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10:20 AM ET, March 18, 2022

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CNN:
Anatomy of the Mariupol hospital attack  —  Medical facilities and workers have been repeatedly hit by Russian forces since their invasion of Ukraine, despite this being against the rules of war.  The World Health Organization (WHO) listed 43 verified attacks as of March 17.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Euractiv
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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’  —  KHARKIV, Ukraine — The morgue in Kharkiv was overflowing.  —  In the courtyard outside, scores of black and green body bags were stacked along two of its walls.
NBC News:
American man killed in Ukraine while waiting in bread line, family says
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 …
Discussion: Althouse
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  —  When congressional Republicans had a chance to impeach and convict Trump for blackmailing Zelensky, 247 of them refused.  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky got a hero's welcome from the US Congress this week …
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 and Alternet.org
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
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
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:
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: NBC News, Raw Story and Mic
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.
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: STAT
Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee faces a thorny challenge: Convincing 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.
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.  —  n the national debate over the direction of K-12 education, the battle lines separating parents and institutions are only hardening.
Discussion: HotAir
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 …
Discussion: Caitlin's Newsletter
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Kseniya Kirillova / CEPA:
Reaching Russians: None So Deaf as Those Who Won't Hear
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Charlotte Lawson / The Dispatch:
Concessions to Iran, Russia Pile Up in Nuclear Talks  —  The Biden administration looks willing to make a deal on Iran's nuclear program at all costs.  —  After eight weeks of gridlocked and often grueling negotiations through international intermediaries in Vienna, the United States …
Tawakkol Karman / DAWN:
How Ukraine Is Clarifying the Costs of America's Middle East Alliances  —  Russia's invasion of Ukraine should be a defining moment for the global struggle for democracy and the rule of law.  Instead, it has starkly revealed how U.S. support for authoritarian governments like those in Saudi Arabia …
 
 
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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: 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
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:
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Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Literacy scores show widening achievement gap in D.C. during pandemic
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Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
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Yahoo News:
Russian billionaire's yacht is docked in St. Augustine
Discussion: Florida Times Union
The Economist:
Daniel Yergin on Russia losing its status as an “energy superpower”
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
GOP indicates plans to question KBJ on handling of sex-related offenses