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11:15 PM ET, February 22, 2022

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The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show:
Full Interview: President Trump with C&B from Mar-a-Lago  —  CLAY: We are live from the majestic Mar-a-Lago estate with 45 himself, President Donald Trump, and I'll bring you right in, sir, 'cause I know our audience loves to hear from you.  Buck and I have been walking around this estate.
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Michael Wilner / Kansas City Star:
Only one former secretary of state is praising Putin and criticizing Biden in Ukraine crisis  —  During a moment of peril in Europe, Pompeo is taking to cable news and social media to praise Russian President Vladimir Putin and chastise the Biden administration.
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
Kansas City Star:
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley appeases Russia on Ukraine  —  OPINION AND COMMENTARY  —  Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters.  —  BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD
NBC News:
Trump praises Putin's ‘genius’ as GOP fissures grow on Ukraine crisis
Wall Street Journal:
In Ukraine Crisis, Putin Confounded Diplomatic Efforts by Western Leaders  —  A parade of Western officials sought to stop Putin from attacking Ukraine, but they found a leader whose position only hardened  —  in Moscow, Noemie Bisserbe in Paris and Bojan Pancevski
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden lowers the hammer on Russia, just as he vowed  —  You could feel President Biden's indignation as he announced on Tuesday that he would make good on his vow to enact crippling sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.  —  “Who in the Lord's name does [Russian President Vladimir] …
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Reality Is a Tank  —  Vladimir Putin has been clear-eyed about the world.  We're the ones who lost touch with reality.  —  1. Putin Is Winning  —  There's a lot of “OMG Putin is a madman how could he do this!” today.  Here is the single most daft expression I've seen from a serious person:
Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
‘There is a clear plan of action’: east Ukraine readies for invasion
Melissa Eddy / New York Times:
Germany puts a stop to Nord Stream 2, a key Russian natural gas pipeline.
Beverley McLachlin / Globe and Mail:
The Ottawa truck convoy has revealed the ugly side of freedom … Beverley McLachlin is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and served as Chief Justice from 2000 to 2017.  —  During the truck convoy protests, we have watched banners demanding “freedom” waving over big rigs parked in front of Parliament.
Discussion: Twitchy, WTTG-TV and TheBlaze
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CBC News:
Ottawa convoy protest organizer Tamara Lich denied bail  —  Judge was not convinced she would go home and follow conditions  —  Tamara Lich, a major organizer of the so-called Freedom Convoy, was denied bail Tuesday morning in Ottawa.  —  Lich, the Alberta woman behind a now-halted GoFundMe campaign …
Grant Stern / Occupy Democrats:
DENIED: Supreme Court formally slams door on Trump's bid for secrecy  —  The Supreme Court just issued a final ruling on the former president's desperate attempt to hide behind executive privilege when the House Select Committee on January 6th comes calling for his records.
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Supreme Court ends Trump bid to shield records from Jan. 6 panel
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Fighting Jan. 6 committee, John Eastman details how he came into Trump's post-election fold  —  Attorney John Eastman, a key ally in Donald Trump's bid to subvert the 2020 election, says he began advising Trump two months before Election Day, when a prominent conservative attorney recruited him to …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court Just Teed Up a Direct Assault on Civil Rights Law  —  The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will decide whether civil rights laws violate the First Amendment when they “compel an artist to speak or stay silent.”  By doing so, the court formally commenced …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court will hear a big case about whether religion is a license to discriminate
Discussion: Reason, Raw Story and National Review
Washington Post:
Biden interviews at least two Supreme Court contenders as announcement nears … President Biden is in the final stages of making his first nomination to the Supreme Court — having completed interviews with at least two leading contenders — and West Wing officials have begun advising outside allies …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Trump's Truth Social's disastrous launch raises doubts about its long-term viability … Former president Donald Trump, a longtime critic of how Democrats debuted healthcare.gov, is facing a bungled website launch of his own.  —  His long-promised social network, Truth Social …
Jake Lahut / Insider:
Rick Scott GOP plan promises to outlaw race disclosures in any government form, including the 2030 census  — A policy memo on the future of the GOP proposes a ban on the government collecting data on race.  — Americans would not have to “disclose their race, ethnicity, or skin color on any government form.”
