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9:30 PM ET, February 9, 2022

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New York Times:
Archives Found Possible Classified Material in Boxes Returned by Trump  —  The National Archives consulted with the Justice Department about the discovery after the former president sent back documents that he had improperly taken from the White House when he left office.
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Washington Post:
National Archives asks Justice Dept. to investigate Trump's handling of White House records  —  The request came amid revelations that officials recovered 15 boxes of materials from the former president's Mar-a-Lago residence that weren't handed back to the government as they should have been
ABC News:
Former White House press aide appears before Jan. 6 committee  —  Sarah Matthews appeared Tuesday for an interview with the committee.  —  Sarah Matthews, a Trump White House press aide who resigned over the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, appeared Tuesday for an interview …
nsarchive.gwu.edu:
President Trump May Have Violated Laws Protecting Government Property When He Destroyed, Removed Records, NGOs Assert
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
Teaganne Finn / NBC News:
National Archives asks Justice Department to probe Trump's handling of White House records
Discussion: CBS News, Mercury News and Raw Story
Alejandra Marquez Janse / NPR:
Which skin color emoji should you use?  The answer can be more complex than you think … Heath Racela identifies as three-quarters white and one-quarter Filipino.  When texting, he chooses a yellow emoji instead of a skin tone option, because he feels it doesn't represent any specific ethnicity or color.
Discussion: HotAir, Gawker and Twitchy
Washington Post:
Giuliani asked Michigan prosecutor to give voting machines to Trump team  —  President's legal advisers helped twist clerical error by rural county into key tenet of false election-fraud claim  —  In the weeks after the 2020 election, Rudolph W. Giuliani and other legal advisers …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Read the emails showing Trump allies' connections to voting machine seizure push  —  Leaked emails obtained by POLITICO reveal the connection of two outside Trump allies — Washington lawyer Katherine Friess and Texas entrepreneur Russell Ramsland — to the failed push to seize voting machines …
Discussion: Raw Story
James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
Joe Rogan Returns to Stand-Up Stage, Mocks His Controversies  —  Rogan addressed his recent headlines with a self-deprecating set: “If you want my advice, don't take my advice.”  —  Joe Rogan returned to the stand-up stage Tuesday night with a self-deprecating set that mocked and discussed his recent headlines.
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN anchor admits she's ‘officially out of ideas’ for ‘what to do about Joe Rogan’  —  The liberal network has waged relentless attacks toward the popular podcast host  —  Thought police attacking Joe Rogan like they did Soviet dissidents: Koffler  —  It appears CNN is losing steam in its criticism toward podcast giant Joe Rogan.
Discussion: ABC17NEWS, WHDH-TV and Mediaite
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden faces possible trucker threat  —  President Biden is facing the possibility of truck driver protests mirroring those in Canada over vaccine mandates, which would come as the administration works to combat supply chain disruptions, vaccinate more Americans, and bounce back the U.S. economy.
Discussion: WAVY-TV
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CNN:
Pence rebuked Trump — and received an outpouring of GOP support in response  —  (CNN)Mike Pence did not initially intend to admonish former President Donald Trump during a long-planned speech last week.  But a pair of statements from Trump criticizing Pence's actions on January 6, 2021 …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and New Republic
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump adviser Peter Navarro
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Open Everything  —  In March 2020, I wrote that America should “cancel everything” in response to the acute threat posed by COVID-19: Mass events should be postponed, companies should send employees home from the office, and schools should move classes online.  —  I remain convinced that this was the right thing to do.
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CNN:
McConnell squares off with conservatives for downplaying ‘violent insurrection’  —  (CNN)Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell made clear this week that the deadly events on January 6, 2021, were a “violent insurrection” meant to stop the peaceful transfer of power — a comment prompting backlash …
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Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber / Reuters:
Figure skating-Russian media say teen star tested positive for banned drug … Russian media reported on Wednesday that 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva had tested positive for a banned drug, after the ceremony to present her and her team mates with their Olympic gold medals was postponed for unexplained legal reasons.
Eric Garcia / The Independent:
Repeat STOCK Act violator Sen Tommy Tuberville calls trading ban for Congress ‘ridiculous’  —  Exclusive: ‘They might as well start sending robots up here,’ senator tells The Independent  —  Congress Moves Closer to Barring Lawmakers From Trading on Stock Market
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Accuses Pelosi of Running ‘Gazpacho Police.’ … Have you ever heard two unfamiliar words, and assumed they're different pronunciations of the same word?  It has happened to all of us at some point.  For most of us, though, it has not happened with a word like “Gestapo …
Eileen McClory / dayton-daily-news:
VIDEO: Yellow Springs votes no on housing plan after Chappelle, others speak up  —  Development can still move forward, but without affordable housing component  —  Oberer Homes can move forward with a new development in Yellow Springs, but without an affordable housing component initially promised …
Rachael Bunyan / Daily Mail:
