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10:30 AM ET, February 22, 2022

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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 …
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Associated Press:
World leaders focus on how to punish Russia over Ukraine  —  BRUSSELS (AP) — With the smell of war in the air over Europe, world leaders got over the shock of Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to deploy troops to separatist regions of eastern Ukraine and they are focused on producing as forceful a reaction as possible.
BBC:
Five banks and three wealthy Russians hit by UK sanctions  —  Summary  — Western countries are imposing sanctions on Russia after it ordered troops to be sent to eastern Ukraine  — The UK hit five banks and three wealthy individuals with sanctions in response
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 …
Politico:
As Putin sends troops into Donbas, White House avoids the ‘I’ word  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk regions Monday night, following his decision earlier in the day to recognize those regions as independent republics, and no longer part of Ukraine.
Lili Bayer / Politico:
EU, UK leaders vow sanctions over Putin's recognition of breakaway Ukraine regions
Lucy Fisher / Telegraph:
Oligarchs lobby Foreign Office in bid to avoid sanctions
Reuters:
Syria supports Putin's recognition of Ukraine breakaway regions
Discussion: Political Wire, Politico and CNN
Stephen Fidler / Wall Street Journal:
Putin's Endgame: Unravel the Post-Cold War Agreements That Humiliated Russia  —  Moscow's military forces threaten Ukraine, but the bigger prize is restoration of Russia's sphere of influence stretching through Eastern Europe  —  The world's attention is on eastern Ukraine, where Moscow's forces circle.
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Politico:
‘Cold War, Part 2’: How Putin is dragging America back to the bad old days  —  Welcome to the new Cold War.  And like the last one, strap in for a long and costly military and diplomatic duel with the Kremlin.  —  On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially recognized the independence …
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
What we can expect after Putin's conquest of Ukraine
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rick Scott pushes own GOP agenda as McConnell holds off  —  Senate Republican leaders have no plans to release an alternative agenda as they try to win back the majority this fall.  So Rick Scott is pursuing his own plan.  —  The Florida Republican senator is devising a conservative blueprint …
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
When Boring People Turn Dangerous: Canada's Insane Power Grab  —  The Canadian government's decision to freeze bank accounts in the trucker protests is a mad leap toward bureaucratic dystopia  —  On Christmas Eve, 2018, New York Times writer Andrew Ross Sorkin published, “How Banks Unwittingly Finance Mass Shootings.”
New York Times:
The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas  —  The Supreme Court justice and his wife battled for years for a more conservative America.  New reporting shows how far she was willing to go after Donald Trump's 2020 election loss.  —  The call to action was titled “Election Results and Legal Battles: What Now?”
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
San Francisco Shows Democrats Have a Seismic Challenge Ahead  —  The political earthquake that just occurred in San Francisco should be a dire warning to the national Democratic Party, because the same fault line stretches across the country and the tremors are only increasing.
Discussion: Washington Times
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Democrats tune out national news during Biden era  —  A new poll from Gallup and the Knight Foundation finds that younger Democrats are driving a huge decline in national news consumption in the U.S.  —  Why it matters: It marks the first time since the study began in early 2018 …
Discussion: Newsbusters
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 …
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Red states are remaking the civil liberties landscape  —  The bitter resistance to multiracial democracy  —  (CNN)From Florida, Georgia and Tennessee through Texas, South Dakota and Montana, Republican-controlled states are approving a torrent of culturally conservative hot-button legislation …
Discussion: Washington Post and Fox News
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.
John Kruzel / The Hill:
Supreme Court turns away Trump's appeal in dispute with House Jan. 6 panel  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an appeal by former President Trump in his dispute with congressional investigators who have sought access to Trump-era records as part of a House panel's investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Discussion: Political Wire
ViacomCBS Press Express:
FIN GÓMEZ NAMED CBS NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR  —  CBS News White House producer Fin Gómez has been named political director for CBS News, it was announced today by Neeraj Khemlani, president and co-head of CBS News and Stations.  Gómez begins his new role this week and will continue to be based in Washington, D.C.
Discussion: Deadline and TVNewser
Shawna Chen / Axios:
“Stand your ground” laws linked to jump in U.S. firearm homicides  —  The enactment of “stand your ground” laws was associated with an “abrupt and sustained” national increase in firearm homicide rates in America, according to a new study published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Network Open.
Discussion: UPI and Common Dreams
 
 
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David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
The Air Force Went Woke, Its Planes Won't Fly
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Biden Ratings on Economy, Foreign Affairs, Russia Near 40%
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Three senators endorse Timken in Ohio GOP Senate primary
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
South Koreans overwhelmingly want nuclear weapons to confront China and North Korea, poll finds
Alex Kuffner / The Providence Journal:
In failed bid to unseat Cicilline, Republican candidate sought help from Russian intelligence
Discussion: Raw Story
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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
Wall Street Journal:
Wisconsin GOP Suicide Watch
Discussion: Althouse and Daily Kos
ABC News:
US border agent kills man on rugged trail in Arizona
Discussion: The Hill
 

 
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
Analysts say Netflix's live boxing match Friday night between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul is designed to get new subscribers, particularly on its ad-supported tier

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018
 
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