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Bente Birkeland / NPR:
Colorado clerk is indicted for election tampering and misconduct — A grand jury in Colorado has indicted Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters and her deputy on counts related to election tampering and misconduct. — The indictment of Peters and Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley on felony …
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Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters indicted by grand jury on felony charges — Embattled Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters has been indicted by a grand jury on a mix of felony and misdemeanor charges, including allegations of attempting to influence a public servant and criminal impersonation.
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Political Wire
Karri Peifer / Axios:
Giant spiders expected to drop from sky across the East Coast this spring — An invasive species of spider the size of a child's hand is expected to “colonize” the entire East Coast this spring by parachuting down from the sky, researchers at the University of Georgia announced last week.
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PIX11, Washingtonian, Rolling Stone, Fox News, The Daily Caller and Althouse
New York Times:
How Western Firms Quietly Enabled Russian Oligarchs — Investment, law and lobbying firms have helped enmesh Kremlin-linked oligarchs into the Western financial and legal systems. — Behind a set of imposing metal doors in an easy-to-miss office building in a New York City suburb …
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John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
Sanctioning Putin's oligarchs isn't going to hurt them much as long as the United States is a great place to hide their filthy fortunes
Sanctioning Putin's oligarchs isn't going to hurt them much as long as the United States is a great place to hide their filthy fortunes
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The Banter
Casey Michel / The Atlantic:
How the West Undermines Its Own Sanctions
How the West Undermines Its Own Sanctions
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New York Times, The Left Berlin and Insider
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump's man in North Carolina struggles in Senate primary — Donald Trump's pick in North Carolina's contentious Republican Senate primary is struggling to gain traction, raising concerns among his powerful backers about his prospects in a race that is key to control of the Senate.
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
N.C. GOP Senate candidate launches ad accusing primary rival of supporting Putin
N.C. GOP Senate candidate launches ad accusing primary rival of supporting Putin
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The Hill
Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Kemp leads Perdue in Georgia's GOP primary race for governor
Fox News Poll: Kemp leads Perdue in Georgia's GOP primary race for governor
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Washington Examiner, Breitbart, The Hill and Townhall
Project Veritas:
Pulitzer Prize Winning New York Times Reporter: January 6 Media Coverage ‘Overreaction,’ FBI Involved, Event Was Not Organized Despite Ongoing Narrative — NYT National Security Correspondent, Matthew Rosenberg, contradicts his own January 6 reporting: “There were a ton of FBI informants amongst the people who attacked the Capitol.”
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Christopher Hutton / Washington Examiner:
Project Veritas: NYT reporter dismisses colleagues' claims of trauma from Jan. 6
Project Veritas: NYT reporter dismisses colleagues' claims of trauma from Jan. 6
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Washington Free Beacon
Freya Parr / Classical Music:
Cardiff Philharmonic removes Tchaikovsky from programme in light of Russian invasion of Ukraine — The orchestra had an all-Tchaikovsky concert scheduled for next week, but has decided to change the programme having deemed it to be ‘inappropriate’ at this time
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump Refinances $100 Million Mortgage On Trump Tower With A Bank Headed By A Political Supporter — Donald Trump refinanced Trump Tower in February, taking out a $100 million loan, according to documents recorded Tuesday by New York City's Department of Finance.
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Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Pariah? Hardly. Banks are still willing to lend to Trump
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump plane made emergency landing after weekend speech to GOP donors — Former President Donald Trump's plane made an emergency landing on Saturday evening following his speech at a Republican National Committee-hosted donor retreat in New Orleans, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Washington Post and Breaking911
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Do Covid Precautions Work? — Yes, but they haven't made a big difference. — Daily life in red and blue America has continued to be quite different over the past few months. It's a reflection of the partisan divide over Covid-19. Consider: — In the country's most liberal cities, many people are still avoiding restaurants.
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HotAir
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
McCarthy: Greene, Gosar could still return to committees despite attending white nationalist event — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday said that GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.) will still have their committee seats restored next year …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
In break with Trump, Rep. McCarthy says he doesn't think there's ‘anything savvy or genius’ about Putin
In break with Trump, Rep. McCarthy says he doesn't think there's ‘anything savvy or genius’ about Putin
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Insider and Mediaite
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A strange new defense of Trump's coup effort is both wrong and dangerous — Ever since Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol, we've heard endless variations of a particularly pernicious claim: Trump and many GOP voters really believed the election was stolen from him.
