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3:40 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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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
Washington Post:   Barr calls prospect of Trump running for president again ‘dismaying,’ says GOP should ‘look forward’ to others
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.
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 …
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
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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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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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
Financial Times:
Kremlin propaganda machine struggles to conceal Putin's Ukraine war  —  Moscow spin-doctors and officials try to frame the war in Russian president's terms  —  As Vladimir Putin launched his military assault on Ukraine, the country's media censor issued a series of stark warnings.
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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?
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BBC:
Putin puts nuclear deterrent on ‘special alert’  —  Watch: BBC News coverage of Ukraine crisis  —  Updates from BBC correspondents in Ukraine: Orla Guerin on the road, Sarah Rainsford in Dnipro, Fergal Keane in Lviv, and Lyse Doucet, Paul Adams, Nick Beake and James Waterhouse in Kyiv
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Bryan Bender / Politico:   Pentagon wants Moscow back channels to prevent nuclear escalation
CBS News:
Putin puts Russia's nuclear forces on alert as fighting in Ukraine continues
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 …
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
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Germany to Raise Defense Spending Above 2% of GDP in Response to Ukraine War  —  Decision breaks with decades of lower investment in defense than peers and a growing energy partnership with Russia  —  BERLIN—Germany will boost defense spending above 2% of GDP and create a strategic natural-gas reserve …
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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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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
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Russian vodka being removed from shelves in U.S. and Canada
Financial Times:
Efforts to supply weapons to Ukraine face multiple obstacles
Commsdirector / Democratic Socialists of America:
On Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
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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
Jim Small / Arizona Mirror:
Wendy Rogers said white nationalists are ‘patriots’ and called for hanging political enemies
Discussion: Insider and Rolling Stone
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Putin's Aggression Leaves His Right-Wing Fan Club Squirming
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
 
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