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Possible Chinese responses to Russian invasion of Ukraine
Associated Press, Dee-Ann Durbin,

https://apnews.com/article/russia-mcdonalds-temporarily-closing-1f99448f4300f4be4ea280d7792ecd27

RUSSIA…Once a powerful symbol in Russia, McDonald’s withdraws
Associated Press, Dee-Ann DurbinMarch 14, 2022

Two months after the Berlin Wall fell, another powerful symbol opened its doors in the middle of Moscow: a gleaming new McDonald’s.

It was the first American fast-food restaurant to enter the Soviet Union, reflecting the new political openness of the era. For Vlad Vexler, who as a 9-year-old waited in a two-hour line to enter the restaurant near Moscow’s Pushkin Square on its opening day in January 1990, it was a gateway to the utopia he imagined the West to be.

“We thought that life there was magical and there were no problems,” Vexler said.

So it was all the more poignant for Vexler when McDonald’s announced it would temporarily close that store and nearly 850 others in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. McDonald’s Russian website on Monday read: “Due to operational, technical and logistical difficulties, McDonald’s will temporarily suspend service at its network enterprises from March 14.”

TRUMP…Anti-Trump Republicans lining up for 2024 shadow primary
Associated Press, Steve PeoplesMarch 14, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is planning trips to Iowa and New Hampshire. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., is considering a rough timeline for a potential presidential announcement. And allies of Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., are openly talking up her White House prospects.

More than two years before the next presidential election, a shadow primary is already beginning to take shape among at least three fierce Republican critics of former President Donald Trump to determine who is best positioned to occupy the anti-Trump lane in 2024.

Their apparent willingness to run — even if Trump does, as is widely expected — represents a shift from previous years when “Never Trump” operatives failed to recruit any GOP officeholders to challenge the incumbent president. But with the 2024 contest almost in view, the question is no longer whether one of Trump’s prominent Republican critics will run, but how many will mount a campaign and how soon they will announce.

COVID…Two years into the pandemic ‘COVID is not done with us’
PBS NewsHourMarch 14, 2022
US SENATE .. Manchin opposes Biden Fed nominee Raskin
Politico, Victoria Guida et al.March 14, 2022

Sen. Joe Manchin will oppose Sarah Bloom Raskin’s nomination to the Federal Reserve’s top job overseeing banks, imperiling her already stalled bid to win confirmation.

Raskin’s nomination has been stuck in the Senate Banking Committee amid a GOP boycott of a committee vote on her nomination, effectively blocking her confirmation from advancing to the Senate floor. Now even if her nomination is able to get out of committee, Raskin would need at least one Republican to support her to be confirmed as vice chair for supervision.

Manchin (D-W.Va.) signaled his discomfort with Raskin last week, advising the Banking Committee to move the rest of President Joe Biden’s Fed nominees, including Chair Jerome Powell, without her. In announcing his opposition on Monday, Manchin said Raskin has “failed to satisfactorily address my concerns about the critical importance of financing an all-of-the-above energy policy to meet our nation’s critical energy needs.”

PBS NewsHour live episode, March 14, 2022
CNN, March 14, 2022 – 6:00 pm (ET)

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/13/world/ukraine-refugee-crisis-countries/index.html

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