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Axios:
Scoop: Qatar emir to visit White House on Monday — The emir of Qatar will meet with President Biden at the White House on Monday to discuss Afghanistan as well as contingency plans to provide natural gas to Europe in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Axios has learned.
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The Hill and Washington Post
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Biden says a Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘would change the world’
Biden says a Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘would change the world’
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Insider, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, ABC News, Metro.co.uk, Bloomberg, Slate, The Partitioner, Forbes, New York Post, news.com.au, One America News Network, NPR, Politico, TASS and Fox News
Sara Sirota / The Intercept:
Democrats Are Rushing Through a Massive Ukraine Defense Bill
Democrats Are Rushing Through a Massive Ukraine Defense Bill
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Alternet.org, The Daily Caller and Washington Times
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Weakness in the White House: Biden Grovels to Lowly Journalist as Putin Threatens Ukraine
Weakness in the White House: Biden Grovels to Lowly Journalist as Putin Threatens Ukraine
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Washington Examiner, HotAir and The Daily Wire
Washington Post:
Russia conducts new military exercises as Biden, Europeans intensify diplomacy on Ukraine
Russia conducts new military exercises as Biden, Europeans intensify diplomacy on Ukraine
Lee Smith / Tablet Magazine:
What Does Vladimir Putin Have on Joe Biden?
What Does Vladimir Putin Have on Joe Biden?
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Washington Post, CNBC and New York Post
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
DontBrowbeatMyPete 😡 — I still haven't stopped shaking after last night's attack. Standing at the White House podium, the president of the United States — the most powerful man in the world — launched a violent incursion against my friend Peter Doocy, the finest reporter in history.
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Hold The Press
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Why Biden's ‘son of a bitch’ moment is nothing like Trump's attacks on reporters
Why Biden's ‘son of a bitch’ moment is nothing like Trump's attacks on reporters
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National Review, FOX News Radio and The Daily Caller
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Shows Biden Grace After His Insult to Peter Doocy: ‘The Fact He Called After is a Great Sign’
Fox & Friends Shows Biden Grace After His Insult to Peter Doocy: ‘The Fact He Called After is a Great Sign’
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Washington Post, The Daily Beast, RedState, ABC7, The Western Journal, The Daily Wire and IJR, more at Mediagazer »
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
CNN's Acosta on Doocy and Biden: ‘We never got an apology’ from Trump
CNN's Acosta on Doocy and Biden: ‘We never got an apology’ from Trump
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Biden Starts Year Two With Diminished Public Support and a Daunting List of Challenges — Views of economy remain negative; most say prices have gotten worse while job availability has improved — Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand the public's views …
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New York Times, IJR and Political Wire
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Pew Research Center:
1. Views of Joe Biden — As major pieces of President Joe Biden's agenda remain bogged down in Congress and the coronavirus pandemic enters its third year, his approval rating continues to decline among many demographic and political groups. Today, 41% of U.S. adults say they approve …
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HotAir
Axios:
America can't quit polarizing politicians — New data finds that the nation's most polarizing politicians are often the ones that garner the most attention online. — Why it matters: Online engagement helps politicians build a bigger national profile and more fundraising power …
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Jason Sattler / The Editorial Board:
DeSantis is Trump's mini-me — The Republicans wish this cut-rate Don Jr. without giant veneers could be their future, but he's just another wannabe. — If there were ever a cock astride a weather vane who could point in which direction the GOP base is blowing, it is Donald J. Trump.
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The Hill, HotAir, The Western Journal and New York Magazine
The Tennessean:
US Rep. Jim Cooper will not seek reelection after GOP redraws Nashville congressional district — Melissa Brown Adam FriedmanNashville Tennessean — U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, the Nashville Democrat who has spent more than three decades representing Tennessee in Congress …
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CBS News, Talking Points Memo, RedState, Washington Times and The Providence Journal
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Rep. Jim Cooper retires after Tennessee district dismantled
Rep. Jim Cooper retires after Tennessee district dismantled
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Fox News, Washington Post, The Hill, Associated Press, UPI, Roll Call and CNN
Politico:
The unusual origins behind the splashiest, newest political news site — The launch of the website Grid earlier this month represented the latest bet that the market for explainer journalism still exists in the digital space. — But unlike others in the field, Grid has a unique origin story …
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Liz Stark / CNN:
Biden administration to withdraw Covid-19 vaccination and testing regulation aimed at large businesses — Why the Supreme Court decided against vaccine mandate — (CNN)The Biden administration is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccination and testing regulation aimed at large businesses …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Speaker Pelosi announces she is running for reelection — The California Democrat made the announcement in a video statement — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Tuesday that she is running for reelection, citing the “crucial” need to defend American democracy through legislation on voting rights and other issues.
