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7:50 AM ET, February 16, 2023

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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Exclusive: Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows subpoenaed by special counsel in Jan. 6 investigation  —  Donald Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the former president and his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
NBC News:
GOP presidential candidates avoid abortion as the 2024 campaign kicks off  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Republicans seeking the party's 2024 presidential nomination have so far ignored an issue that has been central to the conservative movement for decades: abortion.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Michael Graham / NH Journal:
EXCLUSIVE: Bolduc to Endorse Haley At NH Campaign Stop Thursday
Discussion: USA Today
Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
Democrats troll Nikki Haley on her home turf with billboard
Discussion: Mediaite, UnHerd and Raw Story
Nate Hochman / National Review:
The New York Times Is Not a Right-Wing Paper  —  There's a bumper-sticker slogan, invoked in defense of whatever left-wing cause célèbre happens to be in the news that given week: “When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
Why I Signed the NYT Letter (And You Should, Too)
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Senior Democrats' Private Take on Biden: He's Too Old  —  High-level Democrats are rallying to President Biden's reelection, not because they think it's in the best interest of the country to have an 82-year-old start a second term but because they fear the potential alternative …
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Politico:
Biden's Medicare advantage
Discussion: Vox and The Hill
New York Times:
George Santos Married a Brazilian Woman.  House Is Asked to Find Out Why.  —  A letter to ethics watchdogs in the House of Representatives questioned if Mr. Santos's seven-year marriage was a scheme to aid a woman's immigration bid.  —  When Representative George Santos of New York was 24 …
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CNN:
Top Republicans plot Santos' ouster as embattled freshman weighs reelection  —  Embattled Rep. George Santos is contemplating a nightmare scenario for House Republicans: Trying to stick it out in Congress, even if he is indicted on criminal charges.  —  After previously signaling to Republicans …
Christopher Miller / Financial Times:
He wanted an adventure.  He ended up in Ukraine's most brutal war zone … I first glimpsed the Donbas through the steamy windows of a clattering overnight train.  It was a June morning in 2010, and the rising sun heated the carriage I shared with two dozen half-dressed passengers.
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Foreign Affairs:
The Kremlin's Grand Delusions
El Paso Times:
El Paso police respond to shooting inside Cielo Vista Mall; 1 killed, 3 hurt  —  A person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting Wednesday evening inside Cielo Vista Mall, El Paso police confirmed.  —  “We have one person in custody,” El Paso Police Department spokesman Sgt. Robert Gomez said at a news conference.
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New York Times:
How a Fog of Questions Over a Spy Balloon and U.F.O.s Fed a Diplomatic Crisis  —  U.S. officials now suspect that the balloon was sent to spy on bases in Guam and Hawaii and that other downed objects were not surveillance machines.  Washington's evolving view reflects U.S. and Chinese difficulties in discerning each other's intentions.
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Washington Post:
U.S.: Proud Boys leader learned of upcoming arrest from D.C. police officer  —  Shane Lamond is under investigation by the FBI over his relationship with Enrique Tarrio, who faces seditious conspiracy charges  —  The leader of a right-wing extremist group learned days in advance …
Discussion: Associated Press and USA Today
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
D.C. police lieutenant delivered pre-Jan. 6 tips from Tarrio to Capitol Police, Proud Boy's lawyer says
Discussion: CNN
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Extraordinarily Confused Congressional Rep. Thinks Social Media Companies Are Secretly Communicating With Gov't Censors... Via Jira  —  I wrote last week about the bizarrely bad House Oversight hearing that was supposed to expose how Twitter, the deep state, and the, um “Biden Crime Family” …
Washington Post:
As Russians inch forward near Bakhmut, Ukrainians dig fallback defenses  —  ORIKHOVO-VASYLIVKA, Ukraine — The closest Ukrainian artillery position to the raging battle for Bakhmut is tucked into a leafless tree line about 13,000 feet from the enemy.  The fighters here have been hanging on for weeks …
Aaron Gordon / VICE:
‘32 Nasty:’ Rail Workers Say They Knew the Train That Derailed in East Palestine Was Dangerous  —  A freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed 50 miles outside Pittsburgh, forced thousands to evacuate, and created a toxic cloud.  Workers knew the train had safety issues.
