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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 …
Discussion: National Review
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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.
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.
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.
David Rothkopf / Haaretz:
Tucker Carlson, Josh Hawley and Donald Trump: Putin's Dream Team, but America's Worst Nightmare
New York Times:
U.S. Says 190,000 Russian Troops Now in and Around Ukraine
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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Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
The media and Durham's corrupt “spying” investigation  —  Editor's note: Good news!  The audio option should be returning next week. … Subscribe to PRESS RUN  —  Fox News has lost its mind.  Again.  —  Looking for a partisan outrage to promote as Covid cases plummet …
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.
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.”
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.
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
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Politico:
The never-before-told backstory of Pence's Jan. 6 argument  —  For most of his life, J. Michael Luttig has operated behind the scenes at the top of the conservative legal world.  He started his career as a young aide at the U.S. Supreme Court, worked as an attorney in the Reagan White House …
Discussion: Insider 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.
Discussion: Twitchy
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.
Discussion: Insider, The Daily Wire, UPI and Roll Call
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Congressman Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota dies at 59
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 ― …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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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New York Times:
Police Begin Arresting Protest Organizers in Canada
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.
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.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Wife in Maryland spy couple also pleads guilty in plot to sell U.S. nuclear secrets  —  The wife of a Navy engineer pleaded guilty Friday to helping her husband try to sell secrets about U.S. nuclear submarines to a foreign country — a high-profile espionage case that will send her to prison …
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.
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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Washington Examiner:
Daily on Energy: Morrisey lays out his case for limiting EPA power emissions regulation  —  MORRISEY LAYS OUT THE CASE: As coal interests and environmentalists prepare to face off in the Supreme Court, the case's lead petitioner is giving a preview of the argument his state and others …
Discussion: US EPA, nrdc.org and Jacobin
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.
Discussion: 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.
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.”
 
 
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Big coal states eye small nuclear reactors for grid, economy
Discussion: HotAir
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Trump to hold fundraiser, rally for Georgia governor candidate Perdue
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Shock: DHS springs plan for 16,000 Afghan influx through Loudoun County
Discussion: Reuters
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
White House chief of staff tries to pump up worried Senate Democrats
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
GOP lawmakers are pushing high-tech ‘fraud-proof’ ballots. A Texas company could be the only supplier.
Steven E. Koonin / Wall Street Journal:
Greenland's Melting Ice Is No Cause for Climate-Change Panic
Helen Ubiñas / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philadelphia mothers who lost children to gun violence don't want us to look away
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Facebook whistleblower alleges executives misled investors about climate, covid hoaxes in new SEC complaints
Discussion: Protocol and Gizmodo
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
They Wanted to Roll Back Tough-on-Crime Policies. Then Violent Crime Surged.
Jessie Balmert / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio Redistricting Commission fails to pass new legislative maps, violating court order
Discussion: The Lima News
 

 
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Victoria Gomelsky / New York Times:
Watches of Switzerland Group, one of the world's largest watch retailers, acquires the watch enthusiast website Hodinkee, says coverage will remain independent

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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
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