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2:20 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%).
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
San Francisco manages to recall embarrassing School Board members
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 …
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 …
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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
From liberal San Francisco, school board recall is a three-alarm warning for Democrats  —  San Francisco is quite familiar with earthquakes and what happened Tuesday — the ouster of three extreme lefties from the Board of Education — was not one of those.  —  Earthquakes are sudden and unexpected.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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Matthew Brown / Associated Press:
Investigation: Zinke misused position as Interior secretary  —  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a development project in his Montana hometown and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement, according to a report from federal investigators released Wednesday.
Discussion: WTOP News and The Guardian
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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The worst Ukraine take yet  —  It's not clear if Russia will invade Ukraine.  It is clear that it is ready, with sufficient forces positioned close enough to Ukraine's borders to quickly strike should it choose to do so.  That is obvious not just from government reports …
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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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
39 percent of Americans approve of Biden's handling of the pandemic: poll  —  Only 39 percent of Americans say they approve of President Biden's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new poll released on Wednesday.  —  A new Politico-Morning Consult poll found that just 39 percent …
Politico:
GOP culture war attacks ‘alarmingly potent,’ DCCC warns
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 and Political Wire
Blair Crawford / ottawacitizen:
Threats close Stella Luna Gelato Café after owner's name appears in GiveSendGo data leak  —  Tammy Giuliani says that she now regrets making her $250 donation.  —  Ottawa's Stella Luna Gelato Café was forced to close Tuesday after receiving threats when owner Tammy Giuliani's name appeared …
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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
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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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.
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 …
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Covid cases plummet — when does Biden get credit?  —  good news = no news  —  Editor's note: Having slight trouble with audio element.  Hopefully it will be restored soon. … Subscribe to PRESS RUN  —  During a January White House press conference which featured lots of tough questions about Covid …
Discussion: Twitchy
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Afghans Who Bet on Fast Path to the U.S. Are Facing a Closed Door  —  Only a handful of applications for entry on urgent humanitarian grounds have been processed, and most have been denied.  —  LOS ANGELES — As a combat interpreter in Afghanistan, Sharif Azizi helped U.S. Special Forces hunt …
John Micklethwait / Bloomberg:
U.K. Judges Are Helping the Next Robert Maxwell  —  It is always convenient for editors to pontificate about press freedom when they lose court cases.  However, the U.K. Supreme Court's decision in Bloomberg LP v. ZXC is something that should frighten every decent journalist in Britain …
NBC News:
CDC expected to update mask guidance as early as next week  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to loosen its indoor masking guidelines to states soon, according to several people familiar with the matter.  The agency's update could come as early as next week.
Eoin Higgins / The Flashpoint:
“Disillusioned” Former Congressional Staffers Describe a “Toxic Workplace”  —  I talked to former Hill aides about a system that chews young workers up and spits them out  —  Unionization efforts on the Hill are picking up as Congressional staffers fight for representation and to change a toxic culture of overwork and stress.
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 …
William Bredderman / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon's Richie Rich Friend Just Filed for Bankruptcy  —  BROKE THE BANK  —  The Chinese financier behind Steve Bannon's right-wing projects and the social media app Gettr filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday, claiming to only be worth $50,000 to $100,000.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Florida Woman Used Pandemic-Relief Loan to Pay a Hit Man, Police Say  —  The authorities say that Jasmine Martinez, 33, of Miami, received the loan two weeks before the shooting death of Le'Shonte Jones as she walked with her toddler.  —  The Paycheck Protection Program is intended …
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The Verdict Is In: Trump Wasn't Right About China  —  He had the wrong goals—and didn't even achieve them.  —  One thing that Republicans persuaded themselves of during the past five years has just come a cropper.  It was the belief that whatever else Trump may have said or done, he sure was right about China.
Discussion: The Atlantic, The Nation and Raw Story
 
 
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
In Texas Governor's Race, Beto O'Rourke Haunted by 2020 Campaign
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Wall Street Journal:
As Oil Nears $100, Saudis Snub U.S., Stick to Russian Pact Amid Ukraine Crisis
Discussion: ABC News
Jose Torres / Reuters:
Migrants sew mouths shut in quest for Mexico passage to U.S. border
Joshua Eaton / NBC News:
Senators call on YouTube to crack down on ‘ghost gun’ videos
Discussion: Breitbart
Associated Press:
Walter Dellinger, influential scholar and lawyer, dies at 80
Discussion: Politico and Slate
Washington Examiner:
Revealed: Clintonworld takeover of Black Lives Matter
Erin Durkin / Politico:
Adams lambasts press for unfair coverage, blames racial bias and threatens to deny access
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Anna Betts / The Guardian:
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