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7:45 PM ET, February 16, 2022

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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 …
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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.
Christopher Nardi / National Post:
My Pillow's Mike Lindell barred from entering Canada to support convoy protestors  —  Lindell, as well as a truck full of 10,000 pillows destined for protesters, were denied entry into Canada Tuesday evening  —  OTTAWA - My Pillow CEO and staunch Donald Trump supporter Mike Lindell …
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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 …
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, IJR, Politico, The Hill and HuffPost
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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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
San Francisco manages to recall embarrassing School Board members
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
US says Russia has added 7,000 troops along Ukraine border, despite claims of pullback  —  Russian Ministry of Defense releases video of armor crossing Crimea bridge  —  (CNN)Russian forces massed along Ukraine's borders have increased by approximately 7,000 troops in recent days …
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Associated Press:
How Russia uses sarcasm as weapon in Ukraine crisis
Discussion: NPR, Al Jazeera, Versobooks.com and TASS
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.
Discussion: The Kitchen Pundit and CNN
Allison P. Davis / The Cut:
A Vibe Shift Is Coming Will any of us survive it?  —  One morning in June, while I was puffing away on my stationary bike — fine, a Peloton — pretending I had enough time to get my body ready for the “hot vaxx summer” that never really was, my friend Ellen messaged me: “Okay, please let me know if this person is dumb.
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Ohio's Sen. Portman backs former state GOP chair Jane Timken in race to succeed him  —  Retiring Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) on Wednesday endorsed former Ohio Republican Party chair Jane Timken in the race to succeed him, calling Timken “the best candidate to advance conservative Republican policies to help Ohio workers and families.”
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Mackenzie Wilkes / Politico:
Portman backs Timken in crowded Ohio GOP primary
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Jury in Sarah Palin v. New York Times libel trial learned of judge's plan to throw out suit  —  Jurors' having knowledge of the ruling in the middle of deliberations could bolster the ex-governor's case for a new trial or appeal.  —  Jurors in former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's libel trial …
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Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Palin Jurors Knew Judge Dismissed N.Y. Times Case Before Verdict
Seth Stevenson / Slate:
The Most Chilling Thing I Heard at the Sarah Palin-NYT Trial Came Before the Verdict
Discussion: Ground News
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Walter Dellinger, Top Legal Official in Clinton White House, Dies at 80  —  He served as both the head of the Office of Legal Counsel and acting solicitor general, and he remained a leading figure in liberal legal battles.  —  Walter Dellinger, a renowned scholar of constitutional law …
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Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
The Millions of People Stuck in Pandemic Limbo  —  When the coronavirus pandemic began, Emily Landon thought about her own risk only in rare quiet moments.  An infectious-disease doctor at the University of Chicago Medicine, she was cramming months of work into days, preparing her institution …
Gizmodo:
Texas CEO Who Loaned Trump a Jet Has ‘No Comment’ on Funding Canada's Anti-Vax Truckers  —  Ben Pogue, an apparent Freedom Convoy donor, was among 90,000 names included in leaked GiveSendGo donation data.  —  Alerts  —  The CEO of a Texas construction company, who once loaned Donald Trump a private jet …
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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 …
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Brian Baxter / Bloomberg:
NFL Taps Ex-Attorney General Loretta Lynch to Fight Flores' Race Bias Suit  —  The National Football League has hired former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to defend it in a high-profile race discrimination case filed earlier this month by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores.
Kira Lerner / The States:
State judges across the U.S. face growing GOP pushback against rulings in election cases  —  In mid-December, Texas' highest criminal court revoked the state attorney general's ability to use his office to prosecute election-related cases without the request of a district or county attorney.
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 …
Lingling Wei / Wall Street Journal:
Beijing Weighs How Far to Go in Backing Putin on Ukraine  —  Behind closed doors, China's top leaders have debated how to respond to the Russia-Ukraine crisis without hurting China's own interests  —  China's top leaders have spent days weighing how far Beijing should go to back Russian …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Justin Trudeau Has Disgraced His Office  —  He's also exposed a massive flaw in Canada's constitutional order.  —  n a famous 1889 letter to A. S. Gruzinsky, the playwright Anton Chekhov proposed that “one must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn't going to go off” at some point later in the play.
Giulia Heyward / New York Times:
A new Virginia law will end school mask mandates and limit remote instruction.  —  After weeks of back-and-forth, Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, a Republican, signed into law on Wednesday a bill that will effectively bar mask mandates in schools, by giving parents the right to exempt …
Discussion: ABC News, The Hill and Townhall
Teaganne Finn / NBC News:
Democratic group launches super PAC to counter election deniers running for office  —  WASHINGTON — The Democratic organization American Bridge 21st Century said it is launching a new multi-million dollar super PAC targeting Republican candidates running for key state and local offices who have denied the results of the 2020 election.
Discussion: The Hill, New York Times and CNN
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Ken Kurson, Kushner Ally Pardoned by Trump, Takes Plea Deal  —  Mr. Kurson, a former newspaper editor, was accused of cyberstalking his former wife both before and after their 2016 divorce.  —  Ken Kurson, a former editor of The New York Observer who was charged with unlawfully spying on his former wife …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S., Russian Aircraft Flew Perilously Close to Each Other Amid Ukraine Tensions  —  Pentagon says it expressed concern to Russian officials through diplomatic channels  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. and Russian military aircraft flew dangerously close to each other in three separate weekend incidents …
 
 
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Nina Feldman / NPR:
This 16-year-old wanted to get the COVID vaccine. He had to hide it from his parents
Politico:
Vulnerable Senate Dems try to run as tax-cutters
Discussion: National Review and RedState
Politico:
Senate hustles to break GOP blockade ahead of Friday shutdown deadline
Ed Z / Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At:
Hypocrisy and The Consequences of Monkey Laundering
Mike Stone / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Biden to seek more than $770 billion in 2023 defense budget, sources say
Discussion: Politico and Common Dreams
Alexander Sammon / New Republic:
Ikea's Race for the Last of Europe's Old-Growth Forest
Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
Mexican scientist pleads guilty in U.S. to being agent for Russia
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Kentucky Woman Arrested For Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Discussion: Raw Story
Kara Voght / Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: Top House Democrat Unveils Plan to Beat Back Progressive Rebellion
William Bredderman / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon's Richie Rich Friend Just Filed for Bankruptcy
Discussion: Mother Jones and Raw Story
NBC News:
CDC expected to update mask guidance as early as next week
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Inner Circle Freaks That His Tax Firm ‘Screwed’ Him
Discussion: The Bulwark, Raw Story and Salon
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months

Liam Scott / Voice of America:
Reporters Without Borders sues X in France for “complicity in disseminating false information”, after X failed to block a fake video with RSF's logo

Reuters:
Prince Harry's lawsuit against News Group Newspapers moves towards trial; all but one other litigant in the roughly 40 lawsuits against NGN have settled
 
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