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10:50 AM ET, March 12, 2022

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Francis Fukuyama / American Purpose:
Preparing for Defeat  —  I'm writing this from Skopje, North Macedonia, where I've been for the last week teaching one of our Leadership Academy for Development courses.  Following the Ukraine war is no different here in terms of available information, except that I'm in an adjacent time zone …
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
The Weakness of the Despot  —  An expert on Stalin discusses Putin, Russia, and the West.  —  Stephen Kotkin is one of our most profound and prodigious scholars of Russian history.  His masterwork is a biography of Josef Stalin.  So far he has published two volumes—"Paradoxes of Power …
Discussion: Pharyngula
Barak Ravid / Jerusalem Post:
Bennett advises Zelensky to surrender to Russia, Zelensky refuses  —  Vladimir Putin made an offer to end the Russian war with Ukraine, but the offer includes many Ukrainian sacrifices.  —  Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy that he recommends Ukraine …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Ukrainian official: Bennett told Zelensky he should take Putin's proposal to end war
Discussion: Изв … and РИА …
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Court Halts Abuse Inquiries Into Parents of Transgender Children  —  A judge said the governor's order to consider medically accepted treatments for transgender youth as abuse had been improperly adopted and violated the State Constitution.  —  HOUSTON — Investigations of parents …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
American Voters Now View Ukraine as Favorably as France, Germany and Japan  —  American voters' perceived friends and adversaries  —  As recently as a year ago, many Americans did not know what to make of Ukraine — if they knew anything about it at all.  One-third of voters couldn't say whether …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
American Officials Believe They Have Located Putin's Yacht  —  They say they have indications that the $700 million, 459-foot yacht, which is in dry dock in Italy, is associated with the Russian president, backing an earlier claim by a former crew member.  —  WASHINGTON — American officials …
Discussion: HotAir and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Putin's pre-war moves against U.S. tech giants laid groundwork for crackdown on free expression … Russian agents came to the home of Google's top executive in Moscow to deliver a frightening ultimatum last September: take down an app that had drawn the ire of Russian President Vladimir Putin within 24 hours or be taken to prison.
Cameron Jenkins / The Hill:
Kinzinger: My ‘biggest regret’ was voting against first Trump impeachment  —  Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Friday expressed regret for failing to vote to impeach former President Trump the first time over his dealings with Ukraine in light of the recent Russian invasion.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Juliet Chung / Wall Street Journal:
Roman Abramovich U.S. Hedge Fund Investments Are Frozen  —  Hedge funds told to freeze Russian oligarch's assets after he was sanctioned by the British government  —  A number of U.S. hedge-fund firms that have investments from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich have been told to freeze …
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New York Times:   How Roman Abramovich, a Russian Oligarch, Found Himself Under Sanctions
Washington Post:
U.S. explores sending Ukraine more advanced weapons after scuttling Polish jet deal  —  The Biden administration, under pressure to expand the arsenal of weapons that Ukraine has in its conflict with Russia, is working with European allies to expedite more sophisticated air-defense systems …
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump to rally in South Carolina, taking aim at two House Republicans  —  Former president holding a rally on Saturday in Florence, South Carolina  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for March 11  —  On the eve of his Saturday evening rally in Florence, South Carolina, former President Donald Trump …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
With Trump in Her State, Haley Finds Some Political Distance (Gently)
Discussion: Associated Press
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Yes, voters ‘deserve to know’ this GOP plan would raise taxes by $1 trillion  —  Suppose, for a moment, that the head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the group overseeing the 2022 campaigns of all Democratic senators and Senate candidates, announced that Democrats …
Discussion: DSCC
Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
The questions about the biolabs in Ukraine that everyone should be asking  —  There is an important story here, it's why the government is lying about it  —  Tucker: The Pentagon's Ukraine biolab talking points are an utter lie  —  Wednesday, we told you that the Biden administration …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
House Democrats Push Biden to Build a Better Midterm Message  —  House Democrats have been pressing the president to come up with a bumper-sticker-worthy slogan.  The White House says it's sharpening its message.  —  WASHINGTON — After offering her customary lavish praise of President Biden …
Illia Ponomarenko / The Kyiv Independent:
Russia concentrates military power for Kyiv assault  —  The operative lull in the battle for Kyiv over the last few days seems to be running to its end.  —  New indications suggest Russia is getting ready to relaunch a massive offensive in the region, the war's main goal.
Tatiana Siegel / Rolling Stone:
‘Cuomo-W. Trump-L.’: How CNN's Jeff Zucker and His Cronies Manipulated the News  —  Texts, email exchanges, and 36 sources tell the true story behind the downfall of TV's ultimate operator  —  On the rainy morning of March 28, 2020, President Trump addressed a phalanx of journalists outside …
Chris Geidner / Grid News:
States are looking at banning travel for certain types of healthcare.  The Supreme Court may let them.  —  It's possible the court will make fundamental changes to traditional rules that states respect the laws of other states.  —  Deputy Editor, Legal Affairs
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Barr warns China is ‘biggest threat’ to US, warns of ‘highly aggressive’ tech plan  —  China aiming ‘to take control of all of the key technologies of the future, such as 5G communications, robotics, artificial intelligence,’ Barr says  —  Bill Barr hits the media for pushing the ‘lie’ of Russian collusion: ‘A feeding frenzy’
Washington Post:
Trump touted a contest for small-dollar donors to dine with him in New Orleans.  But no winner met him.  —  Former president Donald Trump's political group sent at least 15 emails in recent weeks offering small-dollar donors the chance to win a coveted prize if they gave money: dinner with Trump in New Orleans last Saturday.
Michael Weiss / New Lines Magazine:
Putin's Worsening Problems  —  Sign up to our mailing list to receive our stories in your inbox.  —  Russia's unprovoked war on Ukraine is now entering its third week and the much-anticipated fall of Kyiv, estimated by various Western officials last month to be likely within the space of about 72 hours, has not yet occurred.
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Disney pauses political donations in Florida, CEO Chapek apologizes for silence over 'Don't Say Gay' bill  — Disney CEO Bob Chapek is doubling down on comments he made supporting the LGBTQ+ community during the company's annual shareholder meeting.  — The executive apologized for not being a …
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Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Desperate Bid for More Troops in Ukraine Is Failing Miserably
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
All 133 Virginia school superintendents urge Youngkin to scrap tip line and content policy
Discussion: Alternet.org
Sara Cline / Associated Press:
Liberal US cities change course, now clearing homeless camps
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Tom Sims / Reuters:
Deutsche Bank to wind down Russia business
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump reminds us why electing him in 2024 would be a disaster
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Newspaper Asks Sen. Josh Hawley To Quit Using Its Photo Of Him On Campaign Merch
Eli Lake / Commentary Magazine:
The World Has Changed and We Must Change Along With It
Discussion: Associated Press
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
Putin's Challenge To The American Right
New York Times:
Facebook's Parent Company Will Make Employees Do Their Own Laundry
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Judge: Trump delays on rape accuser's claims in ‘bad faith’
Discussion: The Daily Beast
 

 
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Financial Times:
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