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10:35 AM ET, February 3, 2022

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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 …
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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Special Forces Raid Syrian Site in Search of Terrorist Leader  —  The operation was carried out in northwest Syria near the Turkish border  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. special operations forces carried out a combat operation to kill or capture a high-level terrorist in northwest Syria along the Turkish border …
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 …
CNN:
US conducts counterterrorism raid in Syria killing ISIS leader
Discussion: Voice of America
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN insider says network ‘needs to step up and fire Brian Stelter’ for not exposing Jeff Zucker affair: report  —  The network employee said Stelter's 'been sitting on his moral high horse doing Jeff's biddling'  —  Zucker's actions an ‘embarrassment’ for CNN: Kurtz
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Kayla Brantley / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Brian Stelter should start looking for another job.’ Attention turns to the CNN anchor following Jeff Zucker's ousting for his failure to report on the open secret affair while bashing other news networks  — Insiders are calling for Brian Stelter to be fired after failing …
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns, Citing Relationship With Colleague
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
CNN and Brian Stelter forget how Jeff Zucker turned their network into Trump TV in 2016
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  —  EXCLUSIVE, SPOILER ALERT: Rudy Giuliani was last week unmasked as an exiting costumed contestant in the taping of the first episode of Fox's popular prime time show The Masked Singer.
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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Judges Walk Out After ‘The Masked Singer’ Reveals Rudy Giuliani
Discussion: Mediaite
Molly Minta / Mississippi Today:
Inside Mississippi's only class on critical race theory  —  As Republican lawmakers push to ban critical race theory, here's how the class changed the mind of one conservative Mississippian.  —  Brittany Murphree was born and raised in Rankin County, Mississippi, one of the most Republican counties …
Discussion: Carl Beijer
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FiveThirtyEight:
Why Democrats Keep Losing Culture Wars  —  Virginia's new governor, Glenn Youngkin, kicked off his term with a political magic trick.  In the first of nine executive orders issued on Jan. 15, the day he took office,1 he banned the teaching of “inherently divisive concepts, including critical race theory” in K-12 public schools.
Discussion: ABC News and Blue Virginia
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.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
America is in Europe to stay — thanks to Putin  —  By threatening Ukraine's sovereignty, Moscow has achieved something Biden could not do on his own: unite the west  —  So much for America's shift from the Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific.  By demanding concessions that have shocked a divided …
Discussion: Florida Politics
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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 …
Politico:
Biden, Adams strike up alliance as Democrats face new threat: Rising violent crime  —  NEW YORK — One likes to go out at night before waking up early.  The other keeps a compressed schedule and enjoys weekends on the Delaware shore.  —  One is a former cop who ran for office with the support of rank-and-file officers.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What Eric Adams taught Joe Biden about the politics of crime
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
NYC Mayor Adams dines with ex-Gov. Cuomo at Midtown restaurant
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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: Raw Story
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 …
Ben Steverman / Bloomberg:
Tax-Free Inheritances Fuel America's New $73 Trillion Gilded Age  —  Americans can expect to inherit $72.6 trillion over the next quarter century, more than twice as much as a decade ago, in the latest indication of how soaring markets are poised to bolster the next generation of the ultra-rich.
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
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 …
Cayla Harris / Houston Chronicle:
National Butterfly Center on Texas border closing indefinitely after attacks from right-wing conspiracy theorists  —  The National Butterfly Center on the Texas border is closing “for the immediate future” after conspiracy-fueled attacks against the center on social media escalated in recent days.
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 …
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Requiescat in Pace, Alma  —  Covid took my sister, a compassionate, tough soul who always put others first.  —  Tuesday morning, the hospital wouldn't let me say goodbye to my sister.  Covid restrictions, they said.  Only Alma's two daughters, masked and gowned, were allowed in with their mother …
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
How much 2022 candidates are paying after endorsements  —  Some big-name 2022 candidates are cutting checks to high-profile backers who endorsed their campaigns, records show.  —  Why it matters: Key endorsements are a known boon to campaigns battling for support, especially among ideologically committed primary voters.
Michelle Malkin / The Unz Review:
Why Airbnb Banned Me (And My Hubby, Too!)  —  So here is the grim reality of life in Woke America 2022.  In November, I spoke at a peaceful conference held by an organization that is deemed a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League.
Discussion: Page Array and The Daily Beast
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Former Human Rights Campaign president alleges racial bias in his firing after Andrew M. Cuomo scandal  —  The former president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBTQ advocacy group, sued the organization Thursday, contending that a pattern of racial discrimination led …
Washington Post:
D.C. bar that broke vaccine rules closed for health violations  —  A D.C. bar that was feted by conservative media as it lost its liquor license for violating vaccine rules was closed by the city's health department Tuesday for food code violations.  —  The Big Board, located …
 
 
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South Florida seniors alarmed after political party was unknowingly changed to Republican
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New York Times:
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
It Might Be Time for the Democrats to Move On From Chuck Schumer
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Martin Weil / Washington Post:
Wandering chicken seized near Pentagon
Discussion: Associated Press
Stephen Gutowski / The Reload:
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
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Washington Post:
Virginia judge declines to act immediately on school boards' suit seeking to halt Youngkin's mask-optional order
Discussion: Associated Press
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