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8:25 AM ET, February 21, 2023

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New York Times:
Biden's Surreal and Secretive Journey Into a War Zone  —  President Biden traveled covertly to the besieged Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, hoping to demonstrate American resolve to help defeat the Russian forces that invaded a year ago this week.  —  WASHINGTON — As the train rumbled across …
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Cronies: We Should Have Blown Up Biden in Kyiv  —  Russian pundits were furious over Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine, questioning whether or not a “retaliatory strike” is in order.  —  In recent days, pundits and experts on Russian state television discussed the anticipated visit …
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Cloak-and-dagger moves allow Biden to sneak into Ukraine's war zone  —  Unusual news blackout, elaborate feints surround Biden's visit to a city under regular bombardment  —  By Matt Viser and Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  —  WARSAW — As President Biden stepped out of a golden-domed church during …
NBC News:
Biden's visit to Ukraine draws criticism from conservative House Republicans
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Biden Just Destroyed Putin's Last Hope
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Biden's Trip to Kyiv is the Ultimate Humiliation for Putin—and Trump
CNN:
Months of planning and days of secrecy led to Joe Biden's historic trip to Kyiv
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Biden Went to Kyiv Because There's No Going Back
NBC News:
Photos: President Biden makes historic visit to war-torn Ukraine
Yahoo News:
Revealed: Leaked document shows how Russia plans to take over Belarus  —  The document, written for Putin's Presidential Administration, envisages the total incorporation of Belarus into a “Union State” with Russia by 2030.  —  Read full article  —  President of Russia  —  President of Belarus since 1994
Discussion: Insider and Fox News
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Joshua Nevett / BBC:
Ukraine war: Liz Truss joins Johnson in calling for transfer of fighter jets  —  Liz Truss has joined growing calls for fighter jets to be sent to Ukraine, in her first speech in Parliament since resigning as prime minister.  —  Ms Truss said the UK needed to “do all we can, as fast as we can” …
Lingling Wei / Wall Street Journal:
In China, Worries About a Weakened Russia Prompt a Rethink  —  Concern that a Russian setback in Ukraine would cripple China's partner against the West helps drive Beijing's push for an end to the war  —  China's leadership is growing worried that increased Western military support for Ukraine …
New York Times:
James O'Keefe Leaves His Post as the Leader of Project Veritas  —  Mr. O'Keefe had been the face of the group of conservative provocateurs since he founded Project Veritas in his father's garage in suburban New York in 2010.  —  James O'Keefe, who as the leader of the conservative group …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
James O'Keefe Resigns From Project Veritas After Employee Complaints
Project Veritas:
Statement from the Project Veritas' Board of Directors  —  Today, James O'Keefe decided to remove his belongings from Project Veritas headquarters.  The Board and Management made numerous attempts in the last 14 days to have a conversation with James, but he ignored our outreach and decided …
Shriya Bhattacharya / Insider:
Marjorie Taylor Greene — who's gaining power in the GOP-led House — suggests splitting up the United States on President's Day  — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene once against suggesting splitting up the US by “red” and “blue” states.  — Greene called the idea a “national divorce” …
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New York Times:
DeSantis Visits 3 States on Tour Meant to Show He Is Tough on Crime  —  In stops in New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois, the Florida governor appeared to be positioning himself as the law-and-order candidate in a G.O.P. presidential race he has yet to enter.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
A new nonprofit group is helping DeSantis go national
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Could Nikki Haley take down the Confederate flag today?  —  In 2015, a white supremacist gunman murdered nine black churchgoers inside a historic church in downtown Charleston.  The attack shocked the nation's conscience and thrust then-Governor Nikki Haley into the political spotlight.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
The ‘wackadoodle’ foundation of Fox News' election-fraud claims  —  A woman who says the wind talks to her and put forth claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential race that she admitted were “pretty wackadoodle” turns out to be a key source of allegations that Fox News presented …
Jon Kamp / Wall Street Journal:
Why the Covid-19 Death Toll in the U.S. Is Still Rising  —  The pandemic is less risky for most people, but America still sees hundreds of deaths daily  —  Covid Vaccines Could Mirror the Flu-Shot Process.  Here's What That Means.  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Peak flu season appears to have passed
Discussion: WHNT-TV
GMFUS:
China Misreads the Room in Munich  —  China's post-pandemic charm offensive with Europe was supposed to shift into overdrive this past week.  —  Instead, a visit by China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, showed just how challenging it will be for Beijing to get its relationship with Europe back on track …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Republicans use ‘wokeism’ to attack left — but struggle to define it  —  Conservatives attach the term to a host of policies they oppose, from transgender rights to climate change measures to socially responsible investing  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), a likely 2024 presidential candidate …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republican 2024 rivals go shopping for big donors  —  Former President Donald Trump will gather some of his top donors at his Mar-a-Lago estate in South Florida Thursday evening for his super PAC's first fundraiser — an event that organizers are billing as an intimate candlelight dinner.
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Feds seek to seize funds from white supremacist convicted in deadly Charlottesville car attack  —  Washington — The Justice Department is seeking to seize money that has been contributed to the white supremacist who rammed his car into a group of counter-protesters, killing one person …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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