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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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Insider, Talking Points Memo, emptywheel and Raw Story
Maria Halkias / Dallas Morning News:
Griddy customers face $5,000 electric bills for 5 freezing days in Texas — In our deregulated market, Griddy and some other power suppliers charge customers wholesale variable rates. Those plans are relatively new — and left customers frustrated after the storm.
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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.
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 …
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Al Jazeera, Raw Story, HuffPost and The Intellectualist
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
State GOP lawmakers propose flurry of voting restrictions to placate Trump supporters, spurring fears of a backlash — GOP state lawmakers across the country have proposed a flurry of voting restrictions that they say are needed to restore confidence in U.S. elections, an effort intended …
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for restrictive new voting laws
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for restrictive new voting laws
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Associated Press, The Root, Daily Kos, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, BizPac Review and TheBlaze
Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
The ‘big lie’ on voter fraud is still with us
The ‘big lie’ on voter fraud is still with us
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Raw Story and Washington Post
Heather Golden / The Bulwark:
Failing Government, Freezing Texans — A cold and chaotic week in Galveston. — VOLUNTEERS HAND OUT CASES OF WATER BOTTLES TO GALVESTON RESIDENCE AT THE SCHLITTERBAHN WATERPARK PARKING LOT ON FEBRUARY 19, 2021 IN GALVESTON, TEXAS. - A FIERCE AND DEADLY WINTER STORM THAT WREAKED HAVOC …
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Mother Jones, Insider, New Republic and The Daily Beast
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Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is Houston-bound with $2 million to help Texans after winter storm
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is Houston-bound with $2 million to help Texans after winter storm
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Fox News, ABC13, Hackwhackers, Off the Kuff, HuffPost, New York Post, CBS New York, New Republic, Twitchy and KXAN-TV
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 …
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The Hill, Insider, The Daily Beast, Bloomberg, Raw Story and Political Wire
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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The Boston Globe
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Cruz family's Cancun trip rattles their private school
Cruz family's Cancun trip rattles their private school
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New York Times, Forbes, Lead Stories, The Guardian, Salon and Raw Story
U.S. Department of Justice:
WWII Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Removed to Germany — Man is the 70th Nazi Persecutor Removed from the United States — Today a Tennessee resident with German citizenship was removed to Germany for participating in Nazi-sponsored acts of persecution while serving as an armed guard at a Nazi concentration camp in 1945.
Wall Street Journal:
The Texas Freeze: Why the Power Grid Failed — The state's electricity system was considered a model. This week's outages revealed shortcomings in the market structure. — A fundamental flaw in the freewheeling Texas electricity market left millions powerless and freezing in the dark this week during a historic cold snap.
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Madlin Mekelburg / Austin American-Statesman:
ERCOT officials spent 40 seconds on winter storm preparedness at Feb. 9 meeting
ERCOT officials spent 40 seconds on winter storm preparedness at Feb. 9 meeting
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KSAT-TV
Tim Miller / The Triad:
The Republicans UnCivil UnWar — Mitch versus Trump? LOL no. — 1. The UnBattle of Ohio — A dour, sullen, unsmiling, political hack. This was former president Donald Trump's assessment of Mitch McConnell in a press release this week. Politico reported that Trump was persuaded …
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The Week, No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story and Associated Press
The White House:
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Texas Disaster Declaration … Yesterday, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Texas and ordered federal assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms beginning …
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CBS News, Insider, FEMA.gov, National Review, POLITICUSUSA, KRON4, Al Jazeera, New York Post, Vox, CNN and The Texas Tribune
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Duncan Agnew / The Texas Tribune:
As Texans endured days in the dark, the state failed to deliver vital emergency information
As Texans endured days in the dark, the state failed to deliver vital emergency information
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The Guardian, The Week and The Hill
Politico:
Trump gears up for war with his own party — There's no longer a chief of staff to screen his calls and he keeps no predictable working hours. So an unspoken rule has governed Donald Trump's calendar since he left Washington last month: To sit down with the former president …
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Raw Story
Sky News Australia:
‘Never before’ has the leader of the free world been ‘so cognitively compromised’ — It is clear US President Joe Biden is not up to the task he has been “sworn in to do”, according to Sky News host Cory Bernardi. “Never before has the leader of the free world been so cognitively compromised …
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The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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Insider, Mother Jones and CBS News
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.
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Bangor Daily News
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Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Lee says Romney shouldn't be punished for impeachment vote
Lee says Romney shouldn't be punished for impeachment vote
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Deseret News, All Republicans …, IJR, The Daily Beast and The Hill
Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
The Trouble with Biden's Answer on China — The president's town hall remarks were taken out of context, but still leave a lot to be desired. — After President Biden's CNN Town Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wednesday night right-wing Twitter was in a righteous outrage: the President …
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Six more alleged Oath Keepers charged over Capitol riot — Federal prosecutors announced charges on Friday against six people affiliated with the right-wing paramilitary group Oath Keepers for their roles in the Capitol riot last month. — All six were arrested this week in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio.
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Big League Politics and WTOP
Matt Vespa / Townhall:
We Have Another Fauci Reversal...This Time on the COVID Vaccine — I honestly don't know what to say anymore. It's like we've never seen viruses before COVID. How can news of a vaccine being effective against spreading a virus be...actual breaking news? Of course, vaccines do that.
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Twitchy
Jana Winter / Yahoo News:
Feds now say right-wing extremists responsible for majority of deadly terrorist attacks last year — The U.S. government is acknowledging for the first time that right-wing extremists were responsible for the majority of fatal domestic terrorist attacks last year, according …
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Smith College Whistleblower Jodi Shaw Resigns Over “Racially Hostile Environment” Created By Critical Race Training — “Being told that any disagreement or feelings of discomfort somehow upholds ‘white supremacy’ is not just morally wrong. It is psychologically abusive....
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National Review
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Bari Weiss / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Whistleblower at Smith College Resigns Over Racism
Whistleblower at Smith College Resigns Over Racism
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Disrn
Marc Novicoff / Slow Boring:
Stop marketing race-blind policies as racial equity initiatives — The country is already sold on a left-of-center economic agenda. Why complicate it? — 3 hr ago — This piece is written by Marc The Intern, not the usual Matt-post. — In a recent New York Times op-ed …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Biden's top doctor nominee made more than $2 million doing pandemic consulting, speeches — Tapped to be surgeon general, Vivek Murthy's financial entanglements draw scrutiny before his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday — As Vivek H. Murthy advised Joe Biden on the pandemic during …
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 …
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TheBlaze and Political Flare
Associated Press:
Biden's 1st month was about erasing the mark of ‘former guy’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — When Joe Biden walked into the Oval Office for the first time as president a month ago, his pens were ready. Already. — Lining a fine wooden box, they bore the presidential seal and an imprint of his signature …
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CNN, The Hill, Daily Kos, Raw Story, IJR, WTOP, Catalyst, Boston Herald, Associated Press and TheBlaze
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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New York Post, Digby's Hullabaloo, Washington Post, The Texas Tribune and Salon
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
GOP Rep. Tom Reed ‘definitely looking’ at challenging NY Gov. Cuomo amid nursing home controversy — Cuomo is facing criticism over the state's handling of the coronavirus pandemic in nursing homes — Republican Rep. Tom Reed of New York says that he's “definitely looking” …
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BizPac Review