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7:35 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 …
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
The New York Times editorial board should retract and resign  —  It's hard to imagine a more fundamental misreading of the freedom of speech - or an organization whose credibility depends more on understanding it correctly - than today's lead editorial from the New York Times editorial board.
Discussion: FIRE, Raw Story and PLURIBUS
The White House:
Readout of President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Call with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China  —  President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China (PRC).  The conversation focused on Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Biden warns Xi of global backlash if China helps Russia's attack on Ukraine
Washington Post:
Biden warns China's Xi not to help Russia on Ukraine
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 …
John Ismay / New York Times:
Ukraine Is Wrecking Russian Tanks With a Gift From Britain  —  In video after video taken in Ukraine, a puff of smoke and a brief flash of light signal that another clutch of Russian troops are about to die.  —  Sometimes it is only a split second before that light streaks to a tank …
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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.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Bryan McBournie / Axios:
Why are Switchblade drones called “kamikaze drones”?  —  The Switchblade drones are sometimes called “kamikaze drones” because they act as single-use, remote-controlled bombs.  — They are small and easily deployed, and are intended to hit targets that are outside the line of sight.
Discussion: Washington Post
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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David French / The Atlantic:
What the Russia Invasion Teaches Us About the Right  —  Contrarians aren't critical thinkers.  They're gullible reactionaries, vulnerable to conspiracy theories. … I want to share with you two remarkably similar numbers.  At first glance, they should have nothing to do with each other.
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why is J.D. Vance getting canceled by his fellow Republicans?
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Lizette Alvarez / Washington Post:
Florida Republicans are living in a Trumped-up dystopia — and everyone's invited  —  When Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Florida's conservative lawmakers finally shut down the 2022 state legislative session on Monday, I had a dispiriting epiphany.  These state's Republicans are living in a Trumped-up dystopia.
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Politico:
GOP shrugs off Trump impeachment echoes in Russia-Ukraine war
CNN:
‘Madison is wrong’: GOP backlash over Cawthorn grows after Zelensky insult  —  (CNN)When House Republicans gathered on the baseball field Friday morning for their weekly practice, members were abuzz about one topic: Rep. Madison Cawthorn.  —  The North Carolina Republican infuriated members …
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
GOP senators push misleading portrayal of Ketanji Brown Jackson's record on child porn cases  —  (CNN)Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's writings, remarks and decisions as she wrestled with the highly sensitive issue of child pornography crimes are the focus of a new GOP line of attack on President Joe Biden's pick for the Supreme Court.
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Zachary Pleat / Media Matters for America:
Baseless OAN attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson echoes QAnon conspiracy theory
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Cheney Says Greene One of Kremlin's ‘Useful Idiots’ After Ukraine Remarks  —  Representative Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, slammed Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, after she equated Ukraine's actions with those of Russia, saying “both sides” had violated peace agreements.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Raw Story
Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
Inside the transfer of foreign military equipment to Ukrainian soldiers … ON THE POLAND-UKRAINE BORDER — There were no passport officers on the dirt road, no customs lane, no signs marking this isolated patch of farmland for what it has become: a clandestine gateway for military supplies entering Ukraine.
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.
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Firing-squad executions get the greenlight in South Carolina  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has given the greenlight to firing-squad executions, a method codified into state law l ast year after a decade-long pause in carrying out death sentences because of the state's inability to procure lethal injection drugs.
Discussion: Raw Story and WBTW-TV
Rasmussen Reports:
Generic Congressional Ballot  —  Republicans Lead by 11 Points on Congressional Ballot: Sponsored by Miranda Devine's LAPTOP FROM HELL: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide  —  The 2022 midterm elections are now 235 days away, and Republicans …
Discussion: Breitbart and Power Line
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
77 WABC:
Paul Manafort |  3-16-22  —  Paul Manafort, longtime political consultant, former Chairman of the Trump Campaign and the author of the new book, Political Prisoner: Persecuted, Prosecuted, but not Silenced joins Frank.  Manafort talks about his prosecution & his book, and comments on the war in Ukraine & domestic politics.
Discussion: Insider
Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:
How the US should deter Vladimir Putin's nuclear brinkmanship  —  Lacking the force capacity, logistics train, morale, and combat power to remove Ukraine's ability to resist, Vladimir Putin has a big problem.  —  The Russian president has staked a great deal of political capital …
CNN:
Jan. 6 committee plans to use key video evidence and hire a writer to build a compelling narrative for the public  —  Washington (CNN)The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection is planning to produce a multi-media presentation and hire a writer as part of its effort …
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: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
 
 
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Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Will ‘Trump Enablers’ Eat Lunch in This Town Again?
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Migrant numbers picking up steam at the border as Dems push Biden admin to end Title 42 restrictions
Discussion: ABC News, The Scroll and BorderReport
Financial Times:
Propaganda war rages as Russians face huge pressure to back invasion
Discussion: The Noösphere
Joshua Goodman / Associated Press:
American gunmakers help Ukrainians fight back against Putin
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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Fiore switches races, files for state treasurer instead
Chloe Folmar / The Hill:
GOP leader says Republicans will boot Schiff from Intel panel
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Covid and the ‘Very Liberal’  —  There's a schism among Democrats.  And the latest on Ukraine.
Discussion: Checks and Balances
 

 
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A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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