Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:10 AM ET, February 22, 2022

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Surprising cracks, if small ones, appear in Kremlin support for Putin on Ukraine  —  President Vladimir Putin presented a theatrical justification for war with Ukraine on Monday, but initial Russian military actions along the border were limited — and there seemed to be a few small cracks …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, CBS News and Breitbart
RELATED:
Lili Bayer / Politico:
EU, UK leaders vow sanctions over Putin's recognition of breakaway Ukraine regions  —  Leaders from the European Union and the United Kingdom vowed Monday to impose sanctions over Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to recognize two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine as independent.
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
What we can expect after Putin's conquest of Ukraine  —  Let's assume for a moment that Vladimir Putin succeeds in gaining full control of Ukraine, as he shows every intention of doing.  What are the strategic and geopolitical consequences?  —  The first will be a new front line of conflict in Central Europe.
Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Putin's absurd, angry spectacle will be a turning point in his long reign  —  This was a supreme leader marshalling his minions for a decision that will change the security architecture in Europe and may well lead to horrific war  —  Sitting alone at a desk in a grand, columned Kremlin room …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Putin Chooses a Forever War  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a long speech full of heavy sighs and dark grievances, made clear today that he has chosen war.  He went to war against Ukraine in 2014; now he has declared war against the international order of the past 30 years.
New York Times:
Wooing Allies, Publicizing Putin's Plans: Inside Biden's Race to Prevent War  —  President Biden made three critical decisions about how to handle Russia's provocations, aiming to prevent armed conflict in Ukraine.  —  WASHINGTON — In a series of top-secret meetings last October …
Discussion: The Hill and Nonzero Newsletter
Joseph R. Biden Jr / The White House:
Executive Order on Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts to Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine … By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States …
Bloomberg:
U.S. Orders Personnel Out of Ukraine on Threat From Russia  —  The U.S. evacuated State Department personnel and embassy operations from Ukraine to Poland on Monday, amid fears that security conditions could deteriorate following Russian President Vladimir Putin's recognition of two separatist regions in the eastern part of the country.
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
The lose-lose outcome in Ukraine … Monday was a busy day for Vladimir Putin.  First he convened a bizarrely scripted security council meeting of the Russian Federation to discuss the situation in Ukraine.  One reporter described the debate as “like a Netflix drama” in which some of Putin's lackeys fumbled the script.
CNN:
Putin moves in eastern Ukraine could be opening phase of possible large-scale invasion, multiple US and western officials say
Lucy Fisher / Telegraph:   Oligarchs lobby Foreign Office in bid to avoid sanctions
Stephen Fidler / Wall Street Journal:
Putin's Endgame: Unravel the Post-Cold War Agreements That Humiliated Russia
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The West has a ‘united’ but failing Ukraine strategy
Melissa Eddy / New York Times:
Germany puts a stop to Nord Stream 2, a key Russian natural gas pipeline.  —  Germany halted certification of the pipeline linking the country to Russia in response to the Kremlin's recognition of two separatist regions in Ukraine.  —  Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that Germany …
RELATED:
Meduza.io:
The day after Developments in Russia and around the world following Moscow's recognition of eastern Ukraine's two breakaway ‘republics’ … a few seconds ago  —  Russia loses a major soccer match  —  In response to Russia's actions in eastern Ukraine, the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final …
Reuters:   Syria supports Putin's recognition of Ukraine breakaway regions
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Canadian truckers' COVID ‘freedom’ fight is absurd next to Ukraine's struggle with Russia  —  Canadian truckers are fighting for the right to shun a lifesaving vaccine while Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. … There's nothing like a real crisis to expose the folly of one that's fake …
RELATED:
Meet Mike Morrice:
Voting on the Emergencies Act
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Got a Covid Booster?  You Probably Won't Need Another for a Long Time  —  A flurry of new studies suggest that several parts of the immune system can mount a sustained, potent response to any coronavirus variant.  —  As people across the world grapple with the prospect of living …
Wall Street Journal:
Wisconsin GOP Suicide Watch  —  Fantasies about undoing 2020 will help re-elect Gov. Tony Evers.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Donald Trump's delusions about the 2020 election are the gift that keeps on giving—to Democrats.  “We don't wear tinfoil hats,” says Wisconsin state Rep. Timothy Ramthun.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Fox News:
Bob Beckel, former co-host of ‘The Five,’ dead at 73  —  The Democratic strategist was a founding co-host of the long-running Fox News show  —  Sean Hannity reflects on the life of Bob Beckel  —  Bob Beckel, a Democratic strategist and former co-host of “The Five,” has died at age 73.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rick Scott pushes own GOP agenda as McConnell holds off  —  The first-term senator's plan includes a mix of longtime Republican positions as well as culture war politics that define many GOP voters in Trump's wing of the party.  —  Senate Republican leaders have no plans to release …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 8:10 AM ET, February 22, 2022.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
New York Times:
The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
South Koreans overwhelmingly want nuclear weapons to confront China and North Korea, poll finds
Techno Fog / The Reactionary:
Answers: Trump Transition data was passed to the CIA
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Alex Kuffner / The Providence Journal:
In failed bid to unseat Cicilline, Republican candidate sought help from Russian intelligence
Discussion: Raw Story
Max Boot / Washington Post:
J.D. Vance's attack on Gen. Barry McCaffrey is obscene. It's also not unusual for today's GOP.
Discussion: Raw Story
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Efforts launched to convince former three-term Gov. Pataki, 76, to run again
 Earlier Items: 
ABC News:
US border agent kills man on rugged trail in Arizona
Discussion: The Hill
Fox News:
California trans child molester Hannah Tubbs gloats over light sentence in jailhouse phone calls
 

 
From Techmeme:

Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads' version seems easier to use than Bluesky's custom feeds

Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+

Jibin Joseph / PCMag:
UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page