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9:30 AM ET, March 21, 2022

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Mstyslav Chernov / Associated Press:
We witnessed Mariupol's agony and fled a Russian hit list  —  MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The Russians were hunting us down.  They had a list of names, including ours, and they were closing in.  —  We had been documenting the siege of the Ukrainian city by Russian troops for more than two weeks …
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New York Times:
Russian Strike Reduces Kyiv Mall to Ruins
Los Angeles Times:
Ukraine accuses Russia of bombing shelter, deporting citizens
Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: Witness Claims Trump's Chief of Staff Was on Phone Call Planning Jan. 6 March on Capitol  —  Trump's team agreed it would encourage supporters to march, but try to “make it look like they went down there on their own,” Scott Johnston tells Rolling Stone
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Justice Clarence Thomas hospitalized with infection, Supreme Court says  —  He was admitted to the hospital after experiencing flu-like symptoms.  —  Justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalized with an infection, the Supreme Court announced in a statement.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Senator Hawley's Disingenuous Attack against Judge Jackson's Record on Child Pornography
Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Public Supports Jackson on SCOTUS
Discussion: NBC News and YouTube
Emily Jacobs / Washington Examiner:
McConnell: Ketanji Brown Jackson declined to oppose court packing
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
On Eve of Confirmation Hearings, G.O.P. Steps Up Attacks on Jackson
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
U.N. secretary general says global climate target ‘is on life support’ … The head of the United Nations on Monday warned that the world is “sleepwalking to climate catastrophe,” as the ongoing pandemic, the war in Ukraine and a lack of political willpower undermine humanity's efforts to slow the warming of the planet.
Discussion: CBS News
Anna Getmansky / Haaretz:
Iron Dome and Beyond: Israel Can, and Must, Save Lives in Ukraine  —  One Western country has the unique experience and capacity to help Ukraine protect civilian lives from Putin's bombardment: Israel.  Unfortunately, despite repeated requests from Kyiv, it has chosen not to do  —  Zen Read
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David S. Cloud / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Sends Patriot Missiles to Saudi Arabia, Fulfilling Urgent Request  —  The arms were transferred in past month after Saudi military sought new supply to repel drone, missile attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has transferred a significant number …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Associated Press
David Kushner / Insider:
‘We have your daughter’: The terrified father paid the ransom.  Then he found his kid where he least expected her. … Last year, at about 11 in the morning on July 29, Richard Mendelstein was working in his home office in Princeton, New Jersey, when his phone rang.  The caller ID read “unknown.”
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
As it enters a third year, California's drought is strangling the farming industry  —  FIVE POINTS, Calif. — The school is disappearing.  —  Westside Elementary opened its doors nearly a century ago here in the San Joaquin Valley, among the most productive agricultural regions on earth.
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Super PAC signals Pennsylvania primary could get rough  —  A super PAC backing Pennsylvania Senate candidate Conor Lamb is warning prospective donors that he is trailing frontrunner John Fetterman by 30 percentage points in the Democratic primary — and that the public's perception …
Politico:
Teetering with Trump, Brooks calls for McConnell's ouster  —  Alabama Republican Mo Brooks is calling for Mitch McConnell to be ousted as Senate GOP leader, making him the party's third major Senate candidate to come out in favor of booting the Kentucky Republican.
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Raw Story and Breitbart
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
U.S., Ukraine, NATO Have a Secret Weapon Against Russia: Patience.  —  The longer Russia's war in Ukraine rages on, the more the Kremlin stands to lose. … How long is a night when you are huddled beneath a blanket on a subway station floor, holding your baby in your arms as missiles …
Wall Street Journal:
Russia, Failing to Achieve Early Victory in Ukraine, Is Seen Shifting to ‘Plan B’  —  Tactical shift seeks to pressure Ukraine into accepting neutrality and Russian territorial claims, U.S. officials say  —  After Russian forces failed to secure a quick victory over Ukraine …
New York Times:
It's Never a Good Time for the Hunter Biden Story  —  Gail Collins: Bret, here's one question I don't think I ever asked you before: What do you think of daylight saving time?  —  Bret Stephens: About the same way I feel about Volodymyr Zelensky.  The light of the West.
Discussion: Althouse and Instapundit
New York Times:
Ashley Biden's Diary Was Shown at Trump Fund-Raiser.  Weeks Later, Project Veritas Called Her.  —  The right-wing group's deceptive call to the president's daughter a month before Election Day is among the new details that show how the organization worked to expose personal information about the Biden family.
Washington Post:
How Russia's aggression in Ukraine in 2014 and 2015 is shaping Biden's actions today … The former diplomats and defense officials who visited the U.S. Naval Observatory in early 2015 were seeking a receptive audience — and they found one in Vice President Joe Biden.
 
 
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Ukraine War Threatens to Cause a Global Food Crisis
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