Extra, Extra

Snow Day: I took my daughter on some college tours back east last week so she’d get an idea of what winter there would be like. Looks like I picked the wrong week to get my point across. “Over 69 million people remain under winter alerts this morning, and blizzard warnings stretch more than 600 miles up the Eastern Coast. More than 600,00 utility customers are without power across the Northeast, with the worst conditions still to come.” Blizzard warnings blanket Northeast as heavy snow and high winds cause travel chaos. In today’s world, this seems particularly ominous: “DoorDash won’t be operating in New York City until at least 2 p.m.” And more from ABC. Snow totals top 2 feet as wind gusts reach 80 mph.

+ If The Coat Fits: “Over the past few months, during his agency’s chaotic crackdowns in Chicago and Minneapolis, the U.S. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino has worn an unusual uniform: a wide-lapel greatcoat with brass buttons and stars along one sleeve. It looks like it was taken right off the shoulders of a Wehrmacht officer in the 1930s … Even federal agencies are modeling Nazi phrasing. The Department of Homeland Security used an anthem beloved by neo-Nazi groups, ‘By God We’ll Have Our Home Again,’ in a recruitment ad. The Labor Department hung a giant banner of Donald Trump’s face from its headquarters, as if Washington were Berlin in 1936, and posted expressions on social media such as ‘America is for Americans’—an obvious riff on the Nazi slogan ‘Germany for the Germans’—and ‘Americanism Will Prevail,’ in a font reminiscent of Third Reich documents.” Tom Nichols in The Atlantic (Gift Article): The Republican Party Has a Nazi Problem.

+ From Friend to Foe: NYT Magazine (Gift Article): They Fought for the C.I.A. in Afghanistan. In America, They’re Living in Fear.

+ Pot Hole: The relationship isn’t clearly causal, but these findings are troubling. A huge study finds a link between cannabis use in teens and psychosis later.

+ Survival of the Unfittest: “You can argue whether and how much the course of American history would be different if not for ‘Survivor.’ But as the show airs its all-star 50th season — one for each star on the flag — it is clear that ‘Survivor’ has been a game changer, on TV and off.” NYT (Gift Article): ‘Survivor’ Is America. (And like in Survivor, we occasionally fail to vote the right person off the island.)

+ Arresting Development: “Peter Mandelson was arrested on Monday on suspicion of ‘misconduct in public office’ following revelations about his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein, the sex offender.” U.K. Police Arrest Ex-Ambassador to U.S. Amid Epstein Accusations. (Accountability. What a concept!)

+ We Have a Verdict: Judge forced to slash SF jury pool over hate for Elon Musk. (If that’s a disqualifier, the entire jury system could collapse.)