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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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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.
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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Gerry Shih / Washington Post:
As sanctions over Ukraine war mount, Russia turns to India to buy oil and arms
As sanctions over Ukraine war mount, Russia turns to India to buy oil and arms
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CNN:
Anatomy of the Mariupol hospital attack
Anatomy of the Mariupol hospital attack
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Loveday Morris / Washington Post:
In Ukraine's second city, a furious rain of bombs and rockets takes a toll: ‘There are no coffins left’
James Politi / Financial Times:
US pours cold water on hopes of diplomatic solution in Ukraine
US pours cold water on hopes of diplomatic solution in Ukraine
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Scoop: Ukraine sought long-term resistance funding
Scoop: Ukraine sought long-term resistance funding
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U.S. Department of Defense, Joe.My.God., Lucian Truscott Newsletter, Breitbart and Bloomberg
Evan Medeiros / Financial Times:
Ukraine gives Europe a key swing vote in the US-China rivalry
Ukraine gives Europe a key swing vote in the US-China rivalry
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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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Los Angeles Times, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
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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.
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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.
Julie Pace / Hachette Book Group:
Jill — A Biography of the First Lady … EBOOK / ISBN-13: 9780316377607 — USD: $14.99 / CAD: $18.99 — PAGE COUNT: 320 SELECT A FORMAT: … The personal and political life of First Lady Dr. Jill Biden — Dr. Jill Biden has been described as President Joe Biden's greatest political asset.
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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 …
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Under Trump, DHS directed to probe bogus claims about voter fraud — In late April of 2020, a top political appointee in the Trump administration called for Department of Homeland Security officials to scrutinize an unusual topic for a national security agency: possible voter fraud in the upcoming election.
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Yimou Lee / Reuters:
Chinese carrier sails through Taiwan Strait hours before Biden-Xi call — A Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said, just hours before the Chinese and U.S. presidents were due to talk. — China claims democratically ruled Taiwan …
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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee faces a thorny challenge: Persuading the public to care — The House Jan. 6 committee has tried to recruit high-profile journalists to write its report about the attack on the Capitol, hoping to build a narrative thriller that compels audiences and is a departure from government reports of yore.
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Annie Karni / New York Times:
How Pete Souza and Ronny Jackson Became Public Foes — Pete Souza, the former White House photographer-turned-Trump troll, now uses his popular Twitter feed almost exclusively to ridicule Representative Ronny Jackson, the former White House doctor-turned-Trump acolyte. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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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Washington Examiner, Becker's Hospital Review and Newslit Daily, more at Mediagazer »
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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Becker's Hospital Review and STAT
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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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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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 CNN
Washington Post:
Inside Russia's propaganda bubble: Where a war isn't a war — RIGA, Latvia — Fake U.S. biowarfare labs. Fake killer birds. Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump cameos. Ukrainian “Nazis” everywhere. — Russia's domestic television propaganda machine has reached such an intensity amid …
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Kseniya Kirillova / CEPA:
Reaching Russians: None So Deaf as Those Who Won't Hear