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12:30 PM ET, March 14, 2022

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Mstyslav Chernov / Associated Press:
Pregnant woman, baby die after Russia bombed maternity ward  —  MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has learned.  Images of the woman being rushed to an ambulance …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Something unusual is happening between Biden and Congress  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HEARTBREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT — AP: “A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has learned.
Discussion: The Hill and WHTM-TV
New York Times:
Russia Asked China for Military and Economic Aid for Ukraine War, U.S. Officials Say
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ukraine dents ‘America First’ thinking deep in the heart of Trump country  —  “It breaks my heart to see this.  It's hard to sit still and not do something.  What can we do as individuals?” one GOP voter said at a town hall.  —  STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Here in the middle …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
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Andrew Stanton / Newsweek:
Trump Says ‘Lot of Love’ Behind Putin Wanting to ‘Make His Country Larger’  —  Former President Donald Trump said there is “a lot of love” behind Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to make “his country larger” on Sunday as Russian troops continued to invade Ukraine.
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
America's Hesitation Is Heartbreaking  —  “When you're at war, you're at war,” the saying goes, and if so, you have to accept the implications.  So too in the present circumstance.  The United States and its NATO allies are engaged in a proxy war with Russia.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Matt Bai / Washington Post:
Our cause in Ukraine is inspiring. It probably won't stay that way.
Discussion: Insider and Outside the Beltway
Jeremy Kryt / The Daily Beast:
Why Putin Is Hell-Bent on Capturing Ukraine's Nuclear Reactors
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Liz Cheney turns to Democrats to save her hide  —  JACKSON, Wyo. — In 2007, in this blue bastion of one of the reddest states in the country, liberal activists wheeled a giant statue of Dick Cheney through town to protest his star role in the Iraq War — before toppling it, Saddam Hussein style, for good measure.
Discussion: CNN, NBC News and Fox News
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Anti-Trump Republicans lining up for 2024 shadow primary
Discussion: Raw Story
Kevin Daley / Washington Free Beacon:
EXCLUSIVE: Ginni Thomas Wants To Set the Record Straight on January 6  —  Virginia “Ginni” Thomas wants to clear up a few things about January 6.  —  She did not help organize the White House rally that preceded the riot at the Capitol.  She did attend the rally, but got cold and left early.
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Going to the mattresses, literally: China starts massive COVID-19 lockdowns again  —  China's pursuit of “zero COVID” policies has officials locking people into factories, shopping malls, and convention centers.  The sweep of the Omicron variant, despite its milder acute form than previous variants …
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Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
With cases still rising in Hong Kong, 300,000 people are isolating at home, officials say.
Discussion: ChinaDiction and Balloon Juice
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Russia Doesn't Need Trolls This Time  —  Bioweapons conspiracy promoted by likely suspects.  —  During the Cold War, the Soviet Union invested heavily in its global disinformation and propaganda efforts.  And back in 2016, the Russians had to go to the trouble of creating a troll farm …
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Katherine Huggins / Mediaite:
Mark Levin Slams ‘Putin Wing of the Media’ For Pushing Ukraine Bioweapons Theory Days After Tucker Carlson Promotes It
Discussion: Alternet.org, Raw Story and HuffPost
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
‘Throwing kerosene on every fire’: DeSantis targets Black-held congressional seats.  And his own party.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Abortion and immigration restrictions.  A new election fraud police force.  Limits on classroom discussion and instruction about sexuality, gender and race.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
White House having early discussions about Biden traveling to Europe  —  (CNN)White House officials are having early discussions about having President Joe Biden travel to Europe soon amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning.
Discussion: NBC News and CBS News
Wall Street Journal:
Russian Forces Kill Civilians, Loot for Supplies in Occupied Ukraine, Residents Say  —  Moscow detains elected officials, looks for pro-Russian collaborators as protests continue  —  ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine—Russian forces are killing civilians and looting stores and homes across occupied parts …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Seth Masket / FiveThirtyEight:
How An Uptick In Censures Among Local Republicans Signals A Growing Radicalism  —  The Republican National Committee's censure last month of GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger was a historical rarity — national parties almost never reprimand their own officeholders.
Discussion: Raw Story and ABC News
Reuters:
Top Putin ally says Ukraine war has been slower than expected  —  One of President Vladimir Putin's closest allies said that Russia's military operation in Ukraine had not all gone as quickly as the Kremlin had wanted, the strongest acknowledgement yet from Moscow that its invasion is not going to plan.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Koch Industries continues doing business in Russia  —  Koch Industries, the conglomerate run by right-wing billionaire Charles Koch, has numerous ongoing business operations in Russia.  Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Koch Industries has given no indications that those business operations have been suspended.
Discussion: Alternet.org
New York Post:
Mayors urge homeless to get off streets as ‘cold-blooded killer’ stalks NYC, DC  —  The mayors of New York City and Washington, DC, urged their cities' homeless populations to seek shelter Sunday as a “cold-blooded killer” who had shot at least five vagrants remained on the loose.
Sky News:
Police enter London mansion reportedly owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska after squatters occupy property  —  Deripaska, a 54-year-old industrialist who founded the aluminium giant Rusal, was added to the UK government's sanctions list on 10 March following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Guardian
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Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
U.S. Growing Alarmed Over Israel's Safe Harbor for Russian Oligarchs
Discussion: The New Arab
Wall Street Journal:
Russian Prosecutors Warn Western Companies of Arrests, Asset Seizures  —  McDonald's and IBM are among those cautioned if leaders there criticize the government or if companies withdraw from the country  —  Russian prosecutors have issued warnings to Western companies in Russia …
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New York Times:
‘Things Will Only Get Worse.’ Putin's War Sends Russians Into Exile.
Discussion: HotAir and ImmigrationProf Blog
Just Security:
Model Indictment for Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine: Prosecutor v. President Vladimir Putin  —  What follows is a model of a criminal indictment against President Vladimir Putin for the crime of initiating and executing a war of aggression against Ukraine.
Rand Paul / Fox News:
COVID lockdown lessons learned - Fauci amendment would mean no more health ‘dictator in chief’  —  My amendment would eliminate Dr. Fauci's position as NIAID director, divide his power into 3 separate institutes  —  Rand Paul: Dr. Fauci's claim lockdowns saved millions is false
Discussion: New York Post, Townhall and IJR
 
 
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Isobel Koshiw / The Guardian:
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
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Stefan Becket / CBS News:
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