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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
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New York Times:
Survivors Emerge From Bombed Theater in Southern Ukraine — Rescuers began pulling survivors from the rubble of a theater hit by a Russian strike in Mariupol. The invasion's ground advance slowed, but more missile and other attacks hit civilians. The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting on Ukraine.
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HillReporter.com, Common Dreams, UPI, Al Jazeera and Los Angeles Times
Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
Why Arnold Schwarzenegger taped an impassioned video to Russia, telling Putin: ‘Stop this war.’ — In an emotional video posted across social media on Thursday, Arnold Schwarzenegger debunked Russian disinformation about the war on Ukraine and told President Vladimir V. Putin: “You started this war.
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Putin Likely to Make Nuclear Threats If War Drags, U.S. Says — President Vladimir Putin can be expected to brandish threats to use nuclear weapons against the West if stiff Ukrainian resistance to Russia's invasion continues, draining conventional manpower and equipment …
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HotAir, Wall Street Journal, Raw Story, New York Times and Political Wire
Associated Press:
American among civilians killed in Russian attack in Ukraine
American among civilians killed in Russian attack in Ukraine
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Insider, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Spiral Seas, Metro.co.uk, NewsNation, Just The News and KIFI-TV
Alexander Smith / NBC News:
‘Scum and traitors’: Under pressure over Ukraine, Putin turns his ire on Russians
‘Scum and traitors’: Under pressure over Ukraine, Putin turns his ire on Russians
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Quillette, Washington Post, Thats Another Fine Mess and Raw Story
Washington Post:
More than two dozen Senate Republicans demand Biden do more for Ukraine after voting against $13.6 billion for Ukraine
More than two dozen Senate Republicans demand Biden do more for Ukraine after voting against $13.6 billion for Ukraine
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Associated Press, National Review, Bloomberg and Newsbusters
CNN:
Biden calls Putin a ‘murderous dictator’ and ‘pure thug’
Biden calls Putin a ‘murderous dictator’ and ‘pure thug’
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New York Times, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, 19FortyFive, The Kyiv Independent, Bloomberg and The Hill
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Lia Thomas Wins an NCAA Swimming Title — With her victory in Atlanta, Thomas, who competes for the University of Pennsylvania, became the first openly transgender woman to win an N.C.A.A. swimming championship. — Give this article- - - Read in app — ATLANTA — Lia Thomas …
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HotAir, ESPN, CNN, Townhall, Swimming World News, National Review and Just The News
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John Lohn / Swimming World News:
NCAA Title For Lia Thomas Is Joke With Biological Women As Punchline; Hardly a Laughing Matter — A joke was told in Atlanta on Thursday night. — It wasn't funny. — A little more than three months after the possibility first arose, Lia Thomas captured a title while representing …
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Breitbart, NBC10 Philadelphia, National Review, New York Post, The Hill, TheBlaze, Townhall, The Daily Wire, CBS Philly and Sports Illustrated
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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Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
America Is Zooming Through the Pandemic Panic-Neglect Cycle
America Is Zooming Through the Pandemic Panic-Neglect Cycle
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Becker's Hospital Review and Digby's Hullabaloo
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Living in red America can be life-threatening
Living in red America can be life-threatening
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HotAir, The Western Journal, Deseret News, Raw Story, Alternet.org, Balloon Juice, New York Post and CNN
Washington Post:
N.C. investigates Mark Meadows after reports that he never lived where he registered to vote — State investigators in North Carolina are probing Mark Meadows over his voter registration, after news organizations reported that the former White House chief of staff registered to vote in 2020 using …
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Raleigh News & Observer, New York Times, CNBC, Politico, UPI, The Hill, Raw Story, WRAL-TV, Talking Points Memo, One America News Network and POLITICUSUSA
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
GOP indicates plans to question KBJ on handling of sex-related offenses — Senate Republicans are offering clear indicators that they plan to make Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's handling of sex-related offenses a key line of questioning in her confirmation hearings next — week.
