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3:40 PM ET, March 26, 2022

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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.
Discussion: 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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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Legal scholars and lawyers who know Justice Thomas say he can no longer ignore his wife's activism
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
New York Times:
Ginni Thomas Texts Expose Rift in House Jan. 6 Panel
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden Condemns Putin, Saying He ‘Cannot Remain In Power’  —  WARSAW — President Biden delivered a forceful denunciation of Vladimir V. Putin's invasion of Ukraine, declaring “for God's sake, this man cannot remain in power” and casting the war as the “test of all time” in a decades-long battle to defend democracy.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Metro.co.uk and The Guardian
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Biden says Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ in sweeping speech on Russian invasion of Ukraine  — President Joe Biden said Russian leader Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” over his invasion of Ukraine.  — In a sweeping speech in Poland that marked the finale of a three-day trip to Europe …
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Biden says Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ as he assures Ukraine: ‘We stand with you’  —  'For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power,' Biden said during a speech from Warsaw, Poland  —  Biden calls Putin a ‘butcher’ after meeting with Ukrainian refugees in Poland
Associated Press:
Biden on Russia's Putin: ‘This man cannot remain in power’
John L. Dorman / Insider:
Trump's mood ‘soured’ after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp revealed he had already decided to appoint Kelly Loeffler to the Senate before consulting with the president: book  — Trump's mood “soured” when Kemp said he had already picked Loeffler for the Senate, per a new book.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Biden budget to trim $1T from deficits over next decade  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to propose a fiscal 2023 budget Monday that would cut projected deficits by more than $1 trillion over the next decade, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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 …
Discussion: RedState
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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
Wall Street Journal:
Natural-Gas Industry Gets Boost as Biden Shifts Stance  —  Shares of large U.S. natural-gas companies rose as Biden softened position against fossil fuels  —  President Biden's pledge to boost U.S. liquefied natural-gas exports to Europe marks a further retreat from his hard-line stance …
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.
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
New York Times:
Russian forces entered a city near Chernobyl and detained the mayor, officials say.  —  Here are the latest developments.  —  President Biden wraps up a three-day trip to Europe on Saturday, having met with NATO leaders over the military and economic responses to President Vladimir V. Putin's aggression …
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
Discussion: Althouse
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?")
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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Gareth Roberts / spiked:
The rise of the heterosexual ‘queer’
Discussion: The Lost Lessons
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
4 things to remember about Trump, Ukraine and Putin
Discussion: Palm Beach Post
Los Angeles Times:
In Ukraine, a Holocaust survivor killed by a Russian missile is buried in haste
Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
A month of Putin's war: Ukrainians deserve not just to survive, but to win
Discussion: Events in Ukraine and Al Jazeera
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Trump backers push election change that would make counting slower, costlier and less accurate
Discussion: Associated Press
Catherine Morehouse / Politico:
Biden's most effective climate warrior faces potential doom in the Senate
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Court dismisses Washington Post reporter's lawsuit against the paper and its former top editor
 Earlier Items: 
RFE / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Russian Military Official Shifts Rhetoric, Says Army Now Focusing On ‘Liberation’ Of Eastern Ukrainian Regions
Discussion: Japan Times
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Ivy League Republicans' phony rebellion against the ‘elites’
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New York Times:
Adams Says Encampments of Homeless People Will Be Cleared
Discussion: The Column
Associated Press:
New Orleans school board reverses little known ban on jazz
Discussion: CBS News
 

 
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