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8:50 PM ET, February 15, 2022

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New York Times:
How a Secret Assault Allegation Against an Anchor Upended CNN  —  The network's top-rated host and its president both were forced out, following ethical lapses, an office romance and a letter from a lawyer for “Jane Doe.”  —  Late in the day on Nov. 30, Jeff Zucker, the president of CNN Worldwide …
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Josh Hawley: ‘It Is Not A Pro-Riot Mug’  —  The Missouri Republican said he only saluted the peaceful protesters, and the others should go to jail.  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) denied Tuesday that campaign merchandise depicting his infamous Jan. 6 salute celebrates the Capitol riot that day.
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump campaign staffers, GOP operatives who challenged 2020 results in key states  —  The group includes several state party chairs and Election Day staffers.  —  The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Tuesday issued six subpoenas …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
John Durham and the Right's Media Paranoia … The conservative movement is obsessed with the power of the mainstream media, yet it has no idea how it operates.  The tragic mismatch between obsessive and subject is currently on bright display through a furor over the latest missive from John Durham.
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Special counsel, Democratic lawyer clash over new allegations regarding data purported to tie Trump to Russia
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Sarah Palin's Libel Claim Against The Times Is Rejected by a Jury  —  The verdict came a day after the judge said that he planned to dismiss the case, ruling that Ms. Palin's legal team had failed to prove that the newspaper defamed her.  —  A jury returned a verdict against Sarah Palin …
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Deanna Paul / Wall Street Journal:
Jury Rejects Sarah Palin's Defamation Claims Against the New York Times
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
P.J. O'Rourke was America's greatest satirist and coolest conservative  —  P.J. O'Rourke, who has died at the age of 74, once hosted a small New Year's party at his apartment in Washington.  The year was 1990.  He'd just returned from Germany, where he had covered the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
US accuses financial website of spreading Russian propaganda  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website with a significant American readership of amplifying Kremlin propaganda and alleged five media outlets targeting Ukrainians have taken direction from Russian spies.
Politico:
GOP culture war attacks ‘alarmingly potent,’ DCCC warns  —  The campaign committee has been showing House Democrats new polling about how to counter GOP attacks on police funding and other issues.  —  Democrats' own research shows that some battleground voters think the party is “preachy …
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Biden is getting Ukraine and Russia right after Obama fell short and Trump was a disaster  —  Biden is sending Ukraine equipment and weapons and vows harsh sanctions if Russia invades.  But there will be blood and death before they're fully felt. … I don't usually lie awake at night thinking …
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Biden's olive branch: We're open to diplomacy but we won't sacrifice Ukraine's sovereignty
U.S. Mission Osce / U.S. Mission to the OSCE:
U.S. Statement for the Meeting Under Vienna Document Chapter III 16.2
Discussion: Forbes and CBS News
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Man Who Stockpiled Arms for ‘Bloody’ Battle on Jan. 6 Insists He's No Danger to the Public  —  A new legal memo filed on behalf of Stewart Rhodes claims his actions were “not criminal, not extreme and not serious”  —  The legal team of Stewart Rhodes, founder of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Top Oath Keeper reveals a key secret of Jan. 6
Discussion: Raw Story
Emily Green / VICE:
Inside a Massive Human Smuggling Ring Led by US Marines  —  The Marines were young, low-paid, and clean-cut, making them “ideal” recruits to smuggle migrants for cash.  —  EG  —  Byron Law knew what he was doing was illegal.  But the money was too good to pass up.
NOAA's National Ocean Service:
Impacts and Causes of Sea Level Rise 1.  What is impacted by sea level rise?  —  Tens of millions of people in the U.S. and hundreds of millions globally live in areas that are at risk of coastal flooding.  Sea level rise does not act alone — rising sea levels, along with sinking lands …
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NBC News:
Democrats pushing for gas tax holiday slam into GOP roadblock  —  WASHINGTON — Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and a handful of other Democrats facing tough re-election bids are pitching a plan to suspend the federal gas tax through the end of the year.  —  But they ran into swift opposition Tuesday …
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Washington Post:
White House, congressional Democrats eye federal gas tax holiday as prices remain high, election looms
Pew Research Center:
Americans' Trust in Scientists, Other Groups Declines  —  Republicans' confidence in medical scientists down sharply since early in the coronavirus outbreak  —  Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how much confidence Americans have in groups and institutions in society, including scientists and medical scientists.
