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BuzzFeed News:
A New Version Of The Mueller Report Reveals That Mueller Declined To Charge Donald Trump Jr. And Roger Stone With Computer Crimes — Copy — The Department of Justice released a new version of the Mueller report Friday afternoon that reveals for the first time that former special counsel …
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Washington Post:
New intelligence suggests Russia plans a ‘false flag’ operation to trigger an invasion of Ukraine — The intelligence was discussed in a White House meeting Thursday night and led to renewed calls for Americans to leave Ukraine immediately. — The United States has obtained new intelligence …
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Fox News, The Atlantic and WPRI-TV
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Terrell Jermaine Starr / Foreign Policy:
Why Progressives Should Help Defend Ukraine
Politico:
White House warns Russian invasion ‘threat is immediate’
White House warns Russian invasion ‘threat is immediate’
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Washington Examiner, Common Dreams, ABC News, One America News Network, New York Times, The Hill, Townhall, WHDH-TV, Mediaite and NBC Boston
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
Pfizer pulls FDA request for Covid vaccine for kids under 5 — Pfizer-BioNTech is postponing its rolling application to the Food and Drug Administration to expand the use of its two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months to 4 years. — The move means that vaccines for this age group …
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STAT, Metro.co.uk, Wall Street Journal, Twitchy, Politico, NPR, Bangor Daily News, TheBlaze, The Daily Wire, Kids, Covid …, CBS San Francisco and Political Wire
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New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: In Reversal, F.D.A. Delays Decision on Shots for Children Under 5 — The agency will wait for data on whether three doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid vaccine are effective in that age group before deciding whether to authorize a two-dose vaccine.
Associated Press:
Canadian judge orders an end to blockade at border bridge — WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered protesters at the Ambassador Bridge over the U.S.-Canadian border to end the 5-day-old blockade that has disrupted the flow of goods between the two countries and forced the auto industry …
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Detroit Free Press, CBS News, Breitbart and WABE
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New York Times:
Canadian Truck Protests
Canadian Truck Protests
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UPI, Common Dreams, Committee to Protect … and CNN
Kiera Butler / Mother Jones:
Exclusive: White Nationalists and Anti-Vax Moms Plot Ottawa Copycat Convoys on Telegram
Exclusive: White Nationalists and Anti-Vax Moms Plot Ottawa Copycat Convoys on Telegram
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Raw Story, New York Times and Fox News
Adam Carter / CBC News:
Ontario declares state of emergency in response to convoy protests
Ontario declares state of emergency in response to convoy protests
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Common Dreams, WHDH-TV, Bangor Daily News, Twelve Thirty Six, New York Post, The Guardian, National Observer and TheBlaze
Politico:
Putin could attack Ukraine on Feb. 16, Biden told allies — With help from Jacopo Barigazzi, Lili Bayer, Erin Banco and David Herszenhorn — National security adviser JAKE SULLIVAN said a full Russian invasion of Ukraine could come before the end of the Beijing Olympics on Feb. 20 …
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РИА …, Metro.co.uk and UPI
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Spurning Demand by the Taliban, Biden Moves to Split $7 Billion in Frozen Afghan Funds
Spurning Demand by the Taliban, Biden Moves to Split $7 Billion in Frozen Afghan Funds
Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Are Holding Westerners in Afghanistan, Including One American
Taliban Are Holding Westerners in Afghanistan, Including One American
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The Guardian, New York Times, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, CNN, CBS News, HotAir, New York Post, USA Today and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
CNN:
Archives threatened to go to Congress and Justice Department to get Trump to turn over records — (CNN)Worried that a trove of White House records that had been brought to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate contained classified material, a top official in the former President's orbit warned his aides last fall: Do not touch those boxes.
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Raw Story, Scottie's Playtime and Forbes
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
As U.S. ‘trucker convoy’ picks up momentum, foreign meddling adds to fray — Facebook said Friday it removed trucker and convoy groups run by overseas actors. Many anti-vaccine and conspiracy-driven groups have moved to embrace convoy organizing. — There is growing momentum …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Follow the Science? — If only it were so easy. — The C.D.C. describes medium-rare hamburgers as “undercooked” and dangerous. The agency also directs Americans to avoid raw cookie dough and not to eat more than a teaspoon or so of salt every day. And the C.D.C. tells sexually active women …
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The Daily Caller, HotAir and Louder With Crowder
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Josh Hawley is being slammed as ‘grossly unfit’ for office — As international crises intensify, Josh Hawley is blocking Pentagon nominees. No wonder the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called him “grossly unfit” for office. — As 2021 got underway, Sen. Josh Hawley did not find himself in a good position.
