The Continuing Crisis
- Melania Trump’s Hairstylist Was Paid $132K for ‘Strategy Consulting’ Out of Donald Trump’s Election Fund (msn.com)
- Lawmakers Demand Inquiry Into John Durham’s Review of Russia Investigation as Report Special Counsel Ignored Criminal Acts by Trump Emerges (nytimes.com)
- F.B.I. Search of Biden Beach House Finds No Classified Documents (nytimes.com)
- Republicans set to remove Ilhan Omar from House foreign affairs committee (theguardian.com)
- A U.S. Ambassador Finds Himself on Hostile Ground in Hungary (nytimes.com)
- Eager to Challenge Trump, Republicans Aren’t So Eager to Be the First (nytimes.com)
- McConnell Retaliates Against Top Senate Republicans Who Tried to Oust Him From Leadership (mediaite.com)
- The overturn of Roe cost the GOP. So why are Republicans now doubling down on abortion bans? (salon.com)
- Democratic senator urges Apple, Google to kick TikTok out of app stores (reuters.com)
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- U.S. Senate Democrats to push FTC to restrict marketing of guns to children (reuters.com)
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- Joe Biden says the economy is great. He might finally be right. (semafor.com)
- Vet who claimed Santos stole money for his dying dog says FBI has reached out to him (msn.com)
- Ron DeSantis: the book banner (steveschmidt.substack.com)
- Trump Is Losing the Grifter Class to DeSantis (thetriad.thebulwark.com)
- Hunter Biden’s atttorneys request federal, state criminal probes into Trump allies for evident theft of data from laptop (nbcnews.com)IRS, FOX News, Tucker Carlson also on receiving end of lawyer letters acting on Hunter Biden's behalf (cbsnews.com)
- Virginia Gov. Youngkin endorses anti-LGBTQ House nominee who calls COVID a ‘cover-up’ (americanindependent.com)
More News
- How Right-Wing Influencer Rod Dreher Caused an International Scandal in Eastern Europe (thebulwark.com)
- Law barring people with domestic violence restraining orders from having guns is unconstitutional, court rules (cnn.com)
- Former prosecutor trashes top Trump ‘judicial’ adviser Tom Fitton on documents scandal: ‘I don’t think he’s even a lawyer’ (rawstory.com)
- There’s a wild theory that the price of Bitcoin is being propped up. A finance professor think that’s exactly what might be going on. (finance.yahoo.com)
- Suspected Chinese spy balloon found over northern U.S. (nbcnews.com)
- Former Trump Executive Allen H. Weisselberg, Already Jailed, Could Face More Fraud Charges (nytimes.com)
- Atlanta shooting part of alarming US crackdown on environmental defenders (theguardian.com)
- She Took On Atlanta’s Gangs. Now She May Be Coming For Trump. (nytimes.com)Accountants say Trump might have as little as $30 million scattered across hundreds of bank accounts (msn.com)
- ‘It’s a public health risk’: nurse decries infection control at US anti-abortion crisis center (theguardian.com)
- U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; layoffs surge in January (yahoo.com)
- Dances with Wolves actor to face judge over alleged sexual abuse (theguardian.com)
- Bank of England Raises Rates to 4 Percent, Its 10th Straight Increase (nytimes.com)
- Radioactive ‘needle in a haystack’ capsule found in Australian Outback after 6-day search (nydailynews.com)
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- Angeles police arrest suspect with weapons stockpile, prevent possible mass shooting (nydailynews.com)
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- Brazilian Senator Says Ex President Bolsonaro Tried to Coerce Him Into Staging a Coup (usnews.com)
- 100-hour search to serve Kyle Rittenhouse with wrongful death lawsuit (msn.com)
Wide World of War
- Russia Strikes Ukrainian Military Hub Amid Warnings of New Offensive (nytimes.com)In visit to wartime Kyiv, E.U. sells ‘European dream’ that remains distant (washingtonpost.com)What Ukraine Needs to Liberate Crimea (foreignaffairs.com)
- Russia is violating the last remaining nuclear treaty with the US, according to Washington (theconversation.com)
- Russian Troop Buildup May Signal New Assault, Ukraine Says (nytimes.com)
- Ukraine to receive 120-140 tanks in ‘first wave’ of deliveries – minister (reuters.com)Boris Johnson to meet U.S. Republicans, push Ukraine aid (reuters.com)5 Ukrainian civilians killed as both sides mull next moves (nydailynews.com)Ukraine intel chief predicted Russia’s war. He says Crimea will be retaken. (washingtonpost.com)Russia Sidesteps Western Punishments, With Help From Friends (nytimes.com)
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- Along front-line river, this deadly road shows toll of Russia’s war (washingtonpost.com)‘Very Dangerous People’: Russia’s Convict Fighters Are Heading Home (nytimes.com)Boris Johnson says Putin claimed he could send missile to hit UK ‘in a minute’ (theguardian.com)NATO Chief Presses South Korea to Provide Arms to Ukraine (wsj.com)The Other Way: Zelenskiy Leads Ukraine’s Fight Against Corruption (thedispatch.com)Iran, Russia link banking systems amid Western sanction (reuters.com)
- Russia and Ukraine Battle for Control of Villages Near the Key City of Bakhmut (nytimes.com)Zelensky calls for long-range missiles; tank training set to begin (washingtonpost.com)
Yet More News
- US to widen military presence in Philippines amid China fear (msn.com)
- What People Named Their Cats in the Middle Ages (openculture.com)
- The Long Twilight of the Islamic Republic: Iran’s Transformational Season of Protest (foreignaffairs.com)
- Property grab: Australian Federal Police smash alleged $10 billion Chinese money-laundering operation (smh.com.au)
- Lawsuit can proceed against Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse (apnews.com)
- School choice nightmare: Vouchers are endangering the rights of families (alternet.org)
- Trump’s go-to attorney Alina Habba said she’ll withdraw from E. Jean Carroll’s rape claim, court papers say. Last month, a federal judge sanctioned her $1 million for bad lawyering. (yahoo.com)
- GoodRx leaked sensitive health information to Facebook and Google, FTC alleges (statnews.com)
Insurrection Watch
- Capitol rioter breaks down crying in court — gets hit with 68-month prison sentence (rawstory.com)
- Bias and Human Error Played Parts in F.B.I.’s Jan. 6 Failure, Documents Suggest (nytimes.com)
- Lead investigator blows the whistle on key finding Jan. 6 committee ignored in final report (rawstory.com)
- Revealed: Extremist groups raked in millions through one disturbing crowdfunding site last year (rawstory.com)
- January 6 Rioter Who Assaulted Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Sentenced To More Than Six Years (mediaite.com)
- Proud Boys’ Views on Violence Take Center Stage at Jan. 6 Trial (nytimes.com)
COVID Watch
- For GOP base, battles over coronavirus vaccines, closures are still fiery (washingtonpost.com)Vaccine Makers Kept $1.4 Billion in Prepayments for Canceled Covid Shots for the World’s Poor (nytimes.com)
- House Votes to End Covid Precautions as G.O.P. Uses Pandemic in Political Attacks (nytimes.com)
- New trial shows nasal spray reduces infection of covid-causing virus by 62% (qmul.ac.uk)
