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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
How McConnell Hopes to Thwart Trump in the Midterms — Senator Mitch McConnell is working furiously to bring allies to Washington who will buck Donald J. Trump. It's not going according to plan. — PHOENIX — For more than a year, former President Donald Trump has berated Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona …
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New York Times:
Giuliani in Talks to Testify to House Jan. 6 Panel — It is not clear how much assistance he might provide in the investigation into former President Donald J. Trump's efforts to hold onto power. — Rudolph W. Giuliani, who as former President Donald J. Trump's lawyer helped lead the effort …
Washington Post:
A weakened Trump? As some voters edge away, he battles parts of the Republican Party he once ran. — EAST TAWAS, Mich. — Donald Trump's pick to become Michigan's next attorney general has a problem with the leaders of the party Trump once ran. — At a recent pizza-fueled meeting …
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Raw Story, The Welcome Party and The Economist
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
MTG Should Be an Embarrassment, Not a GOP Superstar
MTG Should Be an Embarrassment, Not a GOP Superstar
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Raw Story
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Why the West's Diplomacy With Russia Keeps Failing — Oh, how I envy Liz Truss her opportunity! Oh, how I regret her utter failure to make use of it! For those who have never heard of her, Truss is the lightweight British foreign secretary who went to Moscow this week to tell her Russian counterpart …
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
He Knows Putin Well. And He Fears for Ukraine. — The Finnish president, Sauli Niinisto, has carved out a vital role as interpreter between East and West, and he is not optimistic about the prospects for peace. — HELSINKI — As the threat of a new Russian invasion of Ukraine grew …
New York Times:
U.S. Pulls Most Diplomats From Kyiv as Tensions Mount
U.S. Pulls Most Diplomats From Kyiv as Tensions Mount
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The White House, KyivPost, The Guardian and Euractiv
Karena Phan / Associated Press:
CNN screenshot altered to add fake chyron about Putin and Biden
CNN screenshot altered to add fake chyron about Putin and Biden
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TheJournal.ie, Associated Press and Insider
New York Times:
U.S. Battles Putin by Disclosing His Next Possible Moves
U.S. Battles Putin by Disclosing His Next Possible Moves
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U.S. Department of Defense, Savage Minds, Takes & Re-Takes, NPR, Fox News and CNN
Christina Zhao / NBC News:
Biden warns Putin of ‘swift and severe costs’ amid fears of imminent Ukraine invasion
Biden warns Putin of ‘swift and severe costs’ amid fears of imminent Ukraine invasion
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Clinton campaign paid to ‘infiltrate’ Trump Tower, White House servers to link Trump to Russia: Durham — 'Tech Executive-1 and his associates exploited this arrangement by mining the EOP's DNS traffic and other data for the purpose of gathering derogatory information about Donald Trump.'
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Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:
Clinton campaign paid tech workers to dig up Trump-Russia connections: Report
Clinton campaign paid tech workers to dig up Trump-Russia connections: Report
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A Conservative Cultural … and Louder With Crowder
Techno Fog / The Reactionary:
Durham: Clinton allies spied on the Executive Office of the President
Durham: Clinton allies spied on the Executive Office of the President
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Meaning In History, Breitbart, SÁT-CỘNG's Newsletter, The Last Refuge and The Gateway Pundit
Bonchie / RedState:
John Durham Drops a ‘Shock and Awe’ Filing About Spying on Donald Trump
John Durham Drops a ‘Shock and Awe’ Filing About Spying on Donald Trump
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The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
Mariam Khan / ABC News:
Pelosi has stark warning for Putin: ‘He has to know that war is not an answer’ — “There's very severe consequences to his aggression,” she said. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a stark warning for Russian President Vladimir Putin as the Russian military buildup near the Ukraine region showed no signs of slowing on Sunday.
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The Hill, Insider, Politico and POLITICUSUSA
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David Cohen / Politico:
Pelosi on midterms: 'Forget history; we're talking about future' — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expects the Democratic Party to do better than expected in the midterms because they did worse than expected in congressional elections in 2020. — “Forget history; we're talking about future,” she said Sunday.
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: Neither Biden nor Trump has their party's full support for a 2024 run — (CNN)A significant number of both Democrats and Republicans currently hope to see their parties find alternatives to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in the next presidential election, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
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Fox News, The Hill and Political Wire
James Marson / Wall Street Journal:
Russians Have Already Started Hybrid War With Bomb Threats, Cyberattacks, Ukraine Says — Moscow is using cyberattacks, economic pressure and, most recently, false bomb threats, to undermine its neighbor, Kyiv says — KYIV, Ukraine—U.S. officials are warning that Russia could be about to attack Ukraine.
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Financial Times, Al Jazeera and Forbes
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CNN:
Trump's unorthodox phone habits complicate January 6 investigation — (CNN)In Donald Trump's White House, telephones were a valued commodity. The then-President loved to talk to everyone, said a former White House aide. — “He took everybody's calls,” the aide said …
David French / The Dispatch:
The Seeds of Political Violence Are Being Sown in Church — The new insurrection is being organized, in a sanctuary near you. — On Thursday night in Castle Rock, Colorado, a group called “FEC United” (FEC stands for faith, education, and commerce) held a “town hall” …
Associated Press:
Police arrest protesters who remained at US-Canada bridge — WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) — Police moved in to clear and arrest the remaining protesters near a key U.S.-Canadian border bridge early Sunday, trying to end a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions that has hurt the economy …
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Declassified Afghanistan reports back U.S. commanders who said Biden team was indecisive during crisis — Declassified U.S. military analyses of the calamitous exit from Afghanistan detail repeated instances of friction between American troops and diplomats before and during the evacuation …
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Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit and Political Wire