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11:15 AM ET, March 17, 2022

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Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
Digging Into Russia's Latest Charge of ‘Ukrainian Nazis’  —  Context and contrition.  —  From the start of the Ukraine/Russia conflict in 2014, claims that the new post-Euromaidan Ukraine—or at least its leadership—was a neo-Nazi wolf in liberal clothing figured prominently in pro-Kremlin discourse.
Kori Schake / Washington Post:
Russia's military is incompetent.  That makes it more dangerous. … Last month, Russia's position on Ukraine's borders looked promising: Moscow had amassed an invasion force with nearly as many troops as Ukraine has in its active-duty military, had spent two decades modernizing its weapons and organization …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Stop buying from these companies.  They're funding Putin's war.  —  In his gut-wrenching address to Congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the United States for more — and more he will get.  —  U.S. leaders across the spectrum saluted Zelensky after he spoke to them Wednesday …
Anshel Pfeffer / Haaretz:
Even if Zelenskyy Accepts a Humiliating Peace Deal, Putin Won't Abide by It
New York Times:
Jeff Zients to Leave as Biden's Covid Czar and Be Replaced by Ashish Jha  —  The choice of Dr. Jha, an outspoken public health expert, is a sign that the White House believes the country is entering a new phase of the pandemic.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Living in red America can be life-threatening  —  It should come as no surprise that the highest rates for covid-19 deaths and murders are found mainly in red states.  A political mind-set that prioritizes racial resentment, anti-science zealotry and manufactured cultural wedge issues …
Axios:
Scoop: Biden officials fear “mass migration event” if COVID policies end  —  U.S. intelligence officials are privately bracing for a massive influx of more than 170,000 migrants at the Mexico border if COVID-era policies that allow instant expulsions during the public health emergency are ended …
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:   New federal ventilation guidelines mark next step in fight against COVID
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Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Putin Assails Russians Who Back the West, Signaling More Repression
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Biden calls Putin a ‘war criminal’
New York Times:
As Russian Troop Deaths Climb, Morale Becomes an Issue, Officials Say
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump White House aide was secret author of report used to push ‘big lie’  —  Report on Dominion voting machines produced after 2020 election was not the work of volunteer in Trump's post-election legal team  —  Weeks after the 2020 election, at least one Trump White House aide was named …
Discussion: Raw Story
Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: RNC down to two 2024 convention finalists  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ZELENSKYY'S APPEAL FALLS SHORT (FOR NOW) — No one was surprised by the request: a no-fly zone — and if not that, then access to those Soviet-style fighter jets in Poland that could help them “close the sky.”
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Michael Warren / CNN:
RNC narrows 2024 convention finalists down to Nashville and Milwaukee  —  (CNN)The Republican National Committee has narrowed down the sites for its 2024 national convention to two cities, Milwaukee and Nashville, according to two people familiar with the decision.
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and Just The News
New York Times:
Hunter Biden Paid Tax Bill, but Broad Federal Investigation Continues  —  The Justice Department inquiry into the business dealings of the president's son has remained active, with a grand jury seeking information about payments from around the world.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Chinese Officer Charged With Harassing N.Y. Congressional Candidate  —  Yan Xiong, a Chinese dissident who immigrated to America and is now a political candidate in New York, was targeted by an agent of the Chinese government, federal prosecutors said.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Stephanie Baker / Bloomberg:
Broke Oligarch Says Sanctioned Billionaires Have No Sway Over Putin  —  When I first called Mikhail Fridman to ask if he would talk about what it's like to be sanctioned, he all but hung up on me.  A couple of days later, he said he still didn't think it was a good idea.
Discussion: Insider and BBC
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Politico:
House liberals start asking Biden to sidestep Congress — months before the midterms  —  Nearly eight months out from the midterms, some House Democrats are acting like they've already lost their majority.  —  Liberal Democrats in the lower chamber are so frustrated by Senate standoffs …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times:
Former WA Rep. Matt Shea, accused of domestic terrorism, working to secure adoptions for Ukrainian children in Poland  —  Former Washington state Rep. Matt Shea, the far-right Republican who was found by a House-commissioned investigation to have planned and participated in domestic terrorism …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Chris Cuomo blasts CNN for ‘selectively enforcing’ its rules, points to Lemon, Tapper, Toobin controversies  —  The ex-anchor slammed CNN's ‘long-established pattern’ of policy ‘exceptions’ in his $125M arbitration demand  —  Chris Cuomo goes after Don Lemon for CNN cash
Paul Kirby / BBC:
Russia's state TV hit by stream of resignations  —  When Marina Ovsyannikova burst into Russian living rooms on Monday's nightly news, denouncing the war in Ukraine and propaganda around it, her protest highlighted a quiet but steady stream of resignations from Russia's tightly controlled state-run TV.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, France 24 and Raw Story
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
Brittney Griner's detention extended until May, Russian news agency says  —  American basketball star Brittney Griner's detention in Russia has been extended until May, Russian state news agency TASS reported, citing the Khimki Court of the Moscow Region.  —  “The court granted the petition …
The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio Supreme Court rejects statehouse maps, ending hopes of full May primary  —  The Ohio Supreme Court struck down the third set of state House and Senate maps late Wednesday, effectively ending any hope of a May 3rd primary with both legislative and statewide races.
David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
Trump Reveals What Kept Putin From Invading Ukraine During His Presidency  —  And why Biden has done more damage than “the 5 worst presidents in American history.”  —  Nothing is more controversial about Donald Trump than his personality; even many people who supported his policies and believe …
David Goldman / CNN:
Russia says it made a payment to avoid default  —  New York (CNN Business)Russia says it has ordered the $117 million in interest payments it owes Wednesday to be sent to investors, attempting to avoid its first international default in more than a century.  But it's not out of the woods yet.
Discussion: New York Post and Politico
 
 
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Jessica Elgot / The Guardian:
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Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Republican schism over the 2020 election spills over as Speaker Vos spends a day traveling state to manage party divisions
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Sacramento Bee:
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Associated Press:
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