Frozen Wind Farms Are Just a Small Piece of Texas's Power Woes  — Natural gas, coal and nuclear played bigger role in blackouts  — Blaming reduced wind output ‘is really a red herring’  —  Don't point too many fingers at Texas wind turbines, because they're not the main reason broad swaths …

N.A.A.C.P. Sues Trump and Giuliani Over Election Fight and Jan. 6 Riot  —  The civil rights group brought the suit on behalf of Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, with other Democrats in Congress expected to join as plaintiffs.  —  WASHINGTON — The N.A.A.C.P. on Tuesday morning filed …

Brent Bozell IV, Son Of Prominent Conservative Activist, Charged In Capitol Riot  —  Online sleuths looked into Bozell because he wore the sweatshirt of a Christian school where he previously served as a girls' basketball coach.  —  Leo Brent Bozell IV, the son of conservative activist L. Brent Bozell III …

Trump attacks McConnell in fiery statement  —  Former President Donald Trump issued a caustic and highly personal statement against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday, effectively declaring war on the Kentucky Republican for failing to back his attempts to undermine the 2020 election.

The Baltimore Sun to be acquired by nonprofit from Tribune Publishing  —  Returning The Baltimore Sun to Maryland hands, the state's largest newspaper and its affiliates will be acquired by a nonprofit formed by businessman and philanthropist Stewart Bainum Jr. that would operate the media organization for the benefit of the community.

Trump Emerges From Impeachment Trial With Sturdy Backing From GOP Voters  —  54% would support him in a hypothetical 2024 primary, a return to pre-riot numbers  — 59% of GOP voters said Trump should play a “major role” in the Republican Party going forward, up 18 points since a Jan. 6-7 survey.

David Schoen describes dysfunction within Trump's impeachment team  —  Despite winning former President Donald Trump an acquittal in his second impeachment trial on Saturday, Trump's defense team was plagued by inconsistent internal communication and coordination, last minute shake-ups …

Dominion Says It Will Sue MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Over Election Fraud Claims  —  Dominion sent letters to Lindell in December and January demanding that he retract false claims about their machines, instead the MyPillow CEO doubled down. … MAGA diehard and pillow magnate Mike Lindell …

Bannon thought Trump was suffering from dementia and pushed 25th Amendment behind the scenes: 60 Minutes producer  —  Speaking on the Skullduggery podcast, veteran “60 Minutes producer” Ira Rosen told the show's hosts that during his time at the White House, Steve Bannon concluded …

Covid wars launch DeSantis into GOP ‘top tier’  —  MIAMI — Ron DeSantis once drew national scorn for his stewardship of Florida's Covid-19 response — critics took to referring to the governor as “DeathSantis” for his resistance to restrictive measures.  —  But that very blowback …

Kamala Harris Disputes Dr. Fauci, Insists Biden Administration Is ‘Starting from Scratch’ on Coronavirus  —  Kamala Harris, in an interview with Mike Allen of Axios, this weekend: … Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaking at the White House, January 21: … If you look at the daily rate of vaccinations …

GOP tries to weaponize pandemic-exhausted parents against Biden  —  Distraught and exhausted parents are emerging as a new class of voters that could torment President Joe Biden — and the White House is moving quickly to head off the pain.  —  Nearing a year into the pandemic …

The One Thing That Could Doom Biden  —  Who's afraid of the I-word?  —  3 hr ago  —  1. The Natural Gas Scare  —  If you were looking for unknown-unknowns to worry about over the next six months, here's one:  —  Have you seen the price of natural gas recently?  It's up.  Way up.

Hacker Claims to Have Stolen Files Belonging to Prominent Law Firm Jones Day  —  Firm disputes network breach, says its file-transfer company was compromised  —  A hacker claims to have stolen files belonging to the global law firm Jones Day and posted many of them on the dark web.

FBI Arrests Activist Daniel Baker Over Posts About Police Abuse and Self Defense  —  In the wake of the January 6 Capitol riot, many Democratic politicians and left-of-center pundits have been calling for the expanded use of “domestic terror” laws against people whose social media rhetoric seems too radical.

Biden, Cuomo didn't discuss COVID nursing home scandal, Psaki says  —  The controversy “was not a focus of their conversation or a topic,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters  —  New York Democrats slam Gov. Cuomo over COVID-19 nursing home scandal

The right's grift machine is only growing stronger  —  The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the grift shall never die.  —  I speak (with a nod to Ted Kennedy) of the long tradition in which prominent conservatives go around scamming, fleecing, and conning their own rank-and-file.

Only Half Of Americans Have Heard Of ‘Cancel Culture’  —  A HuffPost/YouGov poll found many Americans are unaware of the idea, which has become a major Republican talking point.  —  The Republican Party has a new bogeyman: cancel culture.  —  One of former President Donald Trump's lawyers described …

Rep. Debbie Lesko says Americans, not Hispanics, need vaccine first; draws outrage  —  Rep. Debbie Lesko said Hispanics are “very good workers” but implied they are not Americans in comments she made last week during a congressional hearing on vaccine distribution plans.

Who Owns Kavanaugh #3: The Basketball Coach & The Devil's Triangle  —  Just as the press begins to dig into Kavanaugh's finances and sketchy work with Bush 43, all hell breaks loose.  —  Greg Olear and LB  —  8 hr ago  —  This series is written by Greg Olear in collaboration with Lincoln's Bible.

U.S. still hasn't ruled out lab accident origin for Covid because China hasn't been transparent … WASHINGTON — Despite a finding by the World Health Organization that the Covid-19 outbreak in China most likely first infected humans through an animal host, the United States is still not ruling …

Sen. Tim Scott says Trump is the 'one person I don't blame' for Capitol attack  —  The South Carolina senator says Trump is simply not responsible for the protest that left five dead  —  Many Americans blame former president Donald Trump for the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol but his supporters …

Pentagon report reveals inroads white supremacists have made in military  —  A soldier in the Florida National Guard who co-founded a murderous fascist group was chatting with a fellow white supremacist in the extremist “Iron March” online forum in 2016 when the guard member made a remarkable statement.

Ivy League Study Warns Biden's Expensive ‘Stimulus’ Plan Will Hurt Economy in the Long Term  —  Wharton School analysts concluded that Biden's proposed spending binge would actually lead to a smaller economy in 2022.  Here's why.  —  President Biden is hitting the road and traveling across …

Pizzagate's violent legacy … Play Video  —  SALISBURY, N.C. — He slipped out of bed before sunrise and started driving, spurred by the conspiracy theory he would soon help make famous.  As he sped the 350 miles from his hometown in North Carolina to the nation's capital …

Zucker lieutenant is a top candidate to replace him at CNN's helm  —  Allison Gollust, a CNN executive and top lieutenant to Jeff Zucker, has emerged as the leading internal candidate to take over the network if Zucker steps down as president, two people at CNN familiar with the matter say.

Subpoenas in Trump criminal probe suggests fresh scrutiny of his Seven Springs estate  —  Manhattan prosecutors conducting a criminal investigation into possible bank, tax and insurance fraud by former President Donald Trump and his company recently subpoenaed documents from an engineer …

Secretary Of State Blinken: ‘No Doubt’ U.S. Diplomacy ‘Tarnished By Recent Events’  —  Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been in office three weeks.  He arrives at a challenging time: the U.S. must figure out how to deal with China, Russia and Iran, the coronavirus pandemic rages on …