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11:05 PM ET, March 8, 2022

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Wall Street Journal:
Saudi, Emirati Leaders Decline Calls With Biden During Ukraine Crisis  —  Persian Gulf monarchies have signaled they won't help ease surging oil prices unless Washington supports them in Yemen, elsewhere  —  The White House unsuccessfully tried to arrange calls between President Biden …
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 …
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CNN:
Pentagon says Polish proposal to transfer jets to US to give to Ukraine isn't ‘tenable’  —  (CNN)The Pentagon on Tuesday evening dismissed Poland's proposal floated hours earlier to transfer its MiG-29 fighter jets to the United States for delivery to Ukraine.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Mark Meadows Spread Trump's Voter Fraud Claims.  Now His Voting Record Is Under Scrutiny.  —  The former Trump aide listed a mobile home in rural North Carolina as his residence at the same time that he was running operations at the White House.  —  Mark Meadows, the White House chief …
Discussion: Washington Post and Mother Jones
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Gibbons and Mandel lead Ohio GOP Senate primary  —  The race is unsettled, though, with one-quarter of voters saying they are undecided  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for March 8  —  Businessman Mike Gibbons and former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel lead the pack among Ohio …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: McCormick tops Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania GOP senate primary poll  —  A Fox News survey of Pennsylvania GOP primary voters finds McCormick tops Oz by 9 points  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for March 8  —  Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick has a clear advantage …
Discussion: Breitbart
Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Kemp leads Perdue in Georgia's GOP primary race for governor
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
New York Times:
Venezuela Releases Imprisoned Americans After Talks With U.S.  —  The release of at least two Americans came after the Biden officials moved to thaw relations with Venezuela, long a steadfast Russian ally.  —  At least two Americans who were imprisoned in Venezuela were released on Tuesday …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and CBS Miami
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Financial Times:
US demands shale industry does ‘whatever it takes’ to ease oil crisis  —  Top official urges domestic producers to call investors and 'tell them there's a war going on'  —  The Biden administration has ratcheted up pressure on US shale producers, telling them they should be doing …
Amelia Lucas / CNBC:
Iconic U.S. brands Coca-Cola, Pepsi, McDonald's and Starbucks suspend business in Russia  — PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Starbucks each said Tuesday they are suspending business in Russia after that country's invasion of Ukraine.  — It's a symbolic move by the iconic U.S. brands …
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NBC News:
Republicans cheer Russian oil ban and jeer Biden for rising gas prices  —  How Biden's ban on Russian oil could impact supply, gas prices in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are championing President Joe Biden's decision to ban Russian oil imports to the U.S. …
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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” …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Arizona Mirror and Overtime
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Missouri lawmaker seeks to stop residents from obtaining abortions out of state … The pattern emerges whenever a Republican-led state imposes new restrictions on abortion: People seeking the procedure cross state lines to find treatment in places with less-restrictive laws.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Dual U.S. / Russian National Charged With Acting Illegally As A Russian Agent In The United States  —  Elena Branson Allegedly Willfully Evaded FARA Registration for Nearly a Decade, Working to Advance the Interests of the Russian Government While Receiving Tasking and Funding from High-Level Russian Officials
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.
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Meta's Sheryl Sandberg: ‘No two countries run by women would ever go to war’  — “No two countries run by women would ever go to war,” Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said Tuesday.  — If half the world were run by women, Sandberg believes the world would be “safer” and “much more prosperous.”
American Oversight:
Judge Orders Immediate Release of Wisconsin Election Investigation Records  —  Update: American Oversight has received more than 700 pages of records.  Details below.  —  A Wisconsin judge today ordered the immediate release of a set of documents sought by American Oversight …
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Sixteen Years After ‘The Road,’ Cormac McCarthy Is Publishing Two New Novels  —  This fall, Knopf will publish two interlinked books that are a thematic and stylistic departure for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist.  —  During a rare appearance in Santa Fe, N.M., in 2015 …
Peter Beinart / Jewish Currents:
Justifications for Destroying a People … IN THE DAYS since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukrainians and their supporters have been lionized for the same forms of resistance to oppression for which Palestinians are routinely condemned.  Western television networks …
