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Foreign Policy:
Russia Planning Post-Invasion Arrest and Assassination Campaign in Ukraine, U.S. Officials Say — Intelligence on possible targets has been shared with Ukraine and other partners in the region. — The United States has obtained intelligence that Russia may target prominent political opponents …
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National Review and Forbes
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
US Senate approves resolution for Ukraine, warning Russia — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to show unwavering support for an independent Ukraine and “condemn” Russian military aggression toward its neighbor as fresh fears emerged of a possible invasion that could spiral toward a European war.
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HuffPost, Bloomberg, Breitbart, The Hill, Washington Examiner, UPI, Washington Times, globalnews.ca, Washington Post and Politico
Politico:
The Speech In Which Putin Told Us Who He Was — The beautiful and prosperous city of Munich, Germany, has many claims to notoriety. It was the hotbed of early Nazism, the site of Neville Chamberlain's famous meeting to appease Hitler and, later, a hub of German resistance to Hitler.
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NPR, ABC News, Bloomberg, New York Times, HotAir, Associated Press, National Review, Washington Examiner, The National Interest and Washington Post
Associated Press:
Ukrainian rebels to evacuate civilians to Russia amid crisis — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Separatists in eastern Ukraine announced Friday they are evacuating civilians to Russia, as spiking tensions in the region aggravated Western fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and a new war in Europe.
CNN:
“Bleak' new intelligence assessment driving new urgency from Biden administration on Russia
“Bleak' new intelligence assessment driving new urgency from Biden administration on Russia
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The Liberal Patriot, Raw Story, csis.org, Federal Computer Week, New York Post, WTOP News, TheJournal.ie, UPI, The Federalist and TASS
David Rothkopf / Haaretz:
Tucker Carlson, Josh Hawley and Donald Trump: Putin's Dream Team, but America's Worst Nightmare
Tucker Carlson, Josh Hawley and Donald Trump: Putin's Dream Team, but America's Worst Nightmare
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Political Wire and Associated Press
Michael Carpenter / U.S. Mission to the OSCE:
U.S. Statement for the Vienna Document Joint PC-FSC Chapter III Meeting
U.S. Statement for the Vienna Document Joint PC-FSC Chapter III Meeting
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Washington Examiner, The Moscow Times, The Daily Caller, Defense One, New York Post, Bloomberg and Reuters
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Durham Distances Himself From Furor in Right-Wing Media Over Filing — The special counsel implicitly acknowledged that White House internet data he discussed, which conservative outlets have portrayed as proof of spying on the Trump White House, came from the Obama era.
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Washington Post, The Federalist, MSNBC, Yahoo, NBC News, National Review, Mediaite, Forbes, POLITICUSUSA, CourtListener, HotAir and UPI
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
War over Trump spying — WAR OVER TRUMP SPYING. Anyone who has followed political journalism for more than a minute or two could predict how some big outlets would cover the revelation that operatives connected to the Hillary Clinton campaign spied on the Trump campaign.
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Washington Post, Mediaite, Washington Times, Insider and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
The media and Durham's corrupt “spying” investigation
The media and Durham's corrupt “spying” investigation
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Mediaite, BizPac Review, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
How the right embraced the false claim that Hillary Clinton ‘spied’ on President Donald Trump
How the right embraced the false claim that Hillary Clinton ‘spied’ on President Donald Trump
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Poynter, claytoonz, Judicial Watch, RedState, The Daily Beast, emptywheel and Mediaite
Mike Allen / Axios:
Squad politics backfire — The hard-left politics of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and the so-called “Squad,” once a dominant theme for vast numbers of elected Democrats, is backfiring big-time on the party in power, top Democrats tell us. … - “It's a huge problem.”
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RedState, HotAir, Ace of Spades HQ, Tilting At Windmills, SFGATE and Washington Examiner
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Red Covid, an Update — The partisan gap in Covid deaths is still growing, but more slowly. — Ocean County, in central New Jersey, is a mixture of beach towns like Barnegat Light and exurban towns like Toms River and Lakewood. Household income in the county exceeds the U.S. average.
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Twitchy
Jackie Calmes / Los Angeles Times:
The latest conservative to join the resistance? Ted Cruz's mentor — It's been a measure of former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig's stature in the conservative legal movement that Supreme Court justices hired so many of his law clerks — 40 over 15 years.
