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10:45 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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New York Times:
Ginni Thomas Texts Expose Rift in House Jan. 6 Panel  —  There is debate within the committee investigating the assault on the Capitol over whether to seek testimony from the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas about her efforts to overturn the 2020 election.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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 …
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?
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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.
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Sandra Day O'Connor turns 92 as public turns to Supreme Court, abortion again  —  Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, quietly turns 92 Saturday as the Senate considers Ketanji Brown Jackson for a seat on the high court.  —  The Arizona native retreated from public life …
Lisa Mascaro / ABC News:
Supreme Court nominee's ‘empathy’ is flashpoint for Senate
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 …
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Washington Post:
Putin lifts conservative media talking points to bemoan ‘cancel culture’ … Vladimir Putin had a very pointed way of summing up the international efforts to sanction his country for its invasion of Ukraine.  It's all an attempt, he said Friday, to “cancel” Russia.
Financial Times:
Russia says new ‘phase’ of Ukraine offensive to focus on Donbas  —  Statement made by high-ranking Russian army official met with caution by Kyiv and its western allies  —  Russia said it was refocusing its month-long military offensive in Ukraine on the country's eastern Donbas region …
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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: Vox, TheBlaze and The Western Journal
Jacob Shamsian / Insider:
Trump and his 2 eldest sons are scheduled to be deposed for a lawsuit accusing them of promoting a scam multi-level marketing scheme  — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to sit for another deposition.  — It's for a case where he's accused of promoting a scam multi-level marketing scheme on “The Celebrity Apprentice.”
Discussion: CNN, Law & Crime and Bloomberg
Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
Utah Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of Transgender Athlete Bill  —  The measure bars transgender athletes from competing in girls' sports.  Lawmakers expect it to be challenged in courts.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  The Utah State Legislature voted on Friday …
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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
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 …
New York Times:
Adams Says Encampments of Homeless People Will Be Cleared  —  Mayor Eric Adams said his administration was pursuing a citywide effort to remove hundreds of makeshift campsites from streets and parks.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Mayor Eric Adams said on Friday …
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.
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
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.
Rachel Treisman / NPR:
Russian forces are reportedly holding Ukrainian journalists hostage  —  Russian soldiers are kidnapping Ukrainian journalists in contested territories and holding them hostage, according to international groups and survivor accounts.  —  The Paris-based global nonprofit Reporters Without Borders …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Ivy League Republicans' phony rebellion against the ‘elites’  —  Sen. Tom Cotton is what you might call a counterfeit commoner.  —  The dour Arkansas Republican announced with indignation at this week's Supreme Court confirmation hearings that he doesn't want a justice who follows the “views of the legal elite.”
Discussion: ArkansasTimes
Associated Press:
New Orleans school board reverses little known ban on jazz  —  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With its president saying it had racist origins, the New Orleans school board has unanimously reversed a little known but century-old ban on jazz in schools in a city which played a huge role in developing jazz …
Discussion: CBS News
 
 
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
How the false Russian biolab story came to circulate among the U.S. far right
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Isaac Schorr / National Review:
CDC Unilaterally Altered Florida's Covid Death-Count Data, State's Department of Health Alleges
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Spencer Brown / Townhall:
Hot Mic Catches School Board Member Asking to ‘Set Marsha Blackburn on Fire’
Discussion: Washington Post, RedState and YouTube
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Three ISIS Fanboys Plotted Spring Break Attack on Shia Mosque, Feds Say
Discussion: New York Post
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Sanction Companies Providing Technology for Russian Military, Intelligence Services
Washington Post:
U.S. military spent nearly $150,000 at Trump properties, documents show
New York Times:
Russia's Neighbors Are Worried They'll Be Next
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
Discussion: Insider
Reuters:
Exclusive: US cancels talks with Taliban over U-turn on girls' education
Discussion: Metro.co.uk and Al Jazeera
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Judge throws out Maryland congressional map over ‘extreme’ gerrymandering
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
She Was a Candidate to Lead Levi's. Then She Started Tweeting.
New York Times:
Biden, in Poland, Hears of the ‘Mental Trauma’ of Ukrainian Refugees
 

 
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