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9:35 AM ET, March 15, 2022

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Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
How Kyiv's outgunned defenders have kept Russian forces from capturing the capital  —  IRPIN, Ukraine — The bodies of Russian soldiers were scattered by the wreckage of charred military vehicles and shelled buildings.  Twenty feet away, behind tanker trucks, Ukrainian volunteers stood watch …
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The Guardian:
'We're living a nightmare': life in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine  —  Officials in Berdyansk and Melitopol were removed and local radio reports on ‘liberation from Nazis’  —  Shaun Walker and Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv  —  Russian soldiers patrol the streets of Berdyansk in cars …
Alexandra Brzozowski / Euractiv:
Polish, Czech, Slovenian PMs pay surprise visit to besieged Kyiv
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal:
Putin Signs Law to Seize Foreign Aircraft, Redeploy for Domestic Use
Discussion: Washington Examiner
James Stavridis / TIME:
Ukraine Needs More Military Aid from NATO—And Fast
Discussion: Politico and Axios
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Wild Kremlin TV Hosts Threaten the U.S. With Nuclear Strikes Unless Sanctions End and Reparations Are Paid
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Employee bursts onto live Russian state TV to denounce war: ‘They are lying to you here’
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Document in Jan. 6 Case Shows Plan to Storm Government Buildings  —  New details from evidence cited in the indictment of Enrique Tarrio, the former head of the far-right Proud Boys, reveal a plan with similarities to what unfolded at the Capitol.  —  A document found by federal prosecutors …
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Joe Eskenazi / Mission Local:
SF is now boycotting most of the United States  —  Gavin Newsom likes to say that San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality.  Well, okay then.  In reality, he's actually ripping off a line from Jefferson Airplane's Paul [...]  —  SF is now boycotting most of the United States
Discussion: Instapundit
The Times of Israel:
Russia says it received guarantees from US on Iran nuclear deal  —  MOSCOW — Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Moscow has received guarantees from the US on its ability to trade with Tehran as part of ongoing talks to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.  —  “We received written guarantees.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Washington Examiner:
Iran fires missiles at Biden's nuclear deal delusions
Discussion: Townhall
Politico:
Schumer's Senate shocker: Bills are passing (seriously)  —  It's the Capitol's election-year surprise: The 50-50 Senate is actually working.  —  After high-profile partisan failures on President Joe Biden's signature domestic policy bill and on weakening the filibuster for voting reform …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
NBC New York:
NY Woman Punched 125 Times, Foot-Stomped in Brutal Hate Crime Beating: Police  —  A 42-year-old Yonkers man has been arrested on attempted murder as a hate crime and other charges in the vicious caught-on-camera beating of a 67-year-old Asian woman who was attacked as she returned home last week, police said Monday.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
How does Ron DeSantis sleep at night?  —  Republicans are killing us.  —  No, really.  —  Until now, we've known that covid-19 death rates were higher among the unvaccinated, and also higher in counties that went for Donald Trump, whose supporters were more likely to resist vaccinations, masks and other pandemic precautions.
Discussion: NBC News and Twitchy
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
China Is About to Make a Big Mistake by Supporting Russia  —  The Chinese government could be a peacemaker in Ukraine or it can be Putin's enabler.  But it can't be both. … China is about to make a big mistake.  —  Faced with the choice between playing a constructive role in helping …
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CNN:
China has expressed some openness to providing military and financial aid to Russia, US cable suggests
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Covid, Russia and crime: GOP presidential hopefuls poke at Trump's record  —  Republicans looking to run in 2024 once lived in fear of crossing former President Donald Trump.  —  That's starting to change.  —  Over the past few weeks, three would-be presidential candidates who hail …
Discussion: Raw Story and FiveThirtyEight
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
‘Liberal Hack Tournament’ returns, tourney all-stars compete with newcomers for viral glory  —  Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin made history last year as the first woman to win #HackMadness  —  CNN faces new turmoil amid Cuomo probe  —  One of the most viral events of the year is underway …
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
MSNBC Almost Brought Back Olbermann to Replace Maddow  —  In this week's Source Material we reveal how MSNBC almost filled Maddow's soon-to-be vacant time slot with her own former mentor—until Rachel killed the deal. … To fill its upcoming Rachel Maddow void, MSNBC almost took a time machine back to the good old days of 2011.
