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8:40 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
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
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
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Tester running for reelection to Montana Senate seat  —  Montana Sen. Jon Tester (D) announced Wednesday that he will seek reelection for a fourth term in what will be a key race to determine which party will control the Senate following the 2024 elections.  —  Tester said in a statement …
Discussion: Politico and FiveThirtyEight
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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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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.
Jessica Piper / Politico:
George Santos reported spreading campaign cash to other Republicans.  The money never showed up.  —  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 …
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
Sean Maguire / Anchorage Daily News:
Rep. Eastman sparks outrage after asking about the potential economic benefits of the deaths of abused Alaska children  —  JUNEAU - Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman sparked outrage online after asking whether there could be economic benefits from the death of abused children.
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Donald Trump Has Been Lying About Trump Tower For Decades  —  As the former president tries to fend off authorities, new revelations about Trump Tower suggest that the building is—and always was—something of a fraud.  —  For decades, Trump Tower has embodied the various stages of Donald Trump.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Biden Administration Announces New Border Crackdown  —  A tough new immigration measure could disqualify the vast majority of migrants from being able to seek asylum at the southern border.  —  In a bid to prevent a surge of migrants at the southern border when a pandemic measure is lifted in May …
 
 
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Leonid Martynyuk / POLYGRAPH.info:
How Russia Uses Retired US Colonel's Ukraine Misinformation for Domestic Propaganda
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
Discussion: European Council … and Politico
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
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Racial Gerrymandering Case Dismissed in U.S. Supreme Court
James Pogue / Vanity Fair:
Inside the New Right's Next Frontier: The American West
Rob Wile / NBC News:
Feds fine Mormon church for illicitly hiding $32 billion investment fund behind shell companies