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Reuters:
Exclusive: Facebook temporarily allows posts on Ukraine war calling for violence against invading Russians or Putin's death — Meta Platforms (FB.O) will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion …
WRAL-TV:
US Rep. Madison Cawthorn calls Ukrainian president a ‘thug’ — RALEIGH, N.C. — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina told supporters he thought Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a “thug”—a comment that runs counter to the overwhelming share of Republicans with a favorable view …
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Stand Up for Ukraine
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HotAir, Rolling Stone, New York Post, USA Today, National Review and DCCC
Mikhail Zygar / New York Times:
How Vladimir Putin Lost Interest in the Present — Mr. Zygar is a Russian journalist and the author of “All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin.” — Thanks to Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine, Russia is now more isolated than it has ever been.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
His reporting on the Kennedy assassination made him a legend. Then a press group looked into his past. … Merriman Smith was a distinguished White House correspondent for decades, but he cemented his place in journalism history on a bright afternoon in 1963.
US Census / Census.gov:
Census Bureau Releases Estimates of Undercount and Overcount in the 2020 Census — Post-Enumeration Survey and Demographic Analysis Help Evaluate 2020 Census Results — The U.S. Census Bureau released results today from two analyses about the quality of the 2020 Census counts.
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New York Times, POLITICUSUSA, Mother Jones, UPI, Boston.com, Latino Rebels, CBS News, National Review, Kevin Drum, Politico and Talking Points Memo
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Maria Cramer / New York Times:
2020 Census Undercounted U.S. Population by Nearly 19 Million — The Census Bureau said it had undercounted Black, Latino and Indigenous people and overcounted white and Asian Americans. — The 2020 census undercounted the country's population by 18.8 million people, the Census Bureau said on Thursday …
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Politico:
Judge warns special counsel over provocative court filing — A federal judge delivered a warning to special counsel John Durham on Thursday after recent court filings became fodder for pro-Trump media and prompted incendiary allegations from the former president himself.
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Washington Examiner, Fox News and Associated Press
Michael J. Stern / New York Daily News:
The real reason the feds haven't indicted Trump — Above all others, there is one question that Democrats cannot stop asking: “Why hasn't Attorney General Merrick Garland indicted former president Donald Trump?” — Garland's remarks today, on the one-year anniversary of his appointment …
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
McConnell book: Tight-lipped senator opens archive to AP reporter — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), one of America's most inscrutable power players, has made the surprising decision to open his archive to a journalist, and sit for long interviews.
NBC News:
How Goldman Sachs profits from war in Ukraine, loophole in sanctions — Goldman Sachs, the giant New York investment bank, is cashing in on the war in Ukraine by selling Russian debt to U.S. hedge funds — and using a legal loophole in the Biden administration's sanctions to do it.
Jason Willick / Washington Post:
How the Supreme Court's gerrymandering ruling vindicated the wisdom of John Roberts — Where does Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. go to get his apology? His 2019 opinion that federal courts should stay out of partisan state gerrymandering battles was denounced at the time as an “abdication” …
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G. Elliott Morris's Newsletter
Politico:
Iran nuclear talks close to collapse over Russian demands — With its economy teetering, Russia wants sanctions protections written into the deal. Negotiations will likely now pause amid the impasse. — VIENNA — The Iran nuclear talks are on the precipice of collapse over last-minute Russian demands …
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden warns Democrats it will be a ‘sad two years’ if Republicans take control of Congress — President Biden issued a warning to his party about the possibility of Republicans taking control of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections during remarks to Democratic National Committee members on Thursday evening.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
GOP nightmare: Biden's handlings of war, Ukraine and democracy are popular
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RealClearInvestigations, Simply Sober, PolitiFact and Raw Story
Spencer Brown / Townhall:
Jussie Smollett Sentenced for Hate Crime Hoax — Subway sandwich enthusiast and former ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced by Chicago Judge James Linn on Thursday evening after a jury found him guilty in December on five of the six counts he faced for the hate crime hoax that became …
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Whistleblower alleges bullying, ethical lapses at White House science office … The former director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy violated ethics rules, created a toxic workplace and retaliated against staff who raised concerns about his behavior …
Evgeniy Maloletka / Associated Press:
Russians keep pressure on Mariupol; massive convoy breaks up — MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Civilians trapped inside Mariupol desperately scrounged for food and fuel as Russian forces kept up their bombardment of the port city Thursday, while satellite photos showed that a massive Kremlin convoy …
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Tom Lawrence / The Daily Beast:
Republican AG Told ‘at Least the Guy Was a Democrat’ After He Killed a Man With His Car — The family of a man run over and killed by South Dakota's Republican attorney general have expressed outrage at a vile text message sent after his death. — Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg ran down and killed a pedestrian on Sept. 12, 2020.
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Associated Press and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Covid response may have to be scaled back amid congressional inaction, White House says … The United States is poised to run out of tests, treatments and vaccines to fight the coronavirus after a $15.6 billion funding plan collapsed in Congress on Wednesday, alarming health-care advocates …
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Washington Examiner, Iowa Capital Dispatch, Politico and Washington Post
The Daily Beast:
Accused Russian Agent Gave to One Politician: Tulsi Gabbard — Russian-American national Elena Branson was indicted this week for lobbying for pro-Kremlin policies while not registered as a foreign agent. She gave to one U.S. politician. … Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman …
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Raw Story, Honolulu Civil Beat, TheBlaze, UPI and CBS News
NBC News:
Facing a tough election, House Democrats are conflicted about the way to win — PHILADELPHIA — House Democrats gathered here to take stock of their achievements and chart a path to hold their tenuous majority. But just as they hoped to unify and take on Republicans, their differences were on stark display.
