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3:50 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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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 …
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
The Coronavirus Funding Collapse Is a Disaster
Politico:   POLITICO Playbook PM: Pelosi's Covid funding quagmire
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  —  Ukrainian snipers had a problem: Russian forces in eastern Ukraine were trying to blind them.  —  As the Ukrainians were looking through their scopes in order to find their targets …
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
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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
Kenneth Garger / New York Post:
Hunter Biden's infamous laptop confirmed in New York Times report
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: Raw Story and Chicago Sun-Times
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
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 …
New York Times:
Russian Forces Take Losses on Battlefield, but Civilian Toll Worsens  —  Russia's ground advance slowed, but more missile and other attacks struck civilians.  As cease-fire talks continued with uncertain prospects, the U.N. Security Council was scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on Ukraine.
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Associated Press:
WNBA star Brittney Griner's detention in Russia extended to May 19
Molly McKew / Great Power:
Escalating fears that Putin might do something crazy  —  A brief note on a very strange day … I think there are two points worth dwelling on.  —  First, there will always be fresh terror from Putin.  A show trial.  Chernobyl.  Chem/bio insinuations.
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.”
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
Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
In ‘Lessons From the Edge,’ How an Ambassador to Ukraine Became a Casualty of the Trump Administration  —  Marie Yovanovitch recounts her career in public service and the experience of testifying during President Trump's first impeachment.  —  Buy Book ▾
Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Negative View of State of the Union  —  Americans describe country as ‘divided,’ ‘mess,’ ‘chaos’  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Divided.  That is the most commonly mentioned description of the country today, according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
Discussion: RedState
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.
Sarah L. Kaufman / Washington Post:
Bolshoi star ballerina quits famed Moscow company: ‘I never thought I would be ashamed of Russia’ … Bolshoi ballerina Olga Smirnova, an international ballet star who recently publicly denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has quit the famed Moscow ballet company and joined the Dutch National Ballet …
Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Russia warns United States: we have the might to put you in your place  —  Russia warned the United States on Thursday that Moscow had the might to put the world's pre-eminent superpower in its place and accused the West of stoking a wild Russophobic plot to tear Russia apart.
Alan Cole / Full Stack Economics:
Why America can't build quickly anymore  —  If we have 12 years to fight climate change, we can't afford to take 17 years to build subway lines.  —  Stripe CEO Patrick Collison has a hobby: he curates a list of examples of “people quickly accomplishing ambitious things together.”
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders camp quietly pushes Khanna presidential bid  —  Top figures from Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign are privately encouraging Ro Khanna to run for president in 2024 if Joe Biden doesn't seek a second term, giving the California congressman an important stamp of approval from progressives …
Discussion: Common Dreams
New York Times:
Republicans Push Crackdown on Crime Wave That Doesn't Exist: Voter Fraud  —  Election fraud is exceedingly rare and often accidental.  Still, G.O.P. lawmakers and prosecutors are promoting tough new enforcement efforts.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Salon and Raw Story
Ed White / HuffPost:
Man Accused In Kidnap Plot Wanted ‘Tyrant’ Michigan Governor Tied Up On Table  —  Adam Dean Scott told an undercover FBI agent he wanted to restrain Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on a table for a photo made to look “like we just made the biggest drug bust.”  —  A key figure in an alleged plot …
Discussion: Insider
 
 
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Jeremy Pelzer / Plain Dealer:
Gov. Mike DeWine's suggestion to break Ohio's redistricting impasse: have mapmakers collaborate on bipartisan plan
Discussion: Election Law Blog
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
Charles Homans / New York Times:
Where Does American Democracy Go From Here?
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
The Anti-Semite on Your TV  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson's favorite foreign policy expert …
Discussion: Slate and Raw Story
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)
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi says White House should request $45B in new COVID aid
Patrick Radden Keefe / New Yorker:
How Putin's Oligarchs Bought London
Discussion: Raw Story
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PRRI:
Americans' Support for Key LGBTQ Rights Continues to Tick Upward
Discussion: Reason
Jay Caruso / Washington Examiner:
Tucker Carlson's speech is not a crime
Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Chinese Officer Charged With Harassing N.Y. Congressional Candidate
David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
Trump Reveals What Kept Putin From Invading Ukraine During His Presidency
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Chris Cuomo blasts CNN for ‘selectively enforcing’ its rules, points to Lemon, Tapper, Toobin controversies
David Goldman / CNN:
Russia says it made a payment to avoid default
Discussion: New York Post, Culturcidal and Politico
 

 
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