Top Items:
Washington Post:
U.S. claims Russia has list of Ukrainians ‘to be killed or sent to camps’ following a military occupation — The United States has informed the United Nations it has credible information showing that Moscow is compiling lists of Ukrainians “to be killed or sent to camps following a military occupation …
Discussion:
HotAir, NBC News, UPI, CNBC, New York Times, The Guardian, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Insider, Political Wire, KNSD-TV and CBS News
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Biden agrees ‘in principle’ to meet Putin as invasion threat looms … President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed “in principle” to meet, U.S. and French officials said — even as troops continue to gather near the Ukraine border, suggesting the window for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis is closing.
Discussion:
The Moscow Times, The Hill, Mercury News, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and KyivPost
New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: France Pushes for Biden-Putin Meeting — President Biden has “agreed in principle” to meet the Russian leader if there is no invasion. Mr. Biden has stepped up his warnings about Moscow's plans after seeing evidence that an attack on Ukraine was imminent.
Discussion:
CNN, Washington Post, The White House, Associated Press, New York Post, Fox News, Responsible Statecraft, NPR, Al Jazeera, Mediaite, Political Wire, U.S. Department of Defense, Bloomberg, Forbes, The Missing Link, CBS News, ABC7, Foreign Exchanges, Financial Times, Today's Edition Newsletter, Washington Times, Takes & Re-Takes, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, TASS, CNBC, Mediaite, Insider, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, New York Post, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Fox News, Bloomberg, The Hill, globalnews.ca, One America News Network, Politico, New York Times, Reuters, The Unz Review, The Unz Review, Metro.co.uk, Financial Times, Axios, Foreign Policy, ABC13, Fox News, QTR's Fringe Finance, New York Post, Washington Times, National Review, UPI, Lawyers, Guns & Money, JNS.org, Associated Press, WTOP News, TASS, Al Jazeera, Los Angeles Times, RedState, Politico, WHYY, USA Today, The Hill, Fox News, The Hill, CNN, Bloomberg, Min Force Newsletter, One America News Network, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, WizardAnalysis's Newsletter and HotAir
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. plans to cut ties with targeted Russian banks if Ukraine is invaded - sources … President Joe Biden's administration has prepared an initial package of sanctions against Russia that includes barring U.S. financial institutions from processing transactions for major Russian banks …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Blitzkrieg or Minor Incursion? Putin's Choice Could Determine World Reaction. — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia may be looking for fissures in the Western alliance, which so far has been united against him. — MUNICH — When President Biden declared on Friday …
Discussion:
CBS News, Common Dreams, Strangely Blogged, KFOR-TV, NBC10 Philadelphia, United States Department … and The Hill
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Putin Summons Russia's National Security Officials
Ukraine Live Updates: Putin Summons Russia's National Security Officials
Discussion:
CNN, Metro.co.uk, The Bismarck Cables and One America News Network
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Putin warned the West 15 years ago. Now, in Ukraine, he's poised to wage war.
Putin warned the West 15 years ago. Now, in Ukraine, he's poised to wage war.
Discussion:
New York Times, Straight Talk Info …, Multipolarista and RedState
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
There Are No Chamberlains in This Story — In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain …
There Are No Chamberlains in This Story — In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain …
Discussion:
CBS News, The Hill, BizPac Review and BBC
Alexander Gabuev / The Economist:
Alexander Gabuev writes from Moscow on why Vladimir Putin and his entourage want war
Alexander Gabuev writes from Moscow on why Vladimir Putin and his entourage want war
Discussion:
New York Times and Washington Post
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
A country on the brink: The situation inside Ukraine as Russian forces loom
A country on the brink: The situation inside Ukraine as Russian forces loom
Discussion:
Straight Talk Info …, Streams of Crunchiness and Slate
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Biden abruptly cancels Delaware trip after top level meeting on Ukraine crisis
Biden abruptly cancels Delaware trip after top level meeting on Ukraine crisis
Discussion:
Élysée, NBC News, Washington Times, U.S. Embassy & Consulates …, CBS News, BBC, CNN, Financial Times, The Hill, Washington Post and CNN
Washington Post:
Wielding the threat of war, a new, more aggressive Putin steps forward
Wielding the threat of war, a new, more aggressive Putin steps forward
Discussion:
CNN, The Times of Israel, Agence France-Presse, NBC News and The Hill
Renato Mariotti / Politico:
How Donald Trump Played Himself — Trump's lawyers argued politics was behind a demand for Trump to testifying about his real estate dealings. The judge didn't buy it. … Donald Trump has survived multiple investigations by following the same playbook: blasting them as “witch hunts” and refusing to testify under oath.
