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9:20 AM ET, February 10, 2022

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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
Washington Post:
Trump's troubles on the record-keeping front are getting thornier  —  Good morning.  Do you know what's in Trump's Mar-A-Lago boxes?  Do you remember the '90s?  Are you a member of the gazpacho police?  We want to hear from you: earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  On the Hill
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Insider
Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Inflation Is Expected to Have Stayed Near 40-Year High  —  Economists estimate CPI rose 7.2% last month, the fastest pace since 1982 as supply-chain constraints, high demand drove up costs  —  U.S. inflation is estimated to have remained at a nearly four-decade high in January …
Discussion: CNBC
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation rises 7.5% over the past year, even more than expected and the highest since 1982  — The consumer price index for all items rose 0.6% in January, driving up annual inflation by 7.5%.  — That marked the biggest gain since February 1982 and was even higher than the Wall Street estimate.
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
US inflation jumped 7.5% in the past year, a 40-year high
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Finns Don't Wish ‘Finlandization’ on Ukraine (or Anyone)  —  The Cold War term for a kind of stifled sovereignty has gained attention as a possible solution to the standoff with Russia.  But the nation it's named for would rather forget about it.  —  HELSINKI — For decades …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Yahoo News:
Exclusive: DHS warns that trucker protests in U.S. could begin on Super Bowl Sunday  —  The Department of Homeland Security is warning law enforcement and public safety officials in the United States that a prolonged trucker convoy protesting vaccine mandates could begin on Feb. 13, when the Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles.
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Rupa Subramanya / Common Sense:
What the Truckers Want  —  I've spoken to 100 of the protestors gathered in the Canadian capital.  What's happening is far bigger than the vaccine mandates.  —  For two weeks, the 18-wheelers, the semis, the tractors and the pick-up trucks streamed through the snow and ice into the center of Ottawa, the Canadian capital.
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 …
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Washington Post:
Abrupt end to mask mandates reflects a shifting political landscape  —  As electoral warning signs flash for Democrats and the public yearns for normalcy, Democratic governors are making moves without waiting for the Biden administration to get there first  —  As the coronavirus pandemic enters …
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Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Open Everything The time to end pandemic restrictions is now.
Kyle Smith / National Review:   Leana Wen's 180-Degree Reversal on Masks
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: Summit News, HotAir, Gawker, Twitchy and TheBlaze
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 …
THE CITY:
When Visitors Were Banned From Rikers Island, Even More Drugs Showed Up  —  Last April, Thomas Earl Braunson III was found dead in his cell on Rikers Island.  The 35-year-old had struggled with addiction throughout his life, family said, and in the end that battle proved fatal.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democrats' social spending dreams stuck in winter purgatory  —  Build Back Never?  The thought has crossed Democrats' minds.  —  President Joe Biden's $1.7 trillion social and climate spending plan is dead as written, rejected by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
Discussion: CNN
Justin George / Washington Post:
Steep ridership losses will force changes to Metro service after pandemic, transit leaders say  —  Metro's ability to provide safe and reliable transportation was under scrutiny by a House Oversight subcommittee  —  The public transit service that riders were accustomed to before the pandemic …
American Greatness:
DHS: American Thought Police  —  The transition from tracking terrorism to chasing thought crime has a major advantage.  It exonerates U.S. counterterrorism officials from the meddlesome job of catching actual terrorists. … Stopping the flow of MDM.  —  MDM isn't the latest flavor of fentanyl …
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Biden to propose 4.6 percent pay raise for federal employees, the biggest hike in 15 years  —  Federal employees and military service members would receive average raises of 4.6 percent next January under the budget President Biden will propose in March, marking what would be the workforce's …
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
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 …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senators Unveil Bipartisan Bill To Renew The Violence Against Women Act  —  After years of ugly fights and failed efforts, Congress may finally reauthorize the landmark 1994 law credited with saving lives.  —  Senators introduced a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to reauthorize the Violence …
Discussion: Roll Call and The 19th
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Why Some Progressive Candidates Are Breaking With The Far Left On Israel  —  Pro-Israel groups have spent big to reassert their dominance after years in retreat.  —  The Austin, Texas, chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America announced on Sunday that it was effectively withdrawing …
Miami Herald:
Son of U.S. Rep. Gimenez arrested for slapping Miami commissioner  —  The son of U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez was arrested Wednesday after police say he slapped a Miami city commissioner earlier in the day at Morton's Steakhouse in Coral Gables.  —  What triggered the spat …
Discussion: Fox News and The US Sun
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
 
 
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Todd Gitlin and the radicalism of small-d democracy
New York Times:
One Menacing Call After Another: Threats Against Lawmakers Surge
Discussion: Daily Kos, The B|E note and CNN
Lee Harris / American Prospect:
Congress Proposes $500 Million for Negative News Coverage of China
Discussion: Punchbowl News
The White House:
Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s Call with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
Discussion: Reuters and The Hill
David Kihara / Politico:
Florida man connected to Gaetz probe formally enters guilty plea
Discussion: Raw Story and Insider
CNN:
McConnell squares off with conservatives for downplaying ‘violent insurrection’
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Nell Gluckman / Chronicle of Higher Education:
They Signed a Letter in Support of a Colleague. Now They Want to Take It Back.
Matt Ford / New Republic:
The Supreme Court Is Even More Conservative Than You Think
Discussion: RedState
Gabrielle Bluestone / New York Magazine:
‘I More So Consider Myself a Con Artist Than Anything’
Discussion: The Cut
 

 
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A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
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