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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio provocateur and cultural phenomenon, dies at 70  —  Rush Limbaugh, who deployed comic bombast and relentless bashing of liberals, feminists and environmentalists to become the nation's most popular radio talk-show host and lead the Republican Party into a politics …
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HuffPost:
Rush Limbaugh, Bigoted King Of Talk Radio, Dies At 70  —  Limbaugh saturated America's airwaves with cruelty and conspiracies, amassing millions of listeners and transforming the Republican Party.  —  Rush Limbaugh, a talk radio pioneer who saturated America's airwaves with cruel bigotries …
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio's Conservative Provocateur, Dies at 70  —  A longtime favorite of the right, he was a furious critic of Barack Obama and a full-throated cheerleader for Donald J. Trump.  —  Rush Limbaugh, the relentlessly provocative voice of conservative America who dominated talk radio …
Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
The Indispensable Man  —  It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Rush Limbaugh …
Eliza Relman / Insider:
Fox News hosts didn't correct Trump's lie that he won the election in his first interview post-insurrection
Discussion: TVNewser
Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …:
My Friend Rush Limbaugh, RIP
Discussion: TheBlaze
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Trump to appear on conservative networks in wake of Limbaugh's death
Discussion: Townhall and Mediaite
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Rush Limbaugh, the Human Megaphone Who Hijacked the GOP, Dead at 70
CNN:
Cuomo said ‘he can destroy me’: NY assemblyman alleges governor threatened him over nursing homes scandal  —  (CNN)New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been pleading with lawmakers for support and even threatening political retribution against Democrats who have criticized him in an aggressive effort …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Attacks a Fellow Democrat Over Nursing Home Criticism  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo lashed out at Assemblyman Ron Kim, both publicly and in a private phone call, as a war intensified over the state's handling of nursing home deaths during the pandemic.  —  For months, Assemblyman Ron Kim …
James Osborne / Houston Chronicle:
Perry says Texans willing to suffer blackouts to keep feds out of power market  —  WASHINGTON - Former Texas governor Rick Perry suggests that going days without power is a sacrifice Texans should be willing to make if it means keeping federal regulators out of the state's power grid.
Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
Texas mayor tells residents to fend for themselves during power outage: ‘Only the strong will survive’  —  By Tuesday morning, the residents of Colorado City, Tex., were getting anxious.  More than 24 hours had passed since a deadly Arctic blast knocked out power across the state …
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Jamie Burch / KTXE-LP:
Colorado City mayor resigns, responds to his controversial Facebook post  —  Colorado City Mayor Tim Boyd has resigned.  Boyd acknowledged the resignation Tuesday afternoon while responding to criticism he received for a controversial Facebook post.  Tuesday morning, Boyd voiced his frustrations …
New York Times:
Promotions for Female Generals Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump's Reaction  —  Under a Biden administration, the nominations are expected to go from the Pentagon to the White House within weeks and then to the Senate for approval.  —  WASHINGTON — Last fall, the Pentagon's most senior leaders agreed …
Bloomberg:
Texas Was Warned a Decade Ago Its Grid Was Unready for Cold  — Grid regulators investigated cold snap in 2011 that cut power  — Federal recommendations to avoid repeat incident went unheeded  —  Federal regulators warned Texas that its power plants couldn't be counted on to reliably churn …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blames wind turbines, Green New Deal policies for outages. Critics call that ‘a lie.’
Will Englund / Washington Post:
The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn't see the need to prepare for cold weather
The Texas Tribune:
No, frozen wind turbines aren't the main culprit for Texas' power outages
Pete Souza / Jewish Insider:
Ben Rhodes cites ‘very aggressive, pro-Likud media’ in the U.S. for intensity on Israel  —  PODCAST PLAYBACK  —  Rhodes joined Peter Beinart on his podcast, Occupied Thoughts  —  Peter Beinart, a fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace and editor-at-large of Jewish Currents …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:   Biden's point man on Israel-Palestine isn't aiming for a Nobel Prize
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Former Obama Foreign Policy Hand Disappointed in Biden's Pro-Israel Posture
Discussion: Algemeiner.com and Washington Post
Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Watch the Trump Era in Atlantic City End With 3,000 Sticks of Dynamite  —  The implosion of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, the last vestige of the former president's once-dominant brand in Atlantic City, N.J., took place Wednesday morning.  —  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — It was not the biggest or the best implosion ever.
About Facebook:
Changes to Sharing and Viewing News on Facebook in Australia  —  In response to Australia's proposed new Media Bargaining law, Facebook will restrict publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content.  —  The proposed law fundamentally misunderstands …
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Skyler Swisher / Sun-Sentinel:
'I wouldn't be complaining.' Gov. DeSantis threatens to pull coronavirus vaccine from communities that criticize distribution  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested Wednesday that he would divert COVID-19 vaccines from communities that criticize his distribution methods, sparking complaints that he is playing politics with lifesaving medicine.
