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Washington Post:
Russia conducts new military exercises as Biden, Europeans intensify diplomacy on Ukraine — MOSCOW — Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused the United States on Tuesday of “building up tension” over Ukraine, as Russia launched simultaneous military exercises across the country involving thousands …
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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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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 and HotAir
Michael Flynn / The Western Journal:
Exclusive from Gen. Flynn: Biden Might Get Hundreds of Millions Killed Over Ukraine
Exclusive from Gen. Flynn: Biden Might Get Hundreds of Millions Killed Over Ukraine
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Forbes, Page Array, The National Interest, Washington Examiner, BizPac Review and The Daily Wire
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Why didn't Biden (or Trump) nominate an ambassador to Ukraine?
Why didn't Biden (or Trump) nominate an ambassador to Ukraine?
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Townhall and The Daily Wire
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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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 …
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
DeSantis is Trump's mini-me
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HotAir, The Hill and New York Magazine
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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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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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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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Rep. Jim Cooper retires after Tennessee district dismantled — Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper, a 32-year veteran of Congress, will retire at the end of this year, after Tennessee Republicans shredded his Nashville-based seat into three pieces in redistricting. — He is the 29th House Democrat …
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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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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 …
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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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.
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.
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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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 …
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Substack
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.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Two Covid Americas — The unvaccinated are less worried than the boosted, according to a poll. — Covid's starkly different impact on the young and old has been one of the virus's defining characteristics. It tends to be mild for children and younger adults but is often severe for the elderly.
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Reason and Washington Post
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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Alternet.org and NPR
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
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
2 Years After Closing Offices, Social Security Schedules Tentative Reopening — The Social Security Administration's 1,200 field offices have offered only limited in-person service since March 2020. — WASHINGTON — Byron Jones just wanted a printout with his Social Security number on it so he could apply for an apartment.
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Why Biden's ‘son of a bitch’ moment is nothing like Trump's attacks on reporters — (CNN)On its face, it's not a big deal. — Joe Biden, thinking his microphone was off, called Fox's Peter Doocy a “stupid son of a bitch” after the latter lobbed a question to the President about the political impact of high inflation.
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FOX News Radio, The Daily Caller and The Dispatch
Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Judge Tries to Deny Teen Abortion Over Her GPA — A Florida judge said the teen's B average means she lacks the maturity to have an abortion. — Alerts — When a 17-year-old girl in Florida, called “Jane Doe,” sought judicial bypass to have an abortion without the involvement of her parents …
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Raw Story
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Jan. 6 panel: Lawyer behind Trump election memos invoked 5th Amendment 146 times — American law professor; legal and constitutional scholar — 48th Vice President of the United States — John Eastman, the conservative law professor who authored memos outlining how President Donald Trump …
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Nicole Gaudiano / Insider:
A longtime Gingrich aide got a January 6 subpoena two weeks before Newt called the committee a ‘lynch mob’ whose members could go to jail — Gingrich suggested January 6 Committee members could face jail if Republicans take over Congress. — The sharp reaction came about two weeks …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
What Does It Mean to Be ‘Done With Covid’? — On Saturday, several days after my son stopped testing positive for the coronavirus, I took him out for ramen and then to the movies. The theater was about half-full; it required masks but also served food and cocktails, which you could, obviously, unmask to consume.
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Truth and Consequences
Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
RED-HANDED: $6 Million Biden Family Deal Was with Ye Jianming Who Had Ties to a Spy-Linked ‘United Front’ Group — A Chinese global energy company linked to a Chinese intelligence operation sent close to $6 million to Hunter Biden in 2017, according to the explosive new book Red-Handed …
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Hoyer: Voting rights bill, BBB ‘very much alive’ — The House majority leader expressed optimism but didn't offer specifics. — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer remains optimistic that Democrats will pass the voting rights legislation and the Build Back Better bill despite roadblocks …
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