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Ron Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
Why I'm Seeking a Third Senate Term — I'd like to retire, but I think the country is in too much peril. — I decided to run for the U.S. Senate in 2010 because growing entitlements and out-of-control federal spending had exploded our national debt to $14 trillion.
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Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
Republican leadership bars journalists from Iowa Senate floor, worrying press advocates — When Iowa's 2022 legislative session commences Monday, there will be a notable absence on the floor of the state Senate: reporters. — Republican leaders in the state Senate told journalists last week …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Ron Johnson, G.O.P. Senator From Wisconsin, Will Seek Re-election — The renewed bid for office by Mr. Johnson, who has spread many false claims about the 2020 election and Covid, ensures that both parties will be highly invested in Wisconsin's 2022 Senate race.
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
How a Simple Twist of Fate Could End Democrats' Control of the Senate — The list of what threatens to end the Democrats' control of the Senate is familiar: History says the White House's party usually loses seats in midterms. The president's low approval ratings in battleground states …
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
New York Times:
U.S. Details Costs of a Russian Invasion of Ukraine — The Biden administration and its allies are developing new possible sanctions ahead of a series of meetings to defuse the crisis with Moscow. — WASHINGTON — The Biden administration and its allies are assembling a punishing set of financial …
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Luke McGee / CNN:
The West has a rare window to put Putin in his place
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Prospects dim as US, Russia prepare to meet over Ukraine
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Valerie Hopkins / New York Times:
Amid Crisis, Kazakhstan's Leader Chose His Path: Embrace Russia
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Dawn Fallik / Washington Post:
They bought a blender. Three weeks later, their cats continue to hold it hostage. — On Black Friday, Jessica and Nikii Gerson-Neeves bought a blender. It was a Vitamix blender, a professional-grade splurge, and the couple was looking forward to a winter of smoothies and soups.
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1 — WASHINGTON (AP) — In what's become a familiar scene President Joe Biden lingered after delivering a recent speech on the pandemic as reporters fired a barrage of questions. — He bristled at a query about the shortage …
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Washington Post:
U.S. experts offer a sensible strategy for living with covid. Biden should listen. — Quite understandably, the coronavirus pandemic at first was a dire emergency. But it can't be one forever. The crisis will have to shift to a manageable health threat without massive disruption and overwhelming anxiety.
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National Review, Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos and New York Post
Washington Post:
Trump's Cable Cabinet: New texts reveal the influence of Fox hosts on previous White House — Stephanie Grisham, former press secretary to President Donald Trump, remembers the challenges that came from so many Fox News hosts having the direct number to reach Trump in the White House residence.
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Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
How the Trump Social-Media Ban Paid Off for Trump, Platforms — One year after being kicked off Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, the former president is raking in campaign cash and planning his own social-media company — For an entire year, Donald Trump has been banned from mainstream social-media outlets.
Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: Unfounded theory used to dismiss COVID measures — An unfounded theory taking root online suggests millions of people have been “hypnotized” into believing mainstream ideas about COVID-19, including steps to combat it such as testing and vaccination.
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Reuters, RedState, Relativization and The Last Refuge
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Graham: 'These are the most dangerous times since the late ‘30s’ — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) predicted on Sunday that in 2022 Americans will vote “not based on what happened on January 6th, but based on this failed Democratic radical agenda,” claiming that because of that agenda the nation …
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The National and New York Post
Carter Walker / LancasterOnline:
Militia, ‘patriots’ met in Lancaster County 3 days before Jan. 6 Capitol attack; here's a look at why — On a cold January day last year, more than two dozen people gathered inside a meeting hall at the Solanco Fairgrounds in Quarryville, a wide-open room that typically hosts …
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
White Supremacist Group Patriot Front Heckled Out of Chicago March for Life — RUN OUT THE RACISTS — A white supremacist group encountered a less-than-receptive crowd during an anti-abortion march in Chicago on Saturday. Clad in khaki pants, blue jackets, and white balaclavas …
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Obama, Biden pay tribute to Harry Reid: ‘Brilliant, sometimes irascible, deeply good’ — LAS VEGAS — President Biden and former president Barack Obama, speaking at former Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid's memorial service Saturday, lavished praised on Reid's pragmatic, dealmaking style …
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Claire Rafford / Politico:
‘Deeply good man from Searchlight’: Democratic leaders pay tribute to Harry Reid in Nevada
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