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New York Times:
Ohio Train Derailment: In East Palestine, Anxiety and Distrust Run Deep
CNN:
Special counsel is locked in at least 8 secret court battles in Trump investigations  —  Special counsel Jack Smith is locked in at least eight secret court battles that aim to unearth some of the most closely held details about Donald Trump's actions after the 2020 election and handling …
Discussion: Raw Story
Terry Castleman / Los Angeles Times:
California's population dropped by 500,000 in two years as exodus continues  —  The California exodus has shown no sign of slowing down as the state's population dropped by more than 500,000 people between April 2020 and July 2022, with the number of residents leaving surpassing those moving in by nearly 700,000.
Discussion: Breitbart, RedState and Human Events
Knight Foundation:
AMERICAN VIEWS 2022: Part 2, TRUST MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY  —  OVERVIEW  —  Democracy in America relies on an independent press to inform citizens with accurate information.  Yet today, two forces pose significant challenges to this function: the growing struggle of news organizations …
Adam Wren / Politico:
Koch network not sold on Pence, despite private entreaties  —  After the influential Koch network announced this month that it would endorse a rival candidate to former President Donald Trump, donors aligned with Mike Pence privately reached out in hopes of securing its backing.
CNN:
First on CNN: DOJ officially decides not to charge Matt Gaetz in sex-trafficking probe  —  The Justice Department has informed lawyers for at least one witness that it will not bring charges against Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz after a years-long federal sex-trafficking investigation.
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
The 1619 Project Gets Its Facts Wrong Yet Again  —  The 1619 Project miniseries keeps getting its timelines backward.  —  TO READ THE FULL STORY  —  RECOMMENDED  —  $5 Million Reparations Payment for Black Residents Not Enough, San Francisco Official Says  —  The House Republican Probe You Should Be Watching
New York Times:
U.S. on Track to Add $19 Trillion in New Debt Over 10 Years  —  Congressional Budget Office projections released on Wednesday suggested rising interest rates and bipartisan spending bills are adding to deficits, amid a partisan fight on fiscal policy.  —  WASHINGTON — The United States …
Washington Post:
Alarmed by DeSantis, Black leaders protest and prepare for 2024  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Rev. Lowman Oliver marched for civil rights and racial equity across Florida in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, hoping to build a state he viewed as just and equal for Black Americans.
Paula Reid / CNN:
First on CNN: FBI searched University of Delaware for Biden documents, source says  —  The FBI has conducted two searches at the University of Delaware in connection with the investigation into President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN.
David Gelles / New York Times:
World Bank President, Dogged by Climate Questions, Will Step Down Early  —  David Malpass, under fire for months by critics who accused him of climate denialism, said he would resign in June, a year before his term ends.  —  Gelles questioned the World Bank president about his views …
 
 
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Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
State Senate Rejects Nominee for Chief Judge in Defeat for Hochul
Department of Justice:
West Palm Beach Healthcare Operator Charged in Employment Tax Scheme
Rebecca Jennings / Vox:
How the Harry Potter video game became an ethical minefield
Discussion: Forbes and RedState
Slate:
Let's Stop Pretending Clarence Thomas Can Read the Framers' Minds
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Gunman sentenced to life in prison for Buffalo massacre of Black victims
James Kirkup / Spectator:
How self-ID helped bring down Nicola Sturgeon
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ABC News:
2 dead after Black Hawk helicopter crashes onto Alabama highway: US official
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Giuliani associate regrets buying into ‘deep state’ conspiracy — and thinks Trump committed crimes bribing Ukraine
Discussion: National Memo
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Alex Murdaugh Spent $50K A WEEK on Drugs, Defense Lawyer Claims
Discussion: Raw Story, Fox News and CNN
Sun-Sentinel:
Broward high schools remove book reported by parents' group and labeled by DeSantis administration as pornographic
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Brian Whitaker / New Lines Magazine:
A Notorious Syria Conspiracy Theory Is Definitively Debunked
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Judge to Trump: Too late to offer DNA to rebut rape claim
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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