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9:45 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.
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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: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Pointless Nikki Haley Campaign  —  This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture.  Sign up for it here.  —  Nikki Haley, one of the many Republicans who swore …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Haley looks to move past Trump with a style that predates him  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — There were no red caps or QAnon flags in the crowd when Nikki Haley took the stage today at the Charleston Visitor Center.  —  No vendors had opened their car trunks in the parking lot outside to hawk T-shirts with her face emblazoned on them.
NBC News:
GOP presidential candidates avoid abortion as the 2024 campaign kicks off
Discussion: Washington Post
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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CNN:
Joe Biden hates when people talk about his age. A looming reelection run is making it ‘omnipresent.’
Discussion: USA Today
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans worry as self-inflicted wounds pile up
Discussion: Bloomberg and Words & Deeds
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Moscow's Military Capabilities Are in Question After Failed Battle for Ukrainian City  —  A disastrous Russian assault on Vuhledar, viewed as an opening move in an expected spring offensive, has renewed doubts about Moscow's ability to sustain a large-scale ground assault.
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Christopher Miller / Financial Times:   He wanted an adventure. He ended up in Ukraine's most brutal war zone
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Tesla Just Terminated Dozens in Response to New Union Campaign, Complaint Alleges  —  Tesla Inc. terminated dozens of employees Wednesday at its plant in Buffalo, New York, one day after Autopilot workers at the facility announced a union campaign, organizers said in a complaint.
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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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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
George Santos Raked In Cash for a Recount That Never Happened
Discussion: Raw Story
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Help, Bing Won't Stop Declaring Its Love for Me  —  A very strange conversation with the chatbot built into Microsoft's search engine left me deeply unsettled.  Even frightened.  —  Last week, after testing the new, A.I.-powered Bing search engine from Microsoft, I wrote that, much to my shock …
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” …
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Don Lemon Sets Off Co-Hosts Over Nikki Haley's Competency Tests For Aged Politicians: She's ‘Not In Her Prime’ Either  —  Things got a little awkward on the set of CNN This Morning after Don Lemon curiously suggested that Nikki Haley shouldn't bash politicians' ages because she's past her “prime” as a woman.
Discussion: Insider
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Kari Lake's lawyers hit with bar complaints  —  A legal group plans to file bar complaints Thursday against four lawyers representing Kari Lake in voter fraud litigation, NBC News has learned.  —  Lake, a Donald Trump acolyte who has refused to accept that she lost the governor's race in Arizona last year …
David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jan. 6 documents: Georgia legislators answered Trump's call to overturn election  —  Some legislators say the documents are not accurate  —  With his chances of winning Georgia slipping away in December 2020, then-President Donald Trump hit upon a novel scheme to stay in power: State legislators would name him the winner.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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.
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)
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 …
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Republicans take aim at food stamps in growing fight over federal debt  —  Some GOP lawmakers are eyeing work requirements and other changes to the SNAP program in a bid to reduce the deficit  —  Top House Republicans are exploring significant changes to the nation's food stamps program …
Discussion: Reuters and Insider
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 …
Spotify:
Former National Security Advisor Steve Hadley's Reflections on Presidential Transitions  —  Listen to this episode from Chatter on Spotify.  Along with co-editors Peter Feaver, William Inboden, and Meghan O'Sullivan, former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley is editor of the new Hand-Off …
Discussion: New York Times
Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Buttigieg faces questions about whether he has become a liability to Biden  —  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is again attracting controversy in the wake of the Ohio train derailment, with elected officials from both parties questioning his ability to lead the department and respond to crises.
Discussion: Fox News
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
David Rozado / Rozado's Visual Analytics:
RightWingGPT - An AI Manifesting the Opposite Political Biases of ChatGPT  —  The Dangers of Politically Aligned AIs and their Negative Effects on Societal Polarization  —  I have previously documented the left-leaning political biases embedded in ChatGPT as manifested in the bot responses to questions with political connotations.
Discussion: New York Post and Fox News
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.
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.
Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Exclusive: British intel caught FBI spy chief secretly meeting a Russian in London  — An FBI spy chief's secret meeting with a Russian contact was detected by UK officials.  — Charles McGonigal, the ex-FBI official, is charged with taking money from Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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 …
 
 
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
America's Teenage Girls Are Not Okay
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Church Committee Aides Warn Jordan to Eschew Partisanship
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Michigan State students' training kicked in during shooting
Discussion: MLive.com
Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
State Senate Rejects Nominee for Chief Judge in Defeat for Hochul
Adam Wren / Politico:
Koch network not sold on Pence, despite private entreaties
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Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
The 1619 Project Gets Its Facts Wrong Yet Again
Rebecca Jennings / Vox:
How the Harry Potter video game became an ethical minefield
Discussion: Forbes
Slate:
Let's Stop Pretending Clarence Thomas Can Read the Framers' Minds
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Giuliani associate regrets buying into ‘deep state’ conspiracy — and thinks Trump committed crimes bribing Ukraine
Discussion: National Memo
Paula Reid / CNN:
First on CNN: FBI searched University of Delaware for Biden documents, source says
David Gelles / New York Times:
World Bank President, Dogged by Climate Questions, Will Step Down Early
 

 
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Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+

Jibin Joseph / PCMag:
UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time
 
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