics, but you don't see much promise in the standard candidates.  —  Let's even say you have suspicions the two parties …
 
 
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Book excerpt: Working for Syria's chemical weapons program and spilling its secrets to the CIA
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
House takes first steps toward deciding contested Iowa election
Discussion: Breitbart
Gino Spocchia / Yahoo Finance:
Trump supporters are planning to storm the Capitol again on 4 March, lawmaker warns
Discussion: RedState
Alvin Major / USA Today:
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Your Side / WFLA-TV:
Flags in Florida will be lowered for Rush Limbaugh, Gov. Ron DeSantis says
Jon Skolnik / Salon:
Josh Hawley dipped into campaign funds to help bankroll family trip to Universal Studios
Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:
Joe Biden's brother Frank parties maskless at Floyd Mayweather's birthday
Discussion: Twitchy
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Michael Kaplan / New York Post:
Columbia professor: I do heroin regularly for ‘work-life balance’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Insider
Emily Singer / The American Independent:
2nd Amendment defender Lauren Boebert upset others might want to amend Constitution
Discussion: HuffPost, Above the Law and The Hill
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Lone Star Failed State
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
TMZ.com:
Kim Kardashian Files for Divorce from Kanye West
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
The Rise and Fall of the L. Brent Bozells
Discussion: Backbencher
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Los Angeles Times Owner Exploring Sale of Company
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Bloomberg:
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