memeorandum: Biden can't let Manchin and Sinema block voting rights act without consequences (Dean Obeidallah/MSNBC)

3:07 AM ET, January 23, 2022

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Britain Says Moscow Is Plotting to Install a Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine — In a highly unusual public statement, backed by U.S. officials, London named the putative head of a potential puppet government but few other details. — KYIV — The British government said Saturday that the Kremlin …

Discussion: news.com.au, UPI and Insider

GOV.UK:

Kremlin plan to install pro-Russian leadership in Ukraine exposed — Foreign Secretary statement on Kremlin plan to install pro-Russian leadership in Ukraine exposed — We have information that indicates the Russian Government is looking to install a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv as it considers whether to invade and occupy Ukraine.

Discussion: CNN and Radio Free Europe/Radio …

Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:

The UK Says Russia Is Planning To Overthrow Ukraine's Government And Install A Pro-Kremlin Leader — BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Russia has drawn up plans to install a pro-Kremlin former member of parliament to lead Ukraine as it considers a new invasion of the country and the overthrow of its central government …

Discussion: Fox News

The Guardian:

Confusion over UK claim that Putin plans coup in Ukraine — Foreign Office claim of plot to install pro-Moscow government in Kyiv comes with scant detail — The Foreign Office has said that it had exposed evidence of a plot to install a pro-Moscow government in Ukraine, and Boris Johnson promised to …

Discussion: UPI

Washington Post:

U.K. accuses Russia of scheming to install a pro-Kremlin government in Ukraine — The British government on Saturday accused Russia of organizing a plot to install a pro-Moscow government in Ukraine, as the Kremlin masses troops and materiel near the Ukrainian border in what Western officials fear …

Discussion: Reuters, One America News Network, Into the Void and Associated Press

James Marson / Wall Street Journal:

Russia Hatching Plot to Replace Ukraine Government, U.K. Says — Allegations come in the midst of warnings that Russia could invade with the around 100,000 troops gathered near border — The U.K. said it has exposed a plot by Russia to install a friendly government in Ukraine …

Discussion: RedState, Bloomberg and Gizmodo

Financial Times:
UK warns Moscow planning to install pro-Russian leader in Ukraine

Discussion: Telegraph, The Guardian, Doctor's Newsletter and Washington Examiner

David Ignatius / Washington Post:
As invasion looms, Ukrainians are calmly defiant

Discussion: Bloomberg, Vox and Financial Times

Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
Russia, NATO maintain dicey impasse, experts divided on best next steps

Discussion: euronews and Washington Examiner

Dean Obeidallah / MSNBC:

Biden can't let Manchin and Sinema block voting rights act without consequences — Two Democratic senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, made a choice Wednesday night to side with the 50 Senate Republicans to block changes to the Senate's filibuster rule and …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Bloomberg and NBC News

CNN:
Sinema censured by Arizona Democrats over filibuster stance that blocked voting rights legislation

Discussion: RedState and KNXV

Makini Brice / Reuters:
Arizona Democratic Party formally censures Sinema

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Slate

Maeve Sheehey / Politico:
Arizona Democratic Party censures Sinema over voting rights stance

Discussion: NPR, CBS News, Washington Post, Breitbart, James's Newsletter and New York Times

Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
Sinema faces blowback in Arizona for votes defying Democrats

Discussion: Arizona Republic, NBC News, Based Politics, UPI, Slate, Washington Examiner, The Daily Wire, The Atlantic, Forbes and National Review

BBC:

German navy chief resigns over Ukraine comments — The head of the German navy has resigned over controversial comments he made over Ukraine. — Kay-Achim Schönbach said the idea that Russia wanted to invade Ukraine was nonsense. He added that all President Putin wanted was respect.

Paul P. Murphy / CNN:

Woman charged after threatening to bring ‘every single gun loaded and ready’ if her children had to wear masks at school — (CNN)Police in Virginia said a woman has been charged after she claimed at a school board meeting she would show up with loaded guns if her children were required to wear masks at school.

Discussion: The Root, Slate, New York Post and WJLA-TV

Mississippi Free Press:

Black Mississippi Senators Walk Out As ‘CRT’ Bill Earns White Lawmakers' Approval — Every Black member of the Mississippi Senate walked out today as their white colleagues voted to approve a bill that Republicans have described as legislation to prevent so-called “critical race theory” from being taught in schools.

Discussion: Breitbart

LegiScan:
Mississippi Senate Bill 2113

Discussion: New York Post, FEN, WLBT-TV and Mississippi Today

Joori Roh / Reuters:

S.Korea says Iran to regain UN vote after delinquent dues paid with frozen funds — Iran is expected to regain its vote in the U.N. General Assembly after South Korea paid Tehran's delinquent dues to the world body with frozen Iranian funds in the country, South Korea said on Sunday.

Discussion: Bloomberg

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

Trump may let his kids take the fall as the legal net tightens around him: DC insider — In her column for the Daily Beast, longtime Washington D.C. insider Margaret Carlson claimed it is not beyond the realm of possibilities that Donald Trump will let his kids take the brunt of the prosecution …

Washington Post:

Bitcoin price falls sharply amid Wall Street sell-off, with value cut in half since November — Investors are fleeing riskier assets from tech stocks to cryptocurrencies as the Federal Reserve weighs whether to launch a U.S. digital currency — A dramatic sell-off in bitcoin …

Discussion: CNN

Madeline Heim / The Post-Crescent:

What to know about the battle over Fox Valley health care workers now playing out in court — APPLETON - It was unclear whether a group of former ThedaCare employees would be allowed to start their new jobs at Ascension Northeast Wisconsin Monday after lawyers for both health systems made their first appearance in court Friday morning.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

Brad Dress / The Hill:

Donald Trump slams Jan. 6 panel after Ivanka Trump interview request: 'They'll go after children' — Former President Donald Trump slammed the Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol insurrection after it asking his daughter Ivanka Trump to sit for an interview. — “It's a very unfair situation for my children.

Discussion: HuffPost

Michael Wilson / New York Times:

How a Calm Call for Help Led 2 N.Y.P.D. Officers Into a Hail of Gunfire — The latest deadly episode to rattle the city began with a routine domestic disturbance call and ended with one officer dead and another in critical condition. — The call came just a couple of hours into the police night tour …

Discussion: NBC News

Niall O'Connor / TheJournal.ie:

Russia to conduct missile tests in Irish-patrolled waters 240km off south-west coast — RUSSIAN BOMBERS and naval ships are set to test missiles off the coast of Ireland. — The Journal has learned that the Irish Government has received a warning of a major exercise by the Russian navy …

New York Post:

Alleged NYPD cop killer has lengthy rap sheet, was out on probation — The man who allegedly ambushed and shot two NYPD officers — one fatally — in Harlem Friday is a convicted felon who was on probation at the time, authorities said. — Lashawn McNeil, 47, was shot in the head and arm …

Discussion: New York Daily News, Breitbart, RedState, IJR and Fox News

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:

‘What are Republicans for?’ Just one thing. — “What are Republicans for? What are they for? Name me one thing they're for.” — When President Biden posed that question at his news conference Wednesday, he no doubt meant it rhetorically. — But there is, in fact, an answer.

Discussion: Letters from an American and USA Today