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4:10 PM ET, March 2, 2022

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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
5 Takeaways from Biden's First State of the Union Address  —  Mr. Biden said Vladimir Putin would “pay a price” for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  Of his economic plans, he said, “I have another way to fight inflation: Lower your costs, not your wages.”
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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
A Tale of Two Speeches  —  Biden's SOTU and Trump's CPAC speeches lay out entirely different visions for America.  —  What does America stand for?  This week, the world heard two very different answers to that question.  —  The first answer was delivered on Saturday by former President Donald Trump …
Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
Rep. Lauren Boebert heckles Biden as he talks about his late son during the State of the Union  —  Democrats and Republicans in Washington at times displayed unity as President Biden addressed the nation at his first State of the Union on Tuesday night.  Members of both parties stood to applaud …
Justin Vallejo / The Independent:
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert heckle Biden after turning their backs during State of the Union  —  Congresswomen relentlessly shouted, interrupted, laughed and tweeted their way through speech  —  Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert heckle Biden
Discussion: Insider, Raw Story, CNN, DC Enquirer and CBS News
CBS News:
Most speech watchers say State of the Union made them feel optimistic, proud - CBS News poll
Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:
Russia's Plan C  —  And Plan D...  As the Russo-Ukrainian War takes a darker turn it is important to emphasise this essential point.  This is a war that Vladimir Putin cannot win, however long it lasts and however cruel his methods.  —  From the start the Russian campaign has been hampered …
Discussion: HotAir and Euro Weekly News
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New York Times:
Maps: Tracking the Russian Invasion of Ukraine  —  See Russia's shifting strategy over six days of attacks on Kyiv  —  In six days of fighting in Ukraine, Russian forces have seized territory in the county's south and east but remain shut out of some major cities and the capital, Kyiv …
Andriy Yermak / New York Times:
Zelensky's Chief of Staff: Help Ukraine Stop Putin  —  Mr. Yermak is head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — In launching a war on our country, President Vladimir Putin claimed Russia would “de-Nazify” and free Ukraine.  But Ukraine — a nation that lost …
BBC:
Ukraine: Watching the war on Russian TV - a whole different story  —  Never was there a better illustration of the alternative reality presented by Russian state media than at 17:00 GMT on Tuesday.  As BBC World TV opened its bulletin with reports of a Russian attack on a TV tower in the capital Kyiv …
Athina Morris / WFLA-TV:
‘This is ridiculous’: DeSantis scolds students for wearing face masks during USF visit  —  You have been added to Daily News Newsletter  —  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis made his frustration with face masks known when he visited Tampa for a press conference Wednesday morning.
Politico:
Manchin lays out a Dem bill he can back: Taxes, prescription drugs, climate cash  —  Hours after President Joe Biden laid out what he hopes to salvage from Democrats' defunct “Build Back Better” social spending plan, Joe Manchin is quickly assembling his counteroffer.
Discussion: The Hill
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Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
White House outlines ‘preparedness’ approach for accepting virus as part of life
Financial Times:
UK eyes seizing the property of sanctioned oligarchs  —  Ministers discuss plans to take residences off business tycoons without paying compensation  —  UK cabinet minister Michael Gove is drawing up plans to seize British property owned by Russian oligarchs with links to President Vladimir Putin, without paying them compensation.
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Kevin Varley / Bloomberg:
Russian Oligarchs' Yachts Head for Maldives as Sanctions Levied
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
Many Democrats applaud Biden charting a new path, but some fear it may be too little and too late … Many mainstream Democrats hailed President Biden's first State of the Union address as a sorely needed course correction eight months before the midterm elections, charting a populist …
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Patrick Hauf / Washington Free Beacon:
House's Last Pro-Life Democrat Is on the Ropes  —  Rep. Henry Cuellar faces close primary battle against AOC-backed progressive  —  The last pro-life Democrat in the House of Representatives is in danger of losing his primary against a 28-year-old “Squad”-backed candidate.
Discussion: National Review and Daily Kos
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Marco Rubio is tweeting through the Russia-Ukraine war — for a reason  —  As Russian troops invaded Ukraine last week, Marco Rubio was live-tweeting what looked like detailed intelligence.  —  The Florida senator and outspoken national-security hawk is part of the “Gang of Eight” …
Politico:
Jan. 6 probe points lawmakers more and more toward GOP colleagues  —  There's only a few weeks left until the lawmakers investigating the Capitol attack intend to hold their first public hearing — and they're redoubling their focus on how their own GOP colleagues may have helped Donald Trump's efforts to subvert the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump's border wall has been breached more than 3,000 times by smugglers, CBP records show  —  NACO, Arizona — Mexican smuggling gangs have sawed through new segments of border wall 3,272 times over the past three years, according to unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection maintenance records obtained …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
U.S. private payrolls rise solidly; January revised sharply higher … U.S. private employers hired more workers than expected in February and data for the prior month was revised sharply higher to show strong job gains instead of losses, aligning with other reports that have painted an upbeat picture of the labor market.
The Daily Beast:
Holocaust Museum Begs U.S.: Leave Our Shady Russian Oligarch Donor Off Your Sanctions List  —  That's only part of the financial chaos swirling around Roman Abramovich, the billionaire Chelsea FC owner accused of a hasty fire sale to get ahead of likely asset freezes.  —  Correspondent-At-Large
Discussion: Raw Story
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Shira Rubin / Washington Post:
Israel's Holocaust museum is so dependent on a Russian oligarch that it wants to protect him from sanctions
Discussion: The Guardian
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announces Launch of Task Force KleptoCapture  —  Task Force Will Surge Federal Law Enforcement Resources to Hold Accountable Corrupt Russian Oligarchs  —  Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the launch of Task Force KleptoCapture …
Discussion: BuzzFeed News, Al Jazeera and UPI
 
 
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Sharon Werning Rivera / Washington Post:
Can Putin keep the oligarchs and Russian elites on his side?
Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Powell signals Fed will hike rates this month despite uncertainty over Ukraine
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
REVEALED: Charter school program favored by Tennessee governor rewrites civil rights history
Christian Schneider / The College Fix:
Academics say Biden SCOTUS nominee should recuse herself in Harvard admissions case
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Biden State of the Union missed mark on energy independence amid Russian war on Ukraine, critics say
Torsten Ove / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Convicted U.S. Capitol rioter from Sharon area dies by suicide
 Earlier Items: 
Javier Blas / Bloomberg:
How Do You Replace Millions of Barrels of Russian Oil a Day?
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times:
Russian World Bank adviser quits in protest at invasion of Ukraine
Dennis Aftergut / Verdict:
Bill Barr's New Book: More Reputation Make-over Than Truth
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Where it mattered most, Trump's Texas endorsement didn't get the job done
Discussion: Vox and Politico
David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
Confused Old Man Yells at Nation for an Hour
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
How the Hell Is Trump 43-0 vs. Campaign Finance Watchdogs?
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert Smith / Financial Times:
Credit Suisse asks investors to destroy documents linked to oligarch and tycoon yacht loans
Discussion: The Daily Poster
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
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