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1:20 PM ET, February 12, 2023

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Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Weekend Update #15  —  Russia's Massive Offensive and Signs of Military Learning  —  Russia's Massive Offensive … This week has been a fascinating contrast in reporting, and once again highlights the ease with which a particular narrative about the war can quickly spread and even start influencing debates and possibly policy.
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Susie Blann / Associated Press:
Russia continues to shell Ukraine amid grinding push in east  —  1 of 2  —  Russian forces over the weekend continued to shell Ukrainian cities amid a grinding push to seize more land in the east of the country, with Ukrainian officials saying that Moscow is having trouble launching its much-anticipated large-scale offensive there.
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
They Are Russians Fighting Against Their Homeland. Here's Why.
Discussion: Breitbart
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
After helping prince's rise, Trump and Kushner benefit from Saudi funds  —  An investment fund overseen by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is backing ventures that profit the former president and his senior adviser, raising questions of conflict  —  In early 2021, as Donald Trump exited the White House …
New York Times:
A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan.  What Did He Mean?  —  Yusuke Narita says he is mainly addressing a growing effort to revamp Japan's age-based hierarchies.  Still, he has pushed the country's hottest button.  —  Reporting from Tokyo  —  His pronouncements could hardly sound more drastic.
Discussion: Althouse
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump was issued subpoena for folder marked ‘Classified Evening Briefing’ discovered at Mar-a-Lago  —  Exclusive: Subpoena was issued last month after the folder was observed in Trump's private quarters at the property  —  Donald Trump's lawyers turned over an empty manilla folder marked …
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NBC News:
Trump lawyers expected to fight Pence subpoena on executive privilege grounds
CNN:
Washington Post: Trump campaign commissioned research that failed to prove 2020 election fraud claims
Discussion: New York Post
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyers Appeared Before Grand Jury as Part of Classified-Documents Probe
Discussion: Washington Examiner, CNN and Raw Story
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
New unidentified ‘cylindrical’ object shot down over Canada  —  NORAD and military aircraft spotted and tracked the latest object, as search continues off Alaska for aircraft downed Friday  —  A new “high-altitude airborne object” was shot down over Canada's Yukon territory …
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
U.S. Jet Shoots Down Flying Object Over Canada
globalnews.ca:
NORAD shoots down ‘unidentified object’ over Yukon, Trudeau says
CNN:
US jet shoots down ‘unidentified object’ over northern Canada
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
In 46 Words, Biden Sends a Clear Message to Israel  —  I woke up on Saturday morning, read the news from Israel that at least 50,000 Israelis had just demonstrated once more against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to strip the Israeli Supreme Court of its independence and put …
Discussion: Breitbart, Reuters and Associated Press
Politico:
Republicans clash with prosecutors over enforcement of abortion bans  —  GOP lawmakers see a major flaw in their states' near-total abortion bans: Some local prosecutors won't enforce them.  —  Republicans in Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Texas — frustrated by progressive district attorneys …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Childbirth Is Deadlier for Black Families Even When They're Rich, Expansive Study Finds … Produced by Larry Buchanan and Shannon Lin  —  In the United States, the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth — except when the family is Black …
The Guardian:
Iran smuggled drones into Russia using boats and state airline, sources reveal  —  Exclusive: at least 18 long-range armed drones were delivered to Putin's navy after Russians visit Tehran in November  —  Martin Chulov in Beirut, Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv and Nechirvan Mando
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Chinese spy balloon has GOP saying no cuts to defense  —  A growing number of Senate Republicans are saying that President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) should take defense spending cuts off the table in their negotiation over the debt ceiling.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Harm Venhuizen / Associated Press:
GOP election tactics no surprise to Wisconsin's Black voters  —  1 of 10  —  Recent revelations about Republican election strategies targeting minority communities in Wisconsin's biggest city came as no surprise to many Black voters.  A Wisconsin election commissioner bragged about low turnout …
Washington Post:
Turkey-Syria quake live briefing: Hope for survivors wanes as death toll passes 33,000  —  By Annabelle Timsit and Kelly Kasulis Cho  —  The death toll from the earthquakes that devastated southern Turkey and northwestern Syria has surpassed 33,000, with more than 29,600 dead in Turkey alone …
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Washington Post:
Turkey-Syria quake live briefing: Death toll tops 24,000; Rescuers expect search to end in northwest Syria
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Has a New Role.  It Could Be His Final Act in Washington.  —  After two unsuccessful runs for the presidency, the Vermont senator now leads the Senate health committee, a job that gives him sweeping jurisdiction over issues he cares about.  —  WASHINGTON — In two unsuccessful bids …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Is the Red Scare Going Blue?  Democrats Accuse Government Critics of Being “Putin Lovers” and Supporting Insurrectionists  —  Below is my column in the New York Post on the growing attacks on those who are challenging the alleged abuses by the FBI and the censorship system on social media.
Discussion: HotAir
 
 
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New York Times:
Barrett, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh Aren't as Unified or Conservative as Alito and Thomas
Discussion: USA Today
Patrick Whittle / Associated Press:
New Hampshire students protest urinal ban in gender debate
Discussion: HotAir, Twitchy and New York Post
CNN:
After a train derailment, Ohio residents are living the plot of a movie they helped make
Paula Span / New York Times:
For Older Americans, the Pandemic Is Not Over
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Rob Waugh / Daily Mail:
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Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Matt Gaetz Honors Accused Murderer In First Judiciary Committee Meeting