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Greg Roumeliotis / Reuters:
Twitter set to accept Musk's original $43 bln offer  —  Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is poised to agree a sale to Elon Musk for around $43 billion in cash, the price the chief executive of Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has called his “best and final” offer for the social media company, people familiar with the matter said.
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Bloomberg:
Twitter on Track to Reach Deal With Musk as Soon as Monday  —  Twitter is in the final stretch of negotiations about a sale to Elon Musk, a person with knowledge of the matter said, Bloomberg News reports.  The social media company is working to hammer out terms of a transaction and could reach …
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New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: U.S. Says It Wants Russian Military ‘Weakened’  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said he wanted to make sure that Russia would not be able to “do the kinds of things that it has done” in the invasion or rebuild its capacity.  It reflected an increasingly emboldened stance by the Biden administration.
Lorenzo Tondo / The Guardian:
Russia bombs five railway stations in central and western Ukraine  —  Casualties unknown after morning airstrikes fell within one hour of each other, say officials  —  Five railway stations in central and western Ukraine were hit by Russian airstrikes in the space of one hour on Monday …
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
In Kyiv, Blinken and Austin announce aid, diplomatic surge
Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
U.S. to send diplomats back to Ukraine, pledges support in protracted war
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Is it really time to send U.S. diplomats back to Kyiv?
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Biden to nominate Bridget Brink as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Mark Meadows' 2,319 text messages reveal Trump's inner circle communications before and after Jan 6  —  Washington (CNN)CNN has obtained 2,319 text messages that former President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent and received between Election Day 2020 …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Status Kuo
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Joe Manchin's Approach to Biden's Presidency Is Paying Off in West Virginia  —  Over the past year, Manchin has seen the largest job approval rating improvement of any senator  — 57% of West Virginia voters approve of Manchin's job performance, up from 40% during the first quarter of 2021.
Vulture:
The 101 Best Movie Sequels of All Time  —  Whether they come after, before, or between their predecessors, these films have their own indelible legacies.  —  Presented by  —  You loved the movie and you want more.  The studio loves money, and they want more too.
Discussion: Althouse
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Takeaways from the brawl between Brian Kemp and David Perdue  —  It was less a debate and more of a barroom brawl.  But we still learned plenty from the first Republican showdown between Gov. Brian Kemp and former U.S. Sen. David Perdue in their first debate on Channel 2 Action News …
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun-Times:
Sen. Duckworth's pushback after Biden rejected her for VP covered in new book  —  WASHINGTON — A new book, making headlines for catching House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in a lie, also details Sen. Tammy Duckworth's strong pushback to the Biden team rejecting her for vice president …
Discussion: Insider
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Political Correctness Is Losing  —  It's been seven or eight years since a wave of illiberal norms around the discussion of race and gender began to hit an expanding array of progressive institutions.  The name for this phenomenon kept changing, from political correctness to call-out culture …
John Judis / Talking Points Memo:
The Inconclusiveness of the French Election  —  Commentators are alternatively seeing the French election as a victory for Marine Le Pen, who exceeded her 2017 showing by eight percentage points, or as a death knell for right-wing populism.  I'd say it was neither.
