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New York Times:
Read the Full Text of Mark Pomerantz's Resignation Letter  —  The former prosecutor who investigated Donald J. Trump believed that the former president was “guilty of numerous felony violations.”  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  The following is the full text of the resignation letter …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
GOP grandstanders aren't the only reason Jackson's confirmation hearings were so disgraceful  —  The only thing more stunning than the off-the-rails Republican badgering and constant interrupting of Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Wednesday was the utterly inaccurate and inapt media coverage.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Supreme Court Nominee Jackson's Support Tied for Highest
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:   Some conservatives confuse Black ‘Israelite’ sects in labeling Ketanji Brown Jackson as soft on antisemitism
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Leahy zings Ted Cruz, plus other top hearing moments
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The remarkable bad faith involved in the ‘what is a woman’ attack
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justice Clarence Thomas misses Supreme Court arguments because of hospitalization
Discussion: Roll Call and The Daily Wire
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Confirmation Hearings Are Political Theater and That's OK
Media Matters for America:   Charlie Kirk: Ketanji Brown Jackson “is what your country looks like on critical race theory”
CNN:
Exclusive: Inside a rare US meeting with a Russian general in Moscow  —  (CNN)A rare face-to-face meeting between Russian and US military officials last week led to an “outburst” of emotion from a normally stoic Russian general, a “revealing moment” that the Americans present believe hinted …
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
Top Russian military leaders repeatedly decline calls from U.S., prompting fears of ‘sleepwalking into war’ … Repeated attempts by the United States' top defense and military leaders to speak with their Russian counterparts have been rejected by Moscow for the last month …
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking: Supreme Court, in Bizarre Unsigned Opinion, Strikes Wisconsin Legislative Maps on Voting Rights Grounds, Signalling New Hostility to the Voting Rights Act  —  March 23, 2022 redistricting, Supreme Court  —  In a per curiam (unsigned) opinion on the shadow docket …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Astonishing, Inexplicable Blow to the Voting Rights Act in Wisconsin  —  On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued an astonishing decision throwing out Wisconsin's new legislative districts as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.  The majority accused a Republican justice …
Discussion: Vox and UPI
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sides with Wisconsin Republicans, throws out Democratic-drawn legislative maps favorable to Black residents
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Justice Clarence Thomas misses third day of oral arguments after being hospitalized
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Forrest Barnwell-Hagemeyer / Mo Brooks for Senate:
Statement by Mo Brooks  —  It's disappointing that, just like in 2017, President Trump lets Mitch McConnell manipulate him again.  Every single negative TV ad against our campaign has come from McConnell and his allies.  I wish President Trump wouldn't fall for McConnell's ploys, but, once again, he has.
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Brian Lyman / Montgomery Advertiser:
‘You just blew the Election’: Donald Trump withdraws endorsement of Mo Brooks for Alabama Senate seat … Former President Donald Trump Wednesday withdrew his endorsement of U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks for Congress, accusing him of not supporting his false claims the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Bloomberg:
Russia Central Banker Wanted Out Over Ukraine, But Putin Said No  —  Russia's highly regarded central bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina sought to resign after Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, only to be told by the president to stay, according to four people with knowledge of the discussions.
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Simon Kennedy / Bloomberg:
Putin Adviser Chubais Quits Over Ukraine War and Leaves Russia
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US finds Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine
Associated Press:
Trump aide Manafort removed from plane for revoked passport  —  MIAMI (AP) — Former Trump adviser Paul Manafort was removed from a plane at Miami International Airport before it took off for Dubai because he carried a revoked passport, officials said Wednesday.
New York Times:
Under Fire, Out of Fuel, No Air Support: What Intercepted Russian Radio Chatter Reveals  —  The Times's Visual Investigations team analyzed dozens of battlefield radio transmissions between Russian forces during an initial invasion of the town of Makariv, outside Kyiv.
Daniel Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
NATO: Up to 40,000 Russian Troops Killed, Wounded, Taken Prisoner or Missing in Ukraine  —  NATO says that up to 40,000 Russian troops have been killed, wounded, taken prisoner or are missing in Ukraine, said a senior military official from the alliance.  —  The North Atlantic Treaty …
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies  —  Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies at 84  —  (CNN)Madeleine Albright, the first woman US secretary of state, who helped steer Western foreign policy in the aftermath of the Cold War, has died of cancer.  She was 84 years old.
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David Cohen / Politico:
Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of State, dies at 84
New York Times:
U.S. Makes Contingency Plans in Case Russia Uses Its Most Powerful Weapons  —  A team of national security officials has been assigned to sketch out responses if President Vladimir V. Putin unleashes chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Daily Kos
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Want to talk?  FBI trolls Russian Embassy for disgruntled would-be spies … The FBI is trying a novel strategy to recruit Russian-speaking individuals upset about the country's invasion of Ukraine: aiming social media ads at cellphones located inside or just outside the Russian Embassy in Washington.
Discussion: HotAir
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Douglas London / Wall Street Journal:
Spies Will Doom Putin
Discussion: The New Arab
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
More than 100 House Republicans to cohost fundraiser for Cheney challenger  —  First House Republicans kicked Rep. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) out of party leadership.  Now they're trying to kick her out of Congress entirely.  —  More than 100 House Republicans have signed on to host a fundraiser …
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: McCarthy Explains Why He Hasn't Kicked Out Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger From Republican Conference
Discussion: The Hill
Caitlin Byrd / The State:
In texts, SC GOP candidates picks fight with Mick Mulvaney  —  A Trump-backed South Carolina GOP congressional candidate lashed out at the former president's acting White House chief of staff in a series of text messages this week, where she twice called Mick Mulvaney a “piece of s—” …
Discussion: Political Wire
Timothy Snyder / Washington Post:
Putin has long fantasized about a world without Ukrainians.  Now we see what that means.  —  Timothy Snyder is the Levin Professor of History at Yale University and the author of a half-dozen books on Russia and Ukraine, including “The Road to Unfreedom” and “Bloodlands.”
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Howard Stern: GOP should be called the ‘wacko party’  —  Howard Stern said Wednesday that the country no longer has a two-party system because Republicans have become the “wacko party.”  —  “I miss the old Republican Party.  It used to be nice to have a two-party system.
Ethan Strauss / House of Strauss:
Pity the Zoomer Athlete  —  Why the Gen Z stars seem more easily broken  —  There are many great dialogue exchanges in Mad Men, but this is the one I keep coming back to.  In it, aging bon vivant Roger Sterling chastises the slightly younger depressive genius Don Draper over his lack of joy when drinking.
 
 
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