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1:05 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’
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.
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
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 and Raw Story
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Gabby Orr / CNN:
Trump considers rescinding his endorsement of Mo Brooks in Alabama's competitive Senate primary
Discussion: NBC News
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.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kimberly Ross / Washington Examiner:
Mike Pence should stay on the 2024 sidelines  —  The 2024 presidential election looms large on the horizon.  Given President Joe Biden's dismal approval ratings and policy disasters at home and abroad, the Democratic Party is right to be concerned.  —  January 2022 polling indicates …
Discussion: We Love Trump, Daily Kos and Townhall
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 …
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.
Discussion: Washington Post
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
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.
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
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 …
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
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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Aaron Navarro / CBS News:
House Democrats raised $19.3 million in February, a committee record
Discussion: The Hill
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
SOTU bust: Biden approval “bounce” fantasy dissipates
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Breitbart and CNN
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.
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
 Earlier Items: 
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
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
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
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Literacy scores show widening achievement gap in D.C. during pandemic