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9:25 AM ET, March 9, 2022

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Wall Street Journal:
Saudi, Emirati Leaders Decline Calls With Biden During Ukraine Crisis  —  Persian Gulf monarchies have signaled they won't help ease surging oil prices unless Washington supports them in Yemen, elsewhere  —  The White House unsuccessfully tried to arrange calls between President Biden …
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Washington Post:
Democrats embrace politically risky strategy on rising gas prices … President Biden and congressional Democrats united Tuesday behind a ban on Russian oil and natural gas imports, embracing a politically risky strategy that is expected to drive up already-rising fuel prices while seeking …
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Thank God Trump Isn't President Right Now
Discussion: New Statesman and Raw Story
New York Times:
Venezuela Releases Imprisoned Americans After Talks With U.S.
NBC News:
Republicans cheer Russian oil ban and jeer Biden for rising gas prices
CNN:
Pentagon says Polish proposal to transfer jets to US to give to Ukraine isn't ‘tenable’  —  (CNN)The Pentagon on Tuesday evening dismissed Poland's proposal floated hours earlier to transfer its MiG-29 fighter jets to the United States for delivery to Ukraine.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland:
Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland in connection with the statement by the US Secretary of State on providing airplanes to Ukraine
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:   Russian Invasion Turns Ukraine's Local Politicians Into Resistance Leaders
Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Kemp leads Perdue in Georgia's GOP primary race for governor  —  Gov. Brian Kemp receives 50% compared to 39% for former Sen. David Perdue, whom Donald Trump endorsed  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for March 8  —  Over a year after narrowly losing re-election to the U.S. Senate …
Discussion: Townhall, Political Wire and The Hill
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump's man in North Carolina struggles in Senate primary  —  Donald Trump's pick in North Carolina's contentious Republican Senate primary is struggling to gain traction, raising concerns among his powerful backers about his prospects in a race that is key to control of the Senate.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: McCormick tops Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania GOP senate primary poll  —  A Fox News survey of Pennsylvania GOP primary voters finds McCormick tops Oz by 9 points  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for March 8  —  Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick has a clear advantage …
Discussion: Breitbart
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Gibbons and Mandel lead Ohio GOP Senate primary  —  The race is unsettled, though, with one-quarter of voters saying they are undecided  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for March 8  —  Businessman Mike Gibbons and former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel lead the pack among Ohio …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Mark Meadows Spread Trump's Voter Fraud Claims.  Now His Voting Record Is Under Scrutiny.  —  The former Trump aide listed a mobile home in rural North Carolina as his residence at the same time that he was running operations at the White House.  —  Mark Meadows, the White House chief …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
The sad, strange saga of Mark Meadows's dream home
Discussion: Raw Story
Amelia Lucas / CNBC:
Iconic U.S. brands Coca-Cola, Pepsi, McDonald's and Starbucks suspend business in Russia  — PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Starbucks each said Tuesday they are suspending business in Russia after that country's invasion of Ukraine.  — It's a symbolic move by the iconic U.S. brands …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Do Covid Precautions Work?  —  Yes, but they haven't made a big difference.  —  Daily life in red and blue America has continued to be quite different over the past few months.  It's a reflection of the partisan divide over Covid-19.  Consider:  — In the country's most liberal cities, many people are still avoiding restaurants.
Cindy Wang / Bloomberg:
Flipping Wrong Switch and Not Hackers Caused Outage in Taiwan  —  Flawed design and poor communication — including an operator's decision to flip a switch marked “Do Not Operate” — were the main causes of an island-wide power outage in Taiwan last week, according to a government investigation.
Discussion: Political Wire
Will Leitch / New York Magazine:
Why Isn't Brittney Griner the Biggest Sports Story in the Country?  —  The second-best player in every sport is a superstar at a level that 99.999 percent of professional athletes — who are already the elite of the elite of the elite — will never come close to achieving.
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Missouri lawmaker seeks to stop residents from obtaining abortions out of state … The pattern emerges whenever a Republican-led state imposes new restrictions on abortion: People seeking the procedure cross state lines to find treatment in places with less-restrictive laws.
Shweta Sharma / The Independent:
DC ‘freedom convoy’ gets defeated by regular traffic for second day in a row  —  Some vehicles of convoy broke down while others were separated from each other  —  Trucker convoy protest in Washington DC fails as no-one shows up  —  An American truckers' rally inspired by the self-styled …
American Oversight:
Judge Orders Immediate Release of Wisconsin Election Investigation Records  —  Update: American Oversight has received more than 700 pages of records.  Details below.  —  A Wisconsin judge today ordered the immediate release of a set of documents sought by American Oversight …
Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Biden signing cryptocurrency executive order that paves way for US government ‘coin’  —  President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Tuesday that moves the U.S. government one step closer toward launching a digital currency tied directly to the central banking system.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Dual U.S. / Russian National Charged With Acting Illegally As A Russian Agent In The United States  —  Elena Branson Allegedly Willfully Evaded FARA Registration for Nearly a Decade, Working to Advance the Interests of the Russian Government While Receiving Tasking and Funding from High-Level Russian Officials
 
 
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Haley Strack / Washington Free Beacon:
Front-Row Favoritism? 4 of the 7 Outlets at Front of WH Briefing Room Are Actively Trying to Hire Jen Psaki
Discussion: Instapundit
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
72-Year-Old Lawyer With AR-15 and ‘To-Do List’ Admits Threatening to Kill Senate Dems
Discussion: fox43.com, Raw Story and The Hill
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Johnson blocks vote on antisemitism envoy, meets with truckers instead
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Senate passes $107 billion overhaul of USPS, lauding mail agency's role in pandemic response
 Earlier Items: 
Peter Beinart / Jewish Currents:
Justifications for Destroying a People
Discussion: The Guardian
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
U.S. intelligence shows Iran threats on U.S. soil, but Blinken and Schiff say this shouldn't derail new nuclear deal
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Sixteen Years After ‘The Road,’ Cormac McCarthy Is Publishing Two New Novels
Associated Press:
US government gets $57,000 Pokemon card after Georgia man is convicted in loan scam
Discussion: New York Times and PIX11
Alyson Krueger / New York Times:
New York's Russian Restaurants Feel War's Impact
Discussion: Eater NY and New York Post
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Meta's Sheryl Sandberg: ‘No two countries run by women would ever go to war’