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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.
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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New York Times:
Missiles Shake Lviv, a Haven for Refugees in Ukraine's West
Missiles Shake Lviv, a Haven for Refugees in Ukraine's West
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Associated Press and The Daily Caller
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Biden and Xi hold first call since Russia invaded Ukraine
Biden and Xi hold first call since Russia invaded Ukraine
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POLITICUSUSA, Fox News, Breitbart, ABC News, HotAir, UPI, The Kyiv Independent and nationalinterest.org
Washington Post:
Biden warns China's Xi not to help Russia on Ukraine
Biden warns China's Xi not to help Russia on Ukraine
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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 …
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.
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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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
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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Overtime, 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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POLITICUSUSA
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 …
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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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Fox News, HotAir, Los Angeles Times, Washington Examiner, TheBlaze, The Nation, Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hackwhackers, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
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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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The Daily Beast, Fox News and The Blue State Conservative
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.
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HuffPost, Metro.co.uk, Washington Post and UPI
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
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.
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LGBTQ Nation and Raw Story
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 Hill, VICE, The American Independent, 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
Trump considers rescinding his endorsement of Mo Brooks in Alabama's competitive Senate primary
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New York Magazine, Joe.My.God. and NBC News
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 …
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Joe.My.God.
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Migrant numbers picking up steam at the border as Dems push Biden admin to end Title 42 restrictions — There were 164,973 encounters in February 2022 compared to 101,099 encounters in February 2021 — Illegal immigrant encounters hit unprecedented numbers
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ABC News, The Scroll and We Love Trump
Zachary Pleat / Media Matters for America:
Baseless OAN attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson echoes QAnon conspiracy theory — RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM JASMINE GEONZON & GIDEON TAAFFE — Following Sen. Josh Hawley's (R-MO) Twitter rant yesterday against Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a segment on OAN took …
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Washington Examiner, Kansas City Star and NPR
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 …
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National Review, Washington Times and We Love Trump
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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Townhall, ALXnow, The Daily Caller, HotAir, Instapundit and Twitchy
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
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.
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Insider