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7:40 AM ET, February 7, 2022

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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
Matthew Belloni / Puck:
Chris Cuomo Isn't Done with CNN  —  Now that Jeff Zucker is out, most people seem to think that Cuomo has lost whatever leverage he had over CNN.  But the legal drama surrounding Cuomo's case isn't so simple. … First it was the shock of rank-and-file staffers; then the impact on AT&T's spinoff …
Discussion: Coverage Notes
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
CNN's collapse is now complete  —  It all began 42 years ago — Ted Turner's creation of a 24/7 news network that would exist on something called cable TV.  Few believed it could succeed.  —  And, for its first decade, CNN largely chugged along but wasn't seen as a game-changer …
Discussion: Althouse and National Memo
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.
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New York Times:
Macron Tries to Avert a European War and Reshape European Security
Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence's Constitution  —  The former Veep stands up to Trump, despite the potential political cost.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  The United States desperately needs a Republican Party that is a sane alternative to the ruling Democrats who have lurched to the coercive left.
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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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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  —  President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of Israel to reaffirm the warm and historic partnership between the United States and Israel.
Jonathan Lis / Haaretz:   U.S. President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office, August. Credit: NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Spotify CEO says company won't be “silencing” Joe Rogan  —  Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told employees Sunday that while he strongly condemns past racial slurs used by Joe Rogan, he won't be cutting ties with the platform's most popular podcaster, according to an internal memo obtained by Axios.
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
Lillian Rizzo / Wall Street Journal:
Beijing Winter Olympics Opening Day Draws About 16 Million U.S. Viewers, 43% Lower Than in 2018  —  Preliminary figures from NBC reflect declining audience for the Games over recent Olympic cycles  —  The opening day of the Winter Olympics in Beijing drew nearly 16 million viewers in the U.S …
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox Business:   Beijing Olympics: Coca-Cola quiet on Uyghur genocide after criticizing Georgia election law
Washington Post:
National Archives had to retrieve Trump White House records from Mar-a-Lago  —  The recovery of multiple boxes from Trump's Florida resort, including letters from Barack Obama and Kim Jong Un, underscores the previous administration's cavalier handling of presidential records
Alex Thompson / Politico:
‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’: Biden's top science adviser bullied and demeaned subordinates, according to White House investigation  —  President Joe Biden's top science adviser, Eric Lander, bullied and demeaned his subordinates and violated the White House's workplace policy …
Discussion: Political Wire and STAT
Andrew Keh / New York Times:
Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis player, meets the I.O.C. leader in Beijing.  —  Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis player who largely disappeared from public life after making sexual abuse accusations against a political official in November, held a private meeting with Thomas Bach …
Discussion: KVIA-TV, WTOP News, Insider, UPI and Bloomberg
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?
Discussion: Washington Post
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 …
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Manchin: Social spending bill elements must go through committee process  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Sunday said elements from the Democrats social spending and climate package must go through the committee process if the party wants to pass initiatives from the bill.
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Manchin says he's ‘not a Washington Democrat’
Discussion: Townhall
 
 
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Peter Stone / The Guardian:
Trump's incendiary Texas speech may have deepened his legal troubles, experts say
Discussion: Raw Story
Joseph Berger / New York Times:
How Yiddish Scholars Are Rescuing Women's Novels From Obscurity
Financial Times:
Joe Biden must confront the left's cultural over-reach
John Hasnas / Wall Street Journal:
Why Colleges Don't Care About Free Speech
Jack Murphy / Yahoo News:
A clandestine Army operative concealed his mental health problems until it was too late. Is the military to blame?
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Time For a Victory Lap*  —  *Some terms and conditions apply.  Modern Monetary Theory …
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Military Reporters & Editors Assoc:
Military Reporters & Editors Association calls for the resumption of embeds
James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Scowling Obama inspects his multi-million dollar Hawaii mansion
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David French / The Dispatch:
Our Nation Cannot Censor Its Way Back to Cultural Health
Mike Allen / Axios:
McCain when he picked Palin: “F— it!”
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Want to fight crime? Take on the gun lobby.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Reason
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Climate Change Enters the Therapy Room
 

 
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