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2:15 PM ET, February 25, 2022

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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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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.
Douglas Busvine / Politico:
Putin calls on Ukraine military to overthrow government, agree peace deal
Associated Press:
Ukraine's capital under threat as Russia presses invasion
Washington Post:
Trump largely isolated in praise for Putin as GOP condemns Russian invasion
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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Washington Post:
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.
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Judge Would Be First Black Woman to Serve as Justice
CNN:
Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black woman on Supreme Court
NBC News:
Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
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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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Putin was playing Biden all along
Washington Post:
13 days: Inside Biden's last-ditch attempts to stop Putin in Ukraine
Discussion: Mediaite
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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Washington Post:
E.U. plans to freeze assets of Putin, Lavrov  —  BRUSSELS — The European Union plans to freeze assets of Russian President Putin and his foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, according to people familiar with the talks.  —  Neither would be banned from travel in the E.U., the sources said.
John Paul Rathbone / Financial Times:
Ukraine war latest: Zelensky pledges to join Kyiv residents in defending independence
Discussion: Politico, Forbes and TheJournal.ie
Boston Herald:   Don't wait, Joe - go after Putin's money now
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.
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 …
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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.
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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NBC News:
Kimberly Guilfoyle, partner of Donald Trump Jr., interviewed by Jan. 6 committee
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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.
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
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
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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.
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
A majority says 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.”
Discussion: Marist Poll
 
 
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Washington Post:
U.S. economy appeared ready to surge, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine could send shockwaves
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Emmanuel Felton / Washington Post:
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FiveThirtyEight:
Stop Using The Midterms To Predict Presidential Elections
Discussion: CNN
The Hill:
Systemic racism is rooted in immigration laws — it can no longer be ignored
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Taylor Lorenz / Input:
Scammy Instagram ‘war pages’ are capitalizing on Ukraine conflict
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RJ Reinhart / Gallup:
U.S. Public Sees Russia-Ukraine Conflict as Critical Threat
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Worsening National Environment Shifts North Carolina and Colorado Senate Races Toward GOP
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The Daily Beast:
Believe It or Not, Ron Johnson Used to Be Normal
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Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Why Israel is having trouble picking sides in Russia's war on Ukraine
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