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4:20 PM ET, February 6, 2022

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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Murkowski to Biden: Pick SCOTUS nominee who can get GOP votes  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Sunday encouraged President Joe Biden to choose a Supreme Court nominee who could receive broad bipartisan support and not pick the one that would be “to the furthest left.”
Discussion: Insider and Washington Post
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Alison Main / CNN:
Manchin and Murkowski endorse each other during joint interview
Discussion: HuffPost, New York Post and Raw Story
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Want to fight crime? Take on the gun lobby.
New York Times:
California's Supreme Court Was Split. Leondra Kruger Found the Center.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Allahpundit / HotAir:   Sunday morning talking heads
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
I'm disgusted by Joe Rogan's weak apology.  My former colleague's death at 47 makes it worse.  —  People are dying because of covid misinformation that Spotify packages as glib podcast fodder.  —  Under fire for spreading covid misinformation on his hugely popular podcast …
Laura Kayali / Politico:
Macron vows ‘de-escalation,’ but hints at concessions to Putin  —  PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is optimistic he can secure a de-escalation over Ukraine when he travels to Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, but hinted that Western countries could have to make concessions to the Kremlin.
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US believes Russia plans nuclear exercise to warn west over Ukraine
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Muzzle Velocity
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
The Covid Policy That Really Mattered Wasn't a Policy  —  If the C.D.C. had recommended better masks from the beginning, how many people would have worn them and for how long?  If the Biden administration had flooded stores with cheap rapid tests, would people have used them?
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Manchin says he's ‘not a Washington Democrat’  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Sunday said he is “not a Washington Democrat,” but instead is a “good old West Virginia Democrat.”  —  During an appearance on CNN's “State of the Union,” Manchin, a centrist Democrat who has frequently bucked …
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Manchin endorses Murkowski's re-election bid
Discussion: CNN and Bloomberg
Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Democratic Sen. Manchin endorses Republican Sen. Murkowski for reelection
Natasha Anderson / Daily Mail:
California-born figure skater Beverly Zu, 19, is slammed on Chinese social media after finishing LAST on the ice having given up her US citizenship to compete for Communist Beijing in Winter Olympics  — Figure skater Zhu Yi, 19, finished with the lowest score on day two of the women's short …
Discussion: New York Post and Breitbart
Mike Allen / Axios:
McCain when he picked Palin: “F— it!”  —  At the moment the late Sen. John McCain green-lit Sarah Palin as his presidential running mate in 2008, he told top advisers: “F— it.  Let's do it.”  —  The intrigue: McCain balled up a fist and shook it as if rolling dice …
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Climate Change Enters the Therapy Room  —  Ten years ago, psychologists proposed that a wide range of people would suffer anxiety and grief over climate.  Skepticism about that idea is gone.  —  Ten years ago, when psychologists proposed that a wide range of people would suffer anxiety …
James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Scowling Obama inspects his multi-million dollar Hawaii mansion  —  Obama, 60, had his arms crossed the entire time the group were discussing the next steps in building the massive compound
Discussion: RADAR
David French / The Dispatch:
Our Nation Cannot Censor Its Way Back to Cultural Health  —  If we try, we'll violate the social compact and disrupt the founding logic of our republic.  —  I want to start with a story about cancel culture—the cancel culture that existed on a cold December night in 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts.
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
How the National Butterfly Center Became the Center of Online Lies  —  Becoming the focus of conspiracy theories about child sex trafficking has caused the National Butterfly Center to shut its doors for now.  —  MISSION, Texas — For nearly two decades, the National Butterfly Center …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Plastic Society
Military Reporters & Editors Assoc:
Military Reporters & Editors Association calls for the resumption of embeds  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: The recent deployment of American forces to Europe provides an opportunity for the U.S. military to showcase how the men and women in uniform undertake the mission asked …
Jonathan Lis / Haaretz:
U.S. President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office, August.  Credit: NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP  —  Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday evening, as indirect American-Iranian talks on reviving the 2015 international nuclear deal …
Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
Andrew Cuomo Plans Comeback Months After Resigning Amid Sexual-Harassment Claims  —  Ex-New York governor is considering how to make his first appearance since leaving office, while aides attack his accusers and Attorney General Letitia James  —  Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his aides …
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Tom Lawrence / The Daily Beast:
The Republican Knives Are Out for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem  —  She's still beloved by the masses.  But suddenly it seems like every Republican official in the state has beef with the woman in charge.  —  South Dakota Republicans haven't lost a statewide election since 2008.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kelly Yamanouchi / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Delta asks Justice Dept. to put unruly passengers on national no-fly list  —  Delta Air Lines is asking the U.S. Justice Department to create a national no-fly list of passengers who have been convicted for on-board disruptions.  —  Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta, wrote a letter …
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Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:   Delta Air Lines asks Justice Department to help set up national ‘no-fly’ list of unruly passengers
 
 
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James Brooks / Anchorage Daily News:
Lacking votes to punish Wasilla lawmaker for membership in far-right group, Alaska House majority will hold hearing instead
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
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