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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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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Biden Just Destroyed Putin's Last Hope — The president's visit to Ukraine was a gut punch to the Russian leader. — The long-range missiles matter. So do the super-accurate artillery shells, the surface-to-air missiles, and the winter weather gear; the training in the English countryside …
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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 …
CNN:
Months of planning and days of secrecy led to Joe Biden's historic trip to Kyiv — Around 7 p.m. ET on Saturday night, President Joe Biden was out in Washington on a Valentine's week date-night, lingering over rigatoni with fennel sausage ragu before returning with his wife to the White House.
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NBC News:
Biden's visit to Ukraine draws criticism from conservative House Republicans — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's surprise trip to Ukraine on Monday drew a variety of attacks from congressional Republicans who criticized his support for the war-torn country and accused him of neglecting issues back at home.
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Biden's Trip to Kyiv is the Ultimate Humiliation for Putin—and Trump
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Biden Went to Kyiv Because There's No Going Back
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Illia Ponomarenko / The Kyiv Independent:
One year later: How Russia came to fail in Ukraine, battle after battle
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Mark Antonio Wright / National Review:
Biden's Secret Trip to Kyiv Took Guts
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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
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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” …
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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 …
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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
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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” …
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for a ‘national divorce’ between liberal and conservative states
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
A new nonprofit group is helping DeSantis go national — A newly launched nonprofit group is supporting Ron DeSantis' national political activity — a major sign of the growing political apparatus around the Florida governor as he moves toward a 2024 presidential bid.
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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 …
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Kai Bird / New York Times:
Jimmy Carter's Presidency Was Not What You Think — The man was not what you think. He was tough. He was extremely intimidating. Jimmy Carter was probably the most intelligent, hard-working and decent man to have occupied the Oval Office in the 20th century.
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James Zogby / The Nation:
Jimmy Carter Is Our Greatest Former President
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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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Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
‘I never claimed to be Jewish’: Santos suggests his false Jewish claims were a ‘party favor joke’ in new interview — Despite evidence to the contrary, Rep. George Santos now claims his grandparents survived the Holocaust by falsifying documents — Rep. George Santos …
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
In Mississippi's Capital, Old Racial Divides Take New Forms — A plan by Republican lawmakers to set up a new court system served by a state-run police force for parts of mainly Black Jackson has become a flash point for racial and political divisions. — JACKSON, Miss. …
Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
‘Rust’ Prosecutors Downgrade Alec Baldwin's Manslaughter Charges — The actor's lawyers had argued that a firearm law included by the prosecutors was not in effect at the time of the fatal shooting. It would have carried a mandatory five-year sentence. — Prosecutors have downgraded …
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CBS News:
NYPD: Woman sought after Pride flag set on fire outside Little Prince restaurant in SoHo — NEW YORK — New video shows the person police are searching for who they say lit a Pride flag on fire outside a SoHo restaurant. — The NYPD is investigating the incident as a hate crime.
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Financial Times:
Fentanyl: America's struggle to contain a deadly drug — The potent synthetic opioid is claiming lives in the US at an alarming rate. Campaigners say it is time to call it what it is: a weapon of mass destruction — Jaime Puerta remembers the last night his life felt normal.
Jack Mirkinson / The Nation:
“The New York Times” Is Repeating One of Its Most Notorious Mistakes — The paper's anti-trans coverage parallels its failings over gay rights and AIDS. But the Times appears determined not to learn from its own history. — On March 11, 1998, New York Times copy editor Donna Cartwright posted …
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