£740,000 painting is ruined after ‘bored’ security guard draws eyes on faceless figures on his first day in the job at Russian gallery  — The security guard had drawn two pairs of eyes with a ballpoint pen onto artist Anna Leporskaya's ‘Three Figures’ (1932-1934) painting
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Dan MacGuill / Snopes.com:
Did Biden Admin ‘Fund Crack Pipes’ To ‘Advance Racial Equity’? … Origin  —  In February 2022, right-leaning outlets reported breathlessly that the Biden administration had plans to fund the distribution of crack pipes in order to advance the cause of racial equity.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis, 'Don't say gay,' and the new GOP ‘snitch culture’  —  The GOP proposals sweeping the country that restrict the teaching of race have an obvious purpose: to make teachers feel perpetually on thin ice, so they shy away from difficult discussions about our national past rather …
Gabrielle Bluestone / New York Magazine:
‘I More So Consider Myself a Con Artist Than Anything’  —  What Danielle Miller learned at Horace Mann and Rikers.  —  Danielle Miller walked into Rikers Island at 3 a.m. in the dead of winter, shivering in a flimsy Missoni cover-up, Hervé Léger bathing suit, and Valentino Rockstud heels …
Discussion: The Cut
Nell Gluckman / Chronicle of Higher Education:
They Signed a Letter in Support of a Colleague.  Now They Want to Take It Back.  —  Last week 38 Harvard professors signed a letter in support of their colleague John L. Comaroff, who the university found had violated its sexual-harassment and professional-conduct policies.  —  Now they want to take it back.
Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service:
New report details the influence of Christian nationalism on the insurrection  —  (RNS) — A team of scholars, faith leaders and advocates unveiled an exhaustive new report Wednesday (Feb. 9) that documents in painstaking detail the role Christian nationalism played in the Jan. 6 attack …
David Kihara / Politico:
Florida man connected to Gaetz probe formally enters guilty plea  —  A Florida collectibles dealer connected to the federal investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz formally entered a guilty plea in Orlando on Wednesday, marking another twist in the ongoing probe into the Republican congressman.
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Harriet Alexander / Daily Mail:
Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area is now so bad residents are being asked to house a homeless person in their OWN HOMES: Politicians and charities claim locals want to be part of the solution  — Charities are urging local families to take homeless people into their very homes …
Discussion: Breitbart
Molly Jong-Fast / The Atlantic:
The Stories Fox News Doesn't Cover  —  In an alternate reality, what's left out can matter as much as what's made up. … If a story doesn't run on Fox, will Fox viewers even know it happened?  While it may be true that liberals and conservatives each live in their own news bubble …
Matt Ford / New Republic:
The Supreme Court Is Even More Conservative Than You Think  —  How conservative is the Supreme Court?  To some observers, it is unambiguously anchored on the right, eager to write its ideological vision of the Constitution into the fabric of American law.  To others, there are glimmers of moderation …
Discussion: RedState
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Watchdogs demand info from DHS, HHS on NGOs working along Texas border to aid illegal immigrants  —  CatholicVote, Judicial Watch demand communications records between DHS and catholic charities  —  Catholic college forces student out over vaccine mandate, refuses to give him a full refund
Discussion: National Review and Judicial Watch
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Some Trump allies want him to pull his endorsement of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ahead of GOP primary  — Donald Trump's team has heard from allies who are trying to encourage the former president to withdraw his support for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, according to people familiar with the matter.
Wall Street Journal:
White House Approves Plan to Help Americans Leaving Ukraine if Russia Attacks  —  U.S. troops will set up checkpoints and tent camps inside Poland's border to help Americans who leave Ukraine  —  WASHINGTON—The White House has approved a Pentagon plan for U.S. troops in Poland to help thousands …
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
‘Blue’ suburban moms are mobilizing to counter conservatives in fights over masks, book bans and diversity education  —  Dozens of suburban moms from around the country dialed into an Ohio-based Zoom training session last month with the same goal — to learn how to combat the increasingly vitriolic rhetoric …
Discussion: Salon
 
 
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Discussion: Washington Post
Brennan Center for Justice:
Voting Laws Roundup: February 2022
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and Common Dreams
Boston Fed News:
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Names Its Next President and Chief Executive Officer
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
China completely ignored the trade deal they made with Trump
Kyle Smith / National Review:
Leana Wen's 180-Degree Reversal on Masks
Brendan Karet / Media Matters for America:
Laura Ingraham announces she's boycotting Airbnb in support of her “dear friend,” white nationalist sympathizer Michelle Malkin
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Caitlin Byrd / The State:
Trump planning trip to SC to boost congressional hopefuls
Discussion: WTOP News and Washington Post
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
More evidence the Supreme Court is hostile to the Voting Rights Act
Discussion: New York Magazine
Nate Hochman / National Review:
Elise Stefanik Drops Support for Fairness for All Act
Discussion: Washington Examiner and GC News
CNN:
A giant donut-shaped machine just proved a near-limitless clean power source is possible
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Air wars: Kemp gets reinforcements from RGA
Discussion: The Hill
 

 
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Financial Times:
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