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11:10 AM ET, February 10, 2022

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Haberman book: Flushed papers found clogging Trump WH toilet  —  While President Trump was in office, staff in the White House residence periodically discovered wads of printed paper clogging a toilet — and believed the president had flushed pieces of paper, Maggie Haberman scoops in her forthcoming book, “Confidence Man.”
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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.
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Trump: Return of documents to Archives viewed as routine and ‘no big deal’  —  Former President Trump on Thursday responded to recent reports about his handling of White House records, claiming that the recent transfer of documents to the National Archives and Records Administration from his resort …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Washington Post:
National Archives asks Justice Dept. to investigate Trump's handling of White House records
Washington Post:
Prices climbed 7.5% in January compared with last year, continuing inflation's fastest pace in 40 years  —  High inflation is undermining a robust recovery, testing policymakers at the Federal Reserve and White House  —  Prices continued their upward march in January, rising by 7.5 percent compared …
Discussion: NBC News, FiveThirtyEight and Althouse
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Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Inflation Accelerates to 40-Year High  —  Consumer-price index rose at 7.5% annual rate in January  —  U.S. inflation accelerated to a 7.5% annual rate in January, reaching a new four-decade high as strong consumer demand and pandemic-related supply constraints kept pushing up prices.
Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:   Higher Inflation Is Probably Costing You $250 a Month
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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Judy Trinh / CBC News:
How organizers with police and military expertise may be helping Ottawa convoy protest dig in  —  Those involved with organizing protest include former RCMP and military officers  —  For nearly two weeks anti-vaccine mandate demonstrators and their big rigs have entrenched themselves …
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:
Democrats are lifting mask mandates now but why?  —  Good morning — and happy anniversary (plus a day) to this video of a lawyer who logged onto Zoom as a cat.  —  Today: Biden's FDA nominee gets a critical endorsement and an appeals court declined to lift a block on Biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers.
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John F. Harris / Politico:
The Cynical Spectacle of Sarah Palin's Lawsuit Against the New York Times  —  In an age when every arena of politics and media is infused with remorseless combat, James Bennet has a rare distinction: The former New York Times editorial page editor has been circled by ideological packs on left and right with equal ferocity.
Holly Ellyatt / CNBC:
Russia set to begin massive military drills with Belarus; U.S. slams ‘escalatory’ action  — Russia on Thursday is set to begin 10 days of military exercises with its neighbor Belarus as tensions remain high over a large build-up of troops along its border with Ukraine.
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Chandelis Duster / CNN:
Montana senator criticizes fellow Democrats for not appealing to rural Americans more  —  (CNN)Montana Sen. Jon Tester criticized fellow Democrats for not appealing to Middle America more and said Democrats need to “show up” in those places if they want to win elections.
Discussion: The Hill
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dems face a sobering possibility: Build Back ... never  —  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.).  The Senate is moving onto a host …
Discussion: CNN
Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal:
Tesla Sued by California Agency for Alleged Racial Discrimination, Harassment  —  California Department of Fair Employment and Housing says it acted after receiving hundreds of complaints from workers  —  A California regulatory agency said it filed a lawsuit against Tesla Inc. …
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Biden to propose 4.6 percent pay raise for federal employees, the biggest hike in 20 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: The Hill and Political Wire
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Timothy Ramthun, a Republican pushing to overturn 2020 election, appears poised to enter race for Wisconsin governor  —  MADISON - A state lawmaker who was disciplined by the Assembly leader over false election claims and who has repeatedly called on his colleagues to take the impossible action …
Molly Jong-Fast / The Atlantic:
The Stories Fox News Doesn't Cover  —  This is a subscriber-exclusive edition of Wait, What?, a newsletter about politics, the far right, and the things you should be noticing.  Sign up for the newsletter here, and subscribe to The Atlantic for access to more exclusives like this.
George Joseph / 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.
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 …
HuffPost:
Inside Patriot Front: The Masked White Supremacists On A Nationwide Hate Crime Spree  —  A new HuffPost investigation exposes the inner workings of the secretive American fascist group destroying Black Lives Matter symbols across the country.  —  In the early hours of June 24, 2021 …
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 …
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.
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 …
 
 
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Witness how progressives in government forfeit the public's trust
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
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
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senators Unveil Bipartisan Bill To Renew The Violence Against Women Act
Discussion: Roll Call and The 19th
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Why Some Progressive Candidates Are Breaking With The Far Left On Israel
 Earlier Items: 
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
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Accuses Pelosi of Running ‘Gazpacho Police.’
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

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

 
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