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11:50 AM ET, February 12, 2022

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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US to evacuate Ukraine embassy amid Russian invasion fears  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is set to evacuate its embassy in Kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent.  —  U.S. officials said the State Department plans …
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New York Times:
Police Set to Move In on Truckers Blocking Ontario Bridge: Canada Protest Updates  —  Officers began approaching the truckers, who have blocked traffic across the U.S. border at a critical juncture.  In Paris, the authorities used tear gas on a copycat protest along the Champs-Élysées.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Battle of Wills North of the Border  —  Maybe Those Vaccine Mandates Aren't Worth It, Eh?  —  When we use the term, “border crisis” now, we have to specify which border: … More than a quarter of all U.S.-Canada trade crosses the Ambassador Bridge each year.
Washington Post:
The TikTok buildup: Videos reveal Russian forces closing in on Ukraine  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin and top Russian officials for months have been denying that Moscow is preparing to mount an invasion of neighboring Ukraine.  But videos posted to TikTok and other social media platforms tell another story.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Vulnerable Democrats plan to run on kitchen-table issues, but some in party want voters focused on Trump, too  —  Democrats heading into turbulent reelection battles want to focus their campaigns on the bread-and-butter issues that appeal to swing voters, not Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Slate, the Pioneering Web Magazine, Struggles to Find Identity and Profit  —  After high-profile departures, the publication is trying to find a new voice.  —  In early January, two days after an abrupt announcement that the top editor of Slate was stepping down, the publication's staff signed …
NBC News:
After Covid, risks of heart problems remain elevated for up to a year  —  As far as Michelle Wilson knew, she'd recovered from Covid-19.  —  Wilson, 65, contracted the virus in November 2020.  Her illness, she said, was mild, and she was feeling ready to go back to work as a nurse in St. Louis by early December.
Discussion: The Guardian
Carol Anderson / The Guardian:
The US supreme court is letting racist discrimination run wild in the election system  —  The court has approved or tolerated massive voter roll purges, extreme gerrymandering and election laws that have a disparate impact on minorities  —  he US supreme court, in a 5-4 decision …
New York Times:
Far From the Big City, New Economic Life  —  Incomes are low in small-town Tennessee, but so is the cost of living.  That attraction could be a key to reviving many rural areas.  —  GAINESBORO, Tenn. — There is not much to suggest prosperity in Gainesboro, a hamlet of 920 in Tennessee's Upper Cumberland region.
Wall Street Journal:
Inside the Woke Indoctrination Machine  —  After watching 100 hours of leaked video, we now fully grasp the danger of this ideology in schools.  —  Last spring we exposed how two elite independent schools in New York had become corrupted by a divisive obsession with race …
BuzzFeed News:
A New Version Of The Mueller Report Reveals That Mueller Declined To Charge Donald Trump Jr. And Roger Stone With Computer Crimes  —  The Department of Justice released a new version of the Mueller report Friday afternoon that reveals for the first time that former special counsel Robert …
DW.COM:
France: Police fire tear gas at COVID ‘freedom convoy’ in Paris  —  Protesters in cars and vans converged on Paris to protest the government and for a variety of populist causes.  The so-called freedom convoy imitates a similar effort that has shut down bridges on the US-Canada border.
Los Angeles Times:
With Biden's agenda hanging by a thread, Democrats question Schumer-Klain strategy  —  For all the ire directed by liberal activists at two moderate senators who in recent weeks scuttled President Biden's most ambitious plans, Democratic members of Congress increasingly cast blame on another duo …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Even by today's standard of campus cowardice and conformity, this repulsive episode is noteworthy  —  A sludge of ignorance and cowardice oozes so constantly through today's campuses that institutions acquire immunity through recidivism: Progressivism's totalitarian temptation is too commonplace to be newsworthy.
Discussion: Althouse
New York Times:
Selling Trump: A Profitable Post-Presidency Like No Other  —  Much as he did while in the White House, Donald Trump has thoroughly blurred the lines between his political ambitions and his business interests, with a wide-ranging set of moneymaking ventures.  —  In early December …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
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 …
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.
Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
Texas ban on encouraging mail-in votes likely unconstitutional, judge rules  —  The challenged provision makes it a state jail felony for election officials to “solicit the submission” of an application to vote by mail if the voter did not request it.  —  Copy link
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
Politico:
No, you haven't heard the last of Andrew Cuomo  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Andrew Cuomo resigned as New York governor amid scandal last August, but his confidantes say he's plotting his comeback.  —  In interviews with a dozen former aides and allies, they characterized the three-term governor …
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / Oregonian:
Portland mayor's top adviser proposed massive, militarized group shelters as step in ending homeless camping, records show  —  A top member of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler's team has pitched creating as many as three massive, temporary homeless shelters staffed by Oregon National Guard members …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Missile attacks fuel support for reversing U.S. stance and placing Yemen rebels back on terrorist blacklist
Manan Luthra / New York Times:
Australia Declares Koalas an Endangered Species
Discussion: Common Dreams, NPR, Gizmodo and Forbes
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Is it Fascism?  Is it Socialism?  —  Words mean things. … When I taught at Dartmouth …
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
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Weiss / New Lines Magazine:
In Kyiv, War is Both Remote and Ever-Present
Discussion: Weight of the World
David Gilbert / VICE:
A QAnon Grifter Who Claims She Can Time Travel Is Running for Office in Ohio
Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
Walker's past could let Warnock keep Senate seat, rivals say
Discussion: Associated Press
Associated Press:
Utah senator blocks internment camp designation, draws ire
Mack Lamoureux / VICE:
He Murdered 5 People. But Before Then, He Made a Movie About It.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Josh Hawley is being slammed as ‘grossly unfit’ for office
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