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| By Mike Allen ·Feb 13, 2022 |
| 🌹 Happy Super Sunday! Public service announcement: It's Valentine's Eve. - Smart Brevity™ count: 1,196 words ... 4½ minutes. Edited by Fadel Allassan.
⚡ Breaking: Speaker Pelosi told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week" that "an assault on Ukraine is an assault on democracy." Watch the video. |
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| 1 big thing: Hollywood's home game |
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| Super Bowl compounds around SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. Photo: David Crane/L.A. Daily News via Getty Images |
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| Today's Super Bowl, being played in L.A. for the first time since 1993, has brought Hollywood back to life, Axios Media Trends expert Sara Fischer writes from L.A. - Why it matters: After two years of movie delays and muted award shows, Tinseltown was desperate for a comeback.
The game — taking place in the L.A. Rams' brand new, state-of-the-art SoFi stadium in Inglewood — represents a coming-out party for the city, which is planning to host college football's national championship in 2023, the Summer Olympics in 2028 and possibly the World Cup in 2026. - Super Bowl 56 has created an opportunity for the city to attract East Coast executives and dealmakers who had been avoiding travel out West, thanks to the pandemic.
Today's field. Photo: Maximilian Haupt/picture alliance via Getty Images The presence of big sports sponsors inspired entertainment executives to think of clever ways the two communities could come together. - The week kicked off with a smattering of parties and events on Wednesday, followed by the annual NFL Honors Awards at SoFi stadium Thursday, then two days of flashy parties and concerts.
- A-listers desperate to get in on the action could be seen all over town, bopping between Super Bowl parties and exclusive lunches and dinners.
Star athletes, including Gronk and Shaq, hosted their own VIP parties and festivals, with performances from Lil Wayne and Flo Rida. - Top media and entertainment logos —Fanatics, DirecTV and Sports Illustrated — hosted events with celebrity performances from Usher, Justin Bieber and the Chainsmokers.
Being there: COVID restrictions hardly held anyone back. Most of the big parties checked for proof of vaccination, but barely anyone wore masks, even when required. 📺 Fun fact: From 8 a.m. ET to midnight or later, NBC will carry 16+ straight hours of sports, between Olympics and the Super Bowl. Go deeper. |
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| 2. 🔎 U.S. reveals intel to constrain Putin |
| President Biden at Camp David yesterday. Photo: The White House via AP The Biden administration's remarkable series of real-time disclosures about Russia's race toward war in Europe "has amounted to one of the most aggressive releases of intelligence by the United States since the Cuban missile crisis," The New York Times reports (subscription). - Why it matters: The unusual gambit is partly because President Biden "has repeatedly made clear he has no intention of sending U.S. troops to defend Ukraine," The Times writes. "In effect, the administration is warning the world of an urgent threat, not to make the case for a war but to try to prevent one."
📞 The U.S. readout says yesterday's Biden-Putin call "was professional and substantive. It lasted a bit over an hour. There was no fundamental change in the dynamic that has been unfolding now for several weeks." - A senior administration official told reporters on a briefing call: "The two presidents agreed that our teams will stay engaged in the days ahead. Russia may decide to proceed with military action anyway. Indeed, that is a distinct possibility." Go deeper.
Get the latest on Ukraine tensions. |
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| 3. Most cars now sell over MSRP |
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| Cars are sparse at this Toyota dealership in Richmond, Calif. The lot usually would be jammed. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images |
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| 82% of U.S. car buyers paid above manufacturer's suggested retail price in January — a practice that was rare a year ago, The Washington Post reports. - Just 2.8 percent paid above MSRP in the same month in 2021, and 0.3 percent in 2020, according to auto market research firm Edmunds.
Ford and GM upbraided dealers for exceeding the MSRP, and have "threatened to withhold deliveries of their most popular offerings, including Ford's buzz-generating F-150 Lightning pickup, and other forthcoming electric vehicle models," per the Post. - "The premium set consumers back $728 on average, though industry experts say four-figure markups are common on popular sedans and compacts, including Hyundai and Honda. ... [T]he extra cost can run $10,000 or more for sought-after electric vehicles and hybrids."
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| Targeted online attacks on political campaigns have increased in recent years. In the run up to the 2022 elections, the Google Campaign Security Project aims to train 10,000 candidates and campaigns across the political spectrum on security best practices to help keep them safe. Learn more. |
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| 4. ❄️ Skiers struggle when real snow hits Games |
| Photo: Luca Bruno/AP Above: A course worker stands in the finish area of the men's giant slalom course today as snow falls at the alpine ski venue in Beijing. Real snow fell in Beijing today for the first time since the Olympics began, giving the city the appearance and feel of a real Winter Games. - There was fresh snow in the mountains, where all events have been contested on artificial snow, AP reports.
While the snow was mostly a welcome sight, up in the mountains it affected visibility and made it tougher for ski racers . Photo: Robert F. Bukaty/AP Above: Workers clear snow from the course today after the second run of the men's giant slalom was delayed by heavy snowfall. |
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| 5. Cherokee Nation seeks Black descendants linked to slavery |
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| A sign marking the Cherokee Nation's capitol in Tahlequah, Okla. Photo: Russell Contreras/Axios |
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| One of the nation's largest Native American tribes is searching for family stories connected to formerly enslaved Black people once owned by tribal members, Axios' Russell Contreras writes. - Cherokee Nation principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. told Axios it was wrong for Cherokees to once participate in slavery, and the tribe wants to fix history by acknowledging Black descendants.
Cherokee Nation last year launched the Cherokee Freedmen History Project to help elevate the voices of formerly enslaved people, known as Freedmen, and their descendants. - Tribal officials are seeking stories, photographs, and memorabilia from families in Oklahoma and California as part of the project to develop a deeper meaning to the Freedmen experience.
- The goal is to house an exhibit at the Cherokee National History Museum.
Background: Tribes in the American Southeast, including the Cherokee Nation, participated in slavery as they attempted to adopt the norms of white settlers. - But President Andrew Jackson eventually expelled the tribes from ancestral lands in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee to present-day Oklahoma.
- The Cherokee Nation and other tribes continued slavery in Oklahoma.
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| 6. 📊 Reading America's mind |
| Graphic: CBS News A poll out this morning from CBS News and YouGov finds the general measure of how things are going in America is up seven points in a month — from 26% to 33% — but is still low, and net negative. Graphic: CBS News Explore the poll. |
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| 7. 🏈 Politics comes for the Super Bowl |
| Screenshot: Dave McCormick ad On NBC stations in Pennsylvania, a Supreme Bowl ad for David McCormick, the former CEO of Bridgewater Associates who's running for a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat, shows stats about the Biden era backed by a "Let's go, Brandon!" chant. - The 30-second spot points to inflation, rising crime, immigration and the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan, Axios' Ivana Saric writes.
Between the lines: McCormick argues Brandon chants represent deeply held despair. - "The issues we are facing are so much bigger than 'Brandon,'" McCormick told Fox News for a story previewing the ad. "The frustration and anger we are feeling toward the failures of our current leadership in Washington is what motivated me to run."
Watch the ad. |
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| 8. 📷 Parting shot |
| Photo: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Team USA's Erin Jackson made history Sunday as the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics, Axios' Fadel Allassan reports. - Jackson, 29 — a native of balmy Ocala, Fla. — said after winning the 500 meters with a time of 37.04 seconds:
Hopefully, this has an effect ... Hopefully, we'll see more minorities, especially in the USA, getting out and trying these winter sports. Watch a video of her win. |
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