Discussion: Politico and Jacobin
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Kansas Congressional Map Is a Gerrymander, State Court Rules  —  The Republican-drawn map intentionally split strongholds of Democratic and Black voters, a judge ruled.  The State Supreme Court will review the decision.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Joshua Douglas / Washington Monthly:
Ohio Voters Shafted by Conservative Judicial Activism
Discussion: The Dispatch
Rachel Cohrs / STAT:
White House's Jen Psaki offered a binder full of Covid spending details.  Taking a peek was a process  —  WASHINGTON — It was a striking visual for the television cameras.  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki took to the lectern, waving a thick, 385-page binder as evidence that contrary …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
In San Francisco, Revenge of the Obama Democrats  —  A political vibe shift in the nation's bluest city.  —  MAYOR LONDON BREED DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT CITY HALL IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16, 2022.  (BULWARK EDIT / GABRIELLE LURIE/THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE VIA GETTY IMAGES)
Fox News:
Hunter Biden demanded Beau Biden's widow ‘GET TESTED FOR HIV,’ 2018 email reveals  —  'You need to inform me of the result.  —  Federal probe into Hunter Biden's finances expands out to family  —  FIRST ON FOX: Hunter Biden sent an email to his brother's widow, Hallie Biden …
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
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Associated Press:
Hunter Biden is prime target if Republicans win Congress
Discussion: Wide World of News
The White House:
FACT SHEET: The Domestic Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems National Action Plan  —  Over the last decade, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or “drones") have become a regular feature of American life.  We use them for recreation, for research, and for commerce.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't remember anything and you can't prove she does  —  Greene's painful, day-long effort to avoid perjuring herself, explained to me by Ron Filipkowski.  —  On Friday, Marjorie Taylor Greene gave sworn testimony in a case seeking to remove her from the ballot later this year.
Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
John Fetterman vs. Every Predatory Financier in America  —  Wall Street money rains on the Pennsylvania Senate race.  —  Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks with guests during a rally at the UFCW Local 1776 headquarters in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, April 16, 2022.
Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Pa. GOP Senate front-runners will debate for the first time.  How to watch and what to watch for.  —  Mehmet Oz and David McCormick have been all over Pennsylvania television, but rarely on the same stage together.That changes Monday night, when the top Republican candidates …
Sara Dogan / Front Page Magazine:
The Top Ten Jew-Hating Colleges and Universities  —  De-Fund the pro-terrorist movement on campus.  —  On college campuses across America, hatred and bigotry directed against Jews is at an all-time high.  It is now almost commonplace for swastikas to appear in university halls and restrooms or scrawled on Jewish fraternity houses.
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Jurors reject array of defenses at Capitol riot trials  —  Juries have heard an array of defenses at the first trials for rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol  —  Jurors have heard — and rejected — an array of excuses and arguments from the first rioters to be tried for storming the U.S. Capitol.
Discussion: Raw Story
Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Utah Democrats back independent McMullin in Senate race against Lee  —  Utah Democrats have taken the unusual step of endorsing independent candidate Evan McMullin in his race against Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), who has faced questions about his furious efforts to overturn the 2020 election to keep former president Donald Trump in power.
Discussion: American Greatness and Twitchy
Joe Hernandez / NPR:
NLRB sues Starbucks for retaliating against 3 workers involved in unionizing  —  The National Labor Relations Board has sued the coffee shop chain Starbucks for allegedly retaliating against three employees who were involved in organizing a union.  —  One worker was disciplined …
Discussion: Who Gets the Bird?, CBS News, CNBC and UPI
 
 
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Mitch McConnell's Nightmare Scenario
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Groundhog Day on the Hill, hangover week in Washington
Discussion: The Hill
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Biden wades into the midterms by endorsing Oregon Democratic congressman facing progressive challenger
Discussion: ABC News
Patrick Sawer / Telegraph:
Big Brother (sorry, Big Person) is correcting you on Google
Discussion: Breitbart and Daily Mail
Reeves Wiedeman / Curbed:
Who's Afraid of the Subway?
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why Americans Are Leaving Downtowns in Droves
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Toyota's second U-turn
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Hawley endorses Thiel-backed Arizona Senate candidate
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Kellyanne Conway Knew Of ‘Sexual Allegations’ Against Nebraska Candidate Months Ago
BuzzFeed News:
Private Equity Giant KKR Bought Up Hundreds Of Group Homes. Some People In Its Care Paid A Steep Price.
Discussion: GitHub
Charles Homans / New York Times:
A Crusade to Challenge the 2020 Election, Blessed by Church Leaders
Discussion: Raw Story
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Biden's decline is obvious to everyone but the press
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Wire