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The Hill, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, NBC News, Insider, ABC News, New York Post, Mercury News, CBS San Francisco, Washington Times and The Daily Wire
Bloomberg:
DeSantis Touts Covid Treatments After FDA Says They Don't Work — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is calling on regulators to allow use of two monoclonal antibody therapies for Covid-19 after the Food and Drug Administration halted their use in a ruling neither manufacturer disputes.
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Associated Press:
Florida state Sen. Lauren Book fights back over nude images stolen from her — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — State Sen. Lauren Book often has told the story about how she was sexually abused by her nanny for six years when she was a child. She channeled the pain into a lifetime of helping other abuse survivors.
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, WSVN-TV, CBS Miami and Florida Politics
CNN:
Exclusive: Federal prosecutors looking at 2020 fake elector certifications, deputy attorney general tells CNN — Trump ends interview after being pressed about false 2020 election claims — (CNN)Federal prosecutors are reviewing fake Electoral College certifications that declared former …
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Talking Points Memo, Alternet.org and NPR
Techno Fog / The Reactionary:
Durham: DNC lawyer Marc Elias has given grand jury testimony — And - the criminal investigation of Sussmann is ongoing. — Today, Special Counsel John Durham provided a “discovery Update” to the court in the Michael Sussmann case. In this filing, available here, he disclosed that his team …
Andy Greene / Rolling Stone:
Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over ‘False Information About Vaccines’ — Neil Young posted a since-deleted letter to his management team and record label demanding that they remove his music from Spotify. “I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times:
Redmond officer who killed woman had been fired from another law-enforcement agency — The Redmond police officer who shot and killed Andrea Churna, an unarmed 39-year-old mother as she tried to surrender to officers in September 2020, had been dismissed as a probationary Whatcom County …
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The Hill
Kurt Andersen / The Atlantic:
The Anti-vaccine Right Brought Human Sacrifice to America — In the early phases of the pandemic, as the coronavirus spread in the United States and doctors and pharmacists and supermarket clerks continued to work and risk infection, some commentators made reference—metaphorical reference …
Mary Katharine Ham / The Atlantic:
Kids Shouldn't Have to Be ‘Resilient’ — Six years ago, on a Saturday afternoon, I got a call from a law-enforcement officer telling me that my husband had died in a bike wreck during a charity race for cancer research. I had a toddler and was pregnant with my second daughter at the time.
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Alex Jones says he spoke to Jan. 6 committee and pled the Fifth ‘almost 100 times’ — Conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones said on his show Tuesday that he was deposed by the House committee investigating Jan. 6 and that he exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination “almost 100 times.”
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TOP / Associated Press:
San Francisco reports big increase in anti-Asian hate crimes — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mayor of San Francisco expressed despair over the increase in reported hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders last year, up an astonishing 567% from the previous year …
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CBS San Francisco
Steve Reilly / Grid News:
Fake vaccine cards are everywhere. It's a public health nightmare. — Thousands of fake vaccine card vendors threaten to gut the effectiveness of U.S. vaccine mandates, a Grid investigation reveals. Major platforms and app stores aren't stopping them, law enforcement isn't catching them, and political leaders are AWOL.
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
The presidency has changed. Biden needs to adapt. — I wrote last week that Joe Biden's approach to the presidency is outdated and ineffective. Now, I will offer an alternative path. — American presidents were once the leader of the whole country. Congress used to pass legislation on major issues across party lines.
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PolitiFact and Roll Call
Washington Post:
Ron Klain had the perfect résumé. His first year showed the limits of that experience. — As Joe Biden closed in on the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, top advisers approached him with a careful process for choosing and vetting a potential White House chief of staff.
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Omicron's big numbers — Two new Biden administration initiatives — mailing at-home COVID-19 tests to those who ask and making free N95 masks available — are hugely popular, each backed by 84% of Americans in the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.
Insider:
2022 is shaping up to be a legal nightmare for Trumpworld. Here's a timeline of upcoming court cases and legal obstacles. — Donald Trump and his allies are facing a flurry of legal challenges this year. — The New York investigations into his company's finances are ongoing …
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Raw Story and Alternet.org
Michael Powell / New York Times:
How It Feels to Be an Asian Student in an Elite Public School — Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech and other schools across the country are under pressure to end entrance exams. Students have complicated feelings about that. — Tausifa Haque, a 17-year-old daughter of Bangladeshi immigrants …
CNN:
McConnell plots GOP midterm strategy amid Trump's primary influence — (CNN)Former President Donald Trump has been relentless in his attacks against Senate Minority Mitch McConnell, making Republicans uneasy as they battle for the majority in the November midterms.
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Media Matters for America and Greensburg Tribune-Review