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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Document in Jan. 6 Case Shows Plan to Storm Government Buildings  —  New details from evidence cited in the indictment of Enrique Tarrio, the former head of the far-right Proud Boys, reveal a plan with similarities to what unfolded at the Capitol.  —  A document found by federal prosecutors …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ: Film crew was present at Jan. 5 meeting between leaders of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers  —  Prosecutors say a “documentary film crew” was present when Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes met for 30 minutes in an underground parking garage on Jan. 5, 2021.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Political Wire
Bloomberg:
U.S. Sewer Data Warns of a New Bump in Covid Cases After Lull  —  A wastewater network that monitors for Covid-19 trends is warning that cases are once again rising in many parts of the U.S., according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data by Bloomberg.
Kevin Daley / Washington Free Beacon:
EXCLUSIVE: Ginni Thomas Wants To Set the Record Straight on January 6  —  Virginia “Ginni” Thomas wants to clear up a few things about January 6.  —  She did not help organize the White House rally that preceded the riot at the Capitol.  She did attend the rally, but got cold and left early.
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Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
‘Gutted’: What happened when a Georgia elections office was targeted for takeover by those who claim the 2020 election was a fraud  —  ROME, Ga. — The interim election supervisor took a seat all the way to one side of the meeting room, her back against the wood-paneled wall …
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US tells allies China signalled openness to providing Russia with military support  —  Moscow requested equipment including surface-to-air missiles, according to diplomatic cables  —  The US has told allies that China signalled its willingness to provide military assistance …
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CNN:
China has expressed some openness to providing military and financial aid to Russia, US cable suggests  —  (CNN)The US has information suggesting China has expressed some openness to providing Russia with requested military and financial assistance as part of its war on Ukraine, a Western official and a US diplomat told CNN.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
How does Ron DeSantis sleep at night?  —  Republicans are killing us.  —  No, really.  —  Until now, we've known that covid-19 death rates were higher among the unvaccinated, and also higher in counties that went for Donald Trump, whose supporters were more likely to resist vaccinations, masks and other pandemic precautions.
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
‘Throwing kerosene on every fire’: DeSantis targets Black-held congressional seats. And his own party.
Discussion: Twitchy, The Root and Raw Story
BBC:
Roman Abramovich: New evidence highlights corrupt deals  —  A BBC investigation has uncovered new evidence about the corrupt deals that made Roman Abramovich's fortune.  —  The Chelsea owner made billions after buying an oil company from the Russian government in a rigged auction in 1995.
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Tom Winter / NBC News:
Russian oligarch charged in 2018 campaign finance scheme  —  A Russian oligarch has been charged with making illegal political donations in a scheme involving two associates of Rudy Giuliani.  —  Andrey Muraviev is accused of conspiring with Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman to secure retail marijuana licenses …
Discussion: New York Post
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U.S. Department of Justice:   Russian Oligarch Charged With Making Illegal Political Contributions
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Idaho Is First State to Pass Abortion Ban Based on Texas' Law  —  The bill prohibits abortions after about six weeks, and allows family members of a “preborn child” to sue abortion providers.  —  Idaho on Monday became the first state to adopt a copycat of an unusual new Texas law that relies …
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The Guardian:
'We're living a nightmare': life in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine  —  Officials in Berdyansk and Melitopol were removed and local radio reports on ‘liberation from Nazis’  —  Shaun Walker and Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv  —  Russian soldiers patrol the streets of Berdyansk in cars …
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Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:
“The Goal Was to Scare People, but It Could Boomerang.”  —  Pamela Moses, a Memphis activist sentenced to six years in prison for registering to vote, talks about the prosecution and suppression of Black voters in Tennessee.  —  Pamela Moses speaks in front of the Shelby County Justice Center (Photo by Noah Stewart).
Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Something unusual is happening between Biden and Congress  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HEARTBREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT — AP: “A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has learned.
Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Manchin comes out against Biden Fed nominee Raskin, throwing her confirmation into doubt  — Sen. Joe Manchin, the most conservative Democrat in the Senate, said Monday that he opposes Sarah Bloom Raskin's nomination to the Federal Reserve.  — “Her previous public statements have failed …
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New York Times:
Manchin won't support Raskin for the Fed, imperiling her nomination.
