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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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ABC, The Dish, 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
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Putin's War — Obama had no good options to stop the invasion. In fact, the only mistake the president made was ever suggesting there would be “consequences.” — Is the West about to go to war with Russia over the fate of Ukraine? The question should answer itself.
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
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
Why The Crisis In Ukraine Isn't The Start Of Another Cold War
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The Monkey Cage, The Atlantic Online, The Week, Washington Post, The Dish, Slate and Bloomberg
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, Gawker, Right Turn, Post Politics, Hinterland Gazette, kyivpost.com and Outside the Beltway
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
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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Guardian, Washington Post 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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Hot Air, PoliticusUSA and Mediaite
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Here's What Is Going To Happen With Ukraine — Following up on the previous post, if you do want to fret about Ukraine, I have just the thing for you. I'm going to tell you how this will all unfold: — Vladimir Putin will do something belligerent. (Already done.)
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Prairie Weather
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
ABC News:
Pipeline Protesters Arrested at White House — Police are arresting a couple hundred people who strapped themselves to the White House fence on Sunday to protest the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. — The protesters were mostly college students who participated in a peaceful march …
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?