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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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Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court … President Biden will nominate federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer, according to people briefed on the process, a historic choice that fulfills the president's pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court.
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CNN:
Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court
Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black woman on Supreme Court
Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black woman on Supreme Court
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Biden reportedly picks Ketanji Brown Jackson as his Supreme Court nominee
Biden reportedly picks Ketanji Brown Jackson as his Supreme Court nominee
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Washington Post:
Biden calls Jackson 'one of our nation's brightest legal minds' as he announces intent to nominate her to Supreme Court
Biden calls Jackson 'one of our nation's brightest legal minds' as he announces intent to nominate her to Supreme Court
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman selected for the nation's top court
Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman selected for the nation's top court
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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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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 …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Putin was playing Biden all along — The U.S. president and his aides thought they could manage Putin. Their calculations were dead wrong. — President Vladimir Putin of Russia addressees the nation in Moscow. — For more than two decades, Joe Biden has disliked and distrusted Vladimir Putin …
New York Times:
Putin Sends Mixed Signals on His Willingness to Negotiate — With Russian troops moving on Kyiv, the Kremlin sends mixed signals on talks. — Ukrainians on Friday braced for a battle for their capital, Kyiv, as officials warned residents to stay indoors and “prepare Molotov cocktails” …
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Financial Times:
Ukraine war latest: Belarus stance to change Nato plans in eastern Europe, says France
Ukraine war latest: Belarus stance to change Nato plans in eastern Europe, says France
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Putin ‘ready’ for talks with Kyiv, Kremlin says
Putin ‘ready’ for talks with Kyiv, Kremlin says
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Douglas Busvine / Politico:
Putin calls on Ukraine military to overthrow government, agree peace deal
Putin calls on Ukraine military to overthrow government, agree peace deal
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Washington Post:
Russian forces press closer to Kyiv; U.S. fears capital could fall soon
Russian forces press closer to Kyiv; U.S. fears capital could fall soon
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YouTube:
“Русск ий кора;бль, иди нах@й" - битв а за Зміїн ий — Стал …
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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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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.
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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.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Pals Beg Him to Stop Kissing Putin's Ass During Ukraine Invasion
Trump Pals Beg Him to Stop Kissing Putin's Ass During Ukraine Invasion
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Washington Post:
Trump largely isolated in praise for Putin as GOP condemns Russian invasion
Trump largely isolated in praise for Putin as GOP condemns Russian invasion
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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.
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CNN:
House January 6 committee is meeting with Kimberly Guilfoyle — (CNN)Kimberly Guilfoyle is currently being interviewed by the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot, according to a source familiar with the deposition. — Guilfoyle is engaged to Donald Trump Jr. …
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Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Note to Readers, on the Invasion of Ukraine — A faceplant of my own. — Part of news and even commentary is admitting mistakes, and though I always made sure when discussing the subject to note Vladimir Putin could still invade Ukraine, I have to admit, I didn't see this happening.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Trump tries to recruit Scott for majority leader — DRIVING THE DAY — HEADS UP — “Biden makes decision on Supreme Court nominee, with announcement as soon as Friday,” by CNN's Jeff Zeleny — BREAKING OVERNIGHT IN UKRAINE: — Russian forces have entered Kyiv …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
'If Trump doesn't run, I think everybody runs': Hawley and Cruz choose their paths
'If Trump doesn't run, I think everybody runs': Hawley and Cruz choose their paths
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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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Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
Stop Trying To Make Ukraine About Your Culture War — As the situation in Ukraine continues to worsen, many Americans can't stop trying to make this tragedy all about us. With the horrors of real war raging—buildings bombed, and 137 people killed so far, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy …
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Departing from protocol, pope goes to Russian embassy over Ukraine … Pope Francis went to the Russian embassy to the Holy See on Friday to relay his concern over Russia's invasion of Ukraine to Moscow's ambassador, in an unprecedented departure from diplomatic protocol.
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
A majority say Biden's first year was a failure, a new poll finds — Rising inflation, a continuing pandemic, a foreign policy misstep in Afghanistan and Democratic infighting all marred President Biden's first year, and now a majority of respondents to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll say that year was a “failure.”
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