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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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Politico, Bloomberg, Euractiv and Financial Times
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Putin's Aggression Leaves His Right-Wing Fan Club Squirming — The Russian strongman has for years been idolized by a Who's Who of populist, nationalist leaders. They are now stumbling over what to say. — ROME — For years, a global choir of right-wing politicians have sung the praises of Vladimir V. Putin.
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Politico and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine's Defenders Hold Kyiv, Battle for Kharkiv After Night of Russian Attacks — Russian forces face fierce resistance as Ukraine arms volunteers to help nation's defense and Western economic measures against Moscow mount — KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine's defenders held on to the country's capital …
New York Times:
Ukraine's President Rejects Kremlin's Offer for Talks in Belarus
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Associated Press, The Dispatch, Townhall, Metro.co.uk, ARB Letter, The Daily Wire, NBC News, The Washington Current, CNBC, UPI and NBC Los Angeles, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Russia's War With Ukraine Is Already Costing Russian Economy
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Noahpinion, Fox Business and Political Wire
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Is Putin trapped? — I phrase the headline as a question, wary of forming conclusions …
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Washington Post and The Guardian
Lara Jakes / New York Times:
For Ukraine's Refugees, Europe Opens Doors That Were Shut to Others
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The Times of Israel and unz.com
The White House:
Joint Statement on Further Restrictive Economic Measures — We, the leaders of the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States condemn Putin's war of choice and attacks on the sovereign nation and people of Ukraine.
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The Guardian, Euractiv, Blogs of War, Balloon Juice, The Daily Wire, UPI, The Verge, RedState, Townhall, The Daily Caller, Los Angeles Times and Insider, more at Techmeme »
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Financial Times:
Russians search for cash as west imposes sanctions on banks — People seek money in any currency, while central bank tries to calm markets and depositors — People in Moscow and other Russian cities stormed ATMs and bank branches in search of cash, both in roubles and dollars …
NBC News:
U.S., allies agree to limit Russia's access to SWIFT banking system
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NPR, Outside the Beltway, TASS, The Hill, Mir's Newsletter, James Ledbetter's FIN, Associated Press, NBC4 Washington, New York Times and Bloomberg
Washington Post:
U.S. and Europe take aim at Russian central bank reserves, threatening blow to economy
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Metro, TheBitTimes.Com's Newsletter and One America News Network
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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Mediaite and Political Wire
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump warns ‘world war’ could be next as Russia continues invasion in Ukraine — Trump says Putin's multi-front invasion in Ukraine could lead to the next world war — Trump speaks to Fox News Digital ahead of CPAC appearance — EXCLUSIVE: ORLANDO, Fla. — Former President Trump warned …
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Insider, Raw Story, BizPac Review and POLITICUSUSA
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Washington Post:
Post-ABC poll finds a deeply pessimistic nation, worried about the economy and Biden's leadership … President Biden will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday to a deeply pessimistic nation, one that largely sees the economy worsening under his watch, disapproves of his leadership …
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Bloomberg
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Economic concerns hurt Biden's approval, keep Democrats in peril ahead of midterms: POLL
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Townhall and Yahoo Sports
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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CBS News, Associated Press, Fox News, The National Interest, Al Jazeera and Politico
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Financial Times:
Mikhail Fridman speaks out against Ukrainian conflict in letter to staff — Businessman tells employees at private equity firm LetterOne that ‘war can never be the answer’ — Mikhail Fridman, one of Russia's richest men, said the war in Ukraine was a “tragedy” and called on the “bloodshed” …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Ukrainian border guards may have survived reported last stand on Snake Island — Ukrainian border guards who insulted Russian forces this week in a recorded exchange that went viral may not have been killed, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, contradicting an earlier claim by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Fox News, The Kyiv Independent, Washington Examiner, The Guardian and NPR
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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Bloomberg, New Yorker, New Statesman and Comment is Freed
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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Kevin Drum, Zenodo, Balloon Juice, UPI and New York Post
David Harsanyi / National Review:
House GOP Leaders Must Condemn Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar — Marjorie Taylor Greene (QAnon, Ga.) might be a preternatural dope, but that still doesn't excuse her speaking at the junior varsity Ku Klux Klan jamboree this weekend. Greene pleaded ignorance, claiming she was merely there to …
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Media Matters for America, Mother Jones, Mediaite and Rolling Stone
MSNBC:
Why Americans Should Care about the Ukraine-Russia Conflict — As Russia further invades Ukraine, the U.S. has leveled sanctions against Russia, Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Americans may soon be faced with rising gas prices. But it's a sacrifice that needs …
Jim Small / Arizona Mirror:
Wendy Rogers said white nationalists are ‘patriots’ and called for hanging political enemies — A Republican state senator fawned over the leader of a white nationalist movement on Friday and told his followers that she fantasizes about hanging her perceived enemies from gallows.
James Randerson / Politico:
UK's Liz Truss: I support Brits who take up arms against Putin — The UK foreign secretary said the war in Ukraine was a fight for freedom and democracy for the ‘whole of Europe.’ — U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she supports British citizens heading to Ukraine to join the fight against Russia.
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New Statesman and The Sunday Times
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