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8:20 AM ET, February 22, 2023

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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Jury in Georgia Trump Inquiry Recommended Multiple Indictments, Forewoman Says  —  She would not discuss specific indictments in the special grand jury's report but noted that its recommendations were “not going to be some giant plot twist.”  —  A special grand jury that investigated election interference …
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
‘Wincing’ Anderson Cooper and Elie Honig Blast Trump Grand Jury Forewoman's Media Blitz: ‘Horrible Idea’  —  Anderson Cooper and Elie Honig discussed the multiple awkward media appearances by the forewoman of the grand jury that will reportedly recommend indictments in a case involving Donald Trump.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Spent $10 Million From His PAC on His Legal Bills Last Year  —  Now that the former president is a declared candidate again, there are questions about whether he can continue using donor funds to pay his lawyers.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump, who throughout his business career …
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Wall Street Journal:
America's Choice in Ukraine  —  As long as Putin wants war, seeking a peace settlement is a fantasy.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  WSJ Opinion: The Known Unknowns of Joe Biden's UFO Silence  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
10 Surprising Lessons of the Ukraine War So Far  —  From revealing Putin's weaknesses to new ways to wage war to intriguing new power centers, the war in Ukraine has served up one surprise after another—and we can expect many more. … In the year since Russia escalated its war against Ukraine …
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Biden to meet eastern flank NATO leaders amid Russia worries
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ron DeSantis Goes Full Trump on Ukraine
Eric Bradner / CNN:
GOP 2024 hopefuls divided over US role in Ukraine war
Discussion: New York Times, Vox and Raw Story
Pyotr Kozlov / The Moscow Times:
'Everyone's Tired': Acceptance and Exasperation in Russian Elite as Invasion Anniversary Looms
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Polls close in Virginia's 4th Congressional District special election  —  Democrat Jennifer McClellan has made history as the first Black woman elected to represent Virginia in Congress, NBC News projected Tuesday.  —  McClellan, a state senator, defeated Republican Leon Benjamin …
Max Gowins / Decision Desk HQ:
Election Results: Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary, Virginia 4th Congressional District Special Election, and more  —  There are seven races we are tracking across the nation today.  Voters in Wisconsin are heading to the polls to select who will make the general election ballot in a number of races …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Two Starkly Different Judges Advance in Wisconsin Supreme Court Election  —  Janet Protasiewicz, a liberal, and Daniel Kelly, a conservative, will face off on April 4 in a race that could tilt the balance of the court, with abortion rights, gerrymandered maps and more in the balance.
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Politico:
Joe may not run — and top Dems are quietly preparing  —  Joe Biden's closest advisers have spent months preparing for him to formally announce his reelection campaign.  But with the president still not ready to make the plunge, a sense of doubt is creeping into conversations around 2024: What if he decides not to?
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Politico:
Playbook: Can Tim Scott make the GOP play nice?  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  With Congress out on recess and President JOE BIDEN still abroad, most of today's marquee political events are happening outside of the beltway ...
Politico:   Biden builds a new team to carry him across landmines
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Dozens of ‘New York Times’ Journalists Hit Staff Union for Its Defense of Trans Coverage Criticism  —  Some of the paper's top reporters signed a letter objecting to the Guild's response to newsroom leaders.  “We ask that our union work to advance, not erode, our journalistic independence,” they wrote.
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Adam Johnson / The Column:   To NYT's Peter Baker, Acknowledging Trans People's Existence Is “Activism,” Openly Advocating for Perpetual U.S. Occupation of Afghanistan Isn't
Harry Litman / Los Angeles Times:
Why Fox News' lies about Trump's defeat probably aren't protected by the 1st Amendment  —  Fox News responded to an incendiary court filing in Dominion Voting System's $1.6-billion defamation suit last week by asserting that “the core of this case remains about freedom of the press and freedom of speech …
Discussion: New York Daily News and HotAir
Politico:
Kevin McCarthy's apparent deal with Tucker Carlson to share Jan. 6 footage surprised some top Capitol security officials.  —  News and analysis from Capitol Hill for when you only have a few minutes, from POLITICO.
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David Badash / Raw Story:
‘Egregious security breach’: Top House Dem blasts McCarthy over Jan. 6 footage
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court skeptical of limiting powerful legal shield for internet companies  —  Washington — The Supreme Court appeared resistant on Tuesday to limiting the scope of a federal law that has served as a powerful legal shield for internet companies, expressing concerns about the ramifications …
Katie McKellar / KSL-TV:
Mitt Romney: Call for ‘national divorce’ is ‘insanity’  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Mitt Romney on Tuesday firmly denounced Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's recent call for a “national divorce,” harkening back on what happened in the U.S. during the Civil War.  —  “You know, I think Abraham Lincoln dealt …
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
A Wealthy ‘Anti-Woke’ Activist Joins the 2024 Presidential Field  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, 37, has made a name for himself in right-wing circles by opposing corporate efforts to advance political, social and environmental causes.  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire entrepreneur and author …
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Washington Post:
Many lawmakers Trump endorsed last year aren't returning the favor  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  Get ready for a full House.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  Reading this online?  Sign up for The Early 202 to get scoops and sharp political analysis in your inbox each morning.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Nikki Haley defended right to secession, Confederate History Month and the Confederate flag in 2010 talk  —  Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley defended states' rights to secede from the United States, South Carolina's Confederate History Month and the Confederate flag in a 2010 interview …
Discussion: Semafor
Maxwell Strachan / VICE:
Companies Can't Ask You to Shut up to Receive Severance, NLRB Rules  —  The board reverses two previous decisions that held that such severance agreements were lawful.  Limits on free speech have become increasingly common aspect of many severance agreements.
Discussion: Axios and Insider
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Seattle becomes first U.S. city to outlaw caste discrimination after council vote  —  Seattle became the first U.S. city to outlaw caste discrimination on Tuesday, after its local council voted to add caste to the city's anti-discrimination laws.  —  The move addresses an issue important …
Jessica Piper / Politico:
George Santos' campaign spending did not line up from the start  —  One of George Santos' first acts as a candidate for Congress in 2019, according to his campaign finance filings, was making a series of four-figure donations from his campaign to a pair of local Republican groups and President Donald Trump's reelection committee.
The Moscow Times:
Wagner Head Accuses Russia's Defense Ministry of Treason  —  The founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin on Tuesday accused the country's Defense Ministry and the Chief of the General Staff of intentionally depriving his fighters of munitions in Ukraine.
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
DeSantis About To Defuse $1.2 Billion Tax Bomb He Activated A Year Ago To Punish Disney  —  The Republican governor's 2022 law would have increased tax bills on Central Florida property owners by thousands of dollars each for a decade and a half.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is one signature away …
 
 
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Forces Tearing Us Apart Aren't Quite What They Seem
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
War in Ukraine defining new world order, says thinktank
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Vivek Ramaswamy / Wall Street Journal:
Why I'm Running for President  —  America has lost sight of the ideals that made it great—freedom and merit foremost among them.
Discussion: National Review and CNN
Reuters:
Malcolm X's daughter to sue CIA, FBI, New York police over assassination
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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