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9:40 AM ET, February 2, 2022

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New York Times:
U.S. Has Far Higher Covid Death Rate Than Other Wealthy Countries  —  Two years into the pandemic, the coronavirus is killing Americans at far higher rates than people in other wealthy nations, a sobering distinction to bear as the country charts a course through the next stages of the pandemic.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Orders 3,000 Troops to Bolster European Allies in Russia-Ukraine Crisis  —  American soldiers will head to Poland, Germany and Romania in the first major movement of U.S. forces in the standoff.
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CNN:
Biden formally approves new US troops to Europe amid Russia threat, deployments expected in ‘coming days’  —  How does Russia's army compare with Ukraine's?  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden has formally approved additional US military deployments to eastern Europe, and the Pentagon is expected …
The Economist:
How big is Russia's military build-up around Ukraine?  —  It is the biggest concentration of firepower in Europe since the cold war  —  The crisis on the Russia-Ukraine border shows no sign of easing.  On January 27th Joe Biden, America's president, told Volodymyr Zelensky …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Exclusive: Hawley calls on Biden to drop support for Ukraine membership in NATO  —  Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is calling on the Biden administration to drop longstanding U.S. support for Ukraine's eventual membership in NATO, arguing that a binding commitment to defend the country would undermine efforts to counter China.
Discussion: National Zero and Politico
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump's Words, and Deeds, Reveal Depths of His Drive to Retain Power  —  Donald Trump said he wanted Mike Pence to overturn the election, dangled pardons for Jan. 6 rioters and called for protests against prosecutors.  Now, it turns out, he had discussed having national security agencies seize voting machines.
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New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Examining Trump's Role in Proposals to Seize Voting Machines  —  The House committee is looking into efforts by the former president's outside advisers to create a legal basis for national security agencies to help reverse his defeat in 2020.  —  WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee …
Axios:
Scoop: Leaked document reveals Biden's Afghan failures  —  Leaked notes from a White House Situation Room meeting the day before Kabul fell shed new light on just how unprepared the Biden administration was to evacuate Afghan nationals who'd helped the United States in its 20-year war against the Taliban.
John Kruzel / The Hill:
Plurality wants Biden to keep vow to nominate Black woman to Supreme Court: poll  —  A plurality of Americans says that President Biden should deliver on his campaign pledge to nominate the country's first African American female justice to the Supreme Court, according to a new poll.
Discussion: Reason
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New York Times:
ABC Suspends Whoopi Goldberg Over Holocaust Comments  —  Ms. Goldberg's comments, on Monday's episode of “The View,” came amid growing ignorance about the Holocaust and rising antisemitism.  She has apologized.  —  Whoopi Goldberg, the comedian and actress who is also a co-host of the ABC talk show …
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
FBI Director Wray says scale of Chinese spying in the U.S. ‘blew me away’  —  Full interview: FBI Director Wray discusses efforts to halt China's economic and political spying  —  Chinese spying in the U.S. has become so widespread that the FBI is launching an average of two counterintelligence …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
FBI tells Olympians to leave phones at home due to ‘potential threats’ at Beijing Games
Discussion: ABC News, National Review, NPR and d1779
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Surprise!  Tucker Carlson Draws the Most Democratic Viewers in Key Demo, Even Topping Rachel Maddow  —  There is an entire cottage industry within media dedicated to disseminating Tucker Carlson's nightly Fox News musings to presumably liberal audiences who may not be tuning in to hear …
Discussion: Forbes and The Daily Caller
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Companies unexpectedly cut 301,000 jobs in January as omicron slams labor market, ADP says  — Private payrolls fell by 301,000 for January versus the estimate for a 200,000 gain, according to payrolls processing firm ADP.  — This was the first reported net job less since December 2020 …
Ben Samuels / Reuters:
U.S. State Department Rejects Amnesty's Apartheid Claim Against Israel  —  'The Jewish people must not be denied their right to self-determination, and we must ensure there isn't a double standard being applied,' says U.S. State Department spokesman following Amnesty International report
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Axios:
Scoop: McCarthy says Pelosi may cap State of Union crowd  —  Each party may be allowed to invite just 25 House members to attend President Biden's State of the Union Address in person, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told colleagues on Tuesday.  —  Why it matters: The possible restrictions …
Discussion: National Review and The Hill
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Offer Gloomy State of the Nation Report  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' satisfaction with a variety of aspects of U.S. society and the state of policy in key issue areas remains subdued in 2022 after falling in 2021.  In fact, in only one area — acceptance of gays and lesbians …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans can't agree on a SCOTUS strategy  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Republicans have been all over the map lately in their Supreme Court messaging.  Sen. ROGER WICKER (R-Miss.) called President JOE BIDEN's vow to only consider Black women for the vacancy “affirmative action.”
Discussion: CBS News, Punchbowl News and Forbes
Kara Voght / Rolling Stone:
A Progressive Lawmaker Claims She Did Nothing Wrong.  Her Former Allies Aren't So Sure  —  Rep. Marie Newman is accused of making a quid-pro-quo job offer to convince a potential rival not to run against her  —  Rep. Marie Newman swears she didn't offer a job to her political rival in order …
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Insider
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Jan. 6 committee member: Trump ‘absolutely’ tampering with witnesses  —  Rep. Pete Aguilar, a member of the House Jan. 6 select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection, on Wednesday said former President Donald Trump “absolutely” was tampering with the panel's witnesses …
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, Raw Story and CBS News
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Luján stroke jolts 50-50 Senate  —  News of Sen. Ben Ray Luján's (D-N.M.) stroke sent shockwaves through the Senate on Tuesday, underscoring the fragility of Democrats' 50-50 majority.  —  Democrats are in the majority because they have 50 seats and the ability for Vice President Harris to break a tie.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Biden to reignite Cancer Moonshot initiative to ‘end cancer as we know it today’  —  The president is expected to announce new national goals, including cutting the age-adjusted death rate from cancer by at least 50 percent and working to improve “the experience of people and their families living with and surviving cancer.”
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
Newsweak  —  Newsweek is not really Newsweek, and it hasn't been for a long time.  —  When I hear the word “Newsweek,” my mind conjures an image of the magazine rack inside a Borders bookstore circa 2003.  As smaller magazines jumped in and out of stock, opened and closed in the blink of an eye …
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Meta Will Allow Solicitation of Human Smuggling on Its Platforms  —  Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, privately announced on Monday that users can use its platforms to solicit human smugglers, a decision that goes against demands by anti-human trafficking groups that urged the tech giant to crack down on the practice.
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Tucker Carlson donates to Marjorie Taylor Greene's campaign  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson contributed to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) re-election campaign last fall, federal election records show.  —  An FEC filing, dated Sept. 15, 2021, shows a donation for $250 to …
Suffolk University:
Suffolk University/USA TODAY Florida Poll  —  DeSantis and Trump would defeat Biden in Sunshine State  —  Florida voters would choose Governor Ron DeSantis for president in 2024, if he were the Republican nominee, over President Biden by 52%-44%, a new Suffolk University/USA TODAY network poll …
Vinnie Longobardo / Occupy Democrats:
GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Florida Governor's key link to Trump just stepped out of the shadows  —  The political tension between former president Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis these days stems from their presumed mutual ambition to win the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Trumps file legal response accusing New York AG Letitia James of having a vendetta against the former First Family and breaking state laws by campaigning on the promise to take them down without a shred of evidence  — The Trump Organization's lawyers have filed a legal response …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Politico:
The Zients-geist is coming  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With Allie Bice.  —  Chief of staff RON KLAIN hasn't said he's planning to leave the White House any time soon but current and former Biden …
Los Angeles Times:
UCLA moves classes online after ex-lecturer appears to threaten mass shooting  —  UCLA will resume in-person classes Wednesday after a former lecturer who sent campus members a video referencing a mass shooting and an 800-page manifesto with specific threats was taken into custody Tuesday by police in Boulder, Colo.
Carter Sherman / VICE:
Woman Says She Was ‘Virtually Gang-Raped’ in Facebook's Metaverse  —  “Within 60 seconds of joining—I was verbally and sexually harassed.”  —  CS  —  A woman says that she was “virtually gang-raped” in Facebook's metaverse, just seconds after she stepped into the new virtual world.
Discussion: New York Post
 
 
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump's PAC gave $1 million to Meadows' non-profit weeks after House formed January 6 committee
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Insider
Jackson Richman / Mediaite:
Chuck Todd Confronts Top Democrat on Party's Redistricting: 'You Don't Accept that You're Gerrymandering?'
Discussion: IJR
Matthew Gardner / ITEP:
Netflix Posts a Record $5.3 Billion in Profits and a Federal Tax Rate of Just 1.1 percent
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Trump-endorsed candidates struggling to raise money
Discussion: Washington Examiner and CNN
Leslie Eastman / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
“Convoy to DC 2022” Gains Momentum as American Truckers Get Organized
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Biden FCC pick Gigi Sohn's scheduled committee vote gets pulled
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Dov Fischer / New York Post:
It's a mitzvah, not anti-Semitism, to attack George Soros' dangerous DA campaigns
Shwanika Narayan / San Francisco Chronicle:
San Francisco becomes fourth California city to apologize for racist past against its Chinese community
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and NBC Bay Area
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Kinzinger pushes ‘uneasy alliance’ to thwart Trump's allies
Reuters:
EU to propose green investment label for gas and nuclear energy, source says
CNN:
After more than a dozen HBCUs get bomb threats on the first day of Black History Month, students and staff express unease and dismay
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Ohio secretary of state finds 27 potentially illegal votes
Discussion: Washington Times
CNBC:
Authorities raid Michigan home of high-ranking Homeland Security official Vance Callender
Discussion: Raw Story
Nate Hochman / National Review:
Georgetown Law Students Stage Sit-In, Demand Dean Fire Ilya Shapiro
 

 
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