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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:
Investigators Find Gaps in White House Logs of Trump's Jan. 6 Calls — Sparse call records are the latest obstacle facing the House panel, which is trying to document what President Trump was doing during the attack on Congress. — WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating …
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Sonam Sheth / Insider:
Trump's former communications chief says he's ‘terrified’ of a forthcoming book by The New York Times' Maggie Haberman — Trump's ex-communications chief said he's “terrified” of Maggie Haberman's upcoming book. — Axios reported that the book contains new details about Trump's habit of flushing documents down the toilet.
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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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Trump's unusually lawyerly response to allegations of destroying documents — When former president Donald Trump is accused of wrongdoing, his almost-reflexive response is to vociferously deny it and try to accuse his accusers instead. — On that call with Ukraine's president that led to his impeachment …
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CNN:
White House records obtained so far by January 6 committee show no record of calls to and from Trump during riot — (CNN)White House call records now in possession of congressional investigators do not reflect calls made to or from then-President Donald Trump as the violence unfolded …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: House Dems break against mask mandate
POLITICO Playbook: House Dems break against mask mandate
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Deputy Va. attorney general resigns after revelation of Facebook posts praising Jan. 6 rioters, claiming Trump won election — A top deputy overseeing election issues for Virginia's new Republican attorney general resigned Thursday after The Washington Post questioned the office about Facebook posts …
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Michel Rose / Reuters:
Putin kept Macron at a distance for snubbing COVID demands: sources … French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian COVID-19 test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin this week, and was therefore kept at a distance from the Russian leader, two sources in Macron's entourage told Reuters.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Most Biden detractors say he's done nothing they like since becoming president — (CNN)Nearly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of how Joe Biden is handling his presidency, with most of that group saying there's literally nothing Biden has done since taking office that they approve of.
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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Police records complicate Herschel Walker's recovery story — WASHINGTON (AP) — One warm fall evening in 2001, police in Irving, Texas, received an alarming call from Herschel Walker's therapist. The football legend and current Republican Senate candidate in Georgia was “volatile,” …
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Kris Frieswick / Wall Street Journal:
Here's Why I'll Be Keeping My Shoes on in Your Shoeless Home — Why are you assuming that your guests' shoes are dirtier than your floors? — Shoes are one of the things that separates us from other species. Not only are shoes fabulous, but they protect our soft and not-very-well-designed feet …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
‘Free Crack Pipes’ Myth Rooted in False Free Beacon Report — The Washington Free Beacon seemed to take a big leap to assert that free crack pipes would be part of a harm reduction package. Conservative media lapped it up. — Earlier this week, a lie rocketed around conservative media …
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Liz Cheney / Wall Street Journal:
The Jan. 6 Committee Won't Be Intimidated — We are focused on facts, not rhetoric, and will present them no matter what our critics say. — I keep on my desk a copy of the oath my great-great-grandfather signed when he re-enlisted in the Union Army in 1863.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: Inflation hits new 40-year high ... again; UPDATE: Manchin says I told you so — Remember when Joe Biden claimed that inflation had hit a peak? Good times, good times. The consumer price index instead rose to an annual rate of 7.5%, the highest in exactly 40 years, driven by large spikes in food and energy prices:
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Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Inflation Accelerates to 40-Year High
U.S. Inflation Accelerates to 40-Year High
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Nick Arama / RedState:
Biden in Deep Trouble as Inflation Hits Yet Another Record High
Biden in Deep Trouble as Inflation Hits Yet Another Record High
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Louis Jacobson / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Ranking the States Demographically, from Most Republican-Friendly to Most Democratic-Friendly — Dear Readers: Join us Tuesday, Feb. 15 as Center for Politics Director Larry J. Sabato interviews ABC News' Jonathan Karl about his new book, Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show.
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James Vincent / The Verge:
Tesla sued by civil rights agency for operating ‘racially segregated workplace’ — The automaker denies the allegations — Tesla has been sued by a state civil rights agency for operating what it describes as a “racially segregated workplace” in California.
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Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal:
Tesla Sued by California Agency for Alleged Racial Discrimination, Harassment
Tesla Sued by California Agency for Alleged Racial Discrimination, Harassment
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The Times may publish documents about Project Veritas, a court says. — A state appeals court said that a judge's order preventing publication of the documents would not be enforced until a formal appeal could be heard. — The New York Times is free to publish documents pertaining …
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Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Justin Trudeau's Ceauşescu Moment — Denouncing truckers for “unacceptable views,” Canada's Prime Minister skipped town rather than face evidence of his own unpopularity. Is neoliberalism finally cracking? — On the morning of the 21st of December, 1989, Romanian General Secretary Nicolae Ceaușescu was in a foul mood.
Freddie deBoer:
This is the World in Which We Live — on harassment, being nice, & trying to get me to kill myself — Recently the Brookings Institution took time out of their busy schedule pretending pre-K works to present irrefutable proof that Glenn Greenwald and Tucker Carlson are harassers. — Or, well, not really.
Matthew Hindman / The Atlantic:
Facebook Has a Superuser-Supremacy Problem — If you want to understand why Facebook too often is a cesspool of hate and disinformation, a good place to start is with users such as John, Michelle, and Calvin. — John, a caps-lock devotee from upstate New York, calls House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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 …
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
Why It's So Hard to ‘Follow the Science’ — A conversation with Harvard historian Steven Shapin about why people believe Joe Rogan, why our public discourse about science is splintered, and what to do about it … These days, it's hard to figure out who to believe, what to believe, and how to persuade others to believe.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Spielberg, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo among Senate Dems' big donors for 2022 — Hollywood's famous faces are pouring money into key 2022 Senate races, aiming to give a star-studded boost to Democrats fighting to hold on to their razor-thin majority in the midterm elections.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
O'Rourke on past remarks about taking guns: ‘Not interested in taking anything from anyone’ — Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke on Tuesday said that he has no “interest in taking” assault weapons from gun owners, apparently backing away from a position he took during …
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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.
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Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:
Boy, 16, charged after predominantly Black D.C. schools receive bomb threats — A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with making terroristic threats after several predominantly Black schools in Washington, D.C., were targeted with bomb threats Wednesday, authorities have said.
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Pre-K's Broken Promise — A major new study suggests that, far from helping poor kids catch up, preschool holds them back. — LOARA OWEN, LEFT, WITH HUSBAND MIKE OWEN HIGH-FIVE THEIR TRIPLET DAUGHTERS MATTIE, DARYN AND SADIE, LEFT TOR RIGHT, THAT ARE KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS PREPARING …