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Edward Wong / New York Times:
U.S. Officials Repeatedly Urged China to Help Avert War in Ukraine  —  Americans presented Chinese officials with intelligence on Russia's troop buildup in hopes that President Xi Jinping would step in, but were repeatedly rebuffed.  —  WASHINGTON — Over three months …
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New York Times:
U.S. to Impose Sanctions on Putin, Official Says  —  It was unclear whether Russia would engage in talks with Ukraine's leadership.  The E.U. sanctioned Mr. Putin, amid growing pressure to isolate him and Russia.  —  With Russian troops moving on Kyiv, the Kremlin sends mixed signals on talks.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Zelensky to EU leaders: “This might be the last time you see me alive”  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told EU leaders “this might be the last time you see me alive” during a video conference on Thursday night, two European sources briefed on the call tell Axios.
CNN:
US to impose sanctions on Putin following Ukraine invasion  —  Washington (CNN)The US will impose sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House announced Friday.  —  The Russian leader will become the highest-profile target in the effort to impose costs on the Russian economy …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Laundered Money Could Be Putin's Achilles' Heel  —  The United States and its allies aren't going to intervene with their own forces against Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.  I'll leave it to others with relevant expertise to speculate about whether we'll send more arms to the Ukrainian government or …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Putin was playing Biden all along
Myah Ward / Politico:
U.S. will sanction Putin, Lavrov and other Russian officials
Douglas Busvine / Politico:
Putin calls on Ukraine military to overthrow government, agree peace deal
Washington Post:
13 days: Inside Biden's last-ditch attempts to stop Putin in Ukraine
Discussion: Press Watch and Mediaite
The White House:
Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson  —  On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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Errin Haines / The 19th:
Four Black women became classmates, roommates and lifelong sisters. One of them is now a historic nominee for the Supreme Court.
Discussion: The Root
Washington Post:
Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Judge Would Be First Black Woman to Serve as Justice
Marist Poll:
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll: The Biden Administration Heading into the State of the Union Address, February 2022  —  Americans Perceive Biden's First Year in Office to Be a Failure... Want Biden's Administration to Focus on Inflation Amid Persistent Financial Concerns
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Washington Post:
Post-ABC poll finds bipartisan support for sanctions on Russia as it invades Ukraine … A large and bipartisan majority of Americans supports economic sanctions on Russia for its military invasion of Ukraine, as public antipathy toward Russia climbs to Cold War levels, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Discussion: The Hill, ABC News and IJR
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:   A majority says Biden's first year was a failure, a new poll finds
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Biden's job approval hits new low: poll
Discussion: HotAir
Wall Street Journal:
CDC Eases Mask Guidelines, Reflecting Covid-19's Retreat  —  About half of U.S. counties meet new threshold for recommending masks indoors, including at schools, compared with 95% under earlier metrics  —  Federal officials eased their guidelines on Covid-19 masking, including at schools …
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ABC News:
CDC to ease masking recommendations for 70% of country, including inside schools  —  The new metrics would term the majority of the country low-to-medium risk.  —  Some 70% of Americans will be able to remove their masks indoors, including inside schools, under new guidance to be released …
Washington Post:
On Ukraine's Snake Island, a defiant last stand against Russian forces  —  As the Russian military pounded targets across Ukraine with an array of bombs and missiles, a small team of Ukrainian border guards on a rocky, desolate island received an ominous message: Give up or be attacked.
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Andee Tagle / NPR:
5 ways to cope with the stressful news cycle  —  Russia invaded Ukraine this week, and the world seems to have shifted.  —  Even after weeks of bracing for an attack amid speculation, global tensions and diplomatic attempts to stave off invasion — the reality of conflict is always a shock to the system.
Discussion: Twitchy and Althouse
Chris Casteel / Oklahoman:
Sen. Jim Inhofe to resign from Senate, backs top aide Luke Holland to succeed him … Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe plans to resign the seat he has held since 1994, setting up what could be major changes in the state's political landscape just weeks before candidate filing.
New York Times:
'I'll Stand on the Side of Russia': Pro-Putin Sentiment Spreads Online  —  After marinating in conspiracy theories and Donald J. Trump's Russia stance, some online discourse about Vladimir Putin has grown more complimentary.  —  Davey Alba and Stuart Thompson, tech reporters based in New York, report on online information flows.
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Charlie Kirk Butchers the First Amendment in God's Name  —  The Devil's next finest trick, it seems, is to persuade us that the Constitution's free-speech protections don't actually exist.  —  t Newsweek, Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk has written one of the most foolish, self-serving …
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Charlie Kirk / Newsweek:
Free Speech for Satanism?
Discussion: Raw Story
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Tucker: Putin started this war and deserves the blame for what follows  —  We're all neocons now.  —  Well ... not quite.  Carlson stressed last night that the U.S. should do everything possible to avoid being dragged into the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
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RJ Reinhart / Gallup:
U.S. Public Sees Russia-Ukraine Conflict as Critical Threat
Discussion: HotAir
Bloomberg:
Russian Billionaire Jets, Superyachts Roam Free Amid Attack  —  For all the talk of sanctions on Russia and its elite, the status symbols of the billionaire class remain free to roam the skies and the seas.  —  Russia's ultra-rich are among the biggest owners of private jets and superyachts …
Emmanuel Felton / Washington Post:
After decades of lobbying, supporters say they have the votes in the House to pass a reparations bill … More than three decades after it was first introduced, a House bill that would create a commission to study reparations for Black Americans has the votes to pass, its key champions say.
Discussion: IJR
 
 
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Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
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