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2:30 PM 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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Washington Post:
U.S. to ban oil imports from Russia as White House explores drastic plans to buffer economy from energy shock … The Biden administration plans to ban imports of oil and natural gas from Russia as soon as Tuesday, following days of behind-the-scenes talks where officials studied far-flung ideas …
The White House:
FACT SHEET: United States Bans Imports of Russian Oil, Liquefied Natural Gas, and Coal
Discussion: Minnesota Reformer and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Longtime Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio charged with conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol  —  Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, a leader of the extremist group the Proud Boys, has been indicted on a conspiracy charge in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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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” …
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
The First Jan. 6 Defendant To Go To Trial Was Found Guilty On All Counts  —  WASHINGTON — Guy Reffitt, a Texas man accused of bringing a handgun to the US Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection and the first person to stand trial in connection with the attack, was found guilty on all counts on Tuesday.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Guy Reffitt, first Jan. 6 rioter to go to trial, found guilty on all counts
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
U.S. intel agencies: Russia does not want to engage directly with U.S. military  —  U.S. intelligence agencies assessed that Russia does not want to engage directly with the U.S. military in a worldwide threats analysis finalized before the Russian invasion of Ukraine but made public Tuesday …
Discussion: HotAir
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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 …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
New York Times pulls journalists from Russia amid media crackdown … The New York Times on Tuesday became the first major American news organization to announce it will pull staff out of Russia in response to the country's increasing crackdown on journalism, including a new law against …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The New York Times Pulls Its News Staff From Russia
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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Kathleen Ronayne / Associated Press:
Climate change is like war, California's Jerry Brown says
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
The U.S. has four political parties stuffed into a two-party system.  That's a big problem.  —  The United States right now has four political parties stuffed into a two-party system — and that's increasingly a big problem for the country.  —  This reality becomes clear if you set aside …
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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Dee-Ann Durbin / Associated Press:
McDonald's to temporarily close 850 stores in Russia  —  DETROIT (AP) — McDonald's said Tuesday it is temporarily closing all of its 850 restaurants in Russia in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine.  —  The burger giant said it will continue paying its 62,000 employees in Russia …
Naomi O'Leary / The Irish Times:
United Nations bans staff from using ‘war’ or ‘invasion’ regarding Ukraine  —  Email on communications policy reminds staff of their responsibility to ‘be impartial’  —  The United Nations has banned its staff from referring to the situation in Ukraine as a “war” or “invasion” …
Tom Joyce / Washington Examiner:
Actually, Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill is common sense  —  Should public schools teach kindergartners that there are infinite genders, that people can pick their genders, and that people have different sexual orientations?  —  If you said “no,” then congratulations.
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Florida legislature passes bill to restrict LGBTQ topics in elementary schools
Bryan Pietsch / Washington Post:
Yale professor lists companies not boycotting Russia: McDonald's, Starbucks and Coca-Cola  —  Among executives, board members, analysts and others in the business world in recent days, a “who's who” list has been floating around, showing which companies have pulled out of Russia amid its attack on Ukraine …
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland:
Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland in connection with the statement by the US Secretary of State on providing airplanes to Ukraine  —  The authorities of the Republic of Poland, after consultations between the President and the Goverment, are ready to deploy …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Liz Cheney nails the truth about ‘the Putin wing of the GOP’  —  Is there a “Putin wing of the GOP”?  —  Rep. Liz Cheney says so.  The Wyoming Republican made the charge this weekend, in reference to a former Trump administration official who openly sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Politico:
Deal with Manchin would reshape Dems' fight to keep majority  —  Democrats' most at-risk senators want to transform the artist formerly known as “Build Back Better” into an inflation-buster, just in time for the midterms.  —  It's a gambit that could jump-start President Joe Biden's stalled domestic agenda …
PoPville:
Yo Yo Ma was just playing his Cello in front of the Russian embassy  —  Thanks to Ryan for sending around 4pm: “Yo Yo Ma at Russian embassy.  He said- “We all have to do something.
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Mike Pence meets with Miriam Adelson in Israel amid speculation over 2024 election  —  Pence is in Israel to receive an honorary degree from Ariel University  —  SANTIAGO MEJIA/THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE VIA GETTY IMAGES  —  Amid speculation over the 2024 Republican presidential primary field …
National Review:
Florida and Texas Are Right to Fight Back in the Transgender Debate  —  In recent years, LGBT lobbyists and activists have outlawed safe and effective talk-therapies (so-called “conversion therapies") for children with gender dysphoria and championed harmful gender-transition experiments in their place.
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
Biden Answered the 3 a.m. Call  —  It's hard to imagine that any of his rivals from the last election could have matched the president's performance in this crisis.  —  About the author: Franklin Foer is a staff writer at The Atlantic.  He is the author of World Without Mind and How Soccer Explains …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Trump and Putin Have Been Allies Against Ukraine … On February 25, the day after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Lee Smith published an essay in Tablet arguing that Ukraine had brought on its problems.  Smith, a house stenographer for Representative Devin Nunes and the author of two pro-Trump books …
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 …
 
 
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker won't commit to GOP debates, while Kemp ups pressure on Perdue
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Kirk Maltais / Wall Street Journal:
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Melanie Zanona / CNN:
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