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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.
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The Hill, The Root, BizPac Review, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, KXAN-TV, The Intellectualist, KHOU-TV and Washington Examiner
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, Law & Crime, Talking Points Memo, The Intellectualist, emptywheel, Raw Story and Political Wire
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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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.
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
U.S. deports former Nazi guard whose wartime role was noted on card found amid sunken ship — A 95-year-old former German concentration camp guard who made a new life in Tennessee was deported to his home country Saturday after an index card found in a sunken ship helped prove his Nazi ties.
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Bloomberg, New York Post and The Times of Israel
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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Talking Points Memo, National File, National Review, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Federalist and Deseret News
Ashleigh Carter / NowThis News:
AOC & Beto O'Rourke Fundraise, Provide Relief For Texas While Ted Cruz Jets Off To Mexico — Two politicians are helping to provide resources for residents in Texas who went days without electricity, heat, or running water, while the state's own Sen. Ted Cruz (R) is under fire for flying to Mexico with his family.
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Digby's Hullabaloo, The American Independent, Raw Story and The Bulwark
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Sonam Sheth / Insider:
United Airlines says it's investigating the leak of Ted Cruz's Cancun flight information
United Airlines says it's investigating the leak of Ted Cruz's Cancun flight information
Elizabeth Elizalde / New York Post:
Ted Cruz's family seen soaking up the Cancun sun while Texas shivers
Ted Cruz's family seen soaking up the Cancun sun while Texas shivers
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The Boston Globe
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, Insider, The Guardian, Lead Stories, Raw Story and Vanity Fair
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
In a Russian court, Alexei Navalny loses again but still has the last word — MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny lost in court Saturday — twice — but again used his time in the dock to expound on why he stands against President Vladimir Putin, no matter the personal risk.
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New York Times
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BBC:
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic loses appeal against jailing
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic loses appeal against jailing
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NPR, Associated Press, Al Jazeera and Insider
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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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Week and Raw Story
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
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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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Hackwhackers, Raw Story and NPR
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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, TheGrio and Washington Post
Matthew Wilson / Campus Reform the #1 Source …:
Cornell charges students $1,800 for racially-segregated rock climbing class, frantically scrubs website when confronted — Cornell University altered the course description of a racially-segregated physical education course offered to students during the Spring 2021 academic semester after Campus Reform reached out for comment.
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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CNN, POLITICUSUSA, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Insider, Bloomberg, Raw Story and Political Wire
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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USA Today, Washington Post, CNN, KTUU, CBS News, Insider, Associated Press, Slate, FEMA.gov, UPI, National Review, The Texas Tribune, Al Jazeera, POLITICUSUSA, KRON4, New York Post, Vox and NPR
CBS News:
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis faces criticism over COVID-19 vaccine distribution — In Manatee County, Florida, this week, thousands of people got called to come to the affluent Lakewood Ranch development and get a coronavirus vaccine. It was a call many had been waiting for.
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RedState and NBC 6 South Florida
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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
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Democrats Beat Trump in 2020. Now They're Asking: What Went Wrong? — Disappointed by down-ballot losses, Democratic interest groups are joining forces to conduct an autopsy of the election results. Republicans do not yet seem willing to reckon with the G.O.P.'s major defeats.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Columbian, NBC News, IJR and Insider
Dan Merica / CNN:
‘You did the unthinkable’: Ohio's Anthony Gonzalez faces fury over impeachment vote — Medina, Ohio (CNN)To Shannon Burns, the betrayal that local Republicans felt when Ohio State wide receiver-turned-Republican-congressman Anthony Gonzalez voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump …
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Raw Story
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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MyRGV.com, Insider, Mother Jones and New Republic
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
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 …
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Merrick Garland Might Actually Get to Do This Job. It Looks Daunting. — After the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing — “the most important thing I have ever done in my life” — the spurned Supreme Court nominee has another chance to shape history as threats of domestic terrorism rage.
John Halpin / The Liberal Patriot:
White Non-College Voters Don't Oppose Social Welfare Programs — How misperceptions among progressive elites block unified coalitions to help all working-class communities — If you drop into any progressive discussion group these days, or pick up the New York Times, you'll hear nonstop chatter about the …
Kathleen Kingsbury / New York Times:
Rush Limbaugh as Seen by Four Writers — Examining how the controversial commentator changed America. — Ms. Kingsbury is the Opinion editor. … Times Opinion doesn't often publish four pieces reflecting on the death of one person, but few Americans have left as big a mark on politics …
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Mediaite, Twitchy, VICE and Washington Post
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 …
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 …
Tyler Bridges / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
James Carville, Mary Matalin moving out of $3.4M New Orleans ‘gem’; here's a look inside — James Carville and Mary Matalin — America's most famous bipartisan power couple — are selling their Uptown New Orleans mansion. — But they're not leaving town.