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2:05 PM ET, February 9, 2022

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Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Open Everything  —  In March 2020, I wrote that America should “cancel everything” in response to the acute threat posed by COVID-19: Mass events should be postponed, companies should send employees home from the office, and schools should move classes online.  —  I remain convinced that this was the right thing to do.
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New York Times:
New York joins several other U.S. states in rolling back mask mandates as infections fall.  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul will drop New York's stringent indoor mask mandate on Wednesday, ending a requirement that businesses ask customers for proof of full vaccination or require mask-wearing at all times …
Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
The seven blue states announcing ends to mask mandates  —  More Democratic governors are lifting masking requirements as the omicron wave subsides.  —  The governors, who have been hawkish on maintaining COVID-19 restrictions, are acutely aware that the public is eager to ditch masks …
Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:   Fauci says ‘full-blown’ COVID-19 pandemic is almost over in US
Kiran Stacey / Financial Times:
‘Full blown’ pandemic phase of Covid nearly over in US, declares Fauci
Washington Post:
Giuliani asked Michigan prosecutor to give voting machines to Trump team  —  President's legal advisers helped twist clerical error by rural county into key tenet of false election-fraud claim  —  In the weeks after the 2020 election, Rudolph W. Giuliani and other legal advisers …
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Is this the beginning of the end for Trumpism or the Republican Party?  —  Watch Video: Cheney has to beat Trump's hold on the GOP to keep her seat in Wyoming  —  It was a Republican National Committee meeting that will live in infamy, and perhaps in history.
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump sets off yet another GOP civil war, risking party's midterm strategy
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Dave Levinthal / Insider:
Pelosi, McCarthy, McConnell, and Schumer all say they're open to a congressional stock-trade ban. But details could derail this rare bipartisanship.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Karl Evers-Hillstrom / The Hill:
Pelosi backs ban on stock trading in Congress
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Eileen McClory / dayton-daily-news:
VIDEO: Yellow Springs votes no on housing plan after Chappelle, others speak up  —  Development can still move forward, but without affordable housing component  —  Oberer Homes can move forward with a new development in Yellow Springs, but without an affordable housing component initially promised …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis, 'Don't say gay,' and the new GOP ‘snitch culture’  —  The GOP proposals sweeping the country that restrict the teaching of race have an obvious purpose: to make teachers feel perpetually on thin ice, so they shy away from difficult discussions about our national past rather …
Discussion: CNN, NBC News, Daily Kos and Vanity Fair
Wall Street Journal:
White House Approves Plan to Help Americans Leaving Ukraine if Russia Attacks  —  U.S. troops will set up checkpoints and tent camps inside Poland's border to help Americans who leave Ukraine  —  WASHINGTON—The White House has approved a Pentagon plan for U.S. troops in Poland to help thousands …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Debunking false claims about the Canadian convoy protests  —  Thousands in Ottawa protesting Covid-19 mandates  —  Washington (CNN)Canadian protests against vaccine mandates, Covid-19 restrictions and the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have captured attention …
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Steve Reilly / Grid News:
The hacked account and suspicious donations behind the Canadian trucker protests
James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
Joe Rogan Returns to Stand-Up Stage, Mocks His Controversies  —  Rogan addressed his recent headlines with a self-deprecating set: “If you want my advice, don't take my advice.”  —  Joe Rogan returned to the stand-up stage Tuesday night with a self-deprecating set that mocked and discussed his recent headlines.
Dan MacGuill / Snopes.com:
Did Biden Admin ‘Fund Crack Pipes’ To ‘Advance Racial Equity’? … Origin  —  In February 2022, right-leaning outlets reported breathlessly that the Biden administration had plans to fund the distribution of crack pipes in order to advance the cause of racial equity.