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Karen Gilchrist / CNBC:
Deutsche Bank defends decision not to exit Russia: It's not ‘practical’ right now — Deutsche Bank's CFO said Thursday it is not “practical” to close its Russia business, despite similar moves by major corporations seeking to distance themselves from the pariah state.
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Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
These Two Lawyers Breathed Life Into Trump's Big Lie, but Did They Even Believe It? — Ty Cobb, a former Trump White House attorney, said it was “very unfortunate” that Trump's advisers “fed him nonsense about the election results” because it likely led to Jan. 6.
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
North Korean missile launches were a ‘serious escalation,’ official says … North Korea has tested components of a new intercontinental ballistic missile system, the Biden administration said Thursday, in what one senior official described as a “serious escalation” of North Korea's long-range missile program.
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Fox News, CNBC, Insider Paper, The Hill and Washington Examiner
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
North Korea testing new ICBMs, US says, warns more coming
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NBC News:
Michael Flynn testifies in closed-door meeting with Jan. 6 committee — WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol interviewed Michael Flynn on Thursday, after subpoenaing him to testify about an Oval Office meeting at which, the panel said …
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Washington Post, CNN, Politico, CBS News, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Robby Soave / Deseret:
Election 2024: Will Mitt Romney run for president again? — With Democrats on the ropes and Republicans divided, Mitt Romney should consider running for president — The year 2022 is shaping up to be a good year for the electoral prospects of the loyal opposition.
Henriette Chacar / Reuters:
Israel's Knesset passes law barring Palestinian spouses — Israel's parliament on Thursday passed a law denying naturalization to Palestinians from the occupied West Bank or Gaza married to Israeli citizens, forcing thousands of Palestinian families to either emigrate or live apart.
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The Times of Israel and Algemeiner.com
Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura / New York Times:
A Waiter. A Cab Driver. An Engineer: The U.S. Fighters Bound for Ukraine — Ukrainians across the U.S., many of whom have never fired a weapon, have put their lives on hold to defend their homeland. — Last week, Yuriy Blazhkevych, a taxi driver who lives in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn …
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The Daily Caller
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A Fox News reporter's schooling of Sean Hannity veers into dark territory — A virulent claim is circulating in right-wing media and among some Republicans: The United States might be working on biolabs in Ukraine. This assertion, which echoes Russian propaganda and implies that the United States …
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Greg Woodfield / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: AOC-backed candidate facing run-off with Texas congressman Henry Cuellar had steamy fling with her high school teacher 23 years her senior, texts reveal, as his ex claims politician broke up her marriage — Jessica Cisneros, 28, had a long-term affair with her former high school teacher John Balli, 51
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New York Post and The Daily Caller
Torrence Dunham / KTAR.com:
Arizona's Sinema says Biden administration not taking steps to stem flow of migrants — PHOENIX — Democratic U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona criticized the Biden administration following a roundtable on the southern border Wednesday, saying nothing has been done to stem the flow of migrants.
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Breitbart
Politico:
Grassley privately investigating Garcetti, wants nomination held — A top Senate Republican is seeking to delay Eric Garcetti's nomination to serve as President Joe Biden's ambassador to India, pending an investigation into whether the mayor of Los Angeles lied when he told a congressional panel …
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Deadline and Los Angeles Times
Washington Post:
MedStar doctor hit by his own car and killed after a thief jumped in and sped off … Rakesh Patel pulled his gray Mercedes to a curb near Florida Avenue and U Street in Northwest Washington on Tuesday night, got out and walked over to his waiting girlfriend. — He had a package for her, and he set it on the sidewalk.
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, union chief Tony Clark hail new CBA as lockout ends — Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association reached a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday afternoon, finally halting a 99-day owner-imposed lockout fraught with rampant tension and colored by heightened mistrust.
Adriana Diaz / New York Post:
Russians swarm to Victoria's Secret as stores close amid Putin's war on Ukraine — Victoria's Secret is that she's a lover, not a fighter. — Russians are flocking to Victoria's Secret stores before the lingerie company shuts down multiple locations across the country in protest of Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine.
Financial Times:
Vaccines and Omicron mean Covid now less deadly than flu in England — Recent rise in hospital admissions shows decision to end restrictions still carries risks — A combination of high levels of immunity and the reduced severity of the Omicron variant has rendered Covid-19 less lethal …
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HotAir, The Scroll and Balloon Juice
Brennan Center for Justice:
Local Election Officials Survey (March 2022) … Nearly one in three local election officials know at least one election worker who has left the job, partly due to safety concerns, increased threats, or intimidation.
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Washington Post:
Schadenfreude at sea: The Internet is watching with glee as Russian oligarchs' yachts are seized … There's just something satisfying about watching online as a billionaire's luxury yacht moves around the globe — and then gets snagged by law enforcement as part of sanctions designed to crack down on Russia.
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The Daily Caller and Chicago Sun-Times
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