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Washington Post, Sacramento Bee, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, Forbes, The Daily Wire and Political Wire
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Paul McLeod / BuzzFeed News:
Everyone Was Surprised By The Senate Passing Permanent Daylight Saving Time. Especially The Senators. — WASHINGTON — The Senate's unanimous passage of a bill to make daylight saving time permanent stunned many Americans, not least of which the senators themselves.
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Political Wire, Mediaite, Washington Times, TheBlaze and Breitbart
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Mother of Hunter Biden's child testified in tax probe, lawyer handed over financial records — The Arkansas woman who had a child by Hunter Biden out of wedlock recently testified to a federal grand jury in Delaware as part of a criminal tax probe of the son of President Joe Biden.
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Reason and ArkansasTimes
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Glenn Greenwald:
The NYT Now Admits the Biden Laptop — Falsely Called “Russian Disinformation” — is Authentic
The NYT Now Admits the Biden Laptop — Falsely Called “Russian Disinformation” — is Authentic
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Fox News, The Reactionary, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, New York Post, The Bald Eagle's Nest …, American Greatness, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Breitbart, Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, RedState, The Clay Travis & …, Wall Street Journal, Wholistic, QTR's Fringe Finance, The Western Journal, The American Spectator, IJR, Letters From Luke, The Truth Barrier, Ace of Spades HQ, The Federalist, lewrockwell.com, Twitchy, HotAir, Don Surber, We Love Trump, New York Post, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, New York Post and National Review
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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Rolling Stone and Election Law Blog
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
2022 GOP showdown: New Hampshire Gov. Sununu to veto redistricting map written by Republicans
2022 GOP showdown: New Hampshire Gov. Sununu to veto redistricting map written by Republicans
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Associated Press and CBS News
Christine Emba / Washington Post:
Consent is not enough. We need a new sexual ethic. — Rachel, 25, has the open face and friendly demeanor of a born-and-bred Midwesterner. She's lively and opinionated, and feels in control of most areas of her life. But when it comes to sex, something isn't right.
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.
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Florida Times Union
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Marina Ovsyannikova's courage should make U.S. stop our own war against protests — It was a stunning, brave act that electrified Americans — even if no one witnessed it in real time. But the soon-to-be-viral video of a Russian state TV employee named Marina Ovsyannikova crashing …
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Wall Street Journal, Metro.co.uk and CNN
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Indicted Congressman Blames Lying Charges on Spotty Cell Service — Rep. Jeff Fortenberry is on trial for lying to the FBI. His defense team has a classic excuse. — Indicted Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) may have just staked his political career—and possibly his freedom—on a tried-and-true excuse: Bad cell phone reception.
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Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
Evan Medeiros / Financial Times:
Ukraine gives Europe a key swing vote in the US-China rivalry — Beijing as mediator is a fantasy — European leaders must make clear the cost of China's support for Moscow — The writer is a professor at Georgetown University and served on the US National Security Council staff from 2009-2015
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New York Times, CNN, Bloomberg, Morning Consult, Wall Street Journal, Defense One and Politico
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”.
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Literacy scores show widening achievement gap in D.C. during pandemic — The literacy proficiency gap between young White students and students of color in the District continued to widen during the second year of the pandemic, according to data released recently by D.C. Public Schools.
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 …
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.
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Insider and POLITICUSUSA
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.
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Raw Story
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon Closes $8.5 Billion Acquisition of MGM … Amazon has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM, the companies said Thursday. — The pact was first announced in May and has been winding its way through the regulatory process. Per Amazon, “The storied, nearly century-old studio …
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Andrew McCormick / Columbia Journalism Review:
Reporting on America's longest war — Eight journalists who covered the war in Afghanistan over two decades — Last August, amid the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's swift fall to the Taliban, coverage in Western media was breathless. For months, the writing had been on the wall.
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.”
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The Hill, New York Times, Daily Kos, Vanity Fair, KOCH Newsroom and Joe.My.God.