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7:35 PM ET, March 25, 2022

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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Legal Scholars Are Shocked By Ginni Thomas's “Stop the Steal” Texts  —  Several experts say that Thomas's husband, the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, must recuse himself from any case related to the 2020 election.  —  Several of the country's most respected legal scholars …
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Jesse Wegman / New York Times:
Ginni and Clarence Thomas Have Done Enough Damage  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  What did Justice Clarence Thomas know, and when did he know it?  —  The question usually gets directed at politicians, not judges, but it's a fair one in light of the revelation on Thursday …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
‘Morning Joe’ shock over Ginni Thomas points to a hidden Jan. 6 truth  —  Buried in the explosive news that Virginia Thomas aggressively advocated for Donald Trump's coup attempt is a choice revelation: The spouse of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas texted with White House Chief …
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
In Fit of Racially Charged Outrage, Democrats Target Supreme Court's Only Black Justice for Impeachment  —  Party's ugly segregationist past resurfaces as prominent interracial couple comes under attack  —  In an echo of the party's racist past, prominent Democrats are demanding …
Discussion: HotAir, CBS News and IJR
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Ginni Thomas pressed for GOP lawmakers to protest 2020 election results  —  WASHINGTON — Shortly after the 2020 election, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent an email to an aide to a prominent House conservative saying …
Spencer Ackerman / Forever Wars:
Maybe Take It Seriously When Coup Advocates Talk About Throwing People in Guantanamo?  —  I read Ginni Thomas' texts to Mark Meadows and it turns out that the longer a forever prison stays open, the worse an assumption it is that only Those People end up there
Discussion: The Bulwark, Mother Jones and CNN
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't stop Biden administration from deployment decisions involving unvaccinated Navy SEALs
Discussion: Political Wire and Just The News
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Forget advise and consent.  This is smear and degrade.  —  The pretense is gone — the pretense that Supreme Court confirmation hearings are about determining nominees' fitness for office, gleaning a sense of their legal acumen and approach to judging, and gathering the information necessary to exercise a solemn senatorial power.
Lisa Mascaro / ABC News:
Supreme Court nominee's ‘empathy’ is flashpoint for Senate  —  Empathy is not a quality many Republican senators want to see in the next Supreme Court justice  —  WASHINGTON — Empathy is not a quality many Republican senators want to see in the next Supreme Court justice.
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Manchin says he supports Jackson for Supreme Court
New York Times:
Conflicting reports emerge on whether Russia is still in full control of Kherson.  —  Russia signals redefined goals in Ukraine as its attacks stall.  —  Russia signaled a possible recalibration of its war aims in Ukraine on Friday as the Kremlin faced spreading global ostracism for the brutal invasion …
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Reuters:
Russia signals scaled-back war aims, Ukrainians advance near Kyiv  —  Moscow signalled on Friday it was scaling back its ambitions in Ukraine to focus on territory claimed by Russian-backed separatists as Ukrainian forces went on the offensive to recapture towns on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv.
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden DID help secure millions in funding for US contractor in Ukraine specializing in deadly pathogen research, laptop emails reveal, raising more questions about the disgraced son of then vice president  — The Russian government held a press conference Thursday claiming …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Issa lays groundwork for House GOP probe into Hunter Biden laptop story
Discussion: The Western Journal and Breitbart
BBC:
Ukraine war: JK Rowling hits back at Putin's ‘cancel culture’ comment  —  JK Rowling has hit back at Vladimir Putin, after the Russian president cited her in a wide-ranging speech that saw him criticise “cancel culture”.  —  At a televised meeting on Friday, Mr Putin compared recent criticism …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Bloomberg
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John Fritze / USA Today:
Supreme Court sides with Navy in challenge to COVID-19 vaccine requirements by SEALs … WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Friday sided with the Biden administration in a battle over COVID-19 vaccine requirements for a group of Navy SEALs and other special forces who sought a religious exemption.
Discussion: New York Times and National Review
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Jessica Gresko / Associated Press:
High court gives Biden win for now in Navy vaccine case
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Venture capital fund backed by Russian oligarch Abramovich removes all traces of operations online  — A venture capital fund backed by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich appears to be avoiding attention since the Chelsea owner is sanctioned by U.S. allies.
Discussion: Financial Times
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
Has Goldman Sachs's Dina Powell Finally Gone Too Far?  —  The Republican Party these days is full of plutocrats turned populists who think the only way to make it is to fake it as MAGA true believer.  But sometimes ... you might wish they had a little more dignity.
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Judge throws out Maryland congressional map over ‘extreme’ gerrymandering  —  A Maryland judge has thrown out the state's congressional map, calling it an “extreme partisan gerrymander” in what is a victory for Republicans who said Democrats in the state General Assembly sought to silence their votes.
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Record-breaking surge of migrants anticipated at the US-Mexico border, Border Patrol chief says  —  (CNN)Another record-breaking surge of migrants may attempt to cross the US-Mexico border this spring, alarming officials who are now rushing to build more facilities and lining up prison buses to help accommodate the new arrivals.
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Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Ice shelf collapses in previously stable East Antarctica  —  An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change, concerned scientists said Friday.  —  The collapse, captured by satellite images …
Discussion: ScienceAlert
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump accidentally proves that the Clinton campaign wasn't the driving force of the Russia probe  —  What stopped me in my tracks in the new lawsuit filed on behalf of former president Donald Trump was a reference to internal discussions at the Democratic National Committee that, the suit alleges …
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
She Was a Candidate to Lead Levi's.  Then She Started Tweeting.  —  Jennifer Sey left Levi's after her advocacy against school closures and mask mandates for children gained attention.  She says it's a matter of free speech.  The company disagrees.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Reuters:
Exclusive: US cancels talks with Taliban over U-turn on girls' education  —  The United States abruptly cancelled meetings with the Taliban in Doha that were set to address key economic issues, officials said on Friday, after Afghanistan's Islamist rulers reversed a decision to allow all girls to return to high school classes.
Discussion: Al Jazeera
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Sanction Companies Providing Technology for Russian Military, Intelligence Services
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CNN:
FBI offers $15,000 reward for information on January 6 defendant's whereabouts
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Associated Press:
War Crimes Watch: Russia's onslaught on Ukrainian hospitals
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Luz Lazo / Washington Post:
D.C. to prioritize equity in preparations for $3 billion in federal infrastructure funds
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Conservative Disney employees: Our beliefs are under attack over Parental Rights in Education Bill
Discussion: Fox News and RedState
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Giuliani ally Lev Parnas pleads guilty to fraud fundraising for ‘Fraud Guarantee’
Discussion: UPI and Political Wire
CNN:
‘They are the ones paying the consequences’: Jan. 6 rioters mimic Trump's misinformation playbook but see different results
Discussion: Raw Story
Democracy Docket:
We Need To Change the Way We Elect Members of Congress