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Washington Post:
Putin leaves a door to diplomacy open, as European, U.S. leaders race to defuse Ukraine crisis — MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday left the door open to further talks with Western leaders on his efforts to end NATO's open door policy, when his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov …
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Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Russian mercenaries with spy links increasing presence in Ukraine
EXCLUSIVE Russian mercenaries with spy links increasing presence in Ukraine
New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Russia's Top Diplomat Says Talks Are ‘Far From Exhausted’ as U.S. Warns of Continued Military Buildup
Ukraine Live Updates: Russia's Top Diplomat Says Talks Are ‘Far From Exhausted’ as U.S. Warns of Continued Military Buildup
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David K. Shipler / Washington Monthly:
How America's Broken Promises May Lead to a New Cold War
How America's Broken Promises May Lead to a New Cold War
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HotAir, Persuasion, Washington Post, Cutting Through and Conflicts of Interest
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Why a Russian invasion of Ukraine would hurt Americans too
Why a Russian invasion of Ukraine would hurt Americans too
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National Review, Today's Edition Newsletter and Washington Examiner
Financial Times:
Putin leaves the west guessing as Ukraine crisis intensifies
Putin leaves the west guessing as Ukraine crisis intensifies
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine's President Tries to Avert Panic as Pressure Mounts
Ukraine's President Tries to Avert Panic as Pressure Mounts
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
Why Covid-19 vaccines are a freaking miracle — Two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, it's easy to lament all that has come to pass. The devastating losses. The upending of what we regarded as normal ways of life. The sheer relentlessness of it all. — But let's stop for a moment …
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
New PSA from Glenn Youngkin: Please get the vaccine — Interesting timing here, cutting a pro-vax ad in the wake of a major culture-war victory over the left on school mask mandates. A Republican in charge of a Biden +10 state will need to know how to triangulate, rewarding the conservative minority …
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Melissa Weiss / Jewish Insider:
AOC bemoans ‘cancel culture’ that fired Marc Lamont Hill for ‘from the river to the sea’ comments — The commentator was let go from CNN following comments made at a United Nations event in 2018 — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) defended former CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill …
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Jaclyn Hendricks / New York Post:
Snoop Dogg smokes weed right before star-studded Super Bowl 2022 halftime show — Before taking the stage for Sunday's epic Super Bowl 2022 halftime show, Snoop Dogg had something of a pregame warmup. — In a video currently making the rounds on social media, Snoop is seen smoking …
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David Gilbert / VICE:
Hackers Just Leaked the Names of 92,000 ‘Freedom Convoy’ Donors — GiveSendGo, the Christian crowdfunding site that helped raise $8.7 million for the anti-vax “freedom convoy” in Canada, was hacked on Sunday night. — DG — The Christian crowdfunding site that helped raise $8.7 million for the anti-vax …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's latest political obsession: The baseball team owner not toeing his line — Donald Trump has a new fixation: a Major League Baseball scion who hails from one of the country's richest families — and who, unlike most other Republican Senate candidates, isn't bowing to the former president.
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Raw Story
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Former DNI Ratcliffe told Durham intelligence supports ‘multiple’ indictments in probe: sources — Hillary Clinton purportedly approved “a plan to distract the public from her email scandal,” sources told Fox News — Ratcliffe: FBI did not have proper predicate to spy on Trump campaign
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New York Times:
The Right's Would-Be Kingmaker — Peter Thiel, one of Donald J. Trump's biggest donors in 2016, has re-emerged as a prime financier of the Make America Great Again movement. — Ryan Mac, who is based in Los Angeles, covers the intersection of technology and power.
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Raw Story and No More Mister Nice Blog, more at Techmeme »
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A staunch conservative's urgent warning to the GOP about Trump and 2024 — Donald Trump is telling us exactly how he intends to rerun his coup attempt, should the conditions align for it in 2024. He regularly flaunts his view that attempting to overturn his 2020 loss was the correct thing to do …
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J. Michael Luttig / New York Times:
The Conservative Case for Reforming the Electoral Count Act
Abraham Riesman / Vulture:
Art Spiegelman Loses His Glasses — As the latest fight over Maus erupts, its artist-creator searches for his spectacles. — Okay, so here's the thing," Art Spiegelman says into the phone as he paces his cavernous Soho studio, humming with anxiety. “ I don't know what happened.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
John Eastman claims attorney-client privilege over thousands of pages sought by Jan. 6 investigators — Attorney John Eastman, a close ally of Donald Trump amid his effort to subvert the 2020 election, has attempted to shield more than 10,000 pages of emails and counting from congressional investigators …
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Bloomberg:
Trudeau to Invoke Emergency Powers in Response to Protests — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will invoke emergency powers in response to protests in Canada's capital city that have entered their 18th day, according to the nation's public broadcaster. — Trudeau will inform provincial premiers …
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Jennifer Sey / Common Sense:
Yesterday I Was Levi's Brand President. I Quit So I Could Be Free. — I turned down $1 million severance in exchange for my voice. — When I traveled to Moscow in 1986, I brought 10 pairs of Levi's 501s in my bag. I was a 17-year-old gymnast, the reigning national champion …
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Stanley B. Greenberg / American Prospect:
Democrats, Speak to Working-Class Discontent — It's the one way to mobilize Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians, not just white workers. — America is at a perilous moment when a Trump-led Republican Party is steaming ahead to knock down every guardrail protecting free elections.
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump pushes back at those saying he's lost grip on GOP — Former President Trump is asserting his role as a Republican kingmaker, pushing back against claims from some corners of the GOP that his influence within the party is waning. — In a statement on Sunday, Trump insisted that the power …
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Scooby Axson / USA Today:
Sha'Carri Richardson: Difference between her and Kamila Valieva's cases 'is I'm a black young lady' — Russia's Kamila Valieva allowed to continue competing at the Games — U.S. track and field star Sha'Carri Richardson questioned why a Russian figure skater was allowed to compete …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The MAGA fixation with chaos overrides ‘America First’ — Once upon a time, the Republican Party stressed social order, the rule of law and capitalism as a vehicle to deliver widespread prosperity. More recently, the MAGA crowd insisted it wanted an “America First” policy. Forget all that.
Lindsey Bahr / Associated Press:
Ivan Reitman, producer, ‘Ghostbusters’ director, dies at 75 — Ivan Reitman, the influential filmmaker and producer behind many of the most beloved comedies of the late 20th century, from “Animal House” to “Ghostbusters,” has died. He was 75. — Reitman died peacefully in his sleep Saturday night …