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11:45 AM ET, March 8, 2022

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Bloomberg:
U.S. and U.K. Poised for Ban on Imports of Russian Oil Today  —  The U.S. and the U.K. will impose a ban on imports of Russian energy on Tuesday without the participation of European allies, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  The U.S. ban will include Russian oil …
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Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
E.U. presents plan to cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds this year, stops short of boycott  —  BRUSSELS — The European Union presented a plan Tuesday to cut Russian gas imports by two thirds this year, steeply reducing — but not severing — energy ties to Moscow.
Discussion: Telegraph
Washington Post:
U.S. to ban oil imports from Russia as White House explores drastic plans to buffer economy from energy shock … The Biden administration plans to ban imports of oil and natural gas from Russia as soon as Tuesday, following days of behind-the-scenes talks where officials studied far-flung ideas …
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Two Million Refugees Have Fled Ukraine, U.N. Says
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Vast Majority Of Americans Say Ban Russian Oil, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly 8 In 10 Support U.S. Military Response If Putin Attacks A NATO Country
Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Bizarre Oil Diplomacy
New York Times:
As Russia's Military Stumbles, Its Adversaries Take Note  —  President Vladimir Putin could still reduce cities in Ukraine to rubble, officials say.  But European countries that once feared Russia say they are not so scared anymore.  —  CONSTANTA, Romania — When it comes to war, generals say that “mass matters.”
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Kathleen Ronayne / Associated Press:
Climate change is like war, California's Jerry Brown says
Discussion: Breitbart
Washington Post:
Odessa braces for Russian assault as humanitarian conditions deteriorate
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
The Strategy That Can Defeat Putin
Danica Kirka / Associated Press:
Shell says it will stop buying Russian oil, natural gas
Washington Post:
Longtime Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio charged with conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol  —  Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, a leader of the extremist group the Proud Boys, has been indicted on a conspiracy charge in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity.
New York Times:
Socialists' Response to War in Ukraine Has Put Some Democrats on Edge  —  The Democratic Socialists of America's view that U.S. “imperialist expansionism” through NATO fueled Russia's invasion has created challenges for politicians aligned with the group.  —  Not long after Russia invaded Ukraine …
Discussion: The Hill and Althouse
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden's Approval Rating Improves After State of the Union as More Back His Tack in Ukraine  —  45% approve of Biden's job performance; 46% support his handling of Ukraine  —  President Joe Biden posted his best approval rating in months following his first State of the Union address …
David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
The Left Isn't Letting the Ukraine Crisis Go to Waste
Discussion: Commentary Magazine
Washington Post:
Arizona lawmaker speaks to white nationalists, calls for violence — and sets fundraising records … Midway through a white nationalist's conference in Orlando last month, one speaker drew applause calling for gruesome violence against “traitors” after excoriating critics of the “honorable” …
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
How Did This Many Deaths Become Normal?  —  The United States reported more deaths from COVID-19 last Friday than deaths from Hurricane Katrina, more on any two recent weekdays than deaths during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, more last month than deaths from flu in a bad season …
Shell Global:
Shell announces intent to withdraw from Russian oil and gas  —  Shell plc (Shell) today announced its intent to withdraw from its involvement in all Russian hydrocarbons, including crude oil, petroleum products, gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a phased manner, aligned with new government guidance.
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Mark Thompson / CNN:
Shell won't buy any more Russian oil and gas
Discussion: Washington Post and BBC
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Mark Meadows, his wife, Debra, and their trailer-home voter registration  —  “I don't want my vote or anyone else's to be disenfranchised. ...  Do you realize how inaccurate the voter rolls are, with people just moving around. ...  Anytime you move, you'll change your driver's license …
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Bryan Anderson / WRAL-TV:
Former NC congressman registered to vote in home where he purportedly never stayed
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: EXCLUSIVE: ‘Limited’ no-fly zone gains steam among foreign policy elite  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  This morning we have a pair of significant Ukraine-related exclusives.  — The first is a letter signed by more than two dozen of the nation's top foreign policy minds calling for a partial no-fly zone over Ukraine.
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
Taylor Lorenz Introduces Her Brand to the Washington Post
Naomi O'Leary / The Irish Times:
United Nations bans staff from using ‘war’ or ‘invasion’ regarding Ukraine  —  Email on communications policy reminds staff of their responsibility to ‘be impartial’  —  The United Nations has banned its staff from referring to the situation in Ukraine as a “war” or “invasion” …
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Two Days of Russian News Coverage: An Alternate Reality of War  —  To watch news broadcasts of the fighting in Ukraine on the main state channels in Russia is to witness the extent of the Kremlin's efforts to sanitize its war.  —  At a televised gathering with female pilots and crew members from Aeroflot …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Raw Story and Althouse
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Clarence Thomas' Strange Pick to Promote His Book Says It All  —  Right-wing judicial activist Leonard Leo has been exerting influence over the Supreme Court for three decades.  So why is Clarence Thomas hiring Leo's firm to do public relations?  —  When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Liz Cheney nails the truth about ‘the Putin wing of the GOP’  —  Is there a “Putin wing of the GOP”?  —  Rep. Liz Cheney says so.  The Wyoming Republican made the charge this weekend, in reference to a former Trump administration official who openly sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Politico:
Deal with Manchin would reshape Dems' fight to keep majority  —  Democrats' most at-risk senators want to transform the artist formerly known as “Build Back Better” into an inflation-buster, just in time for the midterms.  —  It's a gambit that could jump-start President Joe Biden's stalled domestic agenda …
Discussion: Insider
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
A 459-Foot Mystery in a Tuscan Port: Is It a Russian's Superyacht?  —  As European authorities seize the luxury assets of oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin, a superyacht cloaked in secrecy has come under investigation.  —  From Germany's North Sea ports to the French Riviera, open season has been declared on superyachts.
Axios:
The new silent majority: People who don't tweet  —  Most people you meet in everyday life — at work, in the neighborhood — are decent and normal.  Even nice.  But hit Twitter or watch the news, and you'd think we were all nuts and nasty. … We dug into the data and found that, in fact …
Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Chief Negotiator Unexpectedly Leaves Vienna as Nuclear Talks Hit Standstill  —  Ali Bagheri-Kani says he will return to the negotiations soon, but Western diplomats warn the talks could fail  —  VIENNA—Iran's chief negotiator at the nuclear talks in Vienna unexpectedly returned home Monday night …
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Gabriel Noronha / Tablet Magazine:
This Isn't Obama's Iran Deal. It's Much, Much Worse.
Discussion: Townhall, RedState and HotAir
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Congress Gives Final Approval to Make Lynching a Hate Crime  —  The bill's unanimous passage in the Senate ended more than a century of failed attempts to explicitly criminalize lynching.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate unanimously approved a bill that would make lynching a federal hate crime …
National Review:
Florida and Texas Are Right to Fight Back in the Transgender Debate  —  In recent years, LGBT lobbyists and activists have outlawed safe and effective talk-therapies (so-called “conversion therapies") for children with gender dysphoria and championed harmful gender-transition experiments in their place.
Discussion: The Federalist
 
 
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Trump and Putin Have Been Allies Against Ukraine
Discussion: Raw Story and The Battleground
Geneva Sands / CNN:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Joe Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Trial Over Alleged Gretchen Whitmer Kidnap Plot to Focus on Role of Government Informants
Discussion: ABC7
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden to request $2.6B to promote gender equity worldwide
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Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
“Z” Is the Symbol of the New Russian Politics of Aggression
Discussion: CBS News and Daily Kos
Financial Times:
Oil industry pleads with Wall Street to stop holding back investment
Wall Street Journal:
Uber, Lyft and Others Launch Campaign to Head Off Unions
Discussion: Protocol and The Daily Caller
Melanie Zanona / CNN:
Republican leaders face threat of revived Freedom Caucus in GOP-led House
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Beijing is re-writing the Ukraine narrative
Discussion: GoldFix and What China Wants
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Discussion: Breitbart
Maria Elena Vizcaino / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
 

 
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