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10:55 AM ET, March 8, 2022

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Bloomberg:
U.S. and U.K. Poised for Ban on Imports of Russian Oil Today  —  The U.S. and the U.K. will impose a ban on imports of Russian energy on Tuesday without the participation of European allies, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  The U.S. ban will include Russian oil …
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Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
E.U. presents plan to cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds this year, stops short of boycott  —  BRUSSELS — The European Union presented a plan Tuesday to cut Russian gas imports by two thirds this year, steeply reducing — but not severing — energy ties to Moscow.
Discussion: Telegraph
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Vast Majority Of Americans Say Ban Russian Oil, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly 8 In 10 Support U.S. Military Response If Putin Attacks A NATO Country
Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Bizarre Oil Diplomacy
Discussion: Bloomberg and Politico
Politico:
Biden set to ban Russian oil under pressure from Congress
New York Times:
As Russia's Military Stumbles, Its Adversaries Take Note  —  President Vladimir Putin could still reduce cities in Ukraine to rubble, officials say.  But European countries that once feared Russia say they are not so scared anymore.  —  CONSTANTA, Romania — When it comes to war, generals say that “mass matters.”
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Washington Post:
Odessa braces for Russian assault as humanitarian conditions deteriorate
Kathleen Ronayne / Associated Press:
Climate change is like war, California's Jerry Brown says
Discussion: Breitbart
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
The Strategy That Can Defeat Putin
New York Times:
Russia, Blocked From the Global Internet, Plunges Into Digital Isolation
Discussion: Safety Propaganda
Shell Global:
Shell announces intent to withdraw from Russian oil and gas  —  Shell plc (Shell) today announced its intent to withdraw from its involvement in all Russian hydrocarbons, including crude oil, petroleum products, gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a phased manner, aligned with new government guidance.
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Danica Kirka / Associated Press:
Shell says it will stop buying Russian oil, natural gas  —  LONDON (AP) — Energy giant Shell said Tuesday that it will stop buying Russian oil and natural gas and shut down its service stations, aviation fuels and other operations in the country amid international pressure for companies to sever ties over the invasion of Ukraine.
Mark Thompson / CNN:
Shell won't buy any more Russian oil and gas
Discussion: BBC
New York Times:
Socialists' Response to War in Ukraine Has Put Some Democrats on Edge  —  The Democratic Socialists of America's view that U.S. “imperialist expansionism” through NATO fueled Russia's invasion has created challenges for politicians aligned with the group.  —  Not long after Russia invaded Ukraine …
Discussion: The Hill and Althouse
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden's Approval Rating Improves After State of the Union as More Back His Tack in Ukraine  —  45% approve of Biden's job performance; 46% support his handling of Ukraine  —  President Joe Biden posted his best approval rating in months following his first State of the Union address …
David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:   The Left Isn't Letting the Ukraine Crisis Go to Waste
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
How Did This Many Deaths Become Normal?  —  The United States reported more deaths from COVID-19 last Friday than deaths from Hurricane Katrina, more on any two recent weekdays than deaths during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, more last month than deaths from flu in a bad season …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Mark Meadows, his wife, Debra, and their trailer-home voter registration  —  “I don't want my vote or anyone else's to be disenfranchised. ...  Do you realize how inaccurate the voter rolls are, with people just moving around. ...  Anytime you move, you'll change your driver's license …
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Bryan Anderson / WRAL-TV:
Former NC congressman registered to vote in home where he purportedly never stayed
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Clarence Thomas' Strange Pick to Promote His Book Says It All  —  Right-wing judicial activist Leonard Leo has been exerting influence over the Supreme Court for three decades.  So why is Clarence Thomas hiring Leo's firm to do public relations?  —  When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mark Paoletta / The Federalist:   The New York Times Knowingly Published A False Smear Against Clarence Thomas' Wife
Washington Post:
Arizona lawmaker speaks to white nationalists, calls for violence — and sets fundraising records … Midway through a white nationalist's conference in Orlando last month, one speaker drew applause calling for gruesome violence against “traitors” after excoriating critics of the “honorable” …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
Taylor Lorenz Introduces Her Brand to the Washington Post  —  Today is Taylor Lorenz's first day at the Washington Post, and she's already doing, arguably, exactly what she was hired to do: She's stirring up trouble on social media.  “Oh my God, can you stand all the drama?” she says, giggling on a phone call with me last night.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: EXCLUSIVE: ‘Limited’ no-fly zone gains steam among foreign policy elite
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Two Days of Russian News Coverage: An Alternate Reality of War  —  To watch news broadcasts of the fighting in Ukraine on the main state channels in Russia is to witness the extent of the Kremlin's efforts to sanitize its war.  —  At a televised gathering with female pilots and crew members from Aeroflot …
Axios:
The new silent majority: People who don't tweet  —  Most people you meet in everyday life — at work, in the neighborhood — are decent and normal.  Even nice.  But hit Twitter or watch the news, and you'd think we were all nuts and nasty. … We dug into the data and found that, in fact …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Congress Gives Final Approval to Make Lynching a Hate Crime  —  The bill's unanimous passage in the Senate ended more than a century of failed attempts to explicitly criminalize lynching.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate unanimously approved a bill that would make lynching a federal hate crime …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
A 459-Foot Mystery in a Tuscan Port: Is It a Russian's Superyacht?  —  As European authorities seize the luxury assets of oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin, a superyacht cloaked in secrecy has come under investigation.  —  From Germany's North Sea ports to the French Riviera, open season has been declared on superyachts.
Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Chief Negotiator Unexpectedly Leaves Vienna as Nuclear Talks Hit Standstill  —  Ali Bagheri-Kani says he will return to the negotiations soon, but Western diplomats warn the talks could fail  —  VIENNA—Iran's chief negotiator at the nuclear talks in Vienna unexpectedly returned home Monday night …
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Gabriel Noronha / Tablet Magazine:
This Isn't Obama's Iran Deal. It's Much, Much Worse.
Discussion: Townhall, RedState and HotAir
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Beijing is re-writing the Ukraine narrative  —  The Chinese government is scrubbing the country's internet of sympathetic or accurate coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and systematically amplifying pro-Putin talking points. … - Online comments expressing sympathy for Ukraine have been deleted …
Discussion: GoldFix and What China Wants
 
 
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