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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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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The fight ahead in Ukraine: Body bags and cyberwar — Russians sometimes speak of the bodies of dead soldiers arriving home from the battlefront as “Cargo 200,” a European defense expert told me last week in Kyiv. The term originated during Russia's war in Afghanistan, when corpses were shipped home to Moscow in zinc-lined coffins.
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The Dispatch, Nonzero Newsletter, Ineptocracy Chronicles and The National Interest
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: As Ukraine tensions escalate, 62% of Republicans say Putin is a ‘stronger leader’ than Biden
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Russia Steps Up Propaganda War Amid Tensions With Ukraine
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Biden says a Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘would change the world’
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Lee Smith / Tablet Magazine:
What Does Vladimir Putin Have on Joe Biden?
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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.
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Pew Research Center:
Biden Starts Year Two With Diminished Public Support and a Daunting List of Challenges
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Politico, Wide World of News, Washington Post, IJR and Political Wire
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
The presidency has changed. Biden needs to adapt.
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Axios:
Scoop: White House plans expedited resettlement for Afghan refugees — President Biden's advisers are crafting a plan to accelerate bringing potentially thousands of Afghans to the U.S. from Qatar, according to a source with direct knowledge of the administration's internal deliberations on the subject.
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Jada Yuan / Washington Post:
Melania Trump auctions off her hat, and has become the latest victim of the cryptocurrency crash — The former first lady's chapeau is still far below her asking price. — (This article has been updated to reflect that the auction, which was offline for part of Tuesday, is back online.)
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Melania Trump's Auction of Hat Hit by Plunge in Cryptocurrency — The former first lady is selling a hat she wore for a visit by the French president amid volatility in the value of the digital currency being used for the auction. — Melania Trump's much-discussed online auction …
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Raw Story
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Dr. Oz stumbles out of the gate in Senate race — PHILADELPHIA — Mehmet Oz's introduction to GOP grassroots politics is a code-red crisis. In his first three unofficial tests as a candidate in Pennsylvania's Republican Senate primary, the celebrity physician known as Dr. Oz has been handily rejected by party activists.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Cawthorn Challenge Raises the Question: Who Is an ‘Insurrectionist’? — The challenge to Representative Madison Cawthorn's re-election bid could set a precedent to challenge other Republicans who encouraged the Jan. 6 attack. — WASHINGTON — A group of lawyers is working to disqualify …
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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 …
New York Times:
As Islamic State Resurges, U.S. Is Drawn Back Into the Fray — “ISIS is not over”: Attacks in Syria and Iraq make clear that the militants have lost neither their will to fight nor their ability to do so. — BAGHDAD, Iraq — An audacious attack on a prison housing thousands of former ISIS fighters in Syria.
BBC:
Fishermen plan to disrupt Russian military exercise off Irish coast — A group of fishermen is planning to peacefully disrupt Russia's plans to hold a military exercise off the coast of Ireland in February. — The chief executive of the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation …
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Paul Burton / CBS Boston:
Man Can't Get Heart Transplant Because He's Not Vaccinated Against COVID — BOSTON (CBS) - David Ferguson is speaking out passionately on behalf of his son DJ. He says the 31-year-old is fighting for his life at Brigham and Women's Hospital and in desperate need of a heart transplant.
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Thirteen percent of congressional staffers make less than a living wage, report shows — About 1 in 8 congressional staffers are not making a living wage, according to a new analysis of payroll data. — The problem is particularly acute for staff assistants, who are often the most junior staffers in congressional offices.
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
'He's a villain': Joe Manchin attracts global anger over climate crisis — The West Virginia senator's name is reviled on the streets of Bangladesh and other countries facing climate disaster as he blocks Biden's effort to curb planet-heating gases — Within the brutal machinations of US politics …
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Top Human Rights Watch investigator allegedly hacked with Pegasus spyware — Allegation marks latest example of how NSO clients have used powerful surveillance tool to target campaigners and journalists — The mobile phones of a senior Human Rights Watch staff member are alleged …
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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.
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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 …
Courtland Milloy / Washington Post:
Voting rights legislation was defeated. But activists are not. — Many people were depressed and upset over the outcome, but they're seeking a way forward — “Where do we go from here?” I've been hearing that question quite a bit since federal voting rights legislation was defeated last week.
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.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Federal judge rejects challenge to ‘weighty and urgent’ Jan. 6 committee — A federal judge in California on Tuesday delivered a forceful defense of the Jan. 6 select committee's efforts, sharply rejecting a bid by attorney John Eastman — a key driver of Donald Trump's effort to subvert the 2020 election …
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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.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
This Fan Sent Trump His Idea. The ‘Dirty Bastard’ Stole It. — A retired entrepreneur claims he gave Trump the idea for “Keep America Great!” What the former supporter found out about Trump is a lesson many little guys have learned—in court. — Retired entrepreneur Jeff Paul was once …
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Raw Story
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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Melissa Brown / The Tennessean:
Tennessee House Republicans approve redistricting plan to divide Davidson County into three congressional districts — Republicans in the Tennessee General Assembly pushed ahead Monday night on a once-a-decade redistricting plan, with a House vote all but guaranteeing the division …
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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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NBC News:
U.S. shoots down missile in UAE attack as Yemen war drags on. Biden's policy is failing. — Washington made the right call last year in suspending offensive weapons to the conflict zone. But it's still giving Saudi Arabia too much diplomatic cover. — Saudi-led air strikes target sites in Yemen causing unknown number of deaths
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