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10:35 AM ET, February 16, 2022

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Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
In Landslide, San Francisco Forces Out 3 Board of Education Members  —  The recall, which galvanized Asian Americans, was a victory for parents angered by the district's priorities during the pandemic.  —  In a recall election fueled by pandemic angst and anger, San Francisco voters ousted three members …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
2022 San Francisco Special Election Results: School Board Recall  —  Each board member is individually up for a recall, which would require the support of a majority of voters.  —  The Department of Elections is currently reporting votes out of a possible registered voters (0%).
Discussion: Breitbart
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Biden Rejects Trump's Claim of Privilege for White House Visitor Logs  —  The president informed the National Archives that it should turn over the logs sought by the Jan. 6 committee within 15 days.  —  President Biden is opposing another effort by former President Donald J. Trump …
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Washington Post:
Texting through an insurrection  —  Thousands of frantic text messages that might have otherwise been lost to history are now key to piecing together a picture of the events surrounding the Jan. 6 attack.  —  The panicked texts started landing in Mark Meadows's phone long before thousands …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jan. 6 panel seeks phone records of security official employed by Alex Jones
Discussion: Election Law Blog and Raw Story
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Josh Hawley: ‘It Is Not A Pro-Riot Mug’
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump campaign staffers, GOP operatives who challenged 2020 results in key states
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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Exclusive poll: Answers to the midterm's 2 big questions  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  We have some news in our latest POLITICO-Morning Consult poll that we can share with you this morning.  —  The results get to the heart of two big questions about 2022:
Burgess Everett / Politico:   A bipartisan deal to stop Trumpian election subversion? Not so fast.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Is Sleepy Joe Biden Making Vladimir Putin Blink?  —  The Ukraine story is far from over.  But if Vladimir Putin opts to back away from invading Ukraine, even temporarily, it's because Joe Biden — that guy whose right-wing critics suggest is so deep in dementia he wouldn't know Kyiv from Kansas …
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Washington Post:
Russia aims to ward off NATO in the event of a Ukraine invasion
New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Agencies Face Crucial Test in Deciphering Putin's Motives
Discussion: National Review
Las Vegas Sun:
Escalating hateful rhetoric leads nation down a dark, chaotic path  —  A terrifying incident in Louisville, Ky., this week revealed the dangers of the talk coming from the right about civil war and political violence.  —  Early Monday, mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg and his staff were busy …
Discussion: Twitchy
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Matt Bai / Washington Post:   I reject both parties' ideas of Americanism. And I'm not the only one.
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:   The truth won't speak for itself
Patricia McKnight / Newsweek:
'People's Convoy' of Truckers Reportedly Heading to DC for Mandate Protest  —  While truck drivers protest COVID-19 restrictions in Canada, American truckers are following suit with their own cross-country convoy heading to Washington, D.C., with a message: “Government has forgotten its place.”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Neil Genzlinger / New York Times:
P.J. O'Rourke, Conservative Political Satirist, Dies at 74  —  In articles, in best sellers and as a talk show regular he was a voice from the right skewering whatever in government or culture he thought needed it.  —  P.J. O'Rourke, the conservative satirist and political commentator …
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New York Times:
Jeff Zucker's Downfall at CNN: Ethical Lapses and Falling Ratings  —  The network's top-rated host and its president 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 …
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Inner Circle Freaks That His Tax Firm ‘Screwed’ Him  —  “If he gets away from this, there's no God and no reason to live,” said Barbara A. Res, a former construction executive at the Trump Organization.  —  Predictably, Donald Trump wants you to think his longtime accounting firm's decision …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
The new ‘spying’ story is clearly not what Trump thinks it is  —  Donald Trump thought he finally had “indisputable evidence” that his campaign and White House “were spied on.”  Alas, reality tells a very different story.  —  Over the course of his presidency's first year …
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Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton dodges questions about Durham probe developments
Seth Stevenson / Slate:
The Most Chilling Thing I Heard at the Sarah Palin-NYT Trial Came Before the Verdict  —  The former Alaska governor lost her libel suit against the New York Times.  But others were watching—and learning.  —  At about 2:30 on Tuesday afternoon, after roughly a dozen hours of deliberation …
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's approval ratings hit an all-time low, poll says  —  Views of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's job performance have tumbled to the lowest point in her three-decade Senate career, with just 30% of California voters giving her positive marks in a new UC Berkeley Institute …
Eliza Strickland / IEEE Spectrum:
Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported  —  Barbara Campbell was walking through a New York City subway station during rush hour when her world abruptly went dark.  For four years, Campbell had been using a high-tech implant in her left eye that gave her a crude kind of bionic vision …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Would Turkey's president have leverage over ‘Senator Doctor Oz’?  —  Members of the U.S. Senate often have conflicts of interest, both business and personal.  But never before has our country experienced a senator who has dual citizenship, served in a foreign military and maintains deep ties …
Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times:
Bill that would make it a crime for some to lie about election results dies in WA Senate  —  OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee's novel and controversial proposal to tamp down on election lies by candidates and elected officials will not move forward this year.  —  Senate Bill 5843 would create …
Discussion: Political Wire
Ross Barkan / Political Currents:
Eric Adams Wields His Weapon of Identity  —  It didn't take long  —  On Tuesday, Eric Adams, the new mayor of New York City, delivered a searing indictment of the journalists covering him.  “I'm a Black man that's the mayor, but my story is being interpreted by people who don't look like me,” Adams said at City Hall.
Washington Post:
New critical race theory laws have teachers scared, confused and self-censoring  —  A Utah student group was called “Black and Proud.”  The principal had it renamed.  A New Hampshire history teacher used to discuss current events in a unit about race and economics.  No more.
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
They used to just run elections.  Now they fight foreign agents.  —  Ten state chief election officials say in interviews they have had to refocus their positions to battle a constant flow of disinformation.  This year, they say, will be no different.  —  Voting for the 2022 midterms …
 
 
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Abigail Adcox / Washington Examiner:
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Vince Coyner / American Thinker:
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
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Discussion: Washington Examiner
The Intercept:
Biden's Afghanistan Counsel Left the White House in January. Now He's Poised to Reap Financial Windfall From Billions in Seized Afghan Assets.
Discussion: Common Dreams
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
U.S. ‘excess deaths’ during pandemic surpassed 1 million, with covid killing most but other diseases adding to the toll, CDC says
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
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In France, a Racist Conspiracy Theory Edges Into the Mainstream
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
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Discussion: CNN
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