- GOP long game. In a speech Tuesday night, Rep. Liz Cheney prepared to lose her spot as the No. 3 Republican in House leadership when the House GOP conference votes today. She continued to stand by her argument that President Trump's denial of election results poses a danger to democracy–and is playing the "long game" as she continues to attempt to turn the Republican Party away from Trumpism. CNN

- Turning the page. Associated Press executive editor Sally Buzbee will be the next executive editor of the Washington Post, after the retirement of longtime editor Marty Baron. She's the first woman to hold the high-profile journalism job. You may remember her from our coverage of how her team at the AP prepared to call the 2020 election. Washington Post

- A.I. ethics. Google is planning to double the size of its artificial intelligence ethics team, VP of engineering Marian Croak said yesterday. That announcement is notable since it follows the controversy over the firing of A.I. ethics researcher Timnit Gebru and turmoil within the team at Google. Wall Street Journal

- Entrepreneurial spirit. Black women start businesses at higher rates than almost anyone else—17% of Black women are in the process of running new businesses, while just 15% of white men and 10% of white women are. But only 3% of Black women are running "mature businesses." New research examines where and why that drop-off occurs. Harvard Business Review

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: Twitter hired Bumble's head of product design, Lara Mendonça, as senior manager of product design. Northwestern named Hari Osofsky, current dean of Penn State Law school, as dean of its Pritzker School of Law. Commonwealth Bank's Priscilla Sims Brown was named president and CEO of Amalgamated Bank. Anthemis's Jillian Williams joins Cowboy Ventures, focusing on fintech investing. MSCI named JP Morgan's Tia Counts chief diversity officer. Former Salesforce chief medical officer Ashwini Zenooz will join Commure as president and chief medical officer. Doximity promoted VP of strategic finance and financial planning and analysis Anna Bryson to CFO. 

- Alexa, who are you? Ever wondered who is the voice behind Amazon's Alexa? The tech giant has kept the virtual assistant's identity secret, but a new book by journalist Brad Stone reveals that voice actor Nina Rolle is the voice in question. When reached for comment, Rolle said she wasn't allowed to talk. Wired

- Pursuing parenthood. While birth rates seem to be falling amid the stress of the pandemic, for some women, the crisis made them realize that they're ready to be parents on their own. "The pandemic forced me to spend a lot of time with myself and my thoughts," says a California exec in her late 30s who moved forward with having a child by herself. "[I thought], why am I holding back on the joy I could be experiencing by starting my family sooner?" Financial Times

- NYC endorsement. In the NYC mayoral race, the New York Times endorsed Kathryn Garcia. The candidate ran the Sanitation Department under Mayor Bill de Blasio and has yet to break out in the crowded field. Other (male) candidates have suggested they would hire Garcia to critical roles in their administrations, and Garcia's pitch is to "cut out the middleman." New York Times