Discussion: Mediaite, Breitbart and Washington Post
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rick Scott pushes own GOP agenda as McConnell holds off
Thomas Zimmer / The Guardian:
The Republican party is abandoning democracy. There can be no ‘politics as usual’
Discussion: The Liberty Loft and Raw Story
Barbara McQuade / Just Security:
United States v. Donald Trump  —  A “Model Prosecution Memo” on the Conspiracy to Pressure Vice President Pence  —  The following memorandum is a model “prosecution memo” analyzing potential charges against former President Donald Trump for his efforts to pressure Mike Pence to abuse …
Discussion: Raw Story
Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
Condemns the ‘Beginning of a Russian Invasion of Ukraine’  —  Washington and its allies called the Kremlin's recognition of two separatist regions a blunt defiance of international law that risks war.  Western officials said Russian troops have entered eastern Ukraine.
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New York Times:
Trump Organization and Finance Chief Seek Dismissal of Fraud Charges  —  In court papers, the former president's family business and Allen Weisselberg, its longtime chief financial officer, called the case against them politically motivated.  —  The Trump Organization and its longtime chief …
Discussion: CNN, Insider and Bloomberg
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
US House candidate sorry for intoxication during sleepover  —  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A U.S. House candidate in Oklahoma has apologized after reports that she became intoxicated at a Valentine's Day weekend sleepover for middle-school-aged girls, berated several of the children and vomited in a hamper.
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
It's time to admit it: Mitt Romney was right about Russia  —  A decade ago, Mitt Romney went on CNN and made a statement that was widely perceived as a major mistake.  —  “Russia, this is, without question, our number one geopolitical foe,” Romney, who would be the Republican presidential nominee …
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Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Starbucks Tries To Slow Union Elections But Misses Legal Deadline By 8 Minutes  —  The coffee chain's legal team said Microsoft Outlook crashed as it was emailing the files.  A labor board official didn't have much sympathy.  —  As more baristas around the country seek to unionize …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jay Willis / Balls and Strikes:
The Case of the Anti-Democracy Harvard Law Review Note  —  An arcane policy allows editors at one of the country's most prestigious legal journals to publish anonymously.  —  Earlier this month, the Harvard Law Review published a student note from its most recent issue entitled " …
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
The Culture War Has Democrats Facing Electoral Demise in Rural America.  Can They Stop the Bleeding?  —  New survey of rural voters shows what's driving the party's increasingly barren showings, and potential avenues for recovery  — 65% of rural voters view the Democratic Party unfavorably — including 48% who do so strongly.
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George Joseph / THE CITY:
Brooklyn Progressive Dems Raise Alarm About New Party Director's GOP Past
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ellie Silverman / Washington Post:
As ‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoffs pop up on social media, D.C. region braces  —  Local and federal agencies are preparing for possible traffic disruptions in the D.C. region related to plans inspired by the self-styled “Freedom Convoy” that occupied downtown Ottawa for more than three weeks protesting vaccine mandates.
 
 
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Andrew Das / New York Times:
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Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Kamala Harris slammed for ‘word salad’ response to Ukraine-Russia questions
Discussion: Townhall and Power Line
Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:
Eric Adams Is Criticized for Appointing Officials With Anti-Gay Past
Discussion: PIX11
David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: In South Texas primaries, Republicans find Hispanic candidates — and votes
Toronto Star:
Ontario police officers are named in leaked list of donors to the ‘Freedom Convoy’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and globalnews.ca
Jacob Ryan / KyCIR:
Accused of extortion, Louisville's top prosecutor drops charges - but keeps cash
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