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2:30 PM ET, February 16, 2021

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Annie Karni / New York Times:
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 …
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Jessica Schneider / CNN:
Leading House Democrat sues Donald Trump under a post-Civil War law for conspiracy to incite US Capitol riot  —  (CNN)Former President Donald Trump and attorney Rudy Giuliani are being accused of conspiring with the far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the January 6 insurrection …
Maya King / Politico:
NAACP sues Trump and Giuliani after Jan. 6 riots  —  On the heels of the Senate's acquittal of Donald Trump, the NAACP, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson and civil rights law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll filed a lawsuit against the former president, Rudy Giuliani and two white supremacist groups …
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in Capitol riot  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic congressman accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and of conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent …
Russell Contreras / Axios:
NAACP sues Trump for inciting Capitol riot  —  The NAACP filed a lawsuit Tuesday against former President Trump and far-right extremist groups in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riots that killed five people and injured dozens of officers.  —  Why it matters: The federal lawsuit filed …
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Lawsuit accuses Donald Trump, Giuliani and others of conspiring to incite Capitol riot
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
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.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans can't quit Trump  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  While the rest of the country wants less DONALD TRUMP, Republicans just can't quit him.  Our flash POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted in the days following the Senate trial shows that despite the impeachment …
Houston Chronicle:
What went wrong with the Texas power grid?  —  Millions of Texans were without heat and electricity Monday as snow, ice and frigid temperatures caused a catastrophic failure of the state's power grid.  —  The Texas power grid, powered largely by wind and natural gas, is relatively well equipped …
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Amanda Becker / The 19th:
Some Lincoln Project founders knew about sexual harassment allegations as early as March  —  The revelation comes as the political group's domestic and international associates cut ties, including an Israeli prime ministerial hopeful.  —  Some of the leaders of the embattled Lincoln Project knew …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
JUST IN: New Report Alleges Steve Schmidt Was Aware of Sexual Harassment Allegations as Early as March
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Ron Johnson and the emerging hoax-ification of the Capitol riot  —  In 2017, a white supremacist who attended a rally in Charlottesville drove a car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing one of them.  Then-President Trump leaped into controversy by casting blame on both sides and saying …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson on Jan. 6 Capitol attack: 'This didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me'
Mary Spicuzza / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Labor group launches $1 million TV ad campaign urging Sen. Ron Johnson to stop blocking COVID-19 relief checks
Discussion: CNN
Marc Caputo / Politico:
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 …
HuffPost:
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:   Cancel culture blends into victim culture
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The truth about Cuomo  —  As the pandemic took hold of the United States last March, upending life as Americans knew it, Trump offered little consolation.  The president claimed COVID would magically disappear in a few weeks, promoted miracle cures, and dismissed any criticism of his chaotic response as a “hoax.”
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Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
When do we get an apology from the media for glorifying Andrew Cuomo?
Discussion: Politico, RedState and HotAir
Mitch McConnell / Wall Street Journal:
Acquittal Vindicated the Constitution, Not Trump  —  House managers wanted us to rush through a sham trial.  Instead we did our duty to the rule of law.  —  Jan. 6 was a shameful day.  A mob bloodied law enforcement and besieged the first branch of government.
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
White House backs effort for independent panel to study Jan. 6 riot
Discussion: Insider and Axios
Marc Rod / Jewish Insider:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
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 …
Politico:
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 …
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Vox Finds Its Next Top Editor at The Atlantic  —  Swati Sharma, 34, prepares to take over the 90-person newsroom of a digital outlet known for its clearsighted articles on knotty issues in the news.  —  Swati Sharma, a managing editor of The Atlantic, will be the next editor in chief of Vox.com …
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
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.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
Read the document  —  Below is a letter to Representative Adam Kinzinger, Republican of Illinois, from several of his family members who support former President Trump.  The Times has redacted the names of some family members who signed the letter but whom we did not interview.
Fredrik deBoer:
Scott Alexander is not in the Gizmodo Media Slack  —  Recently, after months of threats and intimidation tactics, the New York Times published a hit piece about Scott Alexander and his blog SlateStarCodex, by something named Cade Metz.  You can read Alexander's response here.  —  I'll cut to the chase.
Laura Bassett / Elle:
Jennifer Carroll Foy Almost Died After Childbirth Because—Like Many Black Women—Her Pain Was Dismissed  —  Her personal experience is part of why she's running to be the nation's first Black woman governor  —  Jennifer Carroll Foy, a public defender and mother of twins who's running …
Financial Times:
China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry  —  Beijing asks industry executives if proposed restrictions will harm western contractors  —  China is exploring limiting the export of rare earth minerals that are crucial for the manufacture of American F-35 fighter jets …
Discussion: NBC News and The Atlantic
Katie Dowd / SFGATE:
Lindsey Graham threatens impeachment of Kamala Harris on Fox News appearance  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) threatened Vice President Kamala Harris with a potential impeachment trial in an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.”  —  The interview, conducted one day after President Donald Trump …
Discussion: HotAir, The Daily Caller and The Root
Scott Rosenberg / Axios:
After Trump, the attention economy deflates  —  Politicians, celebrities and business leaders are trying to adapt to a new world beyond the attention inflation of the Trump era — one where the volume of attention-getting statements and actions has dropped and the value and impact of individual events may rise.
Abdulqahar Balkhi / Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan:
Open letter to the people of the United States of America  —  As you may already be aware, every nation aspires to live a life in accordance with their own principles and values free from the fear of threats, invasions and attacks.  Our struggle for the past nineteen years in Afghanistan …
David Dayen / American Prospect:
First 100: Reopening All Schools Requires Public Investment in the Poorest  —  Plus, CARES Act tax breaks to opioid manufacturers.  —  First100-021621  —  Pre-kindergarten teacher Sarah McCarthy works with a student at Dawes Elementary in Chicago.  —  It's February 16, 2021 and welcome to First 100.
Discussion: The Hill and BizPac Review
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Stop Treating Celebrities Like Politicians (and Vice Versa)  —  Last weekend, Chris Harrison, host of The Bachelor, announced he was “stepping aside for a period of time” after a social-media firestorm.  Harrison's offense, for which he has confessed and apologized as part of his punishment …
Discussion: HotAir, Page Six and spectator.us
 
 
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Brakkton Booker / NPR:
Sen. Ben Sasse: GOP Must Persuade Voters It Has A Vision Beyond Donald Trump
Discussion: The Hill
Dianne Solis / Dallas Morning News:
Freezing weather hits Matamoros migrant camp where asylum-seekers are days away from U.S. entry
Discussion: Daily Kos
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
The vaccines will end the pandemic — whether Dr. Fauci likes it or not
Discussion: RedState
Charlotte Mitchell / Agence France-Presse:
30 Taliban militants are killed in explosion during bomb-making class at Afghan mosque
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Former Capitol Police chief, sergeants at arms called to testify on Capitol riot
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