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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
Father Carlson — Tucker Carlson is on Russia's side. — (PHOTOS: GAGE SKIDMORE / FLICKR / SHUTTERSTOCK) — Eighty years ago, when a dictator rose to power in Europe and invaded his neighbors, he found an ally in the United States. The dictator was Adolf Hitler, and his ally was Charles Coughlin, a popular radio host.
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Politico:
Republicans descend into foreign policy factionalism over Russia-Ukraine standoff — While Russia's reinvasion of Ukraine this week stress-tests the Biden administration, it's also forcing Republicans to confront their own divisions. — The GOP is all over the map politically …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Putin didn't invade Ukraine during the last U.S. administration — Why didn't Russia invade Ukraine during Trump's term? Perhaps because Putin was so pleased to see Trump pursuing goals in line with Moscow's agenda. — After the National Archives confirmed on Friday …
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Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
EU Set to Sanction Russian Defense Minister as West Metes Out Punishment — Scaled-down measures are aimed at penalizing Putin, while also curtailing any further military ambitions in Ukraine — The European Union is planning to sanction Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Ukraine to declare 30-day state of emergency — Ahead of a possible large-scale Russian invasion, Ukraine's government has moved to introduce a 30-day state of emergency, call up military reservists between the ages of 18 and 60 and allow ordinary civilians to carry firearms.
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
With his praise for Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Trump makes his apologists look foolish. Again. — It is a commonplace on the right that the only reason that Vladimir Putin is invading Ukraine is that President Biden is too weak to deter him. As one right-winger tweeted …
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Newsweek:
Exclusive: US Warns Ukraine of Full-Scale Russian Invasion Within 48 Hours
Exclusive: US Warns Ukraine of Full-Scale Russian Invasion Within 48 Hours
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Washington Post:
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine prepares state of emergency, fights off new cyberattacks
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine prepares state of emergency, fights off new cyberattacks
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: GOP pans Biden's first taste of sanctions
POLITICO Playbook: GOP pans Biden's first taste of sanctions
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The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show:
Full Interview: President Trump with C&B from Mar-a-Lago
Full Interview: President Trump with C&B from Mar-a-Lago
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Irina Ivanova / CBS News:
How the Ukraine crisis is already hitting Americans' wallets
How the Ukraine crisis is already hitting Americans' wallets
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Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
When it comes to Putin, sanctions may have limits as a tool of coercion
When it comes to Putin, sanctions may have limits as a tool of coercion
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Journal of Democracy:
What Putin Fears Most — Forget his excuses. Russia's autocrat doesn't worry about NATO.
What Putin Fears Most — Forget his excuses. Russia's autocrat doesn't worry about NATO.
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NBC News:
Trump praises Putin's ‘genius’ as GOP fissures grow on Ukraine crisis
Trump praises Putin's ‘genius’ as GOP fissures grow on Ukraine crisis
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Rudy Giuliani poised to cooperate with January 6 committee — Trump's former lawyer may reveal the roles played by Republicans to prevent certification of Joe Biden's election victory — Donald Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani is expected to cooperate with the House select committee …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Squad member to deliver response to Biden SOTU — A member of the liberal “Squad” is delivering a formal response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday. — In the speech, given on behalf of the left-wing group Working Families Party, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How an obscure far-right website with 3 employees dominates Facebook in 2022 — Most people have probably never heard of the website Conservative Brief. It employs just three writers and it does not produce any original reporting. Nearly all of its articles are aggregations of Tweets …
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Washington Post:
E.U. will unveil a strategy to break free from Russian gas, after decades of dependence … For years, Europe's dependence on Russian energy has held it back from taking powerful action against Kremlin mischief. But now, the Russia-Ukraine crisis is forcing a change unlike any before …
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Matthew Ahn / Inquest:
No Compassion — Judge Michelle Childs' many denials of compassionate release signal a carceralism that should have no place on the Supreme Court. — One year in, one of President Joe Biden's few meaningful accomplishments is his record of appointing civil rights and criminal defense attorneys onto lower federal courts.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Herschel Walker: 'I don't support either' Brian Kemp or David Perdue — Plenty of Georgia Republicans are happy to stay out of the messy primary between Gov. Brian Kemp and former U.S. Sen. David Perdue. But Herschel Walker is the first high-profile candidate to say he's “mad” …
Sarah Knapton / Telegraph:
Wuhan lab leak theory ‘accepted as likely behind closed doors at No 10’ — Biosecurity expert helping Government to prevent future pandemics claims ministers consider leak as most likely origin of Covid pandemic — A lab leak in Wuhan, China, is now considered the most likely origin of the Covid pandemic …
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Wanted Lindsey Graham to Take Out Mitch McConnell. Graham LOL'd — The former president has been fixated on denying Mitch McConnell another turn as the leader of Senate Republicans, but he's having trouble finding volunteers to challenge him. — Since leaving office …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
North Carolina officials reject Cawthorn claim that Constitution's insurrectionist ban no longer applies — The North Carolina attorney general's office says a constitutional prohibition on insurrectionists seeking federal office could be applied to GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn if a state board determines …
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CNN:
Guns overtake car crashes as leading cause of US trauma-related deaths, study says — (CNN)Firearm deaths have overtaken car crashes are the leading cause of death by trauma in the US, according to a new study. — In 2017, there were 1.44 million years of potential life lost due to firearm deaths …
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Matt Stout / The Boston Globe:
The Massachusetts State House reopened to public Tuesday — mostly — Shelly Moss stopped Tuesday morning outside the Massachusetts House chamber, where her tour guide prepared to detail some of its history. It's exactly what the Southlake, Texas, resident was hoping for on her trip to Boston …
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Maria Daniela Lenzu / consilium.europa.eu:
EU adopts package of sanctions in response to Russian recognition of the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine and sending of troops into the region … The package agreed today includes: — Targeted restrictive measures
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CBS News:
Big majorities reject book bans - CBS News poll — Americans overwhelmingly reject the idea of banning books about history or race. One reason for that: a big majority also say teaching about the history of race in America makes students understand what others went through.
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