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New York Times
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A judge uses Tucker Carlson's own words against Fox News — It's a pretty remarkable state of affairs when a judge is approvingly citing Tucker Carlson's journalistic rigor, but that's precisely the situation we find ourselves in now. — And rather ironically, that could be bad news for Fox News.
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Travels with Milley: The general brings his ‘big green map’ to NATO's flank — CONSTANTA, Romania — Gen. Mark A. Milley carries what his staff calls the “big green map” of Ukraine with him everywhere he goes — inside the Pentagon, at White House meetings with President Biden and on foreign trips …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republicans, Once Harsh Ukraine Critics, Pivot to Strong Support
Republicans, Once Harsh Ukraine Critics, Pivot to Strong Support
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MSNBC, Vanity Fair, CNN, Washington Post and Fox News
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Tells Congress Putin Is ‘Unlikely to Be Deterred’
U.S. Intelligence Tells Congress Putin Is ‘Unlikely to Be Deterred’
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CNBC, Reason, Associated Press, Washington Post, TheGrio, The Blue State Conservative, The Daily Caller, Fox News and Quillette
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham signals he's a likely no on Biden SCOTUS pick — Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), an influential Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is signaling he's leaning toward voting “no” on President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court …
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Washington Examiner, POLITICUSUSA, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, CNN, TheGrio and Political Wire
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Fox News reporter rebukes Greg Gutfeld for saying media wants ‘emotional response’ in Ukraine coverage — Moments after Fox News host Greg Gutfeld accused media outlets of seeking an “emotional response” in their coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the network turned …
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BizPac Review, HuffPost, The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Russian Agent Maria Butina Claims Ukrainians Are Bombing Themselves — “We have tons of evidence that the Russia army does not touch, does not bomb civilian populations,” the former darling of the NRA said of her absurd bit of Putin propaganda — Maria Butina, the Russia agent who infiltrated …
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Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Russian Agent Maria Butina Tells BBC Ukrainians Are Killing Themselves
Russian Agent Maria Butina Tells BBC Ukrainians Are Killing Themselves
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Daily Mail and Raw Story
Joel Burgess / Asheville Citizen Times:
Madison Cawthorn charged with driving with revoked license for 2nd time; court dates set — Congressman Madison Cawthorn has been charged with driving with a revoked license, a misdemeanor that carries up to 20 days in jail. — The 26-year-old Henderson County Republican was pulled …
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
GOP pushes for an ‘earthquake in American electoral power’ — A legal argument lurking in two Supreme Court cases could give Republican legislators in battleground states sweeping control over election procedures, with ramifications that could include power over how states select presidential electors.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
House panel flags Amazon and senior executives to Justice Department over potentially criminal conduct — A bipartisan group of members of the House Judiciary Committee has alerted the Justice Department to “potentially criminal conduct” by Amazon and senior executives in relation …
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New York Times, UPI, The Verge and The Hill
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Henry Fountain / New York Times:
Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's Ship, Lost in 1915, Is Found in Antarctica — Explorers and researchers, battling freezing temperatures, have located Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's ship that sank in the Antarctic in 1915. — The wreck of Endurance has been found in the Antarctic …
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BBC, Washington Post, The Guardian, CBS News, The Verge, Associated Press, UPI, Financial Times, The Daily Beast, STV News, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Althouse and Raw Story
The White House:
Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: — Section 1. Policy. Advances in digital and distributed ledger technology …
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CNBC, Washington Post, Breitbart, CryptoLaw's Newsletter, skwealthacademy, CBS News, Decrypt and Consumer Financial …, more at Techmeme »
Anna Merlan / VICE:
The Short, Strange, Very Predictable Story of Caroline Calloway's Snake Oil — As the controversial online personality says she's leaving New York, complaints about Calloway's latest business venture pursue her out the door. — Anna Merlan — To know about Caroline Calloway is to be deeply …
Selena Ross / CTV News:
Montreal Symphony Orchestra drops Russian piano prodigy from concerts amid backlash — A young Russian pianist who was set to perform with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra this week has been struck from the schedule after protest. — However, the orchestra maintained its praise …
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MTL Blog, Patterico's Pontifications, globalnews.ca, The Daily Wire and Zipcode Zero
Victoria Eavis / Casper Star-Tribune:
Crossover voting will remain in Wyoming after party affiliation bill dies in Legislature — The Donald Trump-endorsed crossover voting bill died Tuesday in the Wyoming House after it was not considered by a legislative deadline. — The bill aimed to end same-day party affiliation changes …
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The Hill and Just The News