The Continuing Crisis
- ‘Blink Twice if You Need Help, Senator!’ MSNBC’s Ayman Mocks Lindsey Graham Being All-In for Trump 2024 Despite Previously Disavowing Him (mediaite.com)
- Virginia House approves bill to boost transparency when judges get punished (virginiamercury.com)
- This College Helped a Prominent White Nationalist Leave the Movement. Here’s What He Thinks About DeSantis’ Plan for It. (slate.com)
- Inside the audacious new scheme to erase LGBTQ people from Michigan schools (popular.info)
- Trump says he is ‘more angry’ than ever as he tries to revive White House bid (theguardian.com)… Goes After ‘Very Disloyal’ DeSantis and Haley for Flirting With 2024 Bids (mediaite.com)… targets "cult of gender ideology" during campaign event in South Carolina (salon.com)Trump’s Evolution in Social-Media Exile: More QAnon, More Extremes (nytimes.com)
- ‘Hostile takeover’: the tiny Florida university targeted by Ron DeSantis (theguardian.com)
- Intel Committee Dem Tells MSNBC Removal of Schiff and Swalwell ‘Makes Us a Less Safe Country’ (mediaite.com)Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar Team Up to Thrash McCarthy Booting Them From Committees: ‘The Hypocrisy Grabs You By the Throat’ (mediaite.com)
- Do Abortion Rights Hang On State Constitutions? (nytimes.com)
- Independent voters can be decisive in elections – but they’re pretty unpredictable, not ‘shadow partisans’ (theconversation.com)
- Ron DeSantis Calls It a War on “Wokeness”. Guess Who It’s Really a War On? (jacobin.com)
- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes will prosecute participants of death threats, voter intimidation (msnbc.com)
- Even Glenn Beck Says Paul Pelosi Video ‘Dissolves All of the Crazy Rumors About This Being a Sex Fest’ (mediaite.com)
- Mother Jones Tried to Call the Top Donors To George Santos’ 2020 Campaign. Many Don’t Seem To Exist. (motherjones.com)Justice Department asks FEC to stand down as prosecutors probe Santos (washingtonpost.com)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene keeps rising in Republican ranks despite ‘loony lies’ (theguardian.com)
- Trump secretly donated $1m to discredited Arizona election ‘audit’ (theguardian.com)
- As the Colorado River Shrinks, Washington Prepares to Spread the Pain (nytimes.com)
More News
- Rio Tinto apologises for losing radioactive capsule in Australia (bbc.com)
- 50 million Americans under winter weather warnings, advisories; Texas braces for days of ice (usatoday.com)
- Man with history of torturing women is using dating apps to lure new victims in Oregon: police (nydailynews.com)
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- Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 34, Wounds 150 At Mosque Within Police Compound In Pakistan (huffpost.com)
- Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble (theconversation.com)
- Elusive Wildcat Found To Be Living On Mount Everest (huffpost.com)
- Crypto’s shaky foundation (aaronrupar.substack.com)
- How evangelicals moved from supporting environmental stewardship to climate skepticism (theconversation.com)
- Prosecutors open probe into whether Biden accuser Tara Reade lied under oath in court appearances (abcnews.go.com)
- FBI Russia Scandal: The New York Times should tell readers whether it helped crooked agents get Trump elected in 2016 (inquirer.com)
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- ‘FOX Lite’ Failure: CNN Just Suffered Its Worst Ratings Week in 9 Years (thewrap.com)
- Weird science! Why is chocolate is so delicious? (washingtonpost.com)
- Inside a US Neo-Nazi Homeschool Network With Thousands of Members (vice.com)The “Dissident Homeschoolers” of Upper Sandusky: Katja and Logan Lawrence (accollective.noblogs.org)
- Pro-western Petr Pavel defeats right-wing billionaire, sweeps to landslide win in race for Czech presidency (theguardian.com)
- Iran says drone attack targeted a defense factory in city of Isfahan (pbs.org)
- Israel moves to ‘strengthen’ land grabs after shootings (theguardian.com)
Wide World of War
- Russia and Ukraine Battle for Control of Villages Near the Key City of Bakhmut (nytimes.com)Zelensky calls for long-range missiles; tank training set to begin (washingtonpost.com)
- ‘The big battle is coming’: Ukrainian forces prepare for the war’s most intense phase (theguardian.com)
- Ukraine Corruption Scandal Stokes Longstanding Aid Concerns in U.S. (nytimes.com)
- Russian strikes reported across Ukraine a day after German, U.S. tank commitments (washingtonpost.com)Ukraine War Accelerates Shift of Power in Europe to the East (nytimes.com)Ukraine says it shot down 47 of 55 Russian missiles; at least one dead reported in Kyiv (theguardian.com)
- Western Tanks Heading to Ukraine Raise Stakes for Russia’s Next Move (wsj.com)
- All the (Ukrainian) president’s men: Zelenskiy takes on corruption during wartime (msn.com)The World Economy No Longer Needs Russia (foreignpolicy.com)
Yet More News
- Teenage Rapper, Rooted in Mapuche Identity, Roars for Indigenous Rights (nytimes.com)
- This trader bets against companies. Now he’s targeting one of the biggest. (washingtonpost.com)
- Netherlands and Japan Said to Join U.S. in Curbing Chip Technology Sent to China (nytimes.com)
- Paul Pelosi Attack Suspect Tells TV Station He Has No Remorse (nytimes.com)
- Bear goes selfie-crazy by snapping 400 pictures on Colorado wildlife camera (theguardian.com)
- Police Investigating After Kanye West Is Filmed Grabbing Woman’s Cellphone (huffpost.com)
- Jury Awards $1 Million to Woman Who Was Told, ‘I Don’t Serve Black People’ (nytimes.com)
- Cool Science! Watch NASA test a potentially revolutionary 3D-printed rocket engine (space.com)
Insurrection Watch
- January 6 Rioter Who Assaulted Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Sentenced To More Than Six Years (mediaite.com)
- Proud Boys’ Views on Violence Take Center Stage at Jan. 6 Trial (nytimes.com)
- Proud Boys ‘intend to subpoena’ Trump at their seditious conspiracy trial (rawstory.com)
- The story no one wants to touch: Why the Capitol Police enabled 1/6 (presswatchers.org)
- Four Oath Keepers found guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy (washingtonpost.com)Man who propped feet on Pelosi desk guilty in Jan. 6 case (wcvb.com)
- Promoters of Election Lies Also Hyped a Hospital for Ukraine. That Never Happened Either. (propublica.org)
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