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New York Times:
America Has a Free Speech Problem — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. — For all the tolerance and enlightenment that modern society claims …
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Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
J.D. Vance Gets Canceled — It seems J.D. Vance's “No BS Tour” is skipping a stop in Minnesota. The Ohio Senate hopeful, currently polling in third place, was slated to speak at the Minnesota GOP's annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner fundraising event. Then, without explanation, he was pulled.
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Alternet.org, Raw Story and Althouse
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why is J.D. Vance getting canceled by his fellow Republicans? — A fascinating mystery has arisen around Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance. And it raises pressing questions about a larger phenomenon: The drift toward Putinism among some in the GOP, and the effort by other Republicans to paper it over or purge it outright.
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Biden and Xi hold first call since Russia invaded Ukraine — President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two hours on Friday in a video call that came as the U.S. tries to convince Beijing to distance itself from Russia's war in Ukraine.
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New York Times:
Missiles Shake Lviv, a Haven for Refugees in Ukraine's West — Russia broadened its offensive with the missile attack in Lviv, where Ukrainians had sought safety from the war. And in hard-hit Mariupol, 130 people were rescued from a theater nearly flattened in a Russian attack, but hundreds were still feared trapped.
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The Daily Caller
Yimou Lee / Reuters:
Chinese carrier sails through Taiwan Strait hours before Biden-Xi call
Chinese carrier sails through Taiwan Strait hours before Biden-Xi call
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China Boss News, The Daily Caller, One America News Network and Associated Press
Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A retiring moderate Democrat unloads on the party — DRIVING THE DAY — SCOOP: DEMS TO HAUL BIG OIL TO THE HILL AMID GAS SURGE — As prices at the pump soar, House Democrats are readying a strategy to try to redirect the nation's ire away from President JOE BIDEN and toward oil companies.
Charlie Parker / The Times:
Specialist Ukrainian drone unit picks off invading Russian forces as they sleep — An elite Ukrainian drone unit has destroyed dozens of “priority targets” by attacking Russian forces as they sleep, The Times can reveal. — Aerorozvidka, a specialist air reconnaissance unit within the army …
Politico:
GOP shrugs off Trump impeachment echoes in Russia-Ukraine war — Republicans clamoring to accuse President Joe Biden of slow-walking support for Ukraine don't see a shred of comparison with Donald Trump's impeachment for withholding aid from the very same nation.
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Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
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Politico:
Jan. 6 trial centers on lingering mystery: Where was Mike Pence as riot raged? — Where precisely was Mike Pence while a mob descended on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021? — A defendant set to face just the second trial in the nearly 15 months since the attack intends to make that question the centerpiece of his defense Monday.
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Raw Story
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Kimberly Ross / Washington Examiner:
Mike Pence should stay on the 2024 sidelines
Mike Pence should stay on the 2024 sidelines
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We Love Trump, Daily Kos and Townhall
NBC News:
American man killed in Ukraine while waiting in bread line, family says — Russia intensifies attacks on civilians in Ukraine — A U.S. man was killed this week in Ukraine while he was waiting in a bread line for food in the northern city of Chernihiv, his family said.
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Politico:
As Trump's Alabama Senate pick struggles, Shelby to pour in millions — Mo Brooks is reeling and Alabama's Senate GOP primary is descending into chaos. So Sen. Richard Shelby is making his move. — The retiring Alabama senator is preparing to pour as much as $6 million into the race …
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VICE, DownWithTyranny! and Raw Story
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Gabby Orr / CNN:
Trump considers rescinding his endorsement of Mo Brooks in Alabama's competitive Senate primary
Trump considers rescinding his endorsement of Mo Brooks in Alabama's competitive Senate primary
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Joe.My.God. and NBC News
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
Left-Wing Rating Agency Grades Media That Botched Hunter Biden Story With 100 Percent Credibility — News groups supposedly dedicated to discrediting misinformation have a history of amplifying misinformation. — News groups dedicated to discrediting misinformation have a history of amplifying misinformation.
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Fox News, Eric Thompson's Newsletter, The Flash Report and Twitchy
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Janelle Griffith / NBC News:
House passes CROWN Act banning discrimination against Black hairstyles — CROWN stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair. It prohibits “discrimination based on an individual's texture or style of hair.” — The House on Friday passed the CROWN Act, which would ban hair-related discrimination.
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UPI and Washington Post
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Covid and the ‘Very Liberal’ — There's a schism among Democrats. And the latest on Ukraine. — Give this article- - - Read in app — The left-right divide over Covid-19 — with blue America taking the virus more seriously than red America — has never been the pandemic's only political divide.
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Checks and Balances
John Simpson / BBC:
Ukraine conflict: Putin lays out his demands in Turkish phone call — Turkey has positioned itself with great care to be the go-between with Russia and Ukraine - and this seems to be paying off. — On Thursday afternoon, President Vladimir Putin rang the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan …
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HotAir, Tsarizm, New York Times, RedState, Sean Hannity, TheBlaze, World News and Insider
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal:
Most Medical Debts to Be Removed From Consumers' Credit Reports — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion are making sweeping changes to how they report medical debt in collections beginning this summer — The biggest credit-reporting firms will strip tens of billions of dollars in medical debt …
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Insider, Washington Examiner, Becker's Hospital Review and Newslit Daily, more at Mediagazer »
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
SOTU bust: Biden approval “bounce” fantasy dissipates — Remember when media outlets reported on Joe Biden's post-State of the Union “bounce” and his recharged job approval? Good times, good times. A look at the week-ending graph at RealClearPolitics shows that NPR/PBS poll and a lot …
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Washington Examiner, Breitbart and Monmouth University …
Inez Stepman / National Review:
Virginia School Covered Up Sexual Assault That Left Victim Hospitalized — An Alexandria high school withheld details from parents about a reported multiple-assailant rape on school grounds. — SPORTS — Tears and Tension as the NCAA Awards a Women's Championship to Lia Thomas — By MADELEINE KEARNS
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The Daily Caller, HotAir, Twitchy and Instapundit
Sarah Toy / Wall Street Journal:
Ivermectin Didn't Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations in Largest Trial to Date — Patients who got the antiparasitic drug didn't fare better than those who received a placebo — Researchers testing repurposed drugs against Covid-19 found that ivermectin didn't reduce hospital admissions …
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New York Magazine, Becker's Hospital Review and STAT
The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio Republicans discussing impeachment of Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor after map ruling — House Republicans are discussing whether to impeach Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor after the Ohio Supreme Court rejected a third set of legislative maps and effectively ended all hope of a full May 3rd primary.