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10:50 PM ET, February 11, 2022

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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. to send 3,000 additional troops to Poland, officials say … The United States will be sending 3,000 additional troops to Poland in the coming days to try and help reassure NATO allies, four U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus …
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Terrell Jermaine Starr / Foreign Policy:
Why Progressives Should Help Defend Ukraine
Discussion: New York Times
CNBC:
White House warns that Russia could invade Ukraine within days, urges Americans to leave
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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Kiera Butler / Mother Jones:
Exclusive: White Nationalists and Anti-Vax Moms Plot Ottawa Copycat Convoys on Telegram
Discussion: Raw Story, Fox News and New York Times
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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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.
Pfizer:
Pfizer and BioNTech Provide Update on Rolling Submission for Emergency Use Authorization of Their COVID-19 Vaccine in Children 6 Months Through 4 Years of Age
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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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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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Spurning Demand by the Taliban, Biden Moves to Split $7 Billion in Frozen Afghan Funds
Associated Press:
Biden splitting frozen funds for Afghan relief, 9/11 victims
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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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.
Discussion: 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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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.
Manan Luthra / New York Times:
Australia Declares Koalas an Endangered Species  —  Years of drought, fires and habitat loss have drastically reduced the population of the iconic marsupial.  —  SYDNEY, Australia — The Australian government on Friday declared the koala an endangered species, as drought, bush fires …
Discussion: Common Dreams, NPR, Gizmodo and Forbes
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 …
Discussion: Parallax, Full Feed, The Hill and Mediaite
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Weiss / New Lines Magazine:
In Kyiv, War is Both Remote and Ever-Present  —  As the West girds for an ‘imminent’ Russian offensive, Ukrainians are calm and resolved  —  Michael Weiss is news director at New Lines  —  “For a cyborg, you look remarkably human.”  —  Roman Kostenko smiles, realizing perhaps …
Discussion: Weight of the World
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Is it Fascism?  Is it Socialism?  —  Words mean things. … When I taught at Dartmouth many years ago, I used to argue politics at the coffee machine in the main office with a colleague who was far to my left.  (We were good friends and we used to host the student radio station's election coverage together.)
 
 
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 More Items: 
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Texas counties reject unprecedented numbers of mail ballots ahead of March 1 primary under restrictive new law
Jennifer De Pinto / CBS News:
Between Russia and Ukraine, Americans say either stay out or side with Ukraine - CBS News poll
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
Arizona Republican breaks with party to block transgender health care ban
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
IRS backlog hits nearly 24 million returns, further imperiling the 2022 tax filing season
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
‘We have a project’: QAnon followers eye swing state election official races
Discussion: Alternet.org
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
GOP Congressman Fined $125,000 For Financial Violations
Discussion: USA Today and Insider
James Salzer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Senate bill would put limits on fundraising by challengers
 Earlier Items: 
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Why an Arizona County Turned Down $1.9 Million in Covid Relief
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Dismantling the Wisconsin Elections Commission was on agenda for Ron Johnson meeting at state Capitol, text messages show
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Garrett M. Graff / Politico:
How G. Gordon Liddy Bungled Watergate With an Office-Supply Request
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House aides weigh deficit reduction as way to revamp economic plan for Manchin
Discussion: New York Magazine and Bloomberg
Jennifer A. Kingson / Axios:
Shoplifting reaches crisis proportions
William Saletan / The Bulwark:
Here's How Republicans Have Been Justifying the Censure of Cheney and Kinzinger
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
 

 
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.83B, vs. $9.76B est., paid memberships up 14% to 282.72M, vs. 282.15M est., and net income of $2.4B

Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Hobbyists post the code for Redbox kiosk software online, and tinkerers have been probing how it works, sometimes repurposing abandoned machines to run Doom

Marah Eakin / Wired:
Inside the inaugural Culver Cup, a generative AI film competition sponsored by AWS and FBRC.ai giving filmmakers AI tools and three weeks to submit a short

 
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