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5:30 PM ET, March 17, 2022

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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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Axios:
Scoop: Biden officials fear “mass migration event” if COVID policies end
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
America Is Zooming Through the Pandemic Panic-Neglect Cycle
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Pelosi's Covid funding quagmire
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Inside Edition:
Fearing Poisoning, Vladimir Putin Replaces 1,000 of His Personal Staff  —  Kremlin Questioned Protesting Russian TV Producer for 14 Hours After Arrest  —  Russian Speakers Make Cold Calls to Thwart Putin's Ukraine Propaganda  —  Parents of Ex-Marine Jailed in Russia Say Putin Is Using Him as a Political Pawn
Discussion: Althouse
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 …
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Zach Dorfman / Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Secret CIA training program in Ukraine helped Kyiv prepare for Russian invasion
CNN:
Biden calls Putin a ‘murderous dictator’ and ‘pure thug’  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden on Thursday called Vladimir Putin a “pure thug” and “murderous dictator,” his latest pointed attack against the Russian President as the war in Ukraine rages on.  —  Speaking at the annual Friends …
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Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Russia warns United States: we have the might to put you in your place
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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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Why Journalists Love War
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Jeremy Pelzer / Plain Dealer:
Gov. Mike DeWine's suggestion to break Ohio's redistricting impasse: have mapmakers collaborate on bipartisan plan  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The morning after the Ohio Supreme Court threw out a third Republican-backed legislative redistricting plan, Gov. Mike DeWine suggested having Democratic and GOP mapmakers …
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
2022 GOP showdown: New Hampshire Gov. Sununu to veto redistricting map written by Republicans
Discussion: CBS News and Associated Press
Maya King / New York Times:   Why Stacey Abrams Isn't Embracing Her Democratic Stardom (So Far)
Associated Press:
WNBA star Brittney Griner's detention in Russia extended to May 19  —  A Moscow court has extended the arrest of WNBA star Brittney Griner until May 19, according to the Russian state news agency Tass.  —  Griner was detained at a Moscow airport on February 17 after Russian authorities …
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Durbin, White House slam emerging GOP attack on KBJ sex offender rulings  —  Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin and the Biden White House on Thursday derided a new GOP attack on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, centered on her handling of sex offenders.
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Tim Pearce / The Daily Wire:
Biden's Supreme Court Pick Championed Advocates Of Critical Race Theory In Lectures, Speeches
Discussion: Fox News and Common Sense Now
Glenn Greenwald:
The NYT Now Admits the Biden Laptop — Falsely Called “Russian Disinformation” — is Authentic  —  The media outlets which spread this lie from ex-CIA officials never retracted their pre-election falsehoods, ones used by Big Tech to censor reporting on the front-runner.
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Kenneth Garger / New York Post:
Hunter Biden's infamous laptop confirmed in New York Times report
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 …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Hannity's clownish contortions on Ukraine reveal the rot at Trumpism's core  —  Donald Trump's most slavish propagandists have a problem.  Trump withheld military aid from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an extortion scheme of unfathomable corruption and depravity.
Discussion: Insider and POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
Koch Industries to stay in Russia, says exiting does ‘more harm than good’  —  Koch Industries, the American manufacturing giant that employs 122,000 people across the world, said Wednesday it would not exit its operations in Russia because doing so would put its “employees there at greater risk and do more harm than good.”
Steven Monacelli / The Daily Beast:
Prosecutors Try to Jail MAGA Fanatic After Daily Beast Report  —  Joshua Macias has been in the thick of Stop the Steal chaos since November 2020.  Now prosecutors say he is violating his bail conditions. … Philadelphia prosecutors have filed a motion seeking to revoke the bail of Joshua Macias …
Financial Times:
Russia edges closer to averting default as JPMorgan processes bond payment  —  Bank sought approval from US Treasury before passing on coupons on two dollar bonds  —  JPMorgan has processed interest payments sent by the Russian government for two of the country's bonds …
Invitation / The Economist:
Daniel Yergin on Russia losing its status as an “energy superpower”  —  The energy analyst and award-winning author of “The Prize” and “The New Map” says Vladimir Putin is destroying the foundation of his country's economic power  —  Vladimir putin once said that he did not like hearing Russia described as an “energy superpower”.
Patrick Radden Keefe / New Yorker:
How Putin's Oligarchs Bought London  —  From banking to boarding schools, the British establishment has long been at their service, discretion guaranteed.  —  Roman Abramovich was thirty-four years old—baby-faced, vigorous, already one of Russia's richest oligarchs—when he did something seemingly inexplicable.
Discussion: Raw Story
Foreign Policy:
Republican Senators Block Confirmation of Key Biden Officials, Stymying Ukraine Response  —  A Democratic lawmaker accuses Sen. Rick Scott of “single-handedly undermining” the United States' full response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  —  In recent weeks, the Biden administration …
Discussion: 19FortyFive
Yahoo News:
Russian billionaire's yacht is docked in St. Augustine  —  St. Augustine is home to a Russian billionaire's $7 million yacht.  —  Igor Makarov's 128-foot yacht, called Areti I, has been in St. Augustine at Camachee Cove for years, a spokesman for his firm, Areti International Group, said.
Discussion: Florida Times Union
Brittany Shepherd / ABC News:
Move over Iowa.  New Jersey Democrats vie to hold early presidential primary.  —  They wrote a letter to the DNC making the request.  —  As the Democratic National Committee considers changes to its primary calendar, New Jersey Democrats are pitching themselves for consideration as one of the early presidential primary states.
Civis Analytics:
2021 VA/NJ Vote History Analysis  —  AUTHORS:  —  Applied Data Science Lead, Civis Analytics  —  Senior Applied Data Scientist — Research Insights, Civis Analytics  —  The 2021 statewide elections in Virginia and New Jersey each resulted in similar rightward swings in support of about 6 points overall, or a 12-point swing.
 
 
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New York Times:
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A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

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Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
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