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Valerie Hopkins / New York Times:
As Mariupol Is Bombed and Besieged, Those Trapped Fight to Survive — LVIV, Ukraine — Eduard Zarubin, a doctor, has lost everything. But he does still have his life. — His street is destroyed, and his city, the southern port of Mariupol, is so far the greatest horror of Russia's scorched-earth war against Ukraine.
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NBC News, Washington Post and Associated Press
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Kremlin TV Just Declared War on... Arnold Schwarzenegger — Moscow's mouthpieces did not take well to a recent video message from Arnold Schwarzenegger, in which urged the Russian people to see through Putin's web of lies on Ukraine. — Arnold Schwarzenegger's video appeal to the Russian people has been remarkably effective.
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Mediaite, apsa, Raw Story, HotAir, Patterico's Pontifications and Sree's Sunday Note
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Sending Soviet Air Defense Systems It Secretly Acquired to Ukraine
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The Drive, The Mahablog and Volcker Shock
Wall Street Journal:
EU Support Grows for Russia Oil Ban Over Ukraine War
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Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Break The Model and One America News Network
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Why Can't the West Admit That Ukraine Is Winning?
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Unsound Ideas, Politico, Dr. John's Blog, Boston Herald, HotAir and Washington Post, more at Techmeme »
CNN:
Who is Russia's top field commander in Ukraine? The US isn't sure.
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PravdaReport, The Editorial Board, Foreign Policy, Associated Press and Wall Street Journal
The Guardian:
$17bn of global assets linked to 35 Russians with alleged ties to Putin
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CNN and The San Francisco Standard
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Ketanji Brown Jackson shows why she was nominated — Much of the first day of the confirmation hearing for Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's nominee for the Supreme Court, was not about Jackson at all. Instead, Senate Republicans whined about the treatment of past nominees …
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New York Times:
For These Republicans, Supreme Court Hearings Are an Irresistible Opportunity
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Associated Press, CNN, Breitbart, Los Angeles Blade, Issues & Insights, Roll Call, Insider, Florida Phoenix, CBS Miami, Washington Post, SCOTUSblog, The Sun, BuzzFeed News and CBS News
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The collapse of Supreme Court consensus
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Washington Examiner
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz told Ketanji Brown Jackson that Bushrod Washington was not ‘controversial.’ He was an enslaver.
CNN:
READ: Ketanji Brown Jackson's opening statement at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing
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New York Times, Washington Post, Above the Law and Breitbart
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Josh Hawley's attempt to smear Ketanji Brown Jackson backfires
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Associated Press, CNN, Breitbart, Washington Post, New York Times, The American Spectator, The Federalist, Punchbowl News, Washington Examiner, Townhall, Twitchy, Vanity Fair, Washington Free Beacon, RedState, No More Mister Nice Blog, National Review, The Hill, Ace of Spades HQ and Raw Story
Jasmine Mithani / The 19th:
See just how much White men have dominated the federal judiciary
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Mic and The American Conservative
Associated Press:
Ex-wife accuses top Missouri GOP Senate candidate of abuse — COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, now a leading Republican Senate candidate, was physically abusive and demonstrated such “unstable and coercive behavior” that steps were taken to limit his access to firearms …
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Amid War Crimes in Ukraine, American Right Wingers Are Applauding Russia — From Trump adviser Roger Stone to rocker Aaron Lewis, MAGAworld has unleashed a flood of praise for Putin — Vladimir Putin is ramping up his brutal assault on Ukraine, shelling civilians from Odessa to Kharkiv …
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Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Trump Ally Roger Stone Sides With Putin, Claims Russia ‘Acting Defensively’
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Metro.co.uk
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Trump Casts Himself As Champion Of Ukraine, Despite Once Saying Aid Made U.S. A ‘Sucker’
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Ineptocracy Chronicles, Fox News and Washington Examiner
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Lauren Hough Loses Lambda Prize Nomination After a Twitter Feud — Her essay collection was removed from contention in the category of best lesbian memoir after she went on Twitter to defend a forthcoming Sandra Newman novel from charges that it was transphobic. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Badreads with Lauren Hough
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Vulnerable Democrats eye GOP transit mask repeal — The chair of the House Democrats' campaign arm and some of the vulnerable members he's charged with re-electing are voicing support for a Republican-led mask mandate repeal bill. … - The backing also illustrates how Democrats …
Politico:
Biden warns Russian cyberattacks ‘coming’ — President Joe Biden on Monday warned of Russian cyberattacks against the U.S. — making his most prominent alert yet about what he called new intelligence concerning the Putin regime's plans. — “The more Putin's back is against the wall …
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NBC News:
Lia Thomas' NCAA championship performance gives women sports a crucial opportunity — Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas ties for 5th place in NCAA Nationals — On Saturday, University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas placed last in the 100-yard freestyle swim during the NCAA championships, ending her career in collegiate swimming.
Elizabeth Elkind / Daily Mail:
Montana airport calls the COPS on Republican Senator Ted Cruz after he missed the check-in window for his flight and was told it was busy to re-book a flight during Spring Break — The incident was compared to Cruz's attempt to flee Texas for Cancun, Mexico in February last year while millions …
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Mediaite, Joe.My.God., Insider and The Gateway Pundit
Paul Rosenzweig / The Atlantic:
Stop Waiting for Trump to Get Convicted — The chances that the criminal cases against the former president will be successful are slim to none, and that will only embolden him and his followers. … Attorney General Merrick Garland is not going to save democracy.
Anchorage Daily News:
After Young's death, Alaska's political world braces for a sea change and an elections marathon — Alaska politicians, election officials and congressional staffers scrambled Monday to adapt to one of the biggest shifts in the state's political landscape in a half-century: the death of GOP U.S. Rep. Don Young.
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Washington Examiner, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Associated Press
William J. Broad / New York Times:
The Smaller Bombs That Could Turn Ukraine Into a Nuclear War Zone — In destructive power, the behemoths of the Cold War dwarfed the American atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. Washington's biggest test blast was 1,000 times as large. Moscow's was 3,000 times.
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CEPA
ABC News:
Former Trump personal assistant appears before Jan. 6 committee — Nick Luna served as Trump's body man in the West Wing. — Former President Donald Trump's personal assistant in the White House, Nick Luna, appeared virtually on Monday before the House select committee investigating …
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The Hill
Anna Venarchik / The Daily Beast:
White Supremacist Couple Accused of Slaying Black Vet at a Gas Station — The random attack will be prosecuted as a hate crime, the district attorney's office said as they released images of the couple's disturbing tattoos. — On the evening of March 15, Justin Peoples pulled …
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Raw Story and People.com
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Fewer hot showers, less meat: How retirees on fixed incomes are dealing with inflation … Leslie Morgan is doing everything she can to save money: She quit smoking, cut back on groceries and is rationing hot showers so she can keep her water heater off for days at a time. — But she says, it hasn't been enough.
Chris Buckley / New York Times:
Boeing 737-800 Crashes in Remote Mountain Valley in Southern China — Rescuers on the scene found debris and fires, and a lack of electricity hampered rescue efforts overnight. Search efforts are set to continue into Tuesday, although it was unclear if any of the 132 crew and passengers survived the plane crash.
New York Times:
How One Oligarch Used Shell Companies and Wall Street Ties to Invest in the U.S. — Using a network of banks, law firms and advisers in multiple countries, Roman Abramovich invested billions in American hedge funds. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Bloomberg:
Russia Halts WWII Peace Talks With Japan Over Ukraine Stance — Russia will stop negotiations with Japan on a peace treaty that would officially end a conflict dating back to World War II, after Tokyo imposed unprecedented sanctions over President Vladimir Putin's assault on Ukraine.
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
D.C. Cops Probing Claim That People's Convoy Struck a Pedestrian — The right-wing convoy's farcical effort to disrupt the Beltway area continued this weekend with an incident in which one driver allegedly hit a woman with his vehicle. — Metropolitan police are investigating an incident …
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