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Ben Judah / Politico:
Why Russia no longer fears the West — The West is blinking in disbelief - Vladimir Putin just invaded Ukraine. German diplomats, French Eurocrats and American pundits are all stunned. Why has Russia chosen to gamble its trillion-dollar ties with the West?
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The Moderate Voice, Scared Monkeys, The Week, Fox News and The Lonely Conservative
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The Hill:
Kerry: Putin now acting out of ‘weakness’ and ‘desperation’ — Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin's “stunning, willful” choice to invade Ukrainian territory and warned of possible sanctions. — “You just don't in the 21st century behave …
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Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Free Beacon, ThinkProgress, The Moderate Voice, peacefare.net and The PJ Tatler
Elizabeth Piper / Reuters:
Putin takes on West over Ukraine: who blinks first? — (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a gamble on Ukraine and is betting that U.S. President Barack Obama will blink first. — Wounded by a personal political defeat in a battle for influence over Russia's Slavic neighbor …
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The Moderate Voice and The PJ Tatler
ThinkProgress:
Why The Crisis In Ukraine Isn't The Start Of Another Cold War — A Ukrainian man stands in protest in front of gunmen in unmarked uniforms as they stand guard in Balaklava, on the outskirts of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 1, 2014. An emblem on one of the vehicles and their number plates identify …
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The Monkey Cage, The Atlantic Online, The Dish, Washington Post, Slate, The Week and Bloomberg
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest Podcast:
Putin Smashes Washington's Cocoon — A Politico report calls it “a crisis that no one anticipated.” The Daily Beast, reporting on Friday's US intelligence assessment that “Vladimir Putin's military would not invade Ukraine,” quotes a Senate aide claiming that “no one really saw this kind of thing coming.”
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The New Republic, Mediaite and BuzzFeed
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Putin's War — Obama had no good options to stop the invasion.
Putin's War — Obama had no good options to stop the invasion.
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Hot Air, Guardian, Daily Kos and New York Times
David Remnick / News Desk:
Putin Goes to War
Putin Goes to War
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Power Line, Guardian, AMERICAblog News, New York Times, The Moderate Voice, Liberal Values, kyivpost.com, Talking Points Memo, RT and BuzzFeed
Washington Post:
Spell out the consequences for Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Spell out the consequences for Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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WorldViews, Hinterland Gazette, Gawker, Right Turn, Post Politics, kyivpost.com and Outside the Beltway
Will Dunham / Reuters:
Kerry condemns Russia's ‘incredible act of aggression’ in Ukraine
Kerry condemns Russia's ‘incredible act of aggression’ in Ukraine
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Washington Post, Guardian and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Ukraine Finds Its Forces Are Ill Equipped to Take Crimea Back From Russia
Ukraine Finds Its Forces Are Ill Equipped to Take Crimea Back From Russia
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ABC News, CNN, Associated Press, The PJ Tatler, Hinterland Gazette, Talking Points Memo and National Review
Dana Davidsen / CNN:
Lawmakers call for suspension of Russia from G8, swift action against Putin
Lawmakers call for suspension of Russia from G8, swift action against Putin
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Politico and Associated Press
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Lerner's attorney says she won't testify, Issa wrong — Rep. Darrell Issa doesn't know what he's talking about, the attorney for former IRS official Lois Lerner said Sunday. — Issa, the California Republican who chairs the House Oversight and Reform Committee, told “Fox News Sunday” …
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PoliticusUSA, Hot Air and Mediaite
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Greg Clary / CNN:
Rep. Issa says IRS's Lois Lerner will testify — (CNN) - Lois Lerner, former director of tax exempt organizations for the IRS, will testify this week on Capitol Hill, Rep. Darrell Issa said Sunday. — Issa said he received word from Lerner's attorney that she will provide testimony …
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Politico and The PJ Tatler
Fox News:
Issa, House GOP investigative committee say Lerner will testify in IRS scandal hearing — Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner, a central figure in the IRS scandal, will appear before Congress Wednesday after refusing to testify last year on the matter, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said Sunday.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Gov. Brown Not Ready To Legalize Weed, Worried About ‘Potheads’ (VIDEO) — California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Sunday said that he is not ready to legalize marijuana use in the state. — “Well, we have medical marijuana, which gets very close to what they have in Colorado and Washington.
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Washington Monthly
CBS Baltimore:
2 Arrested For Armed Robbery Of Pregnant Woman In Labor — ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)—Annapolis Police arrest two people for an armed robbery of a pregnant woman in labor. — An eyewitness called police at around 4:30 a.m. after seeing a man and pregnant woman being held at gunpoint in the 1800-block of Copeland Street.
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Hinterland Gazette and The Raw Story
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Big-Money Donors Demand Larger Say in Campaign Strategy — The Republican donors who have financed the party's vast outside-spending machine are turning against the consultants and political strategists they once lavished with hundreds of millions of dollars.
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Hullabaloo, DownWithTyranny!, Balloon Juice and Prairie Weather
New York Times:
My Life as a Writer — “Sabbath's Theater” is now being translated into Swedish, almost 20 years after its original release. How would you describe this book to readers who have not yet read it or heard of it, and how would you describe the main character, the unforgettable Mickey Sabbath?