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12:45 AM ET, February 17, 2022

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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 …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Justin Trudeau Has Disgraced His Office
Discussion: True North and spiked
Axios:
GOP tensions boil over Trump's fundraising tactics  —  Donald Trump's spamming of Republican donors could kneecap party efforts to build a steady funding stream for future elections and compete with Democratic fundraising, top GOP officials are privately warning.
Discussion: Townhall and Raw Story
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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Constanze Stelzenmüller / Financial Times:
Scholz holds his ground in Putin's den
Discussion: Reuters and Forbes
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Trump Makes New Claims About His Wealth After Accountants Drop Him  —  The former president has spent decades inventing facts and figures to suit his needs.  Now, dropped by his accountants, he is making new claims.  —  On Tuesday evening, former President Donald J. Trump …
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 …
Robby Soave / Reason:
In Leaked Audio, CDC's Rochelle Walensky Privately Confirms She Won't Relax School Mask Guidance  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have no plans to change their recommendation that all U.S. schools require students to wear masks, according to an audio recording …
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Clara Jeffery / Mother Jones:
What Pundits Don't Understand About the San Francisco Recall  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  All politics is local.  And that's especially true of the San Francisco school board recall.
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Houston Chronicle:
We asked all 143 Texas GOP congressional candidates about Biden's win.  Only 13 call it legitimate.  —  The debate had been underway for less than 10 minutes before the top Republican candidates in a MAGA-friendly Houston congressional district reached a consensus: each believed the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com and Raw Story
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 …
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Lawyers and Lobbyists Fight for Their Slice of $3.5 Billion in Afghan Money Seized by the Biden Administration … Last Friday, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. would hold billions in seized Afghan central bank money to pay out to families of victims of 9/11 who had sued the Taliban for damages.
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.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Right-wing media said it was exposing a scandal.  What it really revealed is how bad information spreads in MAGA world  —  New York (CNN Business)On Saturday night former President Donald Trump declared that he was the victim of a scandal “far greater” than Watergate.  He called for criminal prosecutions and “reparations.”
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.
Washington Post:
D.C. police lieutenant suspended over alleged ties to right-wing group  —  A D.C. police lieutenant in the intelligence branch has been put on leave amid an investigation into alleged improper contacts with a prominent member of the extremist group Proud Boys, according to four law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case.
Jason Koebler / VICE:
LEAKED AUDIO: Amazon Union Buster Warns Workers ‘Things Could Become Worse’  —  An Amazon union avoidance official told unionizing workers in New York City that it is possible negotiations would begin with minimum wage pay as a starting point.  —  An Amazon union avoidance official told employees at JFK8 …
Elizabeth Kim / Gothamist:
In his first budget, Adams unveils ‘radically practical’ $98.5B spending plan  —  Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday proposed his first spending plan for New York City, a $98.5 billion preliminary budget that he said tracks with his political vision of prioritizing public safety and government efficiency …
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.
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Wary of Economic Neoliberalism, Groups Fund Research on Alternatives  —  Two foundations committed funding for economic and policy research focused on alternatives to traditional economic thinking.  —  Wages have been stagnant for most Americans for decades.  Inequality has increased sharply.
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
Laura Spinney / Nature:
Pandemics disable people — the history lesson that policymakers ignore … Laura Spinney is the author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World.  She writes about science, medicine and history from Paris.  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar
Axios:
Scoop: House GOP moves to tank Biden's Iran diplomacy  —  Nearly 200 House Republicans have written to President Biden warning any nuclear deal made with Iran without Congress' approval “will meet the same fate” as the 2015 agreement by President Obama later abandoned by President Trump.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Republicans Blame Crime On An Innocence Project Lawyer Tapped For A Judgeship  —  GOP senators accused Biden's court pick Nina Morrison, who has freed dozens of innocent people from prison, of fueling violent crimes.  Huh?  —  In a hearing on Wednesday that was as performative …
Discussion: Raw Story
Myah Ward / Politico:
Biden names 2 people to replace Eric Lander in top science roles  —  President Joe Biden has tapped two people to temporarily fill Eric Lander's dual roles as the president's top science adviser and the head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the White House announced on Wednesday.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Files Suit to Prevent Missouri from Restricting Enforcement of Federal Firearms Laws  —  Missouri House Bill 85 Makes Enforcement of Federal Firearms Laws More Difficult, Thereby Impeding Law Enforcement Efforts to Combat Violent Crime  —  The Department of Justice …
Discussion: The Hill, New York Times, Fox News, CNN and UPI
NBC News:
Democrats to Biden: Time to make changes at the White House  —  WASHINGTON — There's a growing sense among Democrats that it's time for a change of course at the White House — whether that means new strategy or new staffers.  —  On the political front, President Joe Biden's numbers aren't getting better …
Nina Feldman / NPR:
This 16-year-old wanted to get the COVID vaccine.  He had to hide it from his parents  —  High school junior Nicolas Montero stays busy.  He runs track, works night and weekend shifts at Burger King and keeps on top of his schoolwork at Neshaminy High School in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Marianne Williamson calls out AOC's ‘bulls—’ for dodging question on whether Pelosi should lead Dem caucus  —  The former Dem presidential candidate accused the ‘Squad’ member of ‘doublespeak’  —  AOC's GOP challenger proposes federal death penalty for convicted cop killers
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Missouri Senate poll alarms GOP  —  The poll appears to validate party fears that former GOP Gov. Eric Greitens would be a risky nominee.  —  Newly released polling in Missouri bolsters an argument Senate Republican leadership has made for months: Former Gov. Eric Greitens could be an unusually weak red-state nominee.
 
 
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
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David Irwin / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
The ranting 2022 version of Sen. Ron Johnson has created a mess of his own making
Discussion: Raw Story
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Walter Dellinger, Top Legal Official in Clinton White House, Dies at 80
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