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Washington Post:
Employee bursts onto live Russian state TV to denounce war: ‘They are lying to you here’ — A woman burst onto the set of Russian state TV's flagship evening news program Monday, chanting “stop the war” and denouncing government “propaganda” — a striking moment of public protest …
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The Guardian:
'We're living a nightmare': life in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine — Officials in Berdyansk and Melitopol were removed and local radio reports on ‘liberation from Nazis’ — Shaun Walker and Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv — Russian soldiers patrol the streets of Berdyansk in cars …
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Wall Street Journal:
Russian Forces Kill Civilians, Loot for Supplies in Occupied Ukraine, Residents Say
Russian Forces Kill Civilians, Loot for Supplies in Occupied Ukraine, Residents Say
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Commentary Magazine, Washington Examiner and Washington Post
Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal:
Putin Signs Law to Seize Foreign Aircraft, Redeploy for Domestic Use
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US tells allies China signalled openness to providing Russia with military support — Moscow requested equipment including surface-to-air missiles, according to diplomatic cables — The US has told allies that China signalled its willingness to provide military assistance …
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The National, The Guardian, CNN, National Review, Japan Times, TheJournal.ie, The Kyiv Independent, HotAir, Breitbart, Washington Post and CBS News
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
China Is About to Make a Big Mistake by Supporting Russia — The Chinese government could be a peacemaker in Ukraine or it can be Putin's enabler. But it can't be both. … China is about to make a big mistake. — Faced with the choice between playing a constructive role in helping …
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Balloon Juice, Real News Revolt, The Daily Caller, Blogs of War, Japan Times, Louder With Crowder, Al Jazeera, Politico and Yahoo News
CNN:
China has expressed some openness to providing military and financial aid to Russia, US cable suggests — (CNN)The US has information suggesting China has expressed some openness to providing Russia with requested military and financial assistance as part of its war on Ukraine, a Western official and a US diplomat told CNN.
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Document in Jan. 6 Case Shows Plan to Storm Government Buildings — New details from evidence cited in the indictment of Enrique Tarrio, the former head of the far-right Proud Boys, reveal a plan with similarities to what unfolded at the Capitol. — A document found by federal prosecutors …
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Occupy Democrats, CNN, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ: Film crew was present at Jan. 5 meeting between leaders of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers — Prosecutors say a “documentary film crew” was present when Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes met for 30 minutes in an underground parking garage on Jan. 5, 2021.
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Insider, Rolling Stone and Political Wire
Bloomberg:
U.S. Sewer Data Warns of a New Bump in Covid Cases After Lull — A wastewater network that monitors for Covid-19 trends is warning that cases are once again rising in many parts of the U.S., according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data by Bloomberg.
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Forbes, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Verge and Political Wire
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
How does Ron DeSantis sleep at night? — Republicans are killing us. — No, really. — Until now, we've known that covid-19 death rates were higher among the unvaccinated, and also higher in counties that went for Donald Trump, whose supporters were more likely to resist vaccinations, masks and other pandemic precautions.
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Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
‘Gutted’: What happened when a Georgia elections office was targeted for takeover by those who claim the 2020 election was a fraud — ROME, Ga. — The interim election supervisor took a seat all the way to one side of the meeting room, her back against the wood-paneled wall …
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Bloomberg, littlegreenfootballs.com and William's Newsletter
NBC New York:
NY Woman Punched 125 Times, Foot-Stomped in Brutal Hate Crime Beating: Police — A 42-year-old Yonkers man has been arrested on attempted murder as a hate crime and other charges in the vicious caught-on-camera beating of a 67-year-old Asian woman who was attacked as she returned home last week, police said Monday.
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New York Times, Breitbart, PIX11 and UPI
BBC:
Roman Abramovich: New evidence highlights corrupt deals — A BBC investigation has uncovered new evidence about the corrupt deals that made Roman Abramovich's fortune. — The Chelsea owner made billions after buying an oil company from the Russian government in a rigged auction in 1995.
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
MSNBC Almost Brought Back Olbermann to Replace Maddow — In this week's Source Material we reveal how MSNBC almost filled Maddow's soon-to-be vacant time slot with her own former mentor—until Rachel killed the deal. … To fill its upcoming Rachel Maddow void, MSNBC almost took a time machine back to the good old days of 2011.
