Covid
Virus May Never Go Away, But Could Change into Mild Annoyance (AP News)
The Superspreaders Behind Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories (AP News)
In Tuskgee, Painful History Shadows Efforts to Vaccinate African Americans (NPR)
Metro Scientist fans PPE is 'nail in the coffin' for plastic pollution (WSB-TV)
US Could Have Avoided 40% of Covid Deaths (The Guardian)
Crippling weather hampers vaccine deliveries, distribution (AP News)
Biden Administration
Biden Wants to Shut Down Credit Bureaus-What Would That Mean For You (Yahoo Finance)
Biden's 1st month was about erasing the mark of 'former guy' (AP News)
Dallas official says White House called him about storm before TX governor did (Independent)
Path to citizenship in new Democratic immigration bill (AP News)
Biden again rejects $50k student loan forgiveness plan (CNN)
Biden opposes defunding the police. Here's what that means (CNN)
Insurrection
6 Capitol police officers suspended, 29 others being investigated for alleged roles in riot (CNN)
Trump fans charged in capitol attack didn't like Antifa getting credit for their work (Huff Post)
Twice-Impached, Former President Trump
Trump Lawyer: His Call to Georgia Officials to "Find" Votes was Taken Out Of Context (NPR)
This is Trump's Heaping List of Legal Problems Post-Impeachment (CNN)
What History Will Say About Trump's Acquittal (Axios)
Promotions for Female Generals were delayed over fears of Trump's reaction (NYT)
Trump, in scorching attack on McConnll, urges GOP to replace him (NYT)
Cult 45
State Bar of Georgia is looking to discipline pro-trump lawyer Lin Wood who asked his 'Army of Patriots' to investigate its members (Business Insider)
GOP Senate memo says DeJoy personally redrew USPS overtime cuts, contradicting DeJoy's prior testimony (Citizens for Ethics)
Here's what we learned from Lin Wood's 1,677-page 'confidential' Georgia State Bar disciplinary grievance (Law & Crime)
Far-Right
FBI Informant Panic is Ruining Friendships All Over the Far Right (Daily Beast)
Boogaloo Bois With Military Training Plan to Overthrow the Government (Frontline)
No. You're Not Getting "Canceled" For Being Conservative (Patheos)
Adam Kinzinger's Lonely Mission (NYT)
Stimulus Package
Republicans Struggle to Derail Increasingly Popular Stimulus Package (NYT
Grifters
Former Top Aids Say Attorney General Ken Paxton Used Position for Personal Gain (Texas Tribune)
Economy
Media Just Can't Stop Presenting Horrifying Stories as 'Uplifting' Perseverance Porn (FAIR)
The Boredom Economy (The New York Times)
Water Futures set to join likes of gold and oil and trade on Wall Street (Business Insider)
Climate
Millions without power in Texas, Northern Mexico as blackouts and bitter cold continue (NPR)
Texas Households face massive electricity bills, some as high as $17k, after winter storm (The Hill)
H-E-B Lost power, told Texans gathering supplies to 'go ahead' without paying (Austin 360)
'Disaster within a disaster': Carbon monoxide poisoning cases are surging in Texas (NPR)
Thousands of cold-stunned sea turtles being rescued in Texas (AP News)
Infrastructure
Southern Cities hit hard by storms face new crisis: No Water (AP News)
Rick Perry: Texans should endure blackouts to keep feds from overseeing power grid (Huff post)
Texas power grid failed mostly due to natural gas. Republicans are blaming wind turbines (The Week)
A glimpse of America's future: Climate Change Means Trouble for Power Grids (NYT)
Ted Cruz
Cruz family Cancun trip rattles their private school (Politico)
Anti-Choice
Court Temporarily Blocks South Carolina Heartbeat Abortion Ban (NPR)
Interesting
Ford Asks dealers to loan new F-150s to Texans to power homes amid historic cold (Fox 5)
Trump Plaza 'eyesore' in Atlantic City demolished (News and Guts)
WTH?!
City Steals Firewood From Homeless During Deadly Winter Storm (Black Wall Street Times)
Mars, Nestle, and Hershey to face child slavery lawsuit (The Guardian)
1 in 4 Americans think the sun goes around the Earth (NPR)
Portland police officers 'guarding' Fred Meyer dumpsters as residents seek discarded food (Oregon Live
Fake News
Viral image claiming to show helicopter de-icing TX wind turbine is from Sweden 2015 (Gizmodo)
Biden did not plan winter storm as 'an attack on Texas' (Politifact