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Politico
Associated Press:
Utah senator blocks internment camp designation, draws ire — DENVER (AP) — On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the forced internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans at the onset of World War II, Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah is getting backlash for holding up the creation …
Mack Lamoureux / VICE:
He Murdered 5 People. But Before Then, He Made a Movie About It. — On Dec. 27, 2021, a minor figure in the ‘manosphere’ went on a targeted killing spree across Denver. VICE News has learned before he was killed, he made a movie outlining his plans. Now, his friends are selling it.
New York Times:
I Used Apple AirTags, Tiles and a GPS Tracker to Watch My Husband's Every Move — A vast location-tracking network is being built around us so we don't lose our keys: One couple's adventures in the consumer tech surveillance state. — In mid-January, my husband and I were having an argument.
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AppleInsider, Wired, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, The Register, Apple and KVIA-TV, more at Techmeme »
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Students Caught on Video Making Ape Noises as Black Basketball Player Goes to Shoot — JUST GROSS — A basketball team from Nyack, New York, was subjected to racist taunts during a game Wednesday night. When a Black player from Nyack got ready to shoot from the free-throw line …
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CBS New York, Raw Story and Alternet.org
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Fox News Channel original Jim Angle dead at 75 — Angle joined Fox News during its inaugural year in 1996 — Fox News Channel original Jim Angle died Wednesday at his home in Arlington, Virginia. He was 75. — “Jim was a FOX News original and a top Washington correspondent whose talent and fearless reporting was unmatched.
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The Hill, Variety, Deadline, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and TVNewser
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
State GOP leaders scuttle Buckhead secession push in 2022 — The effort to pass a Buckhead cityhood referendum this year has been effectively scuttled after House Speaker David Ralston joined a growing chorus of Republicans who agreed to give new Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens time to curb violent crime …
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WABE, Federal News Network and Peach State Politics …
David Gilbert / VICE:
A QAnon Grifter Who Claims She Can Time Travel Is Running for Office in Ohio — Secretary of state candidate Terpsehore Maras isn't even trying to hide her affiliation to QAnon. — DG — A QAnon influencer and convicted grifter who claims she can time travel, who led a campaign …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The existential dread of journalists watching the Sarah Palin trial — Every journalist knows the feeling. Your story — or the story you've edited — has been published, maybe on a tight deadline, and you realize too late that it contains a mistake. Cue the stages of grief: Defensive disbelief.
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Deadline and The New Neo, more at Mediagazer »
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Seth Stevenson / Slate:
The Moment Sarah Palin's Testimony Fell Apart
The Moment Sarah Palin's Testimony Fell Apart
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New Republic, HotAir, The Mahablog, Vanity Fair and Deadline
Washington Post:
IRS backlog hits nearly 24 million returns, further imperiling the 2022 tax filing season — Nearly 24 million taxpayers are still waiting for the Internal Revenue Service to process their tax returns from last year — a number far larger than previously reported by the agency — with many refunds being held up for ten months or more.
Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
Walker's past could let Warnock keep Senate seat, rivals say — ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans risk losing the U.S. Senate race if they nominate Herschel Walker, two of Walker's rivals said, citing a report by The Associated Press about how police confiscated a gun from the former football great following a domestic dispute 20 years ago.
Discussion:
Political Wire and Associated Press
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter from Beverly Hills has second thoughts on her guilty plea — WASHINGTON — A Beverly Hills cosmetologist who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in support of the man she calls “Trumpy Bear,” recently told fellow supporters that she only pleaded guilty “to stay out of jail …
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Raw Story
CNN:
White father and son charged for chasing and shooting at Black FedEx driver — (CNN)Two White men are facing criminal charges after a Black FedEx Express driver alleged that he was chased and shot at while delivering packages in Brookhaven, Mississippi. — When he called police to report …