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Ben Tobias / BBC:
Russian general Yakov Rezantsev killed in Ukraine — Ukraine's defence ministry says another Russian general, Lt Gen Yakov Rezantsev, was killed in a strike near the southern city of Kherson. — Rezantsev was the commander of Russia's 49th combined army.
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The Daily Beast, The Daily Wire and Metro.co.uk
David French / The Atlantic:
The Worst Ginni Thomas Text Wasn't From Ginni Thomas — Mark Meadows and the dangerous religious zeal of “Stop the Steal” … Yesterday evening, The Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Robert Costa broke a rather extraordinary and disturbing story. Ginni Thomas, the wife …
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Washington Post, New York Magazine and New York Times
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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
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court rules that Joe Biden is commander-in-chief. Three justices dissent.
The Supreme Court rules that Joe Biden is commander-in-chief. Three justices dissent.
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HotAir, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Province and Duty, Washington Times and Washington Post
New York Post:
Hunter Biden helped secure funds for US biolab contractor in Ukraine: e-mails — Russia's assertion that President Biden's son Hunter was “financing . . . biological laboratories in Ukraine” was based in truth, according to e-mails reviewed by The Post. — A trove of e-mails …
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RedState
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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 …
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden DID help secure millions in funding for US contractor in Ukraine specializing in deadly pathogen research, laptop emails reveal …
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AND Magazine, Damn Straight …, CD Media, New York Post and The Gateway Pundit
Bill Chappell / NPR:
How the false Russian biolab story came to circulate among the U.S. far right
How the false Russian biolab story came to circulate among the U.S. far right
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Los Angeles Times
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
What a Single Metric Tells Us About the Pandemic — Live long enough in a pandemic and you will see the entire narrative landscape shift, even flip, sometimes more than once. — As recently as a month ago, Americans of a certain cast of mind could have still looked to China …
Margaret Stafford / Associated Press:
Missouri station offering Russian state radio to listeners — LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A man who runs a little-known, low-budget radio station in suburban Kansas City says he is standing up for free speech and alternative viewpoints when he airs Russian state-sponsored programming in the midst of the Ukrainian war.
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The Hill
Alex Woodward / The Independent:
Hawley attacked Ketanji Brown Jackson's ‘alarming’ record on sex offenders. He agreed to an abuser getting only probation — The former Missouri attorney general faced criticism for his own handling of sex abuse cases — Ketanji Brown Jackson vows to serve ‘without fear or favour’ at first Supreme Court confirmation hearing
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Off The Mall, Raw Story, Twitchy and HuffPost
Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: Jan. 6 Committee ‘Locked In’ on Proud Boys — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building has been examining the role far-right militant groups played in efforts to overturn President Trump's election loss and the violence that erupted that day.
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Raw Story
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
This isn't the U.S. Senate. It's more like day care. — The usual circus we've come to expect from Supreme Court confirmation hearings devolved this week into something less grown-up and more, shall we say, tykey. (Usage: “Is the little tyke up to his tricks again?")
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The Skeptical Idealist, TheGrio, Vanity Fair and TalkLeft
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Forget advise and consent. This is smear and degrade.
Forget advise and consent. This is smear and degrade.
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Raw Story
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Sandra Day O'Connor turns 92 as public turns to Supreme Court, abortion again
Hanna Phifer / xoNecole:
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson And The Cost Of Being The First
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson And The Cost Of Being The First
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Associated Press, New York Times, Simple Justice, In These Times, Common Dreams, Financial Times, CNN, TheBlaze, CD Media, The Hill and CBS News
Mark Feldstein / Washington Post:
The Nixon White House plotted to assassinate a journalist 50 years ago — The poisoning plot seemed right out of a Russian playbook. An unhinged and vengeful chief of state, obsessed with historic grievances and destroying enemies. Obsequious apparatchiks slavishly devoted to following orders.
New York Times:
Where Have All the Artist-Addicts Gone? — For much of the 20th century, before the dawn of our own wellness-focused era, madness and substance abuse were often considered prerequisites for great art. — Give this article- - - Read in app — By M. H. MillerPhotographs by Duane Michals
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Althouse
Jeff Poor / 1819news:
U.S. Senate hopeful Durant says 'I don't think Joe Biden won the election' — Friday, on the heels of former President Donald Trump rescinding his endorsement of U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) in the U.S. Senate Republican primary, frontrunner Mike Durant appeared on Alabama Public Television's …
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Trump backers push election change that would make counting slower, costlier and less accurate — Trump supporters are pushing to prohibit machine counting of ballots in future elections around the country, which election officials say could make vote-counting slower, more expensive and — most importantly — less accurate.
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Associated Press
Associated Press:
Utah bans transgender athletes in girls sports despite veto — SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — GOP lawmakers in Utah pushed through a ban on transgender youth athletes playing on girls teams Friday, overriding a veto and joining 11 other states with similar laws amid a nationwide culture war.
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Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah Legislature overrides Gov. Cox's veto of transgender athletes sports ban
Utah Legislature overrides Gov. Cox's veto of transgender athletes sports ban
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Deseret News, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times and The Hill
Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
Utah Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of Transgender Athlete Bill
Utah Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of Transgender Athlete Bill
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RedState, KSTU, One America News Network, Townhall, The Federalist, CNN and Just The News
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Biden Administration Plans to Offer Second Booster Shots to Those 50 and Up — After fraught discussions, officials decided that another shot might save thousands of lives if a new coronavirus wave hit before the fall. The F.D.A. could authorize the boosters next week. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Insider, Pushing Back, Balloon Juice, The Hill and Political Wire
Associated Press:
Trump returns to Georgia confronting test of his grip on GOP — The former president has issued highly-coveted endorsements in races ranging from governor to state insurance commissioner. His backing of football legend Herschel Walker essentially cleared a path to the party's nomination for a critical U.S. Senate seat.
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NBC News, One America News Network, CNN, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Fox News and Raw Story
Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
A month of Putin's war: Ukrainians deserve not just to survive, but to win — Almost exactly eight years ago, my op-ed on Putin was titled “Stop this man.” Putin was not stopped and, as I've often said of dictators, they do not stop until they are stopped.
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Events in Ukraine and Al Jazeera
Catherine Morehouse / Politico:
Biden's most effective climate warrior faces potential doom in the Senate — President Joe Biden's efforts to deliver on his ambitious climate agenda are getting a big boost from the leader of one often overlooked agency who has used his position to home in on the energy industry's greenhouse gas impact.
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.
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CNN, Mike Klonsky's Edu/Pol, New York Times, National Review, Reason and Raw Story
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