Discussion: CNN, HotAir and Washington Examiner
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Two small victories for the media in a war it's losing badly
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Prince Andrew Settles Sexual Abuse Lawsuit With Virginia Giuffre  —  Financial terms of the settlement, which was announced in a federal court filing in Manhattan on Tuesday, were not revealed.  —  Prince Andrew, the disgraced second son of Queen Elizabeth II, has settled a lawsuit brought …
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Megan Menchaca / Austin American-Statesman:
UT Faculty Council passes resolution supporting freedom to teach critical race theory  —  The Faculty Council at the University of Texas approved a nonbinding resolution Monday defending the academic freedom of faculty members to teach about race, gender justice and critical race theory.
Timothy Johnson / Media Matters for America:
Doctor praised by GOP senator tells Alex Jones the pandemic could be ended via bombings and assassinations  —  Ben Marble, a medical doctor who recently spoke at a Capitol Hill event held by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), made a deranged appearance on far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' broadcast …
Leah Douglas / Reuters:
U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds … Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a study published Monday.
Discussion: Political Wire
Nate Hochman / National Review:
Federal Judge James Ho Surprises Georgetown Law with Speech Defending Ilya Shapiro  —  Guest speaker scraps original remarks in favor of unequivocal statement on freedom of speech and declares, ‘I stand with Ilya.’  —  ederal judge James C. Ho delivered a robust defense of Ilya Shapiro …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
WDRB:
Local activist arrested for attempted shooting of Louisville mayoral candidate  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A local activist and columnist has been arrested in connection with firing a shot directly at a Louisville mayoral candidate.  —  On Monday night, Louisville Metro Police announced Quintez Brown …
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
California Returns as Climate Leader, With Help From the White House  —  The Biden administration is restoring the state's power to set its own limits on tailpipe pollution and is largely adopting the state's rules regarding heavy trucks.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration …
Discussion: Political Wire
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
DeSantis, Shapiro & Co. Want To Put My Kid in the Closet  —  Bringing Don't Ask, Don't Tell to schools?  The fear is the point.  —  Nineties fever is upon us.  Wide-legged jeans and bucket hats are everywhere.  Pam & Tommy's sextape is on the tube.  Death Row Records has schoolmarms squirming.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
About 3 in 4 D.C. residents support vaccine rules Bowser just rescinded, poll finds  —  About three-quarters of D.C. residents support the city's vaccine requirement to enter certain businesses, a policy that Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) ended Tuesday.  —  The citywide Washington Post poll finds 74 percent …
 
 
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The mystery man being floated to D.C. reporters as Harris' next chief of staff
Christopher Vondracek / Grand Forks Herald:
South Dakota House OKs bill saying parasite-killing drug can be prescribed to humans
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Trump's stash of documents shows ‘fragile’ historical record
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Downward Spiral of a ‘Decorated’ Paratrooper Accused of Threatening Biden's Life
Discussion: Raw Story
Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Republicans plot boycott to disrupt vote on controversial Biden Fed nominee
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Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Left-Wing Staffers Bias Democrats Leftward. Hill Staff Unions Would Make This Worse.
Discussion: Slow Boring
Wesley Lowery / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Philadelphia Inquirer has grappled with a racist past for decades. Can it move on?
Ashley Trawick / PEN America:
Educational Gag Orders Target Speech about LGBTQ+ Identities With New Prohibitions and Punishments
Discussion: Bloomberg
Allen C. Guelzo / New York Times:
A Lincoln for Our Polarized Times
Toronto Sun:
Trudeau has gone too far
Discussion: Toronto Star
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Peter Thiel backs conservative dating app The Right Stuff
Reuters:
School boards get death threats amid rage over race, gender, mask policies
Vinay Prasad / Tablet Magazine:
How the CDC Abandoned Science
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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