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12:20 PM ET, February 20, 2023

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Washington Post:
On surprise trip to Kyiv, Biden vows enduring support for Ukraine  —  KYIV, Ukraine — President Biden made a dramatic, unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, in a display of robust American support for Ukraine just four days before the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion.  —  Are you on Telegram?
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New York Times:
Biden Visits Kyiv, Ukraine's Embattled Capital, as Air-Raid Siren Sounds  —  President Biden took a nearly 10-hour train ride from the border of Poland to show his administration's “unwavering support” a year into Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — President Biden …
Mark Antonio Wright / National Review:
Biden's Secret Trip to Kyiv Took Guts  —  President Biden's secret visit to wartime Kyiv is an example of America in its finest tradition.  —  The New York Times reports that after a “trans-Atlantic flight to Poland, Mr. Biden crossed the border by train, traveling for nearly 10 hours to Kyiv …
Associated Press:
Biden declares ‘Kyiv stands’ in surprise visit to Ukraine  —  1 of 21  —  President Joe Biden paid an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called “a brutal and unjust war” …
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Biden's Trip to Kyiv is the Ultimate Humiliation for Putin—and Trump  —  Biden joined a great history of American presidents standing up to Russian aggression, and significantly broke from the shameful actions of his predecessor.  —  Kennedy and then Reagan in Berlin.  Now Biden in Kyiv.
NPR:
Latest on Ukraine: The first anniversary of Russia's invasion approaches (Feb. 20)  —  This week will mark one year since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.  Here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week.  —  What to watch
Discussion: Bloomberg
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Biden makes surprise visit to Ukraine nearly one year after Russia's invasion
New York Times:
One Year Into War, Putin Is Crafting the Russia He Craves
Financial Times:
Western pleas over Ukraine fail to sway African and South American leaders
Discussion: Insider
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Travel to Kyiv, Ukraine
Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis to Court Big-Money Donors at Dueling Palm Beach Events  —  The former president and the Florida governor this week intensify fight for campaign cash  —  Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis have battled in polls for months over who has a better shot at the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
Discussion: Raw Story, BizPac Review and Fox News
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Michigan GOP selects 2020 election denier as party leader
Gary Leff / View from the Wing:
United's New Family Seating Policy Helps Customers, Hurts Competitors, And Curries Political Favor  —  United Airlines airlines has announced a new family seating policy that makes it easier for families to have assigned seats together without extra cost.  This puts them out ahead of competitors …
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Leslie Josephs / NBC News:
United says it will make it easier for families to book seats with their children for free
Discussion: Bloomberg
Rolling Stone:
Charges Against Trump Lawyer ‘Very Likely,’ Colleagues Warn Donald  —  As the feds continue to probe the ex-president's handling of confidential documents, his legal team is urging him to distance himself from one of his top attorneys … Some of the former president's lawyers …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Garrett M. Graff / New York Times:
What Ford's Pardon of Nixon Means (and Doesn't Mean) for Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Supreme Court hears a case that could transform the internet  —  Oral arguments begin in Gonzalez v. Google, a landmark case tackling whether tech companies should be liable for harmful content their algorithms surface  —  In November 2015, three rifle-wielding ISIS gunmen opened fire …
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Fox's Media Host Totally Ignores THE Story the Press is Buzzing About  —  Fox News's Sunday morning show MediaBuzz — which highlights the week's biggest news from the media world — chose to ignore the dominant story in the cable news world  —  Hosted by Howard Kurtz …
Discussion: The Nation
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Douglas Foster / Politico:
The Activist Pastor Running to Remake the Wisconsin Supreme Court  —  MADISON, Wis. — It's a frigid morning at the county courthouse here, and an experiment in crime prevention is on the docket, Judge Everett Mitchell presiding.  He's a tall, trim, soft-spoken Black man in his mid-40s …
Discussion: Raw Story, NBC News, CNN and Washington Post
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
There is only one way to rein in Republican judges: Shaming them.
Discussion: Reason
New York Times:
Hedge Fund Billionaire Extracts Billions More to Retire  —  Bridgewater's founder, Ray Dalio, retired last year after months of negotiations that guaranteed him a gigantic exit package.  —  Rob Copeland is a finance reporter and author of an upcoming book about Ray Dalio and Bridgewater Associates.
ABC News:
Ohio train derailment: Buttigieg pens sharply worded letter to Norfolk Southern Railway  —  Buttigieg accused the company of repeatedly prioritizing profit over safety.  —  U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has called out the rail operator at the center of a  —  hazardous train derailment in Ohio
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Despite her role, Marjorie Taylor Greene backs ‘national divorce’  —  As Marjorie Taylor Greene endorses the dissolution of the United States, the question is whether House GOP leaders will bother to care.  —  In late 2021, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene briefly referenced “a National Divorce scenario” …
Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Professor's Job Endangered for Teaching About Race  —  Scholar at Palm Beach Atlantic University says he's been accused of indoctrinating students.  —  (Palm Beach Atlantic U)  —  An English professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University said his teaching contract has been put on hold …
Discussion: WFLA-TV and CNN
Dana Defosse / HuffPost:
I Coined The Term ‘Cisgender’ 29 Years Ago.  Here's What This Controversial Word Really Means.  —  “Before now, I have not spoken publicly, or even disclosed my role in the origin of the word cisgender to anyone beyond a few close friends and colleagues.”  —  I coined the term “cisgender” in 1994.
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
From the Midwest, progressive J.B. Pritzker launches anti-Ron DeSantis flares  —  CHICAGO — He's a governor who talks tough about Covid, has pleaded with to the College Board about an AP African American studies course and is outspoken on the issue of abortion.
 
 
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Bharatha Mallawarachi / Associated Press:
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