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9:30 AM ET, February 24, 2023

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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
Some MAGA Republicans Break with Fox Over Ukraine  —  The network's primetime anchors oppose Biden's support for Ukraine.  A few in the GOP have stood up to them.  —  The war in Ukraine has moved from city to city: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Kherson, Bakhmut.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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Politico:
Playbook: The second year of the Ukraine war begins
Discussion: New York Times
Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Half say US should support Ukraine as long as it takes
Discussion: Opinion Today and The Hill
CNN:
Exclusive: How a box with classified documents ended up in Trump's office months after FBI searched Mar-a-Lago  —  The Justice Department wants to know how a box containing a handful of classified records scattered among copies of presidential schedules turned up at Mar-a-Lago late last year …
Discussion: Page Six
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Classified Trump schedules were moved to Mar-a-Lago after FBI search - sources  —  Exclusive: Junior aide took the box, including some classified documents, from a government-leased office in Palm Beach to Mar-a-Lago  —  Donald Trump's lawyers found a box of White House schedules …
Kathryn Varn / Tallahassee Democrat:
Strapped to a gurney, death row inmate Donald Dillbeck saves his last words for DeSantis  —  RAIFORD — Donald Dillbeck didn't mince words in the minutes before the state executed him Thursday night.  —  “I know I hurt people when I was young.  I really messed up,” Dillbeck, 59, said …
Discussion: TheBlaze and UPI
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Associated Press:
China calls for Russia-Ukraine cease-fire, peace talks  —  1 of 2  —  China has called for a cease-fire between Ukraine and Russia and the opening of peace talks as part of a 12-point proposal to end the conflict.  The plan issued Friday morning by the Foreign Ministry also urges the end …
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New York Times:
How the U.S. Adopted a New Intelligence Playbook to Expose Russia's War Plans
Discussion: Financial Times
Natalie Allison / Politico:
The GOP field descends on Iowa, readying to eat some humble pie  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Sen. Tim Scott arrived in Iowa this week amid buzz about a presidential bid to come.  But shortly after stepping foot in the state, that enthusiasm was complemented by the humbling elements that come with politicking in such an intimate place.
Discussion: Raw Story, Florida Phoenix and CBS News
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New York Times:
Republicans Will Hold Their First Presidential Debate in Milwaukee
Platformer:
New cracks emerge in Elon Musk's Twitter  —  Jira went down, Slack's gone, and site performance is degraded.  What's next?  —  Today, let's check in on Elon Musk's Twitter, where sudden software outages and another dubious transparency effort have left the company's remaining workers more beleaguered than usual.
Martha Ross / Mercury News:
'Dilbert's' Scott Adams: ‘White people should get the hell away from Black people’  —  During his online program, the controversial East Bay cartoonist offered up his latest provocation, arguing that Black people constitute a ‘hate group’  —  Pro-Trump “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:   Fully Unhinged ‘Dilbert’ Guy Tells White People to ‘Get the Fuck Away’ From Black People
J. Michael Luttig / New York Times:
Mike Pence Should Drop His Grand Jury Subpoena Gambit  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence recently announced he would challenge Special Counsel Jack Smith's subpoena for him to appear before a grand jury in Washington as part of the investigation into former President Donald Trump's efforts …
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Wall Street Journal:
West Starts Issuing Fresh Sanctions Against Russia  —  U.S., alongside G-7 partners, to sanction more than 200 additional individuals and entities  —  How Ukraine's Growing Military Has Changed Over One Year of War  —  Created with sketchtool. … 1x  —  The West started rolling …
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
All U.S. extremist mass killings in 2022 linked to far right, report says  —  Right-wing extremists committed every ideologically driven mass killing identified in the U.S. in 2022, with an “unusually high” proportion perpetrated by white supremacists, according to a new report published Thursday.
Brennan Leach / Medill on the Hill:
WILLIAMSON CONFIRMS PRESIDENTIAL RUN IN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, BECOMING FIRST PROMINENT DEMOCRAT IN 2024 RACE  —  WASHINGTON — Marianne Williamson confirmed in an interview with Medill News Service on Thursday that she is running for president as a Democrat, becoming the first announced candidate for the party.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Don't Let Politics Cloud Your View of What's Going on With Teens and Depression  —  Last year, a study came out showing that left-leaning adolescents were experiencing a greater increase in depression than their more conservative peers.  Indeed, while girls are more likely to be depressed than boys …
Washington Post:
The right's new culture-war target: ‘Woke AI’  —  ChatGPT and Bing are trying to stay out of politics — and failing  —  Christopher Rufo, the conservative activist who led campaigns against critical race theory and gender identity in schools, this week pointed his half-million Twitter followers toward …
Discussion: Wired and New York Times
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
DeSantis leads Trump by wide margin in California as primary race starts, poll finds  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has surged to a lead among California Republicans over former President Trump for the party's 2024 presidential nomination, a poll released Friday found.
Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
Will a $1.6bn defamation lawsuit finally stop Fox News from spreading lies?  —  Advertising boycotts don't restrain the rightwing network, but the Dominion lawsuit may succeed in holding them to account  —  If you've paid even the slightest attention to how Fox News operates …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Let's All Do the DeSantis Shimmy!  —  I suppose all contemporary young politicians dream of meeting their moment.  At the enthusiastic dawn of their politico careers, they entertain a fantasy that some day, as a great historical challenge looms into view, their future selves will rise to the occasion — and masterfully dodge it!
Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News:
Backlash in Texas as diversity initiatives put on hold in vast university system  —  Latino and Black leaders in Texas pushed back on claims that diversity and inclusion hiring programs are illegal as the vast University of Texas System put a hold on such programs at its institutions and campuses.
David Smith / The Guardian:
'Biden's the most impressive president of my lifetime': Mehdi Hasan on Fox News, tough questions and post-Trump politics  —  The progressive journalist praises the bluntness of British colleagues and says the real ‘cancel culture brigade’ is on the right  —  ne evening this month on cable television …
Discussion: HuffPost and Commonwealth Club
Politico:
Trump-allied group wants J6 committee staffers blacklisted  —  A conservative non-profit group allied with former President Donald Trump urged “Hill staffers and their colleagues” to cut off meetings with any former Jan. 6 committee staffers who have since joined firms that lobby.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and Political Wire
Andrew Ferguson / Washington Free Beacon:
‘A Great, Great, Great Man’: The Cringey Gushing Over Jimmy Carter … Is it the very unseemliness of the death watch over poor Jimmy Carter that has forced everyone to talk balls?  —  We human beings often react this way when we catch ourselves doing something that's in poor taste or otherwise undignified.
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
U.S. Sends Home Brothers Held for Nearly 20 Years at Guantánamo Bay  —  The latest release, of two Pakistanis never charged with a crime, reduced the detainee population of the once-sprawling prison complex to 32.  —  GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — The U.S. military released two brothers …
NBC News:
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years in L.A. rape conviction  —  Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday for a rape conviction in Los Angeles, adding to a more than two-decade long sentence already handed down in New York.
Selene San Felice / Axios:
GOP goes after DEI degrees  —  A new bill calls for the removal of degrees in critical race theory (CRT), gender studies, and other majors and minors that promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from Florida's public colleges. … - It also threatens state colleges and universities …
Discussion: Resurgence and Breitbart
Rebecca Mead / New Yorker:
The End of “Succession” Is Near  —  The show's creator, Jesse Armstrong, explains why he has chosen to conclude the drama of the Roy family in its fourth season.  —  A few minutes before Jesse Armstrong was scheduled to call for a chat earlier this month, he sent a polite text saying that he was …
New York Times:
Bike Path Attacker's Father Testifies to Save Son: ‘He Ruined Their Lives’  —  A federal jury considering the death penalty heard testimony from the father of Sayfullo Saipov, who said he expected that he would never see his son again.  —  Habibulloh Saipov saw his son for the first time in 13 years this week.
Discussion: Fox News, PIX11 and New York Daily News
 
 
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
David Zaslav Praises CNN Adding More GOP Voices; “Balance Strategy” Is “Important,” Warner Bros Discovery Boss Says
Benoit Faucon / Wall Street Journal:
How Wagner Group Is Using Pop Culture to Recruit New Russian Fighters
Discussion: Insight Intelligence
Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
In texts, Youngkin appointee plots ‘battle royale for the soul of UVA’
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Ofer Aderet / Haaretz:
Ex-president Lech Walesa Witnessed Poland's Democratic Backslide. He Offers His Warning to Israel
Zachary Roth / The States:
Election deniers who lost secretary of state races now run several state GOP operations
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Brad Plumer / New York Times:
Wind and Solar Energy Projects Risk Overwhelming America's Antiquated Electrical Grids
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
'He's dead from shoplifting': Mother questions why police shot her son
Discussion: DCist
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Senator Who Helped Save Private Equity's Favorite Loophole Goes to Work for Private Equity
Discussion: The Lever
David Moye / HuffPost:
GOP Politician Uses Polish Slur In Speech Claiming Party Isn't Bigoted
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Henry Grabar / Slate:
We Finally Know Why It Costs So Damn Much to Build New Subways in America
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
The Billionaire's Daughter Knows What You're Thinking
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Trump may be questioned in lawsuits by ex-FBI employees Strzok and Page
CNN:
House GOP looks for plan B after struggling to pass border security bill
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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