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11:50 AM ET, February 3, 2022

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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden  —  Last night at my direction, U.S. military forces in the northwest Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and our Allies, and make the world a safer place.  Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces …
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Associated Press:
Biden: US raid in Syria killed top Islamic State leader  —  ATMEH, Syria (AP) — A U.S. special forces raid in northwestern Syria early Thursday killed the top leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, President Joe Biden said.  —  “Thanks to the skill and bravery …
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
US commandos kill ISIS leader, successor of al-Baghdadi, in Syria raid  —  The U.S. military killed the leader of ISIS in an early-morning operation in northwest Syria early Thursday morning, President Biden said.  —  Abu Ibrahim al Hahimi al Qurayshi, who took control of the terror group …
Associated Press:
US forces launch raid in Syria, civilians also reported dead
CNN:
US conducts counterterrorism raid in Syria killing ISIS leader
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Jeff Zucker's legacy is defined by his promotion of Donald Trump  —  Many questions still swirl around Wednesday's startling announcement that, after nine years, Jeff Zucker's reign as CNN president was over.  —  Was his ouster really all about his failure to disclose to his corporate bosses …
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Michael Graham / NH Journal:
Lewandowski's New Gig: Get Rid of Gov. Sununu  —  On the Howie Carr radio show Wednesday, Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski said his old boss has given him a new job: Get rid of Gov. Chris Sununu.  —  “When we spoke earlier in the day, you told me that [President Trump] assigned you a couple …
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
CNN and Brian Stelter forget how Jeff Zucker turned their network into Trump TV in 2016  —  Back when Donald Trump was a washed-up businessman, tarnished by a decade of bankruptcies, it was Jeff Zucker, then the president of NBC Entertainment, who decided to resurrect him from the ash heap of history and reinvent him.
Discussion: HotAir, The Ankler and New York Post
Dylan Byers / Puck:
Inside the CNN Newsroom's Clash with Jason Kilar  —  Fear, anger, profound loyalty to Jeff Zucker and full-blown resentment for Jason Kilar dominated a confidential meeting in CNN's D.C. newsroom on the night of Zucker's February surprise.  —  Just after 7 p.m. ET last night …
Howie Carr Show / HCRN:
Joining the Diehl Campaign - Corey Lewandowski - 2.02.22 - Hour 2
Discussion: The Hill
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns, Citing Relationship With Colleague
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Josh Hawley seeks to be Putin's new favorite pet  —  In a body full of MAGA sycophants and Ivy League-educated senators spewing anti-elite rhetoric, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) manages to stand out.  From his fist-pumping approval of the Jan. 6 mob to his whining that his canceled book deal amounts …
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
America is in Europe to stay — thanks to Putin
Discussion: Florida Politics
Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
Crime, “Normie Voters” and the Return to Normal  —  What Joe Biden Could Learn from Eric Adams  —  It's been widely noted that Democrats' biggest problem is voters' thirst for a return to normalcy which they don't believe that Democrats have delivered.  The biggest problems here are the economy …
Discussion: EL PAÍS in English
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The White House:
President Biden Announces More Actions to Reduce Gun Crime And Calls on Congress to Fund Community Policing and Community Violence Intervention
Discussion: Breitbart, New York Post and Roll Call
Molly Minta / Mississippi Today:
Inside Mississippi's only class on critical race theory  —  Brittany Murphree was born and raised in Rankin County, Mississippi, one of the most Republican counties in one of the most Republican states.  —  She went to Northwest Rankin High School where she was the president of the school's chapter …
Discussion: Carl Beijer
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Unmasking Of Rudy Giuliani On Fox's ‘The Masked Singer’ Prompts Judges Ken Jeong & Robin Thicke To Walk Off In Protest  —  EXCLUSIVE, SPOILER ALERT: Rudy Giuliani was last week unmasked as an exiting costumed contestant in the taping of the first episode of Fox's popular prime time show The Masked Singer.
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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Judges Walk Out After ‘The Masked Singer’ Reveals Rudy Giuliani
Discussion: E! Online
Daniel Henninger / Wall Street Journal:
End the Covid Panic Now  —  Biden should declare the pandemic is over, so Americans can return to normal lives.  —  It is manifestly clear that the panic phase of the Covid-19 pandemic has to end.  The costs are too high.  —  I don't mean end as a state of mind.
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
So long, Omicron: White House eyes next phase of pandemic
Tom Tapp / Deadline:
L.A. Mayor Garcetti Says He Held His Breath For Maskless Photo With Magic Johnson  —  Los Angeles Mayor — and Biden Administration ambassadorial nominee — Eric Garcetti today defended his actions after maskless photos surfaced of him and Lakers great Magic Johnson, along …
John F. Harris / Politico:
Take The Hint, John Roberts — It's Time For You To Retire, Too  —  “Judges are like umpires,” John Roberts famously said at his confirmation hearing as Chief Justice.  “Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them ... They make sure everybody plays by the rules, but it is a limited role.
Discussion: Raw Story
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Requiescat in Pace, Alma  —  Covid took my sister, a compassionate, tough soul who always put others first.  —  Tuesday morning, the hospital wouldn't let me say goodbye to my sister.  Covid restrictions, they said.  Only Alma's two daughters, masked and gowned, were allowed in with their mother …
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Facebook lost daily users for the first time ever last quarter  —  A metaverse pivot isn't going to fix the social network's main problems: slowing user and ad growth  —  Since its inception, Facebook's user growth has essentially been up and to the right.
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
NORTH KOREA HACKED HIM.  SO HE TOOK DOWN ITS INTERNET  —  Disappointed with the lack of US response to the Hermit Kingdom's attacks against US security researchers, one hacker took matters into his own hands.  —  For the past two weeks, observers of North Korea's strange and tightly restricted corner …
Glenna Milberg / WPLG-TV:
South Florida seniors alarmed after political party was unknowingly changed to Republican  —  MIAMI - Despite the security at Haley Sofge Towers, a Miami-Dade public housing building, people with clipboards and Republican Party of Florida caps were in the hallways, door knocking.
Discussion: Raw Story
James Kirchick / Tablet Magazine:
When the Pope Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie, That's Ahmari  —  From neoconservatism to integralist cosplay to active worship of China and Russia, the ‘post-liberal’ right has had a giddy five years  —  I first met Sohrab Ahmari, one of the most influential and controversial writers …
James Forsyth / Spectator:
Exclusive: No. 10 policy chief quits over Boris's Jimmy Savile slur  —  Munira Mirza's departure will be painful for the Prime Minister  —  Munira Mirza, the Downing Street head of policy, has resigned over Boris Johnson's Jimmy Savile attack on Keir Starmer.
New York Times:
Memos Show Roots of Trump's Focus on Jan. 6 and Alternate Electors  —  Just over two weeks after Election Day, lawyers working with the Trump campaign set out a rationale for creating alternate slates of electors as part of an effort to buy time to overturn the results.
Cayla Harris / Houston Chronicle:
National Butterfly Center on Texas border closing indefinitely after attacks from right-wing conspiracy theorists  —  The National Butterfly Center on the Texas border is closing “for the immediate future” after conspiracy-fueled attacks against the center on social media escalated in recent days.
 
 
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