Trump fights back against McConnell, cold weather causes massive blackouts.

Bitcoin surpasses $50,000 for first time as major companies jump into crypto. Bitcoin poses no threat to the dollar as the world’s currency leader, Fed’s Bullard says. China topples US as EU’s top trade partner over 2020. Trump unleashes scathing statement blasting Sen. Mitch McConnell. Austin's mayor is calling for an explanation from Texas's power authority after blackouts left millions in the state without power. Texas governor calls for investigation into grid operator over 'unacceptable' power outages. Texas Agriculture Commissioner issues red alert over food supply chain. Harris Co. Judge Lina Hidalgo calls lit up downtown skyscrapers amid outages 'maddening'. 2 dead in Texas as subfreezing cold sweeps US. Biggest Oil Refineries in U.S. Are Going Dark Amid the Cold. The False and Exaggerated Claims Still Being Spread About the Capitol Riot. CNN Paid Antifa Agitator at Capitol Riots. National Guard could stay in DC until the fall, source reveals to FOX 5. Fulton County, Ga. elections board director fired. US Says it Has ‘Right to Respond’ to Attack on Base in Iraqi Kurdistan. NATO Expected to Increase Military Training Presence in Iraq. Revealed: Monsanto owner and US officials pressured Mexico to drop glyphosate ban. Alleged Epstein procurer Ghislaine Maxwell ‘withering to a shell of her former self’ because of jail conditions, lawyer says.
Links:
Bitcoin:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/16/bitcoin-btc-price-hits-50000-for-the-first-time.html?&qsearchterm=bitcoin
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/16/bitcoin-no-threat-to-dollar-as-worlds-reserve-currency-feds-james-bullard.html?&qsearchterm=bitcoin
China:
https://www.politico.eu/article/china-topples-us-as-eus-top-trade-partner-over-2020/
Trump statement:
https://twitter.com/DanScavino
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-unleashes-scathing-statement-blasting-sen-mitch-mcconnell
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/1361795296590770176/photo/1
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-trashes-mitch-mcconnell-in-searing-new-statement?cmpid=prn_newsstand
Texas freeze:
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/539039-austin-mayor-on-texas-freeze-this-is-probably-the-toughest-time-weve?rl=1
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/texas-agriculture-commissioner-issues-red-alert-over-food-supply-chain
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/539024-texas-governor-calls-for-investigation-into-grid-operator-over?rl=1
https://abc13.com/eerie-photo-of-skyline-sparks-outrage-amid-power-outages/10343210/
https://apnews.com/article/2-dead-texas-subfreezing-winter-weather-b02d3b73e24166653577a072c9973a2f
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biggest-u-oil-refinery-shutting-180345565.html
Capital Riots:
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-false-and-exaggerated-claims
https://trendingpolitics.com/breaking-cnn-paid-antifa-agitator-at-capitol-riots-now-weve-got-receipts-to-prove-it-knab/?utm_source=mgshow
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/national-guard-could-stay-in-dc-until-the-fall-source-reveals-to-fox-5
Georgia election:
https://www.conservativebeaver.com/2021/02/16/fulton-county-ga-elections-board-director-fired/
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/georgia/articles/2021-02-16/fulton-county-election-board-votes-to-fire-election-director
Middle east:
https://news.antiwar.com/2021/02/16/us-says-it-has-right-to-respond-to-attack-on-base-in-iraqi-kurdistan/
https://news.antiwar.com/2021/02/16/nato-expected-to-increase-military-training-presence-in-iraq/
Monsanto:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/16/revealed-monsanto-mexico-us-glyphosate-ban
Maxwell:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/16/jeffrey-epstein-sex-abuse-case-ghislaine-maxwell-complains-of-jail-treatment.html