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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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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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Reuters:
Biden and Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount … U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will speak on Saturday as the United States and other Western nations warned a war in Ukraine could ignite at any moment. — Washington ordered some embassy staff …
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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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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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Universum Think Tank, ABC7, Fox News, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera and CNBC
Terrell Jermaine Starr / Foreign Policy:
Why Progressives Should Help Defend Ukraine
Why Progressives Should Help Defend Ukraine
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New York Times
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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The Daily Beast, 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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Detroit Free Press, TheJournal.ie, Breitbart, WABE, CBS News and KRON4
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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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 …
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.
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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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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 …
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U.S. Embassy Kyiv / U.S. Embassy in Ukraine:
Travel Advisory: Ukraine - Level 4: Do Not Travel
Travel Advisory: Ukraine - Level 4: Do Not Travel
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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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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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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.)
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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