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New York Times:
Two Refugees, Both on Poland's Border. But Worlds Apart. — A young man fleeing war in Sudan and a young woman evacuating Ukraine crossed into Poland at the same time. They had very different experiences. — KUZNICA, Poland — On the day war broke out in Ukraine, Albagir …
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The Guardian
Jake Zuckerman / Ohio Capital Journal:
DeWine signs law removing training, background check, permitting requirement to conceal carry — Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law Monday removing training, background check and permitting requirements to carry a concealed weapon in Ohio. — When the law takes effect in 90 days …
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Fox News, Plain Dealer, HuffPost, Political Wire, NRA-ILA, Ohio Democratic Party, AmmoLand.com and The Daily Wire
Kevin Daley / Washington Free Beacon:
EXCLUSIVE: Ginni Thomas Wants To Set the Record Straight on January 6 — Virginia “Ginni” Thomas wants to clear up a few things about January 6. — She did not help organize the White House rally that preceded the riot at the Capitol. She did attend the rally, but got cold and left early.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Idaho Is First State to Pass Abortion Ban Based on Texas' Law — The bill prohibits abortions after about six weeks, and allows family members of a “preborn child” to sue abortion providers. — Idaho on Monday became the first state to adopt a copycat of an unusual new Texas law that relies …
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Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:
“The Goal Was to Scare People, but It Could Boomerang.” — Pamela Moses, a Memphis activist sentenced to six years in prison for registering to vote, talks about the prosecution and suppression of Black voters in Tennessee. — Pamela Moses speaks in front of the Shelby County Justice Center (Photo by Noah Stewart).
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Tulsi Gabbard's Biggest Political Donor In 2021 Is A Putin Apologist — The largest individual donor to former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's (D-Hawaii) PAC in 2021 is an apologist for Vladimir Putin who runs a nonprofit that aims to foster cooperation between the U.S. and Russia.
Charles Riley / CNN:
Russia could default on its debt within days — London (CNN Business)Russia has sent the clearest signal yet that it will soon default — the first time it will have failed to meet its foreign debt obligations since the Bolshevik revolution more than a century ago.
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POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
Seth Mandel / Commentary Magazine:
The Revolution Inside the ADL … When Whoopi Goldberg said that the Holocaust was “not about race” but rather “two white groups of people” fighting, the actress and chat-show maven was shocked by criticism she received. Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League …
NBC News:
QAnon, Ukraine and ‘biolabs’: Russian propaganda efforts boosted by U.S. far right — Russia's early struggles to push disinformation and propaganda about Ukraine have picked up momentum in recent days, thanks to a variety of debunked conspiracy theories about biological research labs in Ukraine.
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VICE, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Talking Points Memo and IJR
Katie Herzog / Reason:
How an Academic Grudge Turned Into a #MeToo Panic — During normal years, Meliora Weekend at the University of Rochester (U.R.) is one of the biggest events of the fall. A four-day combination of Homecoming and Family Weekend, parents visit, alumni return to campus, and there's good old-fashioned student debauchery.
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PLURIBUS
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
USPS Truck Contract Prompts Cries for Investigation — A plan to purchase up to 165,000 gasoline-powered mail trucks instead of electric models has angered Democrats and the Biden administration. — WASHINGTON — A group of House Democrats called Monday for an investigation into a decision …
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Associated Press, Common Dreams and Bloomberg
Bill Glauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan can't get U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson on the phone and accuses the Oshkosh Republican of being homophobic — Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan is sticking up for his brother and taking on U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, accusing the Oshkosh Republican of being homophobic.
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Political Wire
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Neoconservatism: A Vindication … Mark Twain said that history doesn't repeat itself, but that it often rhymes. We're rhyming today with the late 1970s, in uncanny ways. To take the most obvious: Inflation is on the rise and is about to skyrocket due to a disruption in the global oil market, just as was the case in 1979.
Tom Loveless:
San Francisco's Detracking Experiment — San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) adopted a detracking initiative in 2014-2015 school year, eliminating accelerated middle and high school math classes, including the option for advanced students to take Algebra I in eighth grade.
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HotAir
Ben Wieder / Miami Herald:
Russian businessman said to have funded Parnas, Fruman charged — A would-be Russian marijuana tycoon who allegedly bankrolled a scheme by Rudy Giuliani associates to distribute illegal campaign contributions has been charged with campaign finance crimes. — The charges against Andrey Muraviev …
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Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Not Charging Trump Will ‘Destroy’ Legitimacy of US Institutions: Kirschner — Former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner believes that failing to hold former President Donald Trump “accountable for his crimes” will “destroy” the legitimacy of U.S. institutions.