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2:50 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 …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Elon Musk takes aim at President Biden after he fails to mention Tesla during State of the Union  — “Nobody is watching the State of the Union,” Musk said in an email to CNBC.  — The lack of a mention by Biden leading into Musk's latest comments comes after CNBC reported …
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
Speech watchers have mostly positive reaction of Biden's State of the Union, CNN poll shows  —  Hear CNN political director's takeaways from post-SOTU poll 03:26  —  (CNN)A 71% majority of Americans who watched President Joe Biden's State of the Union address had a positive reaction to the speech …
CBS News:
Most speech watchers say State of the Union made them feel optimistic, proud - CBS News poll
Associated Press:
Biden steps to State of the Union lectern at fraught moment
The White House:
Remarks of President Joe Biden - State of the Union Address As Prepared for Delivery
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Biden's State of Union is off on guns, EVs
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 …
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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
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 …
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Assassination plot against Zelensky foiled and unit sent to kill him ‘destroyed,’ Ukraine says  —  A recent alleged assassination plot against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was foiled over the weekend and the Chechen servicemen sent from Russia were “destroyed,” a Ukrainian security leader said Tuesday.
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.
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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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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
What Biden's State of the Union Speech Was For
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.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Capitolist
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Where it mattered most, Trump's Texas endorsement didn't get the job done  —  It did not take long for Donald Trump to start bragging.  —  Less than three hours after polls closed in Texas, Trump's political action committee released a statement from the former president.
Discussion: Politico and Vox
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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” …
Washington Post:
U.S. prepares to expand financial attack on Russian oligarchs, aiming to freeze billions held by Putin allies … Senior Biden administration officials are preparing to dramatically expand the number of Russian oligarchs subject to U.S. sanctions, aiming to punish the financial elite close …
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Kevin Varley / Bloomberg:
Russian Oligarchs' Yachts Head for Maldives as Sanctions Levied
Discussion: Political Wire
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
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.
 
 
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Torsten Ove / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Convicted U.S. Capitol rioter from Sharon area dies by suicide
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
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Los Angeles Times:
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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
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Ukraine
 

 
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