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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  —  Washington, alongside G-7 partners, sanctions more than 200 additional individuals and entities  —  How Ukraine's Growing Military Has Changed Over One Year of War  —  Created with sketchtool. … 1x
Wall Street Journal:
NATO's Biggest European Members Float Defense Pact With Ukraine  —  French and German leaders told Ukrainian President Zelensky that he needs to consider peace talks  —  Ukraine on One Year Anniversary of War: Defiant and Hopeful of Victory  —  Created with sketchtool. … 1x
William Saletan / The Bulwark:
Some MAGA Republicans Break with Fox Over Ukraine
Associated Press:
US commits $2 billion in drones, ammunition, aid to Ukraine
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: 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
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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.
Discussion: Fox News and Democratic Leader …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:   Democrats erupt with fury after Republican questions ‘loyalty’ of Rep. Chu
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” …
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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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.
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
NBC New York:
DOJ Seizing Luxury Hamptons, NYC Pads in $75M Real-Estate Raid on Russian Oligarch  —  The Justice Department's “Operation KleptoCapture” is seeking to seize luxury real-estate in the Hamptons, New York City and Miami Beach valued at $75 million and belonging to Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, court documents show.
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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 …
Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
GOP Rep. John James won't seek Michigan's open Senate seat  —  Republican Rep. John James filed paperwork Friday to run for reelection to his Detroit-area House seat, opting against a campaign for the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2024.
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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 …
Discussion: Vox
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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 …
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.
Scott Dance / Washington Post:
Toxic air pollutants in East Palestine could pose long-term risks, researchers say  —  Texas A&M scientists analyzed EPA data on air pollutants at the Ohio derailment site and found some chemicals of concern, especially if they persist at same levels  —  Three weeks after the toxic train derailment …
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: Semafor, Slate, New York Times and Wired
Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
Florida surgeon general fudged data for dubious COVID analysis, tipster says  —  The state closed the investigation, leaving more questions than answers.  —  Florida's health department opened and then closed an investigation into the state's polarizing surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo …
Elian Peltier / New York Times:
Nigerian Politician Arrested With Nearly $500,000 on Eve of Election, Police Say  —  For years, Nigerian politicians have been accused of buying votes.  The lawmaker, the police say, was caught with dollar bills and a list of possible recipients.  —  Reporting from Lagos, Nigeria.
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.
Adam Kotsko / An und für sich:
Rebuilding the Closet  —  Gender and sexuality are a spectrum.  In common discourse, we lose sight of what that means.  Very Online approaches to gender and sexuality seem to say that gender and sexuality are a spectrum, but everyone is at a very specific and static spot on that spectrum.
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 …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Has a Dream  —  Marjorie Taylor Greene, now one of the most influential Republicans in the House of Representatives, says it is time for Americans to consider a national divorce.  —  “Tragically, I think we, the left and right, have reached irreconcilable differences,” Greene wrote a few days ago on Twitter.
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.
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.
Myah Ward / Politico:
Biden immigration policy aides to depart amid criticism of new migration policy  —  Two White House officials involved in crafting immigration policy are preparing to depart as the Biden administration rolls out new asylum restrictions that critics say mirror those from the Trump era.
 
 
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
The Real Reason Nick Fuentes Was Put on the No Fly List
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Andrea Castillo / Los Angeles Times:
Forced to apply for asylum on an overloaded app, migrants face decision to split up families or wait indefinitely
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Judicial Nom Argued for Outlawing Offensive Speech, Suggested ‘Microaggressions’ Can ‘Kill You’
Discussion: Twitchy and The Daily Caller
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Mike Lindell says he will sue McCarthy for sharing Jan. 6 footage only with Tucker Carlson
Kavitha Surana / ProPublica:
Tennessee Lobbyists Oppose New Lifesaving Exceptions in Abortion Ban
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
U.S. has admitted 271,000 Ukrainian refugees since Russian invasion, far above Biden's goal of 100,000
Discussion: USA Today, CBS News and Political Wire
NBC News:
McCarthy and Jeffries are creating a bipartisan task force that will set a process for booting lawmakers off committees
Andrew Lapin / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Police, security agencies advise Jews to be on alert ahead of planned ‘National Day of Hate’ on Shabbat
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Fact check: Pence falsely claims opponents admitted there weren't Chinese spy balloons over the US while he was VP
Discussion: Raw Story
Laura Benshoff / NPR:
This group gets left-leaning policies passed in red states. How? Ballot measures
Discussion: Missoulian
Ian Haworth / Washington Examiner:
It's not ‘homophobia’ to admit Pete Buttigieg got his job because he's gay
Discussion: New York Daily News
Platformer:
New cracks emerge in Elon Musk's Twitter
David Smith / The Guardian:
'Biden's the most impressive president of my lifetime': Mehdi Hasan on Fox News, tough questions and post-Trump politics
Discussion: HuffPost and Commonwealth Club
 

 
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
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