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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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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
The New York Times editorial board should retract and resign
The New York Times editorial board should retract and resign
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PLURIBUS and The American Spectator
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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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.
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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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Washington Examiner, Regular Order, Spectrum News NY1, Breitbart, Punchbowl News, Human Events, National Review and NRCC
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Politico:
How Democrats alienated the woman who helped them win the House — Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) pioneered the playbook that helped Democrats flip the House in 2018. Less than four years later, she announced her retirement. Her experience has raised alarms about the Democratic Party going forward.
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New Republic, Washington Free Beacon, Bloomberg and The Daily Caller
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.
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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.
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Yimou Lee / Reuters:
Chinese carrier sails through Taiwan Strait hours before Biden-Xi call
Chinese carrier sails through Taiwan Strait hours before Biden-Xi call
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China Boss News, The Daily Caller, One America News Network and Associated Press
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 …
Breaking Defense:
Ukraine is getting Switchblade. It should be just the first wave of loitering munitions for Kyiv. — Loitering munitions — essentially small suicide drones capable of tracking a target and then striking it — have been around for years, but the technology emerged as a key weapons in the 2021 conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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Washington Examiner
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Bryan McBournie / Axios:
Why are Switchblade drones called “kamikaze drones”?
Why are Switchblade drones called “kamikaze drones”?
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Washington Post
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.
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Raw Story
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Kimberly Ross / Washington Examiner:
Mike Pence should stay on the 2024 sidelines
Mike Pence should stay on the 2024 sidelines
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We Love Trump, Daily Kos and Townhall
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
The Loathsome Hypocrisy of Republicans Who Now Applaud Volodymyr Zelensky
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Washington Examiner
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 …
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The American Independent, DownWithTyranny!, 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
Trump considers rescinding his endorsement of Mo Brooks in Alabama's competitive Senate primary
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Joe.My.God. and NBC News
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.
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.
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Checks and Balances
John Simpson / BBC:
Ukraine conflict: Putin lays out his demands in Turkish phone call — Turkey has positioned itself with great care to be the go-between with Russia and Ukraine - and this seems to be paying off. — On Thursday afternoon, President Vladimir Putin rang the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan …
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HotAir, Tsarizm, New York Times, Sean Hannity, RedState, TheBlaze, World News and Insider
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.
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USA Today, Joe.My.God. and Daily Kos
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.
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UPI and Washington Post
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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The Daily Caller, HotAir, Instapundit and Twitchy
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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Insider, Washington Examiner, Newslit Daily and Becker's Hospital Review, 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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New York Magazine, Becker's Hospital Review and STAT
Gerry Shih / Washington Post:
As sanctions over Ukraine war mount, Russia turns to India to buy oil and arms — NEW DELHI — When Russia faced international condemnation and sanctions after President Vladimir Putin launched his Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, India stayed on the diplomatic sidelines.
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Dianne Gallagher / CNN:
Mark Meadows' voter registration under investigation by state officials in North Carolina — (CNN)State investigators in North Carolina are looking into the voter registration of Mark Meadows, the former Republican congressman and White House chief of staff who pushed baseless claims …
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NPR, HuffPost, CBS News, IJR, New York Times, Washington Examiner and Talking Points Memo
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Fiore switches races, files for state treasurer instead — CARSON CITY — Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore, who announced her candidacy for Nevada governor in October with a YouTube ad, changed her mind on Thursday and filed to run for state treasurer instead.
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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