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1:40 PM ET, February 21, 2023

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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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Anatoly Kurmanaev / New York Times:
Wagner Group Chief Accuses Russian Military Command of Treason  —  The mercenary group's founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, operated for years in secrecy, but he has assumed an increasingly public role in the Ukraine conflict since last summer.  —  The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group accused …
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.
NBC News:
Biden's visit to Ukraine draws criticism from conservative House Republicans
Nathan Hodge / CNN:
With an arms-control threat, Putin tries to up the ante in his state of the union speech
New York Times:
Biden's Surreal and Secretive Journey Into a War Zone
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why it matters that Kevin McCarthy gave Jan. 6 tapes to Fox News  —  Kevin McCarthy gave 41,000 hours of sensitive Jan. 6 footage to a controversial television personality.  What could possibly go wrong?  —  Just a few days after getting his gavel, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters …
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Washington Post:
House Speaker McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson exclusive access to Jan. 6 riot footage  —  By Meryl Kornfield and Jacqueline Alemany  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has exclusively provided a massive trove of U.S. Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6, 2021 …
Discussion: emptywheel
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Bennie Thompson rips McCarthy for giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 footage
Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up Ohio train derailment site and pay all costs  —  The Environmental Protection Agency announced a sweeping enforcement action against Norfolk Southern on Tuesday, compelling the rail company to conduct and pay for cleanup actions associated …
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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.
Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Caller
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 …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Don Lemon to return to CNN, will undergo formal training following sexist comments, network boss says
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Democratic Rep. Cicilline to leave Congress in June  —  Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) will leave Congress in June to take over as the president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, his office announced on Tuesday.  —  “Serving the people of Rhode Island's First Congressional District …
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Dan McGowan / The Boston Globe:
David Cicilline to resign from Congress to lead Rhode Island Foundation
Rob Wile / NBC News:
Feds fine Mormon church for illicitly hiding $32 billion investment fund behind shell companies  —  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a nonprofit entity that it controlled have been fined $5 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission over accusations …
Discussion: CNBC, Bloomberg and Financial Times
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Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Its Investment Adviser Settle SEC Probe
Discussion: KSLTV.com
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
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Mike Pompeo's PAC Spent $42,000 On Books The Day His Memoir Was Published.  It Became A Bestseller.  —  Mike Pompeo's political action committee shelled out $42,000 on books the day his memoir hit bookshelves, according to a filing submitted to the Federal Election Commission on Monday.
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
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.
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
GOP Elects QAnon Conspiracist Who Thinks Yoga Is Satanic as Party Chair in Michigan  —  Kristina Karamo became chair over Donald Trump's endorsed candidate—because she was more extreme.  —  Cameron Joseph  —  WASHINGTON, US  —  Former President Donald Trump wanted his election-denying campaign lawyer …
Discussion: The Bulwark and Raw Story
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Andy Pavey / Stimson Center:
Iran boosts military ties with Russia in part to counteract Abraham Accords … Among the areas of foreign policy continuity between the Trump and Biden administrations has been support for the Abraham Accords, which expanded Israel's diplomatic ties to Arab states.
Discussion: Haaretz, Fox News and Bloomberg
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?
 
 
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis tramples over Trump turf with his outreach to law enforcement
Discussion: The Free Press and Politico
Jan M. Olsen / Associated Press:
Danish former minister charged with revealing state secrets
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Hyonhee Shin / Reuters:
Groundwater carries radiation risk for North Korean cities near nuke test site - rights group
Vivian Nereim / New York Times:
‘Equality of Injustice for All’: Saudi Arabia Expands Crackdown on Dissent
Rebecca Leber / Vox:
What Europe showed the world about renewable energy
Discussion: Fox News and Associated Press
Molly Beck / Journal Sentinel:
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida teacher fired for video of empty bookshelves after DeSantis complaint
 Earlier Items: 
Zach Schoenfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court declines to hear defeated Maryland gubernatorial candidate's election lawsuit
Discussion: Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
China's Newest Weapon to Nab Western Technology—Its Courts
Patrick O'Donnell / The 74:
‘The Evidence is Clear’: Ohio Gov Pushes For Science of Reading As Only Approach
Washington Free Beacon:
Princeton Fetes an Anti-Semite
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Could Nikki Haley take down the Confederate flag today?
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A somber Presidents Day in Jimmy Carter's Plains
GMFUS:
China Misreads the Room in Munich
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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