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12:30 PM ET, March 18, 2022

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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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story, Alternet.org 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.
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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Loveday Morris / Washington Post:   In Ukraine's second city, a furious rain of bombs and rockets takes a toll: ‘There are no coffins left’
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Putin Likely to Make Nuclear Threats If War Drags, U.S. Says
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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John Nichols / The Nation:   The Loathsome Hypocrisy of Republicans Who Now Applaud Volodymyr Zelensky
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.
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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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The New York Times hates to say The Post told you so
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 …
Discussion: VICE, NBC News and Raw Story
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.
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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Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Biden looks to assess where China's Xi stands on Russia war
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.
Discussion: 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 …
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 …
Discussion: 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
Discussion: HotAir, Instapundit and Twitchy
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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John Lohn / Swimming World News:
NCAA Title For Lia Thomas Is Joke With Biological Women As Punchline; Hardly a Laughing Matter
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 …
Discussion: 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
 
 
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Aaron Navarro / CBS News:
House Democrats raised $19.3 million in February, a committee record
Discussion: The Hill
Margaret McMullan / The Bulwark:
“What Must It Be Like for Children?”  —  Remember the orphans and refugees of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine—and of wars past.
Kimberly Ross / Washington Examiner:
Mike Pence should stay on the 2024 sidelines
Discussion: We Love Trump, Daily Kos and Townhall
Tawakkol Karman / DAWN:
How Ukraine Is Clarifying the Costs of America's Middle East Alliances
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Hoping to Identify Cheaters, a Professor Sues His Own Students
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
‘The Republic Got Dumber Because of That Tweet’: Ben Sasse Chides Chris Murphy on Senate Floor for ‘Twitter Self-Pleasuring’
Discussion: Raw Story and National Review
 Earlier Items: 
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
How Much Student Debt Has Already Been Cancelled?
Discussion: Based Politics
BBC:
Russia Today: News channel RT's UK licence revoked by Ofcom
U.S. Department of Defense:
Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Largest Federal Utility Chooses Gas, Undermining Biden's Climate Goals
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Indicted Congressman Blames Lying Charges on Spotty Cell Service
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Literacy scores show widening achievement gap in D.C. during pandemic
Washington Post:
N.C. investigates Mark Meadows after reports that he never lived where he registered to vote