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Washington Post:
Putin says Russia will suspend role in New START nuclear accord with U.S.  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in a state of the nation address Tuesday that Moscow is “suspending” its participation in the New START nuclear nonproliferation agreement, the last remaining arms control treaty between the United States and Russia.
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Wall Street Journal:
China's Xi Jinping Plans Russia Visit as Putin Wages War in Ukraine  —  Chinese leader is expected to use Moscow trip to push for multiparty peace talks  —  Putin Suspends Russian Participation in Nuclear-Arms Treaty With U.S.  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Bloomberg
New York Times:
Russia's shelling of a Kherson bus station kills at least six people, Ukrainian officials say.  —  Vladimir V. Putin said Russia would suspend its participation in New START, its last remaining nuclear arms control agreement with the United States, and gave no indication that he would end his invasion of Ukraine.
The Guardian:
Putin says Russia will halt participation in New Start nuclear arms treaty  —  Russian president airs grievances against west in speech devoted to first anniversary of Ukraine invasion  —  Vladimir Putin has said Russia will halt its participation in New Start, the last major remaining …
Discussion: Politico, Sputnik News and TASS
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.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Biden Went to Kyiv; DeSantis Went to Fox & Friends
New York Times:
Biden's Surreal and Secretive Journey Into a War Zone
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
In Poland, Biden aims to pushback on Putin blaming the West for Ukraine war
ABC News:
Putin raises tension on Ukraine, suspends START nuclear pact
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Bennie Thompson rips McCarthy for giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 footage  —  House Homeland Security Committee ranking Democrat Bennie Thompson (Miss.) on Monday blasted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for handing over tens of thousands of hours of riot footage from Jan. 6, 2021, to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
The ‘wackadoodle’ foundation of Fox News' election-fraud claims
Discussion: Poynter, The Nation and PennLive
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects Ohio man's bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an Ohio man's claim that his constitutional rights were violated when he was arrested and prosecuted for making satirical posts about his local police department on Facebook.
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Inside the Trump grand jury that probed election meddling  —  1 of 7  —  They were led down a staircase into a garage beneath a downtown Atlanta courthouse, where officers with big guns were waiting.  From there, they were ushered into vans with heavily tinted windows and driven to their cars under police escort.
Discussion: Raw Story
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'If Don doesn't go, we will!':  Angry female staffers at CNN issue ultimatum over Lemon's sexist Nikki Haley comments and threaten to quit if he stays on-air  — CNN staffers have threatened to quit if Don Lemon is not fired from the network  — It comes days after he said women older …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A somber Presidents Day in Jimmy Carter's Plains  —  PLAINS — Jimmy Carter was ensconced Monday at his home as family and friends journeyed to pay what could be their last respects.  Down the road, the town he grew up in marked a somber Presidents Day reflecting on their native son's legacy.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and HuffPost
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Maxine Joselow / Washington Post:
Jimmy Carter, the president who tried to save the planet
Discussion: WPRI-TV
Kai Bird / New York Times:
Jimmy Carter's Presidency Was Not What You Think
Discussion: Raw Story
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
‘I Was So F*cking Freaked Out’: Ex-NYT Staffer Describes ‘Crying’ and ‘Bloodthirsty’ Colleagues Seeking Vengeance for Cotton Op-Ed  —  Embarrassing details about the extent of the 2020 staff revolt at the New York Times have been revealed in a new book featuring an interview with former Times staffer Shawn McCreesh.
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 …
Discussion: Twitchy, So What? and Althouse
Greg B. Smith / The City:
More than $200 Million in City-Purchased COVID Gear Auctioned Off For Just $500,000  —  Thousands of ventilators de Blasio commissioned for $12 million sell as scrap metal for less than $25K.  —  Over the last few weeks, 18-wheelers pulled up again and again to the City of New York's huge supply warehouse …
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Rep. Barbara Lee kicks off Senate campaign to replace Feinstein  —  Rep. Barbara Lee, a longtime favorite of liberal Democrats, confirmed Tuesday that she will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein.  —  “For those who say my time has passed, well, when does making change go out of style?
Dan McGowan / The Boston Globe:
David Cicilline to resign from Congress to lead Rhode Island Foundation  —  The move set up an off-year special election for the First Congressional District seat that most political observers believed the 61-year-old Cicilline could have held for the rest of his life.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida teacher fired for video of empty bookshelves after DeSantis complaint  —  A full-time substitute teacher was abruptly fired last week after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis complained about a video of empty bookshelves that the teacher posted to social media.  —  Since y'all wanna play the “this isn't really happening” game
Discussion: Florida's Voice
Molly Beck / Journal Sentinel:
It's primary election day in Wisconsin.  What to know about the 2023 Supreme Court race and the expected voter turnout.  —  MADISON - Voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose which two jurists will compete to join the Wisconsin Supreme Court — a race unmatched in its consequence to policy …
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
GOP lawmakers seek investigation of ‘unauthorized’ disclosure of their Air Force records  —  Two Republican lawmakers say the Air Force alerted them that their military records were improperly released during the midterm campaign.  —  Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) was informed of the …
Discussion: Fox News
Zach Schoenfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court declines to hear defeated Maryland gubernatorial candidate's election lawsuit  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up former Maryland gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox's (R) challenge to the timing of officials' tabulation of mail-in ballots in his election.
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Jen Psaki, Once the Voice of Biden, Moves to an Anchor Chair  —  The former White House press secretary will start hosting a weekly MSNBC talk show on March 19.  As for the president, “I am not going to gratuitously attack him.”  —  Rachel Maddow is teaching her to use a TelePrompTer, so far with mixed results.
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.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Project Veritas claimed James O'Keefe risked group's nonprofit status  —  The board of directors issued a memo before O'Keefe's departure arguing that his actions had put the sting group at odds with the IRS  —  James O'Keefe's departure from Project Veritas, the right-wing organization known …
 
 
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