Robert Costa / CBS News:
In private speech, Romney warns of “extraordinary challenge” to preserve American democracy  —  McLean, Virginia — Senator Mitt Romney, of Utah, offered more than 200 Republican donors a stark message on the fragility of American democracy during private remarks on Monday night at a fundraiser in Northern Virginia.
Discussion: The Guardian and Morning Shots
Karin Lips / Washington Examiner:
Reconsidering the gender wage gap and retirement inequality  —  While watching the Big Ten basketball tournaments this month, viewers saw advertisements for the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America with the hashtag #retireinequality.  —  TIAA partnered with influential players …
Discussion: The Federalist
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
C-SPAN poll: Americans clueless about court, but trust it  —  C-SPAN's latest survey on the U.S. Supreme Court showed continued support for transparency — and in-court cameras — as a way to build trust and knowledge about the third branch of government.  —  While the just-released voters poll found …
Discussion: The Federalist
Bloomberg:
U.S. Sewer Data Warns of a New Bump in Covid Cases After Lull  —  A wastewater network that monitors for Covid-19 trends is warning that cases are once again rising in many parts of the U.S., according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data by Bloomberg.
BBC:
Roman Abramovich: New evidence highlights corrupt deals  —  A BBC investigation has uncovered new evidence about the corrupt deals that made Roman Abramovich's fortune.  —  The Chelsea owner made billions after buying an oil company from the Russian government in a rigged auction in 1995.
Discussion: The Ringer, Insider and Raw Story
Kathryn Joyce / Salon:
How this tiny Christian college is driving the right's nationwide war against public schools  —  Exclusive: In the full-scale conservative assault on public education, Hillsdale College is leading the charge  —  The mood in Costa Mesa on Feb. 2 was more love bomb than fire bomb …
CNN:
White House under pressure from Congress and Zelensky to find ways to deliver Soviet-made weapons to Ukraine  —  Washington (CNN)Nearly three weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration is still assessing the most effective way to get military aid into the country without triggering a wider war.
Discussion: Изв …
Jake Zuckerman / Ohio Capital Journal:
DeWine signs law removing training, background check, permitting requirement to conceal carry  —  Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law Monday removing training, background check and permitting requirements to carry a concealed weapon in Ohio.  —  When the law takes effect in 90 days …
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
An Illinois Dem Helped Biden Cancel Keystone.  Now, She's Campaigning on US Energy Independence.  —  Nikki Budzinski has promised to reduce America's ‘dependence on foreign energy from unstable regimes’  —  As a federal official, Nikki Budzinski helped the Biden administration cancel the Keystone XL pipeline.
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Having a Blast Watching Ohio Senate Candidates Try to Kiss His Ass  —  Former President Trump might not even endorse in the Ohio slugfest, but that doesn't mean candidates vying to be the Republican nominee won't try everything to win his favor.  —  There's the Ohio Republican …
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
president.gov.ua:
Responsibility for war crimes of the Russian military is inevitable - address by the President of Ukraine  —  Free people of a free country!  —  The 19th day of our resistance is over.  Historical war.  Another difficult day, which is still approaching our victory.  Approaching peace for Ukraine.
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach interrogators torture techniques  —  Newly declassified documents reveal Ammar al-Baluchi was repeatedly slammed against a wall while naked until all trainees received ‘certification’  —  A detainee at a secret CIA detention site …
 
 
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ABC News:
White House to ‘stop critical COVID response efforts’ as funding stalls in Congress
Discussion: CNN and ABC7
GOV.UK:
UK announces new economic sanctions against Russia
Discussion: Insider and Politico
Julie Creswell / New York Times:
He's American, He Oversees Papa John's in Russia and He's Staying
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Election ‘Vigilante’ Group Posing as County Workers, Says New Mexico's State Auditor
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
U.S. Department of Justice:
Seattle Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization
Discussion: The Hill
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Neoconservatism: A Vindication … Mark Twain said that history doesn't repeat itself, but that it often rhymes.
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
USPS Truck Contract Prompts Cries for Investigation
Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:
“The Goal Was to Scare People, but It Could Boomerang.”
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Idaho Is First State to Pass Abortion Ban Based on Texas' Law
New York Times:
Two Refugees, Both on Poland's Border. But Worlds Apart.
Discussion: The Guardian
 

 
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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