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Raw Story
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Hunter Woodall / Star Tribune:
Minnesota Rep. Jim Hagedorn dies at the age of 59 — Hagedorn, a Republican, was serving in his second term at the time of his death. — TEXT SIZE — MORE — Minnesota U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn has died at the age of 59 after a long battle with kidney cancer, according to his wife.
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Minnesota Rep. Hagedorn dies of cancer
Minnesota Rep. Hagedorn dies of cancer
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Washington Post, KSTP-TV, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, MinnPost, Roll Call and Political Wire
HuffPost:
Trump Directed $375,000 In Donations To His Own Building To Rent An Unused Office — “It's a huge scam,” said a former aide, and the total exceeds what Trump donated to Republican candidates - the supposed purpose behind his committees. — By S.V. Date — NEW YORK ― …
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Raw Story
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Ottawa Trucker Protest Is Both Giddy and Terrifying — OTTAWA — When I asked Matthew Wall, a 36-year-old electrician from Manitoba, what brought him to this city, which has been overwhelmed by a giant protest encampment, he answered with one word: “Mushrooms.”
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Politico:
Jan. 6 panel interviewed Ellipse rally organizer Katrina Pierson — Katrina Pierson, a former Trump campaign spokesperson who helped plan the Jan. 6 rally at the Ellipse, has answered questions from the Capitol riot panel, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
N.Y. Officials Announce Plan to Remove Homeless People From Subways — The plan, which calls for stricter enforcement, also promises to offer more mental-heath services and housing options to people who shelter underground. — Responding to an increase in crime in the New York City subways …
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Bloomberg and New York Post
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
Dean Baquet Never Wanted to Be an Editor — Ahead of his expected retirement, the Times' executive editor reflects on his newsroom's unprecedented growth, Twitter's influence on journalism, and the time he punched a hole in a wall. — When Dean Baquet took over as the executive editor of the Times …
John Burnett / NPR:
Americans are fleeing to places where political views match their own — There's a private Facebook group with nearly 8,000 members called Conservatives Moving to Texas. Three of them are sitting at a dinner table—munching on barbecue weenies and brownies—in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
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Raw Story and Sabato's Crystal Ball
Mark Schlabach / ESPN:
Phil Mickelson will deal with Saudis to pressure PGA Tour — LOS ANGELES — Even though the Saudi Arabian government has been accused of myriad human rights violations by watchdog groups around the world, Phil Mickelson says he is willing to get involved with a Saudi-financed breakaway golf league to have leverage with the PGA Tour.
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Yahoo Sports, One America News Network, Mediaite, WTOP News, Defector, Slate and ABC17NEWS
Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
Celebs Backed BLM Fund That Bailed Out a BLM Assassin — The creator of “Hamilton,” rappers, actors, and TV stars all donated. — [Order David Horowitz's latest book, 'I Can't Breathe: How a Racial Hoax is Killing America': CLICK HERE.] — Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow …
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New York Post, Courier-Journal and Washington Free Beacon
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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Amazon suspends Black Lives Matter from its charity platform
Amazon suspends Black Lives Matter from its charity platform
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Human Events, TheBlaze, RedState, HotAir, BizPac Review, Townhall and The Western Journal
Karl Evers-Hillstrom / The Hill:
Congressional stock trading ban must include spouses, lawmakers say — Any bill to prevent lawmakers from trading stocks must apply to their immediate family members, Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Chip Roy (R-Texas), the authors of a stock trading ban proposal, said Friday.
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POLITICUSUSA
Bloomberg:
Not Even $200 a Barrel: Shale Giants Swear They Won't Drill More — The Texas wildcatters that ushered in America's shale revolution are resisting the temptation to pump more oil as the market rallies, signaling higher gasoline prices for consumers already battered by the worst inflation in a generation.
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Facebook whistleblower alleges executives misled investors about climate, covid hoaxes in new SEC complaints … A pair of whistleblower complaints filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this month allege Facebook misled investors about its efforts to combat climate change …
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Gizmodo
Christopher Ingraham / The Why Axis:
For the first time, fewer than half of Americans have an unwavering faith in God — Data from the General Social Survey plots the rise of a more secular nation — Back in 1993, two-thirds of American adults told pollsters from the General Social Survey they “know God really exists” and had “no doubts about it.”
Steven E. Koonin / Wall Street Journal:
Greenland's Melting Ice Is No Cause for Climate-Change Panic — The annual loss has been decreasing in the past decade even as the globe continues to warm. — One of the most sacred tenets of climate alarmism is that Greenland's vast ice sheet is shrinking ever more rapidly because of human-induced climate change.