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3:00 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: Alternet.org, Althouse and Raw Story
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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.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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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.
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Biden looks to assess where China's Xi stands on Russia war
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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Politico:
How Democrats alienated the woman who helped them win the House
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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John Nichols / The Nation:
The Loathsome Hypocrisy of Republicans Who Now Applaud Volodymyr Zelensky
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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
Discussion: We Love Trump, Daily Kos and Townhall
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, 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
Discussion: 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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Julie Pace / Hachette Book Group:   Jill  —  A Biography of the First Lady … EBOOK / ISBN-13: 9780316377607  —  USD: $14.99 / CAD: $18.99
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The New York Times hates to say The Post told you so
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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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
By Labeling Putin a ‘War Criminal,’ Biden Personalizes the Conflict
Discussion: HotAir
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: 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.
Discussion: Checks and Balances
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.
Discussion: USA Today, Joe.My.God. and Daily Kos
Chloe Folmar / The Hill:
GOP leader says Republicans will boot Schiff from Intel panel  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday said Republicans would boot House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) from the committee altogether if they attain the majority in the midterm elections.
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 …
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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Breaking Defense:
Ukraine is getting Switchblade. It should be just the first wave of loitering munitions for Kyiv.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
Tawakkol Karman / DAWN:
How Ukraine Is Clarifying the Costs of America's Middle East Alliances
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Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Hoping to Identify Cheaters, a Professor Sues His Own Students
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
How Much Student Debt Has Already Been Cancelled?
Discussion: Based Politics
Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee faces a thorny challenge: Persuading the public to care
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Annie Karni / New York Times:
How Pete Souza and Ronny Jackson Became Public Foes
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Lia Thomas Wins an NCAA Swimming Title