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Spare us: After Trump, seven Republican lectures Democrats never need to hear again  —  It probably would be easier to list what Republicans are still qualified to pontificate on.  Why the federal deficit is a huge problem?  Hmmm.  Never mind.  —  There's nothing like a new Democratic administration …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / The Hill:
Graham's ‘impeach Kamala’ drumbeat will lead Republicans to a 2022 defeat
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
News Analysis: The tragedy of Dianne Feinstein  —  If Dianne Feinstein hadn't lived the life she had, her story might be the product of a screenwriter's over-fertile imagination.  —  The synopsis: After surviving an abusive childhood, Feinstein overcomes personal loss — she is widowed at age 45 …
QU Poll:
Half Of Americans Approve Of The Job President Biden Is Doing, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Most Say Conspiracy Theories In The U.S. Are Out Of Control  —  Four weeks after being sworn into office, President Joe Biden receives a positive job approval rating as Americans approve 50 …
Discussion: The Hill
Mike Allen / Axios:
“Politically isolating”: White House issues obstruction warning to GOP  —  Mike Donilon, senior adviser to President Biden, argues in a memo to White House senior staff that GOP opposition to the COVID rescue package would shrink the party's already declining national support.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden finally calls Netanyahu
Discussion: The Hill, Politico, CNN and New York Post
Steve Israel / The Hill:
How Democrats can ensure Trump never runs again  —  The second impeachment of former President Donald Trump ended as predictably as the first: an acquittal based on evidence that was never actually presented.  Even when their eyes were riveted to the grotesque footage of armed insurrectionists invading …
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Millions of jobs probably aren't coming back, even after the pandemic ends  —  The United States needs to invest more in retraining workers, economists warn.  —  Millions of jobs that have been shortchanged or wiped out entirely by the coronavirus pandemic are unlikely to come back …
Charlie Sykes / Bulwark+:
Crenshaw Reloaded  —  The Texas Congressman wants it both ways  —  Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw has some deep thoughts about what ails right-wing politics these days.  —  There is, he says, way too much “performance,” rather than persuasion.  Too much much grift; too much talking about …
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
The Crisis Candidate Maya Wiley believes she can be a better progressive mayor for our traumatized city than her former boss Bill de Blasio.  —  Maya Wiley's parents, both activists, raised her and her brother, Dan, to be resilient.  In 1973, when Maya was 9 and her brother 10, their father, George Wiley, bought a small boat.
Hollywood Reporter:
Behind Disney's Firing of ‘Mandalorian’ Star Gina Carano  —  The ouster of Carano from the show draws the ire of the political right-wing and marks an inflection point for Lucasfilm, whose star was warned repeatedly about her social posts.  —  It's a plot twist that no studio relishes …
Kate Aurthur / Variety:
‘Paddington 3’ Officially in the Works … “Paddington 3” — a new entry in the beloved movie series — is in active development, representatives from Studiocanal told Variety: “We can confirm Studiocanal is working very hard on film 3 with the utmost craft and care — as with film 1 and 2.”
Discussion: Paste
New York Times:
Stop Worrying About Inflation  —  The evidence that high inflation is coming is weak.  It's too weak, actually.  —  Dr. Beckworth is a former economist at the Treasury Department and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center.  Mr. Ponnuru is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion.
Discussion: National Review
Bill Glauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry enters U.S. Senate race with endorsements from several top Milwaukee Democrats  —  Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry, who helped lure the 2020 Democratic National Convention to Milwaukee, entered the race for U.S. Senate Wednesday with a vow to bring …
Discussion: CBS News, CNBC, UPROXX and WTOP
Joe Klein / The Bulwark:
What We Mean When We Talk About “Unity”  —  It's not about voting on a policy.  It's about fighting the insurgents trying to destroy our democracy.  —  I rise to defend—defiantly, perhaps foolishly—the notion of unity.  I know the concept has taken a bashing this past month.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Senate Dems take a page from GOP in judicial nominee wars  —  Senate Democrats are planning to continue the GOP's approach to giving home-state senators veto power over lower court nominees — while granting freer rein to President Joe Biden's circuit court nominees.
Discussion: Jacobin
 
 
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Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal:
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Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
A Macedonian misinformation site dominated Parler before the Capitol riot
Perry Beeman / DeWitt Observer:
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Mary Ellen Klas / Tampa Bay Times:
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Bloomberg:
Rahm Emanuel, Nicholas Burns Seen as Potential China Envoy
Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases
Discussion: The Hill
Ben Makuch / VICE:
Department of Homeland Security Confirms Neo-Nazi Leader Used to Work For It
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
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