🥁 Axios PM: Biden's groundbreaking choice

Plus: Defiant new symbol | Friday, February 25, 2022

Open in app View in browser   Presented By Facebook   Axios PM By Mike Allen ·Feb 25, 2022 Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 436 words, a 1.5-minute read. 💻 Breaking: Chipmaker Nvidia confirmed an "incident" involving its computer systems, amid a report that it has been hit with a cyberattack in recent days, Axios' Ina Fried reports.     1 big thing: Zelensky the defiant Photo from video Zelensky posted today. President Volodymyr Zelensky has emerged as a potent symbol of Ukrainian defiance, using shame to demand help from the rest of the world. "This might be the last time you see me alive," he told EU leaders on a video call yesterday, as first reported by Axios from Tel Aviv author Barak Ravid. "We are here. We are in Kyiv. We are defending Ukraine," Zelensky said in a video posted today of himself and his aides in Kyiv. "We are defending our country alone. ... Europe said 'never again,' but here we are." Keep reading.     2. ⚖️ Biden's choice: Ketanji Brown Jackson Photo: Drew Angerer via Getty Images President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court is groundbreaking on two fronts: First Black female justice in the court's history. First justice in decades with significant experience representing criminal defendants. Between the lines: Jackson was a federal public defender, and she was a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission when it significantly rolled back federal sentencing guidelines for many drug offenses, Axios' Hans Nichols and Sam Baker report. Not since Thurgood Marshall has there been a Supreme Court justice with any real experience as a defense lawyer in those kinds of cases. What they're saying: "For too long, our government, our courts, haven't looked like America," Biden said while introducing Jackson. Just last year, the Senate confirmed her to the D.C. Circuit by a 53-44 vote. Share this story.     A message from Facebook Why Facebook supports updated internet regulations     Paige is one of many experts working on privacy at Facebook — to give you more control over your information. Hear more from Paige on why Facebook supports updating regulations on the internet's most pressing challenges, including federal privacy legislation.     3. Catch up quick Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) at a meeting today with top envoys from separatist regions in eastern Ukraine. Photo: Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP The EU and U.K. have frozen the assets of Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Axios' Zachary Basu reports. The U.S. is also sanctioning the two. Photo: Valentyn Ogirenk/Reuters Above: A desolate street in central Kyiv today. 🇨🇳 China said in a five-point position that it believes the "sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries" should be respected — a principle that "applies equally to Ukraine." Photo: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images Above: A Ukrainian mother walks with her daughter in Hungary today, along the road from the Ukrainian border crossing. More than 50,000 Ukrainians have fled the country in less than 48 hours     4. 🎧 Charted: Tune shuffle Data: Insider Intelligence. Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios Amazon Music is poised to surpass Pandora as the second most popular music app by total listeners, Axios Closer co-author Nathan Bomey writes from new Insider Intelligence data. Nearly 53 million people will listen to Amazon Music at least once a month in 2022, compared with 49 million to Pandora. But Spotify maintained its lead by a long shot. Share this graphic.     A message from Facebook Why Facebook supports updated internet regulations     Paige is one of many experts working on privacy at Facebook — to give you more control over your information. Hear more from Paige on why Facebook supports updating regulations on the internet's most pressing challenges, including federal privacy legislation.   Like this email style and format? Bring the strength of Smart Brevity® to your team — more effective communications, powered by Axios HQ.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Suite 1300, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: