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11:05 AM ET, February 17, 2022

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CBS News:
Ukraine, Russian-backed rebels accuse each other of shelling in Donbas region, where war has already simmered for years  —  Kyiv — Ukraine's military and the Russian-backed separatists it has battled for eight years in the country's eastern Donbas region both accused the other side of opening fire …
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Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine, Pro-Russia Separatists Trade Allegations of Cease-Fire Violations  —  Claims of grenade and mortar fire come amid standoff between Moscow and West over Ukraine  —  Pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian authorities on Thursday traded allegations of cease-fire violations along …
Rachel Pannett / Washington Post:
U.S. says Russian claim of pullback around Ukraine is ‘false,’ accuses Moscow of adding troops instead
Financial Times:
France urges revamp of Europe's security order in face of Russia threat
Discussion: Noahpinion and РИА …
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
US says Russia has added 7,000 troops along Ukraine border, despite claims of pullback
Constanze Stelzenmüller / Financial Times:   Scholz holds his ground in Putin's den
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
‘The brand is so toxic’: Dems fear extinction in rural US  —  SMETHPORT, Pa. (AP) — Some Democrats here in rural Pennsylvania are afraid to tell you they're Democrats.  —  The party's brand is so toxic in the small towns 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh that some liberals have removed bumper stickers …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Operation ‘Stop Greitens’ goes awry  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SCOOP: TRUMP MEETS BRITT — Former President DONALD TRUMP met with Alabama GOP Senate candidate KATIE BRITT at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, two sources familiar told Playbook.  The former president has been having buyer's remorse …
John F. Harris / Politico:
What AOC Learned From Trump  —  The divide in the Democratic Party is less about ideology than state of mind.  —  Altitude is a column by POLITICO founding editor John Harris, offering weekly perspective on politics in a moment of radical disruption.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sat …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Ibram X. Kendi Does Not Run the Democratic Party
Los Angeles Times:
San Francisco is usually seen as a lefty outlier.  The school board recalls may make it a bellwether  —  San Francisco is so famous for its liberalism that the city has become shorthand for eccentric political sensibilities far to the left of most Americans.
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Benjamin Oreskes / Los Angeles Times:
Karen Bass takes early lead in L.A. mayor's race, poll finds
Discussion: The Hill and Words & Deeds
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
The MyPillow Guy Is Seriously Planning to Drop Pillows From the Sky Over Canada  —  PREPARE THE TEENY TINY PARACHUTES!  —  After his initial Tuesday shipment of MyPillow products was denied entry into Canada, Mike Lindell now has a backup plan to get free pillows to Canadian truckers: drop them from the sky via a helicopter.
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Blair Crawford / ottawacitizen:
Threats close Stella Luna Gelato Café after owner's name appears in GiveSendGo data leak
Axios:
GOP tensions boil over Trump's fundraising tactics  —  Donald Trump's spamming of Republican donors could kneecap party efforts to build a steady funding stream for future elections and compete with Democratic fundraising, top GOP officials are privately warning.
Discussion: Townhall, Raw Story and Political Wire
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Trump Makes New Claims About His Wealth After Accountants Drop Him  —  The former president has spent decades inventing facts and figures to suit his needs.  Now, dropped by his accountants, he is making new claims.  —  On Tuesday evening, former President Donald J. Trump …
Discussion: CNN and New Republic
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
US Capitol attack panel discusses subpoena for Ivanka Trump  —  House select committee is considering best way to get evidence from ex-president's daughter about his efforts to cling to power  —  The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack is considering issuing a subpoena …
Discussion: Raw Story and Insider
Robby Soave / Reason:
In Leaked Audio, CDC's Rochelle Walensky Privately Confirms She Won't Relax School Mask Guidance  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have no plans to change their recommendation that all U.S. schools require students to wear masks, according to an audio recording …
Steven Rattner / New York Times:
Biden Keeps Blaming the Supply Chain for Inflation.  That's Dishonest.  —  Mr. Rattner served as counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration.  —  In an interview with Lester Holt of NBC last week, President Biden hewed closely to his talking points on inflation …
Discussion: HotAir, The Hill and Townhall
Rhodes Cook / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The “Big Sort” Continues, with Trump as a Driving Force  —  Dear Readers: UVA Center for Politics Director Larry J. Sabato recently interviewed Jonathan Karl of ABC News and Rep. Ro Khanna (D, CA-17) about, respectively, their new books Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show and Dignity in a Digital Age …
Discussion: HuffPost
Washington Post:
D.C. police lieutenant suspended over alleged ties to right-wing group  —  A D.C. police lieutenant in the intelligence branch has been put on leave amid an investigation into alleged improper contacts with a prominent member of the extremist group Proud Boys, according to four law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case.
Discussion: The Daily Beast, DCist and Raw Story
David Siders / Politico:
‘My clients are going RINO hunting’: How the 2022 primaries will rewire the GOP  —  Evidence of the party's unrest is everywhere.  Nearly a half-dozen Republican governors alone are facing competitive primary challenges.  —  Republicans are embarking on a primary season that is poised …
Discussion: Raw Story
Steve Rhodes / The Fine Print:
Havana Syndrome and the Search for a Smoking Ray Gun  —  Science reporters have been rolling their eyes over their national security colleagues' reports of an invisible weapon attacking diplomats.  “Call the neurologist and not like, secret sources, you know, 'intelligence agencies assure …
New York Times:
Vulnerable to the Virus, High-Risk Americans Feel Pain as the U.S. Moves On  —  Transplant recipients, cancer patients and millions of other Americans with risk factors feel ignored and abandoned as their neighbors, and their government, seek a return to normal.  —  Denisse Takes's world is very small these days.
Discussion: National Review and The Atlantic
Tom Krisher / Washington Post:
Tesla faces another US investigation: unexpected braking  —  DETROIT — U.S. auto safety regulators have launched another investigation of Tesla, this time tied to complaints that its cars can stop on roads for no apparent reason.  —  The government says it has 354 complaints from owners during …
Gregg Gonsalves / New York Times:
The Moral Danger of Declaring the Pandemic Over Too Soon  —  Dr. Gonsalves is an associate professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, a longtime AIDS activist and a 2018 MacArthur fellow.  —  The early 1990s were in many ways the most terrible of those first years of the AIDS epidemic in America.
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The regrettable death of the Slatepitch  —  We've lost a lot as every publication has become the same  —  Katie Robertson of the New York Times recently wrote about my former employer Slate and its “struggles to find identity and profit” in the modern world.
John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Banks are moving to freeze accounts linked to convoy protests.  Here's what you need to know  —  Emergencies Act directs financial institutions to cut ties with some people  —  Using powers granted under the Emergencies Act, the federal government has directed banks and other financial institutions …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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