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4:30 PM ET, February 27, 2022

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Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Attorney General William Barr Urges GOP to Move On From Trump  —  Book recounts confrontational meeting in Oval Office and says Republicans need to focus on new leaders  —  Former Attorney General William Barr writes in a new book that former President Donald Trump has …
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Washington Post:
Barr calls prospect of Trump running for president again ‘dismaying,’ says GOP should ‘look forward’ to others  —  Former attorney general William P. Barr says in a new book that the prospect of Donald Trump running for president again is “dismaying” and urges the Republican Party to …
Discussion: Insider
Phil Thomas / The Independent:
Bill Barr launches blistering attack on Trump in new book  —  ‘The absurd lengths to which he took his “stolen election” claim led to the rioting on Capitol Hill’  —  Bill Barr says Trump's election fraud claims ‘precipitated’ Capitol riot  —  Former US attorney general Bill Barr has unleashed …
Discussion: Raw Story
Charlie Savage / New York Times:   Barr Rebukes Trump as ‘Off the Rails’ in New Memoir
New York Times:
Live Updates: Zelensky Agrees to Talks, as Putin Places Nuclear Forces on Alert  —  Zelensky says he has agreed to talks with Russia.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine agreed on Sunday to talks with Russia “without preconditions,” even as President Vladimir V …
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Amanda Taub / New York Times:
Putin Seems to Sideline Advisers on Ukraine, Taking a Political Risk  —  Authoritarian leaders rely on elite support to govern.  Jeopardizing those relationships in wartime could be risky, experts say.  —  Does President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia have the support he needs at home to wage a costly war in Ukraine?
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
How Should the U.S. Respond to Putin's Nuclear Provocation?  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's strategic nuclear forces to raise their alert status.  (Specifically, he has ordered Russia's “strategic deterrence forces” to “transition to special regime of combat duty.")
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Gabriel Pietrorazio / ABC News:
GOP Sen. Tom Cotton won't condemn Trump's praise of Putin  —  Trump called Putin “smart” and his actions “genius” and “savvy.”  —  Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has refused to condemn former President Donald Trump's praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his invasion of Ukraine.
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Romney Was Right About Putin
Discussion: Politico and RedState
Monique Beals / The Hill:
Romney calls Putin ‘a small, feral-eyed man’
Discussion: Insider
Associated Press:
Russians advance on Ukraine's ports, meet resistance in city  —  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Street fighting broke out in Ukraine's second-largest city and Russian troops squeezed strategic ports in the country's south Sunday, advances that appeared to mark a new phase of Russia's invasion following …
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Reuters:
Two of Russia's billionaires call for peace in Ukraine … Two Russian billionaires, Mikhail Fridman and Oleg Deripaska, called for an end to the conflict triggered by President Vladimir Putin's assault on Ukraine, with Fridman calling it a tragedy for both countries' people.
Discussion: The Guardian
Richard Hall / The Independent:
Trump calls the US a ‘stupid country’ and praises Putin as ‘smart’ in latest Ukraine comments  —  Former president doubles down on praise of Putin even as Russia presses on with invasion  —  Donald Trump calls Putin ‘smart’ and American leaders ‘dumb’ during CPAC speech
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
At CPAC, Trump delivers a reminder of his muscle  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Mike Pompeo was swarmed by a throng of reporters and fans as he made his way down the hallway of the luxury resort hosting this year's annual Conservative Political Action Conference.  —  The former secretary of state had just received a standing ovation.
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump wins CPAC 2024 GOP presidential nomination straw poll, with DeSantis second
bp global:
bp to exit Rosneft shareholding  — bp will exit its 19.75% shareholding in Rosneft.  — Both bp-nominated directors to resign from Rosneft board with immediate effect.  — bp will no longer report reserves, production or profit for Rosneft.  — Changes in accounting treatment …
Discussion: BBC, Bloomberg, Politico, WAVY-TV and Forbes
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Shame On Those Who Defended Trump's “Perfect Call”  —  Never forget that as president Donald Trump led an organized campaign to withhold military aid and blackmail the Ukrainians.  And that Republicans let him get away it.  —  It's worth remembering now, as so many Republicans pin …
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
A Team Of American And British Special Forces Veterans Are Preparing To Join Ukraine's Fight Against Russia  —  KYIV - A group of 10 special operations forces veterans are staging in Poland and preparing to cross into Ukraine, where they plan to take up President Volodymyr Zelensky on his offer to …
Bryan Bender / Politico:
Pentagon wants Moscow back channels to prevent nuclear escalation  —  When Gen. Mark Milley emerged from six hours of tense talks with his Russian counterpart in Helsinki last September, the Joint Chiefs chair looked almost buoyant.  Or at least as chipper as the gruff soldier of more than 40 years ever gets in public.
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CBS News:
Putin puts Russia's nuclear forces on alert as fighting in Ukraine continues
Francesca Ebel / Associated Press:
Kyiv's mayor: ‘We are encircled’ but full of fight  —  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian troops draw closer to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv's mayor is filled with pride over his citizens' spirit yet anxious about how long they can hold out.  —  In an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday …
U.S. Mission Russia / U.S. Embassy & Consulates …:
Security Alert: Limited Flights Into and Out of Russia  —  Home Главн ая стран ица |  Security Alert: Limited Flights Into and Out of Russia  —  Event: An increasing number of airlines are cancelling flights …
Discussion: Bloomberg
New York Times:
New Research Points to Wuhan Market as Pandemic Origin  —  Scientists released a pair of extensive studies on Saturday that point to a market in Wuhan, China, as the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.  Analyzing data from a variety of sources, they concluded that the coronavirus …
 
 
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Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Russian convoy of ground forces, tanks moving toward Kyiv, Maxar says
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Romney: Marjorie Taylor Greene a ‘moron’ for speaking at white nationalist event
Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Vladimir Putin's grand plan is unravelling
Paul Ziobro / Wall Street Journal:
UPS, FedEx Halt Shipments Into Russia
Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
Russian climate delegate apologizes on Ukraine, saying many ‘fail to find any justification for the attack’
Discussion: France 24
Hilary Hanson / HuffPost:
Jon Stewart Praises ‘Grace’ Of Comedian-Turned-President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Financial Times:
Efforts to supply weapons to Ukraine face multiple obstacles
Commsdirector / Democratic Socialists of America:
On Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Discussion: CBS News
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MSNBC:
Why Americans Should Care about the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
Discussion: Twitchy
The Daily Beast:
Ex-Prosecutor Says She Can Prove Trump Committed Two Crimes
Discussion: Stitcher and Raw Story
Financial Times:
Russians search for cash as west imposes sanctions on banks
Financial Times:
Kremlin propaganda machine struggles to conceal Putin's Ukraine war
Jim Small / Arizona Mirror:
Wendy Rogers said white nationalists are ‘patriots’ and called for hanging political enemies
Discussion: Insider and Rolling Stone
 

 
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