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Politico:
‘Something Was Badly Wrong’: When Washington Realized Russia Was Actually Invading Ukraine  —  This oral history was compiled and woven together by writer and historian Garrett M. Graff, based on dozens of hours of interviews by POLITICO national security reporters Erin Banco, Lara Seligman …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S., Allies Issue Fresh Sanctions Against Russia
Wall Street Journal:
Why Ukraine Needs F-16s
Discussion: The Hill and TASS
Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine on One Year Anniversary of War: Defiant and Hopeful of Victory
Andrea Dudik / Bloomberg:
Ukraine Latest: Zelenskiy Says Victory Assured — With Support
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
GOP Ex-Sen. Inhofe Retired Due To Long COVID After Opposing COVID Aid  —  The longtime senator from Oklahoma said complications from the virus contributed to his stepping aside.  —  Former Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) attributed his decision to retire due to the long-term effects of COVID-19 …
Discussion: New Republic and Political Wire
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Republican elites fear the monster they created  —  On screen, Fox News personalities paint a world of clear heroes and villains, where conservatives are always strong and right and liberals are weak and wrong.  But the extraordinary private communications revealed in the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Raw Story
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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 …
Discussion: Politico
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
The AP Interview: Biden ready to run, US first lady says  —  1 of 5  —  U.S. first lady Jill Biden gave one of the clearest indications yet that President Joe Biden will run for a second term, telling The Associated Press in an exclusive interview on Friday that there's “pretty much” …
Simon Schuster / MLive.com:
Michigan GOP leader: state is ‘ground zero for the globalist takeover’  —  Three days after delegates elected her to lead the Michigan Republican Party, Kristina Karamo reaffirmed her belief in a conspiracy theory, claiming shadowy forces are working to achieve global domination right here in Michigan.
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Justice News:
Civil Forfeiture Complaint Filed Against Six Luxury Real Estate Properties Involved In Sanctions Evasion And Money Laundering  —  Complaint Seeks Forfeiture of Properties Worth Approximately $75 Million Owned by Viktor Vekselberg and Maintained by Fugitive Vladimir Voronchenko
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Department of Justice:
Task Force KleptoCapture Unseals Two Cases Charging Evasion of Russian Economic Countermeasures
Discussion: The Hill
NBC New York:   DOJ Seizing Luxury Hamptons, NYC Pads in $75M Real-Estate Raid on Russian Oligarch
CNN:
Intelligence suggests China is considering sending drones and ammunition to Russia, sources familiar say  —  The US has intelligence that the Chinese government is considering providing Russia with drones and ammunition for use in the war in Ukraine, three sources familiar with the intelligence told CNN.
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Jacqueline Sweet / Politico:
George Santos lied to a judge in 2017 bid to help a ‘family friend’ charged with fraud  —  NEW YORK — George Santos lied to a Seattle judge about working for Goldman Sachs while speaking at a 2017 bail hearing for a “family friend” who later pleaded guilty to fraud in an ATM skimming scheme …
Derek Willis / ProPublica:
After a Decade of Tracking Politicians' Deleted Tweets, Politwoops Is No More  —  Whether officials were deleting an embarrassing post or just correcting a typo, Politwoops tracked them all.  But service changes made after Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter have rendered it impossible for us to continue tracking these tweets.
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
The same old war it's always been  —  The Right's claims of AI “bias” are just the latest in the long line of insincere ref-working — and the latest in a long line of racists trying to impose their racism on all of us  —  Under the headline “The right's new culture-war target: ‘Woke AI’ …
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David Gilbert / VICE:
The QAnon ‘Meme Queen’ Wants Trump To Help Her Convicted Pedophile Son  —  A woman who has devoted the last five years of her life fighting a non-existent secret cabal of pedophiles, says her convicted child sex abuser son needs protection.  —  David Gilbert
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Rep. Judy Chu hits back at Texas Republican over ‘racist’ remarks questioning her loyalty to U.S.  —  Rep. Judy Chu, the chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, blasted GOP Rep. Lance Gooden of Texas on Thursday over his comments this week questioning her loyalty to the U.S.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:   Democrats erupt with fury after Republican questions ‘loyalty’ of Rep. Chu
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 …
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New York Post:
Billionaire financier Thomas H. Lee found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound in NYC office: sources  —  Billionaire financier and investor Thomas H. Lee was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his Manhattan office Thursday morning, police sources said.
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 …
NBC News:
Chinese fighter jet flies within 500 feet of U.S. patrol over South China Sea  —  ABOARD A U.S. PATROL AIRCRAFT — The U.S. Navy plane had been in the air over the South China Sea for a few hours when a warning came crackling over the radio.  —  “No approaching any more or you will pay full responsibility …
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
The Real Reason Nick Fuentes Was Put on the No Fly List  —  Nick Fuentes presented his addition to the No Fly List as political persecution.  In truth, it was because he allegedly threatened a flight attendant. … White nationalist Nick Fuentes claimed in 2021 that he was put on the TSA's …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
Hannity and Carlson Admit Lying to Audience (Then Try to Fire Fact-Checker), DeSantis Hires Sexist Educator, NYT Writers Protest, Roald Dahl Gets Sanitized, Roberto Clemente Bio Banned, and More  —  My thoughts on the top—and top-ish—stories in this week's political, sports, and pop culture news.
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Top labor official, union leader among contenders for Labor Secretary  —  Leaders of the organized labor movement have also recommended the outgoing executive director of the National Football League's union  —  By Lauren Kaori Gurley and Jeff Stein  —  The White House is vetting top …
Discussion: The Hill
John Leland / New York Times:
Inside New York City's Nastiest (and Smallest) Newspaper War  —  A crusty publisher.  A “guerilla” litigator.  An ambitious caregiver.  Has the news of Greenwich Village ever been more fun?  —  They say that print is dead and local news is dying.  But in the small patch of Lower Manhattan …
Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
Key US inflation measure surges at fastest rate since June  —  1 of 2  —  The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge rose last month at its fastest pace since June, an alarming sign that price pressures remain entrenched in the U.S. economy and could lead the Fed to keep raising interest rates well into this year.
Justine McDaniel / Washington Post:
Harris calls challenges to abortion pills an attack on public health system  —  Vice President Harris called efforts to restrict access to medication abortion pills an attack by “extremists” on fundamental rights to health care, saying attempts to revoke approval for the drug threaten the public health system.
 
 
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Trump works state-by-state to improve chances at Republican convention
Olivia Rubin / ABC News:
Mike Pence declines invitation to CPAC as event's leader comes under fire
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
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Laura Benshoff / NPR:
This group gets left-leaning policies passed in red states. How? Ballot measures
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