Jay Root / Houston Chronicle:
Texas GOP candidate Shelley Luther complains that students can't make fun of transgender children  —  BONHAM — Shelley Luther, the hair salon owner who was catapulted into political stardom after being jailed for defying a pandemic lockdown order, put transgender kids in the crosshairs …
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Nikole Hannah-Jones Responds to Our 1619 and Slavery Issue  —  Nikole Hannah-Jones went on Twitter Monday night to respond to our issue looking at American slavery and the 1619 Project.  Those familiar with how she typically responds to engagement with her work — engagement that typically appears …
Discussion: Twitchy
Politico:
Left splits over Supreme Court pick pushed by top Biden ally  —  After Sherrod Brown caught wind of the progressive angst over judge Michelle Childs' possible ascension to the Supreme Court, the labor stalwart talked it through with her biggest Democratic backer — the House majority whip.
Pippa Crerar / Mirror.co.uk:
New Partygate image shows Boris Johnson and open bottle of bubbly at No 10 Xmas quiz  —  The image shows the Prime Minister flanked by three members of staff, one wearing tinsel and another a Santa hat, at the event on December 15, 2020  —  The Met Police faces fresh calls to investigate a No 10 …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Air wars: Kemp gets reinforcements from RGA  —  Gov. Brian Kemp is some timely reinforcements from one of his most powerful supporters.  —  For the first time in its history, the Republican Governors Association is financing a TV ad during a party primary to support an incumbent facing a GOP challenger.
Discussion: The Hill
CNN:
A giant donut-shaped machine just proved a near-limitless clean power source is possible  —  (CNN)There's no silver bullet to the climate crisis, but nuclear fusion may be the closest thing to it.  In the quest for a near-limitless, zero-carbon source of reliable power …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dan Margolies / KCUR 89.3:
Missouri Supreme Court disciplines St. Louis lawyers who waved guns at BLM protesters  —  The McCloskeys drew national headlines when they confronted a group of mostly Black protesters who had entered their gated community en route to demonstrate in front of the nearby home of a former St. Louis mayor in June 2020.
Joshua Vaughn / PennLive:
Most deaths in Pa. jails went unreported despite rules: ‘It is appalling’  —  Joseph Klinger was found unconscious in his cell inside the Centre County Correctional Facility on June 15, 2020.He died in a hospital the next day.  The coroner ruled his death a suicide.Federal and state laws require counties …
NBC News:
White House does damage control with Latino allies after criticism of Becerra  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is racing to respond to Latino allies rankled by public criticism of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra's job performance, according to more than a dozen administration officials and Hispanic leaders.
Discussion: Yahoo News and STAT
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Negotiators reach ‘breakthrough’ in government funding talks  —  Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the senior Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Wednesday that negotiators have reached “a breakthrough” agreement on the framework for an omnibus spending package that he predicts …
Discussion: WDVM25 & DCW50 and Political Wire
Jordan Pearson / VICE:
Analyzing the Very Bizarre Sale of Melania Trump's $170,000 NFT  —  The crypto used to purchase the former First Lady's NFT came from the NFT creator themselves, blockchain records reveal.  But why?  —  Jordan Pearson  —  The $170,000 purchase of an NFT collection auctioned by Melania Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Rep. Cori Bush isn't backing down on “defund the police” slogan  —  Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) says she's not going to stop using the slogan “defund the police” ahead of this fall's midterms — even though some of her colleagues have made that request.  —  Why it matters: Progressives …
 
 
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Gabe Kaminsky / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: Public University UVA Spent Nearly $541 Per Minute For Ibram Kendi ‘Racial Equity’ Lecture
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Obama to speak to House Democrats on Thursday
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Mark Nichols / ABC News:
After a half-century of federal oversight, segregated neighborhoods are still pervasive: ABC News analysis
Discussion: Press Association
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
Biden's Biggest Idea on Climate Change Is Remarkably Cheap
Lenore Skenazy / Reason:
Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for Letting 14-Year-Old Babysit Kids During COVID-19
Discussion: National Review and TheBlaze
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Eric Schneiderman Says He's Changed. Is That Enough?
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Global Caseload Surpasses 400 Million
Discussion: Breitbart
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Democrats introduce federal gas tax holiday ahead of midterm elections
Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
Pressure builds for Biden, Democrats to move past COVID
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Conversation With Russell Brand, Who Isn't “Right Wing”
Discussion: Summit News
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
McConnell dismisses Trump criticism, saying it's no threat to his leadership role