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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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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 — 109 … Justice Stephen Breyer is reassuring folks, his colleague, Justice Clarence Thomas …
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New York Times:
QAnon Cheers Republican Attacks on Jackson. Democrats See a Signal. — Criticism of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's sentencing decisions emerged as a theme among Republicans — and renewed debate about the party's stance toward QAnon. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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,” …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Cruz attacks Jackson for ‘critical race theory’ — but sends his own daughters to learn it
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
GOP grandstanders aren't the only reason Jackson's confirmation hearings were so disgraceful
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings Show Marriage Equality Is the Next Target Once Roe Falls
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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.
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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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Seth Hettena / Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: Sources Say Oligarch Funded Scheme to Paint Swastikas in Ukraine — Multiple sources tell Rolling Stone that a Ukrainian businessman offered payouts for a false flag operation aimed at bolstering Putin's claim that Ukraine was a Nazi hotbed — In the months before Vladimir Putin's invasion …
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Washington Post:
Biden and Europeans to announce major plan to redirect gas to Europe
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Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
Russia-Ukraine war fails to fuel Biden rebound: AP-NORC poll
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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
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Eliza Mackintosh / CNN:
The bodies of Russian soldiers are piling up in Ukraine, as Kremlin conceals true toll of war
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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 …
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Lois Beckett / The Guardian:
Trump committed ‘numerous’ felonies, said resigning New York prosecutor - report
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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The Hill:
White House avoids Trump attacks on Russia-Ukraine — President Biden has largely avoided pointing the finger at his predecessor on Ukraine, even though some Democrats believe he could defang GOP attacks over Russia by drawing a contrast with former President Trump.
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Rep. Mo Brooks says Trump asked him to ‘rescind the 2020 election,’ remove Biden and call special election
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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.
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO — New Guidance Issued to Continue to Blunt Central Bank's Ability to Deploy International Reserves, Including Gold — WASHINGTON - Today, in its latest action to impose severe costs …
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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.
Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:
Losing Wars and Saving Face — Russian flags dumped in the aftermath of a pro-war rally at the Luzhniki Stadium on the 18th March (Photo via @mbk_center) — The futility of Russia's war against Ukraine is matched only by its brutality. The longer it goes on the greater the potential humiliation …
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