*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM MONDAY ***
+ JOLT News: Democrats and Republicans spoke in praise of retiring Rep. Laurie Dolan
+ The Olympian: Food waste is a climate change solution some WA Republicans and Democrats can agree on and is increasingly being recognized as a climate change issue — food systems account for over a third of the world’s planet-warming emissions.
*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM MONDAY ***
Al Jazeera: Julian Assange denied US extradition appeal by UK’s top court
The Weather Channel: Lake Powell has dropped to just 24% of capacity, threatening water and energy supplies in the western U.S.
MSN: Ginni Thomas acknowledges she attended January 6 rally but played no role in planning it [Ed. note: And this form a Supreme Court Justice’s wife!]
Al Jazeera: Netherlands, Australia launch new case against Russia over MH17 [unrelated to the Ukraine War]
*** SELECT UKRAINE NEWS FROM MONDAY ***
NBC News: QAnon, Ukraine and ‘biolabs’: Russian propaganda efforts boosted by U.S. far right – Russian and Chinese officials have also pushed the theory, which has reached mainstream conservative media in the U.S.
BBC News: Putin changes law on leased jets to keep them flying – implementing a new law making it harder for foreign aircraft leasing companies to repossess their planes in the face of Western sanctions. Russian airlines have 515 jets leased from abroad worth about $10bn (£7.7bn). Russia could decide to thumb its nose at the rest of the world now. But one day it will want to rejoin the club – and the conditions for rejoining could be very harsh.
CNBC: As Russia nears a debt default, talk now turns to global contagion
Bloomberg News: How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is Tearing Apart the Global Food System
CNBC: If Putin uses chemical weapons in Ukraine it’s a ‘game changer’ for NATO
The Atlantic: Why the West may have to give Putin an off-ramp
Daily Kos: Fukuyama: Russia Will Lose And Putin Will Fall
*** VIRUS NEWS FROM MONDAY ***
Truthout: Billionaires Have Gotten $1.7 Trillion Richer Over the Pandemic, Report Finds
The Defender: Pfizer Pushes for 4th Shot, Says 3 Doses ‘Not That Good’ Against Infections
Common Dreams: Mass Antiwar Protests Sweep Europe as Russia’s Invasion Continues
The Defender: Pfizer, FDA Hid Data Showing Clinical Trials Failed, Says Former BlackRock Advisor
The Defender: The CEO of one of Germany’s largest health insurance companies was abruptly fired last month after he released data suggesting German health authorities are significantly underreporting COVID-19 vaccine injuries.
*** TRUMP NEWS FROM MONDAY ***
NBC News: Ukraine dents ‘America First’ thinking deep in the heart of Trump country
The Washington Post: Merrick Garland’s goal is to restore the integrity of the Justice Department. His legacy will still be defined by Trump.
Daily Kos: Trump’s Ukraine extortion campaign didn’t begin or end with ‘I would like you to do us a favor’
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