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Nathaniel Herz / Anchorage Daily News:
Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young has died at age 88  —  Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young died Friday, his office said.  —  His wife, Anne, was by his side, his office said in statement.  —  “It's with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we announce Congressman Don Young, the Dean of the House …
Foreign Policy:
How Putin Bungled His Invasion of Ukraine  —  Faulty assumptions, terrible logistics, and a ferocious Ukrainian resistance have turned Russian President Vladimir Putin's Ukrainian adventure to ashes—for now.  —  Three weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, social media around the world …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
How low will the GOP go in taking on Ketanji Brown Jackson?  Josh Hawley lets us know.  —  How desperate can you get?  This desperate: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is pushing the argument that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is dangerously soft on sex offenders, child pornographers in particular.
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
GOP senators push misleading portrayal of Ketanji Brown Jackson's record on child porn cases
Zachary Pleat / Media Matters for America:
Baseless OAN attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson echoes QAnon conspiracy theory
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Biden warns Xi of global backlash if China helps Russia's attack on Ukraine  — President Joe Biden spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping for nearly two hours on Friday morning, largely about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  — Moscow has asked Beijing for assistance in its war …
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The White House:
Readout of President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Call with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China
Washington Post:
It's 70 degrees warmer than normal in eastern Antarctica.  Scientists are flabbergasted. … The coldest location on the planet has experienced an episode of warm weather this week unlike any ever observed, with temperatures over the eastern Antarctic ice sheet soaring 50 to 90 degrees above normal.
Discussion: WINK NEWS and The Times of Israel
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 …
Discussion: HotAir
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Ukrainian Forces Try to Hold Mariupol as Combat Reaches City Streets  —  Russia fires a long-range ballistic air missile hitting a military base in western Ukraine; capturing Mariupol in the south remains a key objective  —  KYIV, Ukraine—Russian forces pushed into the city of Mariupol Saturday …
Kate Scanlon / Washington Examiner:
Josh Mandel and Mike Gibbons nearly come to blows at Ohio candidate forum  —  Ohio Republican Senate candidates Josh Mandel and Mike Gibbons nearly came to blows during a candidate forum Friday evening.  —  Mandel, a former state treasurer and an early front-runner in the race …
Washington Post:
Mixed signals from Ukraine's president and his aides leave West confused about his end game … The mounting death toll in Ukraine has forced President Volodymyr Zelensky to consider concessions to Russia in order to bring an end to the devastating conflict, but the specific elements …
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.
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.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Dr. Oz's Heritage Is Targeted as Rivals Vie for Trump Backing  —  The Senate candidate's Turkish background has emerged as a focus of David McCormick's attacks in Pennsylvania's G.O.P. primary.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Late last year, before he had formally entered …
Discussion: NBC News
Maria Cramer / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Owes $300,000 in Legal Fees After Another Failed NDA Case  —  The award stems from an arbitration claim that was dismissed in part because of the “vague and unenforceable” provisions of a nondisclosure agreement.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Researchers warn that Christian nationalists are becoming more radical and are targeting voting  —  New research linking Christian nationalism with a desire to limit voting.  People citing their faith as the reason they support trucker convoys that shut down the border over covid protections.
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
People's Convoy Reveals Ridiculous New Goal: ‘Take Back’ Black Lives Matter Plaza  —  ‘TAR & FEATHERED’  —  On Friday morning, the so-called “People's Convoy” seemed to reveal a new goal for the right-wing trucker movement: Reclaim the two-block-long Black Lives Matter Plaza in downtown Washington …
Discussion: The Hill and TMZ.com
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: NPR, CNN, TheBlaze, The Hill, Raw Story and WBTW-TV
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 …
New York Post:
Spies who lie: 51 ‘intelligence’ experts refuse to apologize for discrediting true Hunter Biden story  —  They are the supposed nonpartisan group of top spies looking out for the best interest of the nation.  —  But the 51 former “intelligence” officials who cast doubt on The Post's Hunter …
Discussion: Power Line and TheBlaze
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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Bryan McBournie / Axios:
Why are Switchblade drones called “kamikaze drones”?
Discussion: Washington Post
Charles R. Davis / Insider:
The socialite daughter of Putin's spokesman complains US sanctions are ‘unfair’ but thinks they won't make a difference … - Elizaveta Peskova is the daughter of Vladimir Putin spokesperson Dmitriy Peskov.  — The US government sanctioned her and the rest of her family on March 11.
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Ex-West Virginia legislator pleads guilty in Jan. 6 case  —  A former West Virginia state lawmaker who livestreamed the Jan. 6, 2021 rioting at the Capitol pleaded guilty on Friday to a felony charge of civil disorder over his involvement in the uprising.  —  Derrick Evans, 36 …
Mick Ryan / Sydney Morning Herald:
Putin needs a revised theory of victory that excludes the capture of Kyiv  —  Military leader and strategist March 18, 2022 — 3.30pm  —  Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size  —  Three weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia is yet to achieve its key military objectives in the north, east or south.
 
 
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Thomas Grove / Wall Street Journal:
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
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John Reinan / Star Tribune:
Minnesota native killed in Ukraine was getting food for hospital patients
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Michael Schaffer / Politico:
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Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
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Rasmussen Reports:
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 Earlier Items: 
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
Lizette Alvarez / Washington Post:
Florida Republicans are living in a Trumped-up dystopia — and everyone's invited
Charlie Parker / The Times:
Specialist Ukrainian drone unit picks off invading Russian forces as they sleep
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix will host NFL Christmas games, including Beyonce's Halftime show, for only three hours after streaming them live; replays will be available on NFL+

New York Times:
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