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Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
US Embassy Employees Have Been Ordered To Evacuate Ukraine — US Embassy Employees will need to leave the country by Sunday, Feb. 13, two sources told BuzzFeed News. It's unclear whether some essential staff may remain in the country. — Copy — KYIV - The United States has taken …
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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 say the State Department plans …
Washington Post:
U.S. orders embassy in Kyiv to evacuate amid fears Russia will invade soon — KYIV, Ukraine — The U.S. State Department began evacuating staffers from the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv Saturday, amid mounting warnings that Moscow could imminently launch an invasion of Ukraine, according …
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Washington Post:
New intelligence suggests Russia plans a ‘false flag’ operation to trigger an invasion of Ukraine
New intelligence suggests Russia plans a ‘false flag’ operation to trigger an invasion of Ukraine
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Fox News, Universum Think Tank, ABC7 and The Atlantic
Terrell Jermaine Starr / Foreign Policy:
Why Progressives Should Help Defend Ukraine
Why Progressives Should Help Defend Ukraine
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Politico:
White House warns Russian invasion ‘threat is immediate’
White House warns Russian invasion ‘threat is immediate’
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Associated Press, Washington Examiner, Mediaite and IJR
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 …
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Raw Story and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Canadian Truck Protests — The protesters have blocked roads leading to the U.S. border at four points — Windsor, Ontario; Sarnia, Ontario; Emerson, Manitoba; and Coutts, Alberta. — On Friday evening in Windsor, as the hour for the court order to take effect approached …
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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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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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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.
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.
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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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.
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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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 …
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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 …
Washington Post:
Missile attacks fuel support for reversing U.S. stance and placing Yemen rebels back on terrorist blacklist — Expanded missile attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels have fueled support among some U.S. and Middle Eastern officials for placing them back on a U.S. terrorist blacklist …
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.
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.
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 …
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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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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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.)
Jennifer De Pinto / CBS News:
Between Russia and Ukraine, Americans say either stay out or side with Ukraine - CBS News poll — A slight majority of Americans would prefer the U.S. stay out of any negotiations around the situation with Russia and Ukraine, while those who would take a side say the U.S. should stand with Ukraine.
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.
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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 …
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