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ Poll: 79% of Americans Back Ban on Russian Oil Even if Energy Prices Rise  —  A wide majority of Americans, 79%, said they favored a ban on Russian oil imports even if the prohibition increased energy prices in the U.S., according to data from a new Wall Street Journal poll.  Just 13% said they opposed it.
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Republicans would be wise to follow Tom Cotton's vision for the future  —  Tom Cotton staked a claim to the Reaganite lane of the 2024 presidential race on Monday night, only it's not the lane you might think.  —  In a speech delivered at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley …
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Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Johnson blocks vote on antisemitism envoy, meets with truckers instead  —  Republican Sen. Ron Johnson on Tuesday blocked a vote on the nomination of Deborah E. Lipstadt as the Biden administration's antisemitism envoy.  Instead Johnson met with a group of truckers in Washington, D.C. …
Leslie Patton / Bloomberg:
McDonald's to Shutter 850 Russia Stores After Backlash  —  McDonald's Corp. is temporarily closing all 850 Russia locations, following mounting criticism that the fast-food chain failed to act quickly following the nation's invasion of Ukraine.  —  The company will continue paying …
NBC News:
'Don't Say Gay' bill: Florida Senate passes controversial LGBTQ school measure  —  The Florida Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit “classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity” in the state's primary schools.  The measure, dubbed the “Don't Say Gay” …
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Smartmatic can pursue election-rigging claims against Fox News, Giuliani … The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article.  We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta.  We welcome feedback …
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” …
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Senate passes $107 billion overhaul of USPS, lauding mail agency's role in pandemic response … The Senate on Tuesday approved a $107 billion financial overhaul of the long-beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, providing monetary relief for the agency that leaders say will allow it to modernize and invest in efficient service.
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
72-Year-Old Lawyer With AR-15 and ‘To-Do List’ Admits Threatening to Kill Senate Dems  —  GUILTY AS CHARGED  —  A former Pennsylvania attorney charged with threatening to kill Democratic members of the U.S. Senate has pleaded guilty, according to court records.
Discussion: fox43.com, Raw Story and The Hill
Alyson Krueger / New York Times:
New York's Russian Restaurants Feel War's Impact  —  Most owners are antiwar, and many of them are from Ukraine.  But customer numbers are down all the same.  —  After Russia invaded Ukraine, Sveta, a small restaurant in the West Village known for its Instagram-friendly cocktails …
Discussion: Eater NY and New York Post
Associated Press:
US government gets $57,000 Pokemon card after Georgia man is convicted in loan scam  —  DUBLIN, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man was sentenced to three years in prison after illegally obtaining a coronavirus relief loan and using more than $57,000 of the money to buy a collectable Pokemon card, authorities said Monday.
Discussion: New York Times, Mercury News and PIX11
Matt Vespa / Townhall:
These Congressman Did Not Deserve What Joe Biden Said About Them During His Texas Visit  —  We all know Joe Biden has trotted out his dead son, Beau Biden, to score political points when Afghanistan went balls-up.  Joe invoking Beau had mostly been fine until he tried to compare his death …
 
 
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Tells Congress Putin Is ‘Unlikely to Be Deterred’
Discussion: CNN and Townhall
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Probes Options Trade That Gained on Microsoft-Activision Deal
Azeen Ghorayshi / New York Times:
Texas Youth Gender Clinic Closed Last Year Under Political Pressure
Discussion: Love to the Max and The 19th
Iryna Vushko / Quillette:
Resistance Is in Our Blood: A Personal History of Ukraine
Discussion: RedState
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
U.S. intelligence shows Iran threats on U.S. soil, but Blinken and Schiff say this shouldn't derail new nuclear deal
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
The World Needs to Prepare for a Long Ukraine War
Discussion: Foreign Policy and Financial Times
 Earlier Items: 
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly police don't deserve benefit of the doubt in killing of 12-year-old child
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Washington Post:
Inside the Jan. 6 committee's effort to trace every dollar raised and spent based on Trump's false election claims
Discussion: Raw Story
Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
The Pandemic Has Worsened the Reading Crisis in Schools
Washington Post:
Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts in first Capitol riot trial
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
The U.S. has four political parties stuffed into a two-party system. That's a big problem.
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
How Did This Many Deaths Become Normal?
 

 
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