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2:35 PM ET, February 3, 2022

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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Jeff Zucker's legacy is defined by his promotion of Donald Trump  —  Many questions still swirl around Wednesday's startling announcement that, after nine years, Jeff Zucker's reign as CNN president was over.  —  Was his ouster really all about his failure to disclose to his corporate bosses …
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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Inside the CNN Newsroom's Clash with Jason Kilar  —  Fear, anger, profound loyalty to Jeff Zucker and full-blown resentment for Jason Kilar dominated a confidential meeting in CNN's D.C. newsroom on the night of Zucker's February surprise.  —  Just after 7 p.m. ET last night …
Discussion: New York Post
Michael Graham / NH Journal:
Lewandowski's New Gig: Get Rid of Gov. Sununu  —  On the Howie Carr radio show Wednesday, Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski said his old boss has given him a new job: Get rid of Gov. Chris Sununu.  —  “When we spoke earlier in the day, you told me that [President Trump] assigned you a couple …
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
More CNN: Critics wondering why Stelter still has a job after Zucker scandal  —  Seems like others are beginning to ask the question I raised yesterday about Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter.  It hardly seems reliable that Stelter failed to report on the “open secret” …
Kayla Brantley / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Brian Stelter should start looking for another job.’ …
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
CNN and Brian Stelter forget how Jeff Zucker turned their network into Trump TV in 2016
Discussion: HotAir, The Ankler and New York Post
Associated Press:
Biden: US raid in Syria killed top Islamic State leader  —  ATMEH, Syria (AP) — A U.S. special forces raid in northwestern Syria early Thursday killed the top leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, President Joe Biden said.  —  “Thanks to the skill and bravery …
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden  —  Last night at my direction, U.S. military forces in the northwest Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and our Allies, and make the world a safer place.  Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces …
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
US commandos kill ISIS leader, successor of al-Baghdadi, in Syria raid  —  The U.S. military killed the leader of ISIS in an early-morning operation in northwest Syria early Thursday morning, President Biden said.  —  Abu Ibrahim al Hahimi al Qurayshi, who took control of the terror group …
Associated Press:
US forces launch raid in Syria, civilians also reported dead
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Washington Post:
Memo circulated among Trump allies advocated using NSA data in attempt to prove stolen election  —  The proposal to seize and analyze “NSA unprocessed raw signals data” raises legal and ethical concerns that set it apart from other attempts that have come to light.
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
NORTH KOREA HACKED HIM.  SO HE TOOK DOWN ITS INTERNET  —  Disappointed with the lack of US response to the Hermit Kingdom's attacks against US security researchers, one hacker took matters into his own hands.  —  For the past two weeks, observers of North Korea's strange and tightly restricted corner …
Washington Post:   Trump allies planned to seize NSA data to prove stolen election
James Kirchick / Tablet Magazine:
When the Pope Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie, That's Ahmari  —  From neoconservatism to integralist cosplay to active worship of China and Russia, the ‘post-liberal’ right has had a giddy five years  —  I first met Sohrab Ahmari, one of the most influential and controversial writers …
John F. Harris / Politico:
Take The Hint, John Roberts — It's Time For You To Retire, Too  —  “Judges are like umpires,” John Roberts famously said at his confirmation hearing as Chief Justice.  “Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them ... They make sure everybody plays by the rules, but it is a limited role.
Discussion: HotAir and Raw Story
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
So long, Omicron: White House eyes next phase of pandemic  —  The White House is preparing to move on from Omicron.  —  Emboldened by falling case counts, the Biden administration is plotting a new phase of the pandemic response aimed at containing the coronavirus and conditioning Americans to live with it.
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Daniel Henninger / Wall Street Journal:   End the Covid Panic Now
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Facebook lost daily users for the first time ever last quarter  —  A metaverse pivot isn't going to fix the social network's main problems: slowing user and ad growth  —  Since its inception, Facebook's user growth has essentially been up and to the right.
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
‘I am doing the devils work’ — Staff at Dem firm revolt over work for Sinema  —  Since the beginning of 2020, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's reelection campaign has paid the Democratic consulting firm Authentic nearly a half million dollars for digital work and list acquisition.
Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
Crime, “Normie Voters” and the Return to Normal  —  What Joe Biden Could Learn from Eric Adams  —  It's been widely noted that Democrats' biggest problem is voters' thirst for a return to normalcy which they don't believe that Democrats have delivered.  The biggest problems here are the economy …
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Politico:
Biden, Adams strike up alliance as Democrats face new threat: Rising violent crime
Molly Minta / Mississippi Today:
Inside Mississippi's only class on critical race theory  —  Brittany Murphree was born and raised in Rankin County, Mississippi, one of the most Republican counties in one of the most Republican states.  —  She went to Northwest Rankin High School where she was the president of the school's chapter …
Discussion: Carl Beijer
FOX13 News Memphis:
Katrina Robinson expelled from Tennessee Senate  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Katrina Robinson has been expelled from her position in the Tennessee Senate.  —  The state's full Senate voted Feb. 2 on whether to expel her from office.  —  A Senate Ethics Committee recommended the expulsion …
Trisha Powell Crain / al.com:
Alabama officials receive complaints about Black History Month as state debates CRT legislation  —  1,214  —  As Alabama lawmakers look to take up multiple bills in the coming weeks that would ban divisive concepts associated with critical race theory, Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey …
Discussion: The Hill
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senator: $1.5 million private sector payout to Biden nominee 'doesn't smell right'  —  Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) on Thursday challenged Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Biden's nominee to serve as the Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision, over the role she played in helping Reserve Trust …
Tom Tapp / Deadline:
L.A. Mayor Garcetti Says He Held His Breath For Maskless Photo With Magic Johnson  —  Los Angeles Mayor — and Biden Administration ambassadorial nominee — Eric Garcetti today defended his actions after maskless photos surfaced of him and Lakers great Magic Johnson, along …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Whoopi Goldberg's American Idea of Race  —  The “racial” distinctions between master and slave may be more familiar to Americans, but they were and are no more real than those between Gentile and Jew.  —  It made sense, to the New York Daily News sports editor, that these guys dominated basketball.
 
 
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Genevieve Lakier / Washington Post:
Is the legal standard for libel outdated? Sarah Palin could help answer.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Reason
Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Why Voter Suppression Probably Won't Work
Discussion: Washington Post
NBC News:
Manchin says Build Back Better is ‘dead.’ Here's what he might resurrect.
Discussion: The Hill and Roll Call
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Fox News is filling its editor positions with GOP operatives and Trump staffers
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
A top GOP Senate candidate walks ‘rigged election’ tightrope in Nevada
Discussion: The Nevada Independent and CNN
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Why Sonny Perdue's push to become chancellor is gaining steam
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
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Glenna Milberg / WPLG-TV:
South Florida seniors alarmed after political party was unknowingly changed to Republican
Discussion: Raw Story and National Zero
Ben Steverman / Bloomberg:
Tax-Free Inheritances Fuel America's New $73 Trillion Gilded Age
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
How much 2022 candidates are paying after endorsements
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Unmasking Of Rudy Giuliani On Fox's ‘The Masked Singer’ Prompts Judges Ken Jeong & Robin Thicke To Walk Off In Protest
 

 
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Jibin Joseph / PCMag:
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Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+
 
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