Discussion:
Raw Story
RELATED:
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Trump's ‘Days Are Numbered’—Kirschner Predicts Ex-President to Be Indicted
Trump's ‘Days Are Numbered’—Kirschner Predicts Ex-President to Be Indicted
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Havana Syndrome: High-level national security officials stricken with unexplained illness on White House grounds — Since 2016, U.S. government officials overseas and their families have reported sudden, unexplained, brain injuries with symptoms of vertigo, confusion and memory loss.
Discussion:
Insider, Bob's Newsletter and HuffPost
Melissa Holzberg DePalo / CNN:
The money race in two incumbent vs. incumbent primaries is heating up — and Trump's endorsements haven't helped — (CNN)Republican candidates across the country are vying for former President Donald Trump's endorsement to help shore up campaign funds and excite the GOP base.
RELATED:
Caitlin Byrd / The State:
Can Nancy Mace overcome the Trump factor in SC's GOP primary
Can Nancy Mace overcome the Trump factor in SC's GOP primary
Discussion:
Mediaite, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Up Close with Peter Sage, The Hill and Politico
Mary Kekatos / ABC News:
Who is dying of COVID? It's still mainly the unvaccinated — Recent CDC data shows unvaccinated people are 20 times more likely to die. — When the recent COVID-19 wave fueled by the omicron variant hit the U.S., no one expected it would lead to the number of deaths it did.
Washington Post:
Education, traditionally a strength, has Democrats on their heels — Minutes after Democrat Stacey Abrams announced her candidacy for Georgia governor, incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp made clear he would put education at the center of his campaign to keep his job.
Associated Press:
Mexico to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz: At least our presidential candidates accept defeat — Mexico's president and U.S. ambassador needle Texas senator over Donald Trump's ongoing lies about 2020 election after Cruz claims ‘deepening civil unrest in Mexico.’ — MEXICO CITY — Sen. Ted Cruz …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Democrats are engaged in a ‘new politics of evasion’ that could cost them in 2024, new study says … Three decades ago, Democratic policy analysts William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck published a bracing critique of their party, warning against a “politics of evasion” that they said ignored electoral reality …
Discussion:
Althouse
New York Times:
After Trucker Protest, Canada Grapples With a Question: Was It a Blip, or Something Bigger? — The demonstrators were passionate, organized and supported financially, but such spontaneous movements often have a tough time converting their energy into real change.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Telegraph, The Hub, The Blue State Conservative, The Guardian and Associated Press
Conor Dougherty / New York Times:
The Next Affordable City Is Already Too Expensive — In Spokane, Wash., home prices jumped 60 percent in the past two years. The increase is fueled by buyers fleeing the boom in cities like Austin. Who will have to flee next? — Maybe it was the date night when he and his wife spent …
Queenie Wong / CNET:
Trump's Truth Social Debuts in Apple's App Store — Some people who downloaded the social media app received error messages when they tried to create an account. Others were placed on a waitlist. … Former US President Donald Trump's social media app Truth Social became available …
Discussion:
Insider, Washington Post, 9to5Mac, Forbes, One America News Network and HuffPost, more at Techmeme »
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
This ‘Could Kill Far More Afghans Than the Past 20 Years of War’ — Ninety-five percent of Afghans don't have enough to eat. Nearly nine million are at risk of starvation. The U.N.'s emergency aid request, at more than $5 billion, is the largest it has ever made for a single country.
Discussion:
Public Sphere, Takes & Re-Takes and Marginal REVOLUTION