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GOP.com:
Important questions for KBJ … This week, Biden's Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will be questioned before the Senate. Concerning questions have been raised about her record and her judicial philosophy. — Here are just a few that Americans need answers to:
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Washington Post, Bloomberg and Mediaite
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Graham walks out of Jackson's hearing after rant over indefinite detention at Gitmo — With Coca-Cola in hand, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham had enough of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday.
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Judge Jackson actually sounds conservative. That's important. — Numerous conservative legal leaders have been tweeting, quite correctly, that Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson began the interrogation part of her hearings sounding almost like a conservative's dream nominee.
Politico:
Jackson defends sentencing record, parries Supreme Court expansion questions
Jackson defends sentencing record, parries Supreme Court expansion questions
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Insider, Florida Phoenix, The Root, WSVN-TV, Financial Times, HotAir, NBC4 Washington, Boston Herald, Raw Story, The American Independent and WOUB Public Media
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Conservatives Can Oppose Ketanji Brown Jackson Without Lying
Conservatives Can Oppose Ketanji Brown Jackson Without Lying
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The Daily Beast, Media Matters for America, Mic, Raw Story and Breitbart
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Ukraine Must Win — The war in Ukraine has reached a turning point. The Russian troops that invaded the country from the north, south, and east are now scarcely moving. They have targeted schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, and a theater sheltering children, but they are not yet in control even of the places they occupy.
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HotAir, RedState, Townhall, Substack, Daily Kos, Church of the Technochrist, NBC10 Philadelphia and Joe.My.God.
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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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NBC News, The Hill, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Common Dreams, Al Jazeera, Wide World of News, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, UPI, Washington Examiner and The White House
New York Times:
How Ukraine's Outgunned Air Force Is Fighting Back Against Russian Jets
How Ukraine's Outgunned Air Force Is Fighting Back Against Russian Jets
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HotAir, Graham's Newsletter, Billings Gazette and Politico
Politico:
The Real Goal of Kremlin Disinformation Isn't What You Think
The Real Goal of Kremlin Disinformation Isn't What You Think
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Page Six, Washington Post, Raw Story, Bloomberg, America First Report and ZDNet
David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
Stop the Russian Invasion of America
Stop the Russian Invasion of America
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The Blast, The White House, Townhall and Politico
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
BuzzFeed investors have pushed CEO Jonah Peretti to shut down entire newsroom, sources say — Several large shareholders have urged BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti to shut down the company's news organization. — BuzzFeed News has won awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, but is now shrinking through voluntary buyouts.
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New York Times, The Hill, Gawker and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Why the MAGA Movement Loves Putin — The Far Right's adulation for Putin is closer to mainstream GOP thinking than many would have you believe. — It says everything about the modern Republican Party that in the days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it wasn't clear whose side the GOP would be on.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Kid Rock says Donald Trump sought his advice on North Korea and Islamic State
Kid Rock says Donald Trump sought his advice on North Korea and Islamic State
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The Daily Beast, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Raw Story, The Morning Missive, Stereogum, Mediaite, Consequence, Mic, Joe.My.God. and Rolling Stone
Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
The Rise of the Tucker Carlson Politician
The Rise of the Tucker Carlson Politician
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Washington Post and Christopher Six's Pick Six
CNN:
White House press secretary Jen Psaki tests positive for Covid-19 — (CNN)White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced on Tuesday that she has tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time and is experiencing mild symptoms, less than one day before President Joe Biden is scheduled to depart for his trip to Brussels and Warsaw.
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CNBC, New York Times, The Hill, Insider, KARK-TV, New York Post, Washington Times, POLITICUSUSA and ABC7
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
White House press secretary Jen Psaki tests positive for COVID for second time — White House press secretary Jen Psaki has been benched from a second foreign trip in a row after testing positive for COVID-19. — Psaki had two two socially-distanced meetings with President Joe Biden …
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Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Washington Post, Politico, UPI, Breitbart, The Guardian, The Western Journal, Twitchy, Townhall and Hollywood Reporter
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
White House press secretary Psaki has COVID, Biden tests negative
White House press secretary Psaki has COVID, Biden tests negative
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, NPR, The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God., NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Associated Press and Mercury News
Madison Muller / Bloomberg:
Omicron Subvariant Takes Hold in U.S. as New York Cases Tick Up — More than a third of last week's U.S. Covid-19 cases were caused by the omicron BA.2 subvariant, a notable increase from just a week earlier when predictions were at just under one-quarter, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Wall Street Journal, PBS NewsHour and NBC Chicago
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Madison Muller / Bloomberg:
Covid Tests Show the Omicron BA.2 Subvariant Is Gaining Ground in U.S.
Covid Tests Show the Omicron BA.2 Subvariant Is Gaining Ground in U.S.
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NBC Chicago, Joe.My.God., Lawrence's Newsletter, KARK-TV, Talking Points Memo and Washington Post
Associated Press:
School apologizes after teacher leads California preschoolers in anti-Biden chant — NORCO, Calif. — A Southern California private school apologized to parents after a teacher shared a video last month of her leading preschool students in a chant denouncing President Joe Biden.
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Los Angeles Times, The Hill, The Daily Caller, New York Post and ABC7
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Friction between Harris and Biden camps revealed in new book — DRIVING THE DAY — The White House has worked hard to project a united front between President JOE BIDEN and VP KAMALA HARRIS and their respective teams. — But the upcoming book “This Will Not Pass …
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked During the Pandemic, a Study Shows — The deaths were up 25 percent in 2020 compared with 2019, amid heightened stress factors and delayed treatment, according to a new report. — Almost a million people in the United States have died of Covid-19 in the past two years …
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New York Magazine, National Review, Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
Andy Blatchford / Politico:
Trudeau will be prime minister until 2025 — OTTAWA, Ont. — Justin Trudeau has brokered a deal with the left-leaning New Democrats that will keep his minority Liberal government in power until 2025. — The Canadian prime minister announced Tuesday a formal entente that will see the NDP vote …
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Associated Press, Al Jazeera, VICE and Bloomberg
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Project Veritas says feds secretly accessed its emails — A group that has singled out journalists and Democrats in undercover operations contends that prosecutors misled a federal court and sought unwarranted gag orders during a federal investigation of the group's ties to the alleged theft …
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HotAir, Law & Crime and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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United States Department of State:
The Evacuation of Pediatric Oncology Patients to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Our partnership with, and commitment to, the people of Ukraine is steadfast and enduring. To that end, the Department of State has coordinated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital …
Alexander Ward / Politico:
Russia launched hypersonic missiles due to a low stockpile, sources say — The leading theory for why Russia launched hypersonic missiles into Ukraine last week is that it's running out of precision-guided weapons to strike faraway targets, a senior U.S. defense official and a Western official familiar with assessments told POLITICO.
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U.S. Department of Defense
Washington Post:
Democrats circulate plan for changing 2024 nomination calendar, moving against Iowa and welcoming new early states — Democratic Party officials circulated plans Monday for a 2024 presidential nominating calendar that would select up to five states to hold contests before March based upon …
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The Hill, CBS News, Spenser's Super Tuesday and Balloon Juice
Tom Mutch / New Lines Magazine:
In Kharkiv's Rubble, Hatred for Russia Is Strong — Once an admirer, citizens have now nothing but contempt and worse for the invaders — “Russian terrorists did this. ... And my father is Russian, from Belgorod!” Galina, a 63-year-old cashier, says as she pulls her belongings from the wreckage of what used to be her apartment.
Selim Algar / New York Post:
Florida to require high school financial literacy class to graduate — It will soon be reading, writing, and return on investments for Sunshine State students. — A new bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday requires all Florida kids to take and pass a basic financial literacy course to graduate from high school.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Inside the making of Greg Bluestein's book “Flipped” — Tuesday is book release day for the AJC's Political Insider Greg Bluestein. In this special episode of the Politically Georgia podcast, Greg and Patricia Murphy go behind the scenes and discuss the making of his new book “Flipped …
Washington Post:
White House officials say U.S. has exhausted funds to buy potential fourth vaccine dose for all Americans … The Biden administration lacks the funds to purchase a potential fourth coronavirus vaccine dose for everyone, even as other countries place their own orders and potentially move ahead …
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Politico and Washington Examiner