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12:20 PM ET, March 27, 2022

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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
White House Rushes to Clarify Joe Biden Call to Remove Vladimir Putin from Power  —  The White House on Saturday moved quickly to clarify President Joe Biden's comment about removing Russian President Vladimir Putin from power in a dramatic speech in Warsaw, Poland.
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Washington Post:
How Biden sparked a global uproar with nine ad-libbed words about Putin … WARSAW — During his presidential campaign, President Biden often reminded his audience about the heavy weight that the words of a president can carry.  —  “The words of a president matter,” he said more than once.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Biden's Comments About Putin Were an Unforced Error  —  Sign up for Tom's newsletter, Peacefield, here.  —  Joe Biden has been a model of restraint during the most serious global crisis in nearly 60 years, and thank goodness for that.  He has provided assistance to Ukraine while keeping NATO together …
Justin Spike / Associated Press:
Hungary's Orban criticized for ‘neutrality’ in Ukraine war
Associated Press:
Biden lashes at Putin, calls for Western resolve for freedom
New York Times:
Biden Condemns Putin, Saying He ‘Cannot Remain In Power’
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Biden's job approval falls to lowest level of his presidency amid war and inflation fears  —  NBC News poll: Biden hits lowest disapproval number yet  —  Amid Europe's largest land war since World War II, 7 in 10 Americans express low confidence in President Joe Biden's ability to deal …
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CNN:
The 2022 campaign story was set.  Then Russia invaded Ukraine.  —  (CNN)Russia's invasion of Ukraine opened up a new front in the 2022 US midterm cycle, with America's role in the conflict taking a place alongside the culture war clashes, economic worries and fights over pandemic policy that had driven the early stages of the election.
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Chris Wallace Says Life at Fox News Became ‘Unsustainable’  —  As he starts a new streaming show at CNN, the longtime TV anchor reflects on his decision to leave Fox News after 18 years.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  “I just no longer felt comfortable with the programming at Fox.”
Washington Post:
Russian generals are getting killed at an extraordinary rate  —  The war in Ukraine is proving extraordinarily lethal for Russian generals, the gray men bedecked in service medals, who are being aggressively targeted by Ukrainian forces and killed at a rate not seen since World War II.
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Washington Post:
Russian troops' tendency to talk on unsecured lines is proving costly  —  Russian troops in Ukraine have relied, with surprising frequency, on unsecured communication devices such as smartphones and push-to-talk radios, leaving units vulnerable to targeting, and further underscoring the command …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Biden to Include Minimum Tax on Billionaires in Budget Proposal  —  The tax would require that American households worth more than $100 million pay at least 20 percent on their full income, as well as unrealized gains in the value of liquid assets like stocks.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
President Biden to unveil new minimum tax on billionaires in budget … The White House will unveil a new minimum tax targeting billionaires as part of its 2023 budget Monday, proposing a direct tax on the richest 700 Americans for the first time, according to five people with knowledge …
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Biden budget to trim $1T from deficits over next decade
Discussion: TheBlaze, Eschaton and CANNONFIRE
Grant Schulte / Associated Press:
US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska announces resignation  —  Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska says he will resign from office, effective March 31, after a California jury convicted him of lying to federal authorities about an illegal campaign donation from a foreign national
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Fortenberry resigns from Congress after felony convictions
Andrew Cohen / Rolling Stone:
The Supreme Court's Clarence and Ginni Thomas Scandal Is Unprecedented  —  The U.S. Supreme Court's January 19, 2022 order in Trump v. Thompson was as brief as it was significant.  By a vote of 8-1, with Justice Clarence Thomas as the lone dissenter, the Court refused a request …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Elise Stefanik, Reinvented in Trump's Image, Embodies a Changed G.O.P.  —  Once a mainstream Republican from a moderate district, Ms. Stefanik, the party's No. 3 House leader, has embraced Trumpism and the extremists in her ranks.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Republican Senators Play the QAnon Game  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have spent the last week smearing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's nominee for the Supreme Court, as indifferent to (and soft on) child sexual abuse.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Graham: Judicial confirmation process could get even more toxic
Discussion: Politico and Just The News
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
The Making of Vladimir Putin  —  Tracing Putin's 22-year slide from statesman to tyrant.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  PARIS — Speaking in what he called “the language of Goethe, Schiller and Kant,” picked up during his time as a K.G.B. officer in Dresden …
Financial Times:
‘Tip of the iceberg’: rise in Russian spying activity alarms European capitals … The scene seemed more suited to an Austin Powers spy farce than a John le Carré cold war intrigue.  —  “I told Moscow that you are such a good boy,” lieutenant colonel Sergey Solomasov …
 
 
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Melissa Klein / New York Post:
Beau Biden Foundation rakes in millions, spends fraction on kid programs
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Nicholas Grossman:
Free Speech Might Hurt Your Feelings
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The