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12:40 PM 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
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
San Francisco manages to recall embarrassing School Board members  —  As we discussed last week, yesterday was the date of the recall election in San Francisco that would decide the fate of three of the members of the city's School Board, a subject of perpetual embarrassment for the people in the community.
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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Andrew C. McCarthy / The Hill:
Did Durham find something worse than Watergate?  Not so far  —  What does “worse than Watergate” mean?  Well, consider a hypothetical: Let's say a presidential administration puts the government's law enforcement and intelligence apparatus in the service of its party's presidential candidate …
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Wall Street Journal:
A Strange Defense of Spying on Trump
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:
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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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: The Bulwark and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Matt Bai / Washington Post:   I reject both parties' ideas of Americanism. And I'm not the only one.
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Feinstein's approval ratings hit an all-time low; Harris underwater, 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 …
Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou / Bloomberg:
Money That Won Melania Trump NFT Came From Melania Trump Wallet  —  The source of funds for the winning bid in Melania Trump's first NFT auction appears to be the creators of the project themselves.  —  A series of blockchain transactions show that the cryptocurrency used …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Washington Post:
Ryan Zinke broke ethics rules while leading Trump's Interior Dept., keeping improper ties with land developers, watchdog finds … While serving as Interior Department secretary under Donald Trump, Ryan Zinke broke federal ethics rules repeatedly by improperly participating in real estate negotiations …
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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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.”
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Portman backs Timken as successor in Ohio  —  Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) will back former Ohio Republican Party chairwoman Jane Timken as his chosen successor in an attempt to boost her through a crowded GOP field later this year.  —  In a statement released Wednesday, Portman said Timken …
Erin Durkin / Politico:
Adams lambasts press for unfair coverage, blames racial bias and threatens to deny access  —  The mayor's rant was prompted by news coverage of his trip to Albany Monday, where he was not able to persuade legislative leaders to roll back the state's bail reforms.
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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Vince Coyner / American Thinker:
Why Nearly 40 Percent of Gen Z Identify as LGBTQ  —  I was shocked not long ago when I read a piece on the Newsweek website.  The headline read “Nearly 40 Percent of U.S. Gen Zs, 30 Percent of Young Christians Identify as LGBTQ, Poll Shows.”  That, aside from Joe Biden providing free crack pipes …
 
 
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Eoin Higgins / The Flashpoint:
“Disillusioned” Former Congressional Staffers Describe a “Toxic Workplace”
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Covid cases plummet — when does Biden get credit?
Washington Post:
Democrats' climate plan languishes, putting hundreds of billions in private investment on hold
Bob Smietana / Religion News Service:
Tennessee preacher Greg Locke says demons told him names of witches in his church
New York Times:
Florida Woman Used Pandemic-Relief Loan to Pay a Hit Man, Police Say
Discussion: The Hill and WGN-TV
Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times:
Bill that would make it a crime for some to lie about election results dies in WA Senate
Discussion: Political Wire
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Poll: Rubio leads Demings by 7 points in Florida
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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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
Eliza Strickland / IEEE Spectrum:
Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported
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
Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:
In France, a Racist Conspiracy Theory Edges Into the Mainstream
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