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12:45 PM ET, March 24, 2022

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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Cory Booker Aside, Democrats Stranded Ketanji Brown Jackson  —  The third day of hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court came to a close on Wednesday following another 10-plus hours filled with character smears about child pornography from Republican senators …
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TMZ.com:
Justice Breyer Says Clarence Thomas is Fine, Jackson Confirmation Not My Business  —  JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER CLARENCE THOMAS IS FINE ... And I Got No Dog In Confirmation Fight  —  EXCLUSIVE  — 130 … Justice Stephen Breyer is reassuring folks, his colleague, Justice Clarence Thomas …
Discussion: Insider
Washington Post:
American Bar Association says Jackson is ‘A-plus’ on final day of confirmation hearings … Representatives of the American Bar Association lauded the qualifications of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, saying everyone they interviewed used terms such as “brilliant,” …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings Show Marriage Equality Is the Next Target Once Roe Falls
Washington Post:
Republicans boast they have not pulled a Kavanaugh. In fact, they've treated Jackson worse.
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
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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.
Seth Hettena / Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: Sources Say Oligarch Funded Scheme to Paint Swastikas in Ukraine
Discussion: Insider
Washington Post:
Biden and Europeans to announce major plan to redirect gas to Europe
Punchbowl News:
3/24/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM
Discussion: HuffPost
Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
Russia-Ukraine war fails to fuel Biden rebound: AP-NORC poll
NBC News:
Trump's influence on GOP in question ahead of Georgia rally
Discussion: The State and Raw Story
New York Times:
Live Updates: Biden Arrives in Brussels for Summits as U.S. Accuses Russian Forces of War Crimes
Jennifer Benz / AP-NORC:
Americans don't think Biden is being tough enough on Russia
New York Times:
Trump Is Guilty of ‘Numerous’ Felonies, Prosecutor Who Resigned Says  —  Mark F. Pomerantz, who had investigated the former president, left after the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, halted an effort to seek an indictment.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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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 …
Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
Can Anyone Unseat Marjorie Taylor Greene?  —  Whatever hope remains for the Georgia congresswoman's many detractors seems to depend on either a new lawsuit or a candidate who's been called “Marjorie with a brain.”  —  A year ago, I met John Cowan for lunch in Rome, a small city …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Madison Cawthorn Committed the One Unforgivable Sin of Politics  —  The ingredients are there for an upset.  —  If the worst thing Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) did this month was call Ukraine's President “a thug,” or get caught speeding multiple times with a revoked license …
Discussion: Raw Story
John F. Harris / Politico:
Why Trump Is Losing His Grip on the GOP  —  It strains memory now to recall that when Donald Trump first shoved his way into presidential politics seven years ago this spring, and soon after humiliated a long parade of establishment Republicans, his appeal to voters had a coherent dimension.
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 …
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court endorses pastor's laying on of hands at moment of inmate's execution  —  The justices ruled 8-1 in the case of a Texas death-row prisoner.  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, in an 8-1 decision, has endorsed a pastor's audible prayer and laying of hands on an inmate …
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
The west is rash to assume the world is on its side over Ukraine  —  It runs the risk of mistaking a local consensus on Russian aggression with a global one  —  One of the most frequent lines heard in Washington is that Russia is now globally isolated — with China being the key prevaricator.
CNN:
Biden requests Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker resign from presidential council or be terminated  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden has formally asked two Trump-appointed members of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition to resign from their posts or be terminated.
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Gaia Pianigiani / New York Times:
Russian crew aboard a superyacht possibly linked to Putin have left their jobs, workers say.  —  Russian crew members on a mysterious $700-million luxury yacht that U.S. officials say could be owned by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia abruptly left their jobs and the Tuscan coastal town …
GOV.UK:
Foreign Secretary announces 65 new Russian sanctions to cut off vital industries fuelling Putin's war machine  —  New sanctions target strategic industries, banks and business elites.  —  From:  —  Liz Truss has announced 65 sanctions, targeting strategic industries, banks and business elites
Discussion: CNBC, Bloomberg, Politico and HuffPost UK
New York Times:
Cities Lost Population in 2021, Leading to the Slowest Year of Growth in U.S. History  —  Although some of the fastest growing regions in the country continued to grow, the gains were nearly erased by stark losses in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.  —  Substantial population loss …
Holger Roonemaa / New Lines Magazine:
Exclusive: Russia Backs Europe's Far Right  —  Emails and documents show just how closely Italian, French, German and Austrian politicians coordinate with Moscow … So wrote Mikhail Yakushev, a Russian national, in a Microsoft Word document he emailed to himself on June 18, 2019.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A ‘fixer’ was killed in Ukraine.  She was doing one of journalism's most thankless jobs. … Miguel Angel Vega became a “fixer” for journalists visiting his native Mexico in 2010 to raise money for a film project.  Like most starting out in this specialized branch of journalism …
NATO:
Statement by NATO Heads of State and Government  —  We, the Heads of State and Government of the 30 NATO Allies, have met today to address Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the gravest threat to Euro-Atlantic security in decades.  Russia's war against Ukraine has shattered peace in Europe …
Samuel Benson / Politico:
U.S. to welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees  —  The Biden administration will announce plans to welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and others affected by the Russian war on Ukraine, the Biden administration announced Thursday.  —  Not all will be admitted through the refugee program or during this fiscal year.
 
 
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: The Biden Administration Announces New Humanitarian, Development, and Democracy Assistance to Ukraine and the Surrounding Region
Mike Baker / New York Times:
Idaho Governor Calls Abortion Law ‘Unwise’ but Signs It Anyway
Ann Coulter:
Protecting Biden Is a Full-Time Job for the Times
Discussion: The Liberty Loft and emptywheel
Jonathan Oosting / Bridge Michigan:
Firm: Michigan AG hopeful Matt DePerno fired over ‘padded,’ false billings
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
American poverty is too high for all kinds of people
Discussion: Insider
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Fed Up With Deadly Propaganda, Some Russian Journalists Quit
Washington Post:
Trump endorsements slow and prompt a scramble by candidates, advisers
Discussion: Politico and The Conntrarian
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
These Trump judges failed Hawley's sentencing test for Jackson
Rachel Sharp / The Independent:
Alex Jones breaches court order by failing to show for Sandy Hook deposition after judge rebuffed sick claims
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and POLITICUSUSA
 

 
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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

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

 
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