Seth Mandel / Commentary Magazine:
The Revolution Inside the ADL … When Whoopi Goldberg said that the Holocaust was “not about race” but rather “two white groups of people” fighting, the actress and chat-show maven was shocked by criticism she received.  Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League …
Katie Herzog / Reason:
How an Academic Grudge Turned Into a #MeToo Panic  —  During normal years, Meliora Weekend at the University of Rochester (U.R.) is one of the biggest events of the fall.  A four-day combination of Homecoming and Family Weekend, parents visit, alumni return to campus, and there's good old-fashioned student debauchery.
Discussion: PLURIBUS
Charles Riley / CNN:
Russia could default on its debt within days  —  London (CNN Business)Russia has sent the clearest signal yet that it will soon default — the first time it will have failed to meet its foreign debt obligations since the Bolshevik revolution more than a century ago.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
Jewish Insider:
Amnesty USA Director Paul O'Brien's remarks to the Woman's National Democratic Club  —  In response to claims from O'Brien regarding Jewish Insider's reporting, JI is publishing the audio of his remarks and excerpted transcripts  —  On Friday, Jewish Insider published a story …
NBC News:
QAnon, Ukraine and ‘biolabs’: Russian propaganda efforts boosted by U.S. far right  —  Russia's early struggles to push disinformation and propaganda about Ukraine have picked up momentum in recent days, thanks to a variety of debunked conspiracy theories about biological research labs in Ukraine.
Tom Loveless:
San Francisco's Detracking Experiment  —  San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) adopted a detracking initiative in 2014-2015 school year, eliminating accelerated middle and high school math classes, including the option for advanced students to take Algebra I in eighth grade.
Discussion: HotAir
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Democrats to report $14 million fundraising haul in February  —  The Democratic National Committee hauled in more than $14.4 million in February — the most in any February in DNC history — as Democratic donors are waking to the possibility of their party taking a beating in the midterms …
Discussion: Fox News
Bill Glauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan can't get U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson on the phone and accuses the Oshkosh Republican of being homophobic  —  Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan is sticking up for his brother and taking on U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, accusing the Oshkosh Republican of being homophobic.
Discussion: Political Wire
Tal Schneider / The Times of Israel:
Iranian missile attack in Erbil struck Israeli training facility, US official tells NYT … CURRENT TOP STORIES  —  Israeli official says Russian leader complained to PM about ‘barbaric’ Ukrainian acts in separatist-held region  —  LIVE  —  US, Chinese officials have 'substantial discussion …
New York Times:
Two Refugees, Both on Poland's Border.  But Worlds Apart.  —  A young man fleeing war in Sudan and a young woman evacuating Ukraine crossed into Poland at the same time.  They had very different experiences.  —  KUZNICA, Poland — On the day war broke out in Ukraine, Albagir …
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
These schools did less to contain covid.  Their students did better.  —  MONUMENT, Colo. — As school systems around the country were battening down for their first remote start-of-school in the fall of 2020, the Lewis-Palmer district here was embarking on another kind of experiment …
Discussion: HotAir
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
MSNBC Almost Brought Back Olbermann to Replace Maddow  —  In this week's Source Material we reveal how MSNBC almost filled Maddow's soon-to-be vacant time slot with her own former mentor—until Rachel killed the deal. … To fill its upcoming Rachel Maddow void, MSNBC almost took a time machine back to the good old days of 2011.
Michael Warren / CNN:
Republican donors line up behind Liz Cheney as she takes on Trump  —  (CNN)Bobbie and Bill Kilberg were expecting a few dozen people for their fundraiser Monday for GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, an intimate cocktail party they were planning at their home in McLean, Virginia.
Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Invites China's Xi to Visit Kingdom Amid Strained U.S. Relations  —  Trip could happen as soon as May, as alliances shift in the Middle East and Washington's regional partners seek out new security and economic ties  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Saudi Arabia has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping …
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
America's Hesitation Is Heartbreaking  —  “When you're at war, you're at war,” the saying goes, and if so, you have to accept the implications.  So too in the present circumstance.  The United States and its NATO allies are engaged in a proxy war with Russia.
 
 
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Vinnie Longobardo / Occupy Democrats:
NO WAR: A Russian state TV employee just told Putin live on-air what she thinks about his Ukraine war
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
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Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
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Jacob Shamsian / Insider:
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Tim Meads / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Over 60% Of Americans Back Florida's Limits On K-3 Lessons On Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity
Discussion: Louder With Crowder and TheBlaze
Alex Gault / NNY360:
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Reuters:
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Koch Industries continues doing business in Russia
Discussion: Alternet.org
Mstyslav Chernov / Associated Press:
Pregnant woman, baby die after Russia bombed maternity ward