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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: As Ukraine tensions escalate, 62% of Republicans say Putin is a ‘stronger leader’ than Biden — With at least 100,000 Russian troops massing on the border of Ukraine, more than 6 in 10 Republicans and GOP-leaning independents (62 percent) now say Russian President Vladimir Putin is …
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Associated Press, Washington Post and Defense One
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Russia Steps Up Propaganda War Amid Tensions With Ukraine — The disinformation campaign includes claims that NATO and Ukrainian forces are preparing to attack Russian speakers in Ukraine. — WASHINGTON — As the United States issued warnings last month about the Russian troops …
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Washington Examiner, CBS News, The Nation and The Unz Review
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
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, Wall Street Journal, Protocol, The Hill, Metro.co.uk, ABC News, Washington Examiner, Slate, Forbes, New York Post, Insider Paper, NPR, The Partitioner, Bloomberg, TASS and Fox News
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
Lee Smith / Tablet Magazine:
What Does Vladimir Putin Have on Joe Biden?
What Does Vladimir Putin Have on Joe Biden?
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CNBC and New York Post
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
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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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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National Review, The Daily Caller, FOX News Radio and TheBlaze
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, RedState, ABC7, The Daily Beast, 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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IJR and Political Wire
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New York Times:
A Political Scientist Warns the Democratic Party Is Off Course — Ruy Teixeira was co-author of one of the most influential political books of the 21st century. Now, he says, Democrats are getting its lessons all wrong. — A funny thing happened on the way to the emerging Democratic majority.
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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Talking Points Memo, RedState and The Providence Journal
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Melissa Brown / The Tennessean:
Tennessee House Republicans approve redistricting plan to divide Davidson County into three congressional districts
Tennessee House Republicans approve redistricting plan to divide Davidson County into three congressional districts
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Washington Post, The Hill, Breitbart, New York Post and The Daily Caller
Aaron Navarro / CBS News:
Democratic Representative Jim Cooper to retire after Republicans push map that splits up Nashville
Democratic Representative Jim Cooper to retire after Republicans push map that splits up Nashville
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HotAir, Associated Press, Washington Post and Washington Times
Max Bergmann / Center for American Progress:
How the United States Should Respond if Russia Invades Ukraine — A Russian invasion of Ukraine must come at a high cost to the Kremlin. … Senior Director, Media Relations — jcusick@americanprogress.org — Director, Media Relations — shananel@americanprogress.org — Government Affairs
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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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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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New York Times, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Alternet.org, NPR and Source New Mexico
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.
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Washington Examiner, WSVN-TV, CBS Miami and Florida Politics
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 …
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Breitbart and Meaning In History
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
Jacob Shamsian / Insider:
Mike Lindell's lawyers are dodging meetings for Dominion's defamation lawsuit and refusing to hand over discovery material, court documents show — Mike Lindell's lawyers are refusing to show up to scheduling conferences for Dominion's defamation lawsuit.
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Raw Story
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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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 …
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.
Matt Kaufax / FOX Carolina:
Newly proposed SC law would make it a crime to ask about vaccine status — A new bill proposed in South Carolina could make it illegal to ask anyone about their vaccination status — GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) - A newly proposed law in the South Carolina Statehouse would make it a criminal offense …
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Breitbart, The Western Journal, Washington Examiner and The Daily Wire
Josh Vriens / Task & Purpose:
‘My only regret is not doing more’ — Why I reported Eddie Gallagher for war crimes — “Not a single one of us could have imagined that we would have to report a friend and mentor.” — “Uncompromising integrity is my standard. My character and honor are steadfast. My word is my bond.”
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.
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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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
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 …
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
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 …
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
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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Washington Examiner, CNN, Fox News, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Breitbart, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, Florida Phoenix, RedState, POLITICUSUSA, The Right Scoop, Orlando Weekly, Washington Post, TheBlaze, Forbes, The Daily Wire, Twitchy, Associated Press and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth