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10:40 PM ET, February 6, 2022

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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Youngkin campaign attacks high school student on Twitter  —  RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's campaign lashed out at a high school student as well as Democrat Ralph Northam on Twitter this weekend, tweeting out the teen's name and photo after the boy shared a news story about part …
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Ben Paviour / VPM.org:
Youngkin account deletes Tweet attacking 17-year-old, but won't apologize  —  A consultant working for Gov. Glenn Youngkin defended his official campaign account's attack on a 17-year-old high school student on Saturday night.  —  In a tweet that has since been deleted, the “Team Youngkin” …
Natasha Anderson / Daily Mail:
California-born figure skater Beverly Zu, 19, is slammed on Chinese social media after finishing LAST on the ice having given up her US citizenship to compete for Communist Beijing in Winter Olympics  — Figure skater Zhu Yi, 19, finished with the lowest score on day two of the women's short …
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Lillian Rizzo / Wall Street Journal:   Beijing Winter Olympics Opening Day Draws About 16 Million U.S. Viewers, 43% Lower Than in 2018
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox Business:   Beijing Olympics: Coca-Cola quiet on Uyghur genocide after criticizing Georgia election law
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Deleted Abrams tweet shows how schools' COVID policies are in 2022 crosshairs  —  'Where is Stacey's mask?'  Perdue asks.  —  The tweet from Stacey Abrams seemed innocuous enough, promoting her appearance at a Decatur school honoring Black History Month.  —  But the pictures under …
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Adam Sabes / Fox News:   Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman caught maskless in New York high school with masked students
Souad Mekhennet / Washington Post:
Scholz says response to Russia will be ‘united and decisive’ if Ukraine is invaded  —  In an interview with The Post, the German chancellor, who meets President Biden on Monday at the White House, rejected criticism that his government has not done enough to support Ukraine.
Discussion: TASS and Bloomberg
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Laura Kayali / Politico:
Macron vows ‘de-escalation,’ but hints at concessions to Putin
Donald Judd / CNN:
President Biden to visit Israel ‘later this year,’ White House says  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden will visit Israel “later this year” after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett invited him to the country, according to a readout of a call between the two on Sunday released by the White House.
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The White House:
Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s Call with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of Israel
Discussion: The Hill
Jonathan Lis / Haaretz:   U.S. President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office, August. Credit: NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP
Bill Glauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
'It's not like we don't have enough jobs here in Wisconsin': Ron Johnson won't try to land Oshkosh Corp. postal vehicle work  —  Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Saturday he won't try to persuade a Wisconsin manufacturer to place more than 1,000 new jobs in his hometown.
Discussion: Raw Story and Occupy Democrats
Alison Main / CNN:
Manchin and Murkowski endorse each other during joint interview  —  GOP senator: I'm not here to be a representative of the Republican party  —  (CNN)Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Sunday they would endorse one another in upcoming elections during a rare bipartisan interview on CNN.
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:   Manchin: Social spending bill elements must go through committee process
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:   Manchin says he's ‘not a Washington Democrat’
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Overhaul of Electoral Count Act ‘Absolutely’ Will Pass, Manchin Says  —  Senators working to overhaul the law said recent revelations about former President Donald J. Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election made their work even more crucial.  —  WASHINGTON — Key senators working …
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Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence's Constitution
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
2024 Watch: Trump-Pence chasm over Capitol attack widens amid fight for GOP future
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
The Covid Policy That Really Mattered Wasn't a Policy  —  If the C.D.C. had recommended better masks from the beginning, how many people would have worn them and for how long?  If the Biden administration had flooded stores with cheap rapid tests, would people have used them?
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
I'm disgusted by Joe Rogan's weak apology.  My former colleague's death at 47 makes it worse.  —  People are dying because of covid misinformation that Spotify packages as glib podcast fodder.  —  Under fire for spreading covid misinformation on his hugely popular podcast …
New York Times:
California's Supreme Court Was Split.  Leondra Kruger Found the Center.  —  Known for her ‘elegant’ mind, the moderate judge, now on President Biden's short list of potential high court nominees, could be a mediating force in Washington.  —  SACRAMENTO — In 2014, when then-Governor Jerry …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Murkowski to Biden: Pick SCOTUS nominee who can get GOP votes
Discussion: Insider, Washington Post and HotAir
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Time For a Victory Lap*  —  *Some terms and conditions apply.  Modern Monetary Theory, the buzziest economic idea in decades, got a pandemic tryout of sorts.  Now inflation is testing its limits.  —  The sun was sinking low over Long Island Sound as Stephanie Kelton …
Military Reporters & Editors Assoc:
Military Reporters & Editors Association calls for the resumption of embeds  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: The recent deployment of American forces to Europe provides an opportunity for the U.S. military to showcase how the men and women in uniform undertake the mission asked …
Jackie Salo / New York Post:
Memphis BLM founder Pamela Moses sentenced to 6 years for illegally voting  —  The founder of the Black Lives Matter chapter in Memphis has been sentenced to prison for six years for illegally registering to vote in Tennessee, prosecutors said.  —  Pamela Moses, the 44-year-old activist …
James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Scowling Obama inspects his multi-million dollar Hawaii mansion  —  Obama, 60, had his arms crossed the entire time the group were discussing the next steps in building the massive compound
Discussion: RADAR
Mike Allen / Axios:
McCain when he picked Palin: “F— it!”  —  At the moment the late Sen. John McCain green-lit Sarah Palin as his presidential running mate in 2008, he told top advisers: “F— it.  Let's do it.”  —  The intrigue: McCain balled up a fist and shook it as if rolling dice …
Discussion: Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Insider
 
 
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Joe Biden must confront the left's cultural over-reach
John Hasnas / Wall Street Journal:
Why Colleges Don't Care About Free Speech
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A clandestine Army operative concealed his mental health problems until it was too late. Is the military to blame?
David French / The Dispatch:
Our Nation Cannot Censor Its Way Back to Cultural Health
Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
Andrew Cuomo Plans Comeback Months After Resigning Amid Sexual-Harassment Claims
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Todd Cooper / Omaha World-Herald:
Fortenberry wants jury to hear from expert on memory and aging
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Want to fight crime? Take on the gun lobby.
Discussion: Reason and Politico
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Climate Change Enters the Therapy Room
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
How the National Butterfly Center Became the Center of Online Lies
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Tom Lawrence / The Daily Beast:
The Republican Knives Are Out for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem
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