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7:55 AM ET, February 20, 2022

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Washington Post:
Zelensky rips the West for inaction as shellings make Russia-Ukraine war seem increasingly imminent  —  MUNICH — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky forcefully demanded stronger actions from world leaders as the threat of full-scale attack by Russia intensifies amid increased shelling …
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New York Times:
A Press Tour Turns Frantic in Ukraine As Russia-Backed Shelling Intensifies  —  As shelling intensified in eastern Ukraine, a seemingly routine press tour turned into a frantic rush to safety.  —  NOVOLUHANSKE, Ukraine — “Be calm,” Denis, the 28-year-old driver said, after several mortar shells landed on the road behind us.
Discussion: Washington Post
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Shelling Escalates in Ukraine as Thousands Flee, Fearing Attack  —  Western leaders repeat calls for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis.  Russia fires missiles in a blunt warning of where the conflict could lead.  —  Artillery fire escalated sharply in eastern Ukraine on Saturday …
Karen Gilchrist / CNBC:
German Chancellor rejects calls to sanction Russia now — argues the West should keep Putin guessing  — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday rejected calls to sanction Russia now, saying that Moscow should not be sure “exactly” how the West will react.
Discussion: The Daily Wire and CBS News
Miami Herald:
Jeffrey Epstein associate Jean-Luc Brunel, ex-Miami modeling agent, found dead in Paris jail  —  Jeffrey Epstein's former business partner and alleged accomplice in trafficking and sexually abusing girls, Jean-Luc Brunel, was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell, according to French authorities.
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Peter Allen / Daily Mail:
Jeffrey Epstein's pimp Jean-Luc Brunel ‘hangs himself alone in Paris jail with no CCTV’: Ghislaine Maxwell's family ‘shocked and scared for her’ as man …
Martin Goillandeau / CNN:
French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel found dead in prison cell
Discussion: Insider and New York Post
Liam James / The Independent:
Jean-Luc Brunel: Jeffrey Epstein-linked fashion agent found dead in cell
Discussion: Mediaite and Page Array
Luc Chenier / KyivPost:
Ukrainian President Makes Historic Speech in Munich (English Translation)  —  President Zelensky delivered an impassioned and forthright speech at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 19 - one of the most important of his political career and in Ukraine's history as an independent state.
Washington Post:
Trump properties in talks to host lucrative Saudi golf events … Former president Donald Trump's company is angling to host events at his golf courses for the controversial Saudi golf league, according to three people familiar with the matter, potentially handing Trump a lucrative business partnership …
Discussion: Insider, The Hill and Raw Story
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Who Is Behind QAnon?  Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints  —  Using machine learning, separate teams of computer scientists identified the same two men as likely authors of messages that fueled the viral movement.  —  “Open your eyes,” the online post began, claiming, “Many in our govt worship Satan.”
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Trump's Truth Social app set for release Monday in Apple App Store, per executive … Donald Trump's new social media venture, Truth Social, appears set to launch in Apple's App Store on Monday, according to posts from an executive on a test version viewed by Reuters …
The White House:
Statement from Press Secretary Jen Psaki on President Biden's Briefings on Ukraine  —  President Biden continues to monitor the evolving situation in Ukraine, and is being updated regularly about events on the ground by his national security team.  They reaffirmed that Russia could launch an attack against Ukraine at any time.
Discussion: UPI, Арм …, The Hill and Political Wire
Orange County Watch:
California NAACP Calls For Spitzer's “Immediate Resignation”  —  Earlier today, Rick Callender, President of the California State Conference of the NAACP, told OC Watch that the organization is calling for the “immediate resignation” of Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer …
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Biden extends the national pandemic emergency first declared in March 2020.  —  President Biden said on Friday that he would extend the national emergency that was first declared in March 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic.  The additional authority had been set to expire on March 1.
Katherine Huggins / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Will Introduce Bill to Provide Temporary Asylum to Canadian Trucker Protesters, Compares Trudeau's Actions to an ‘Authoritarian Regime Like Venezuela’  —  Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM) compared Canada's handling of vaccine mandate protesters to “an authoritarian regime like Venezuela” …
Discussion: The Hill
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Families of U.S. troops killed in Kabul airport bombing question whether Pentagon distorted investigation findings  —  As the sun faded on another anxious, adrenalized day, Kareem Nikoui, a 20-year-old U.S. Marine from Southern California, balanced on top of a concrete traffic barrier and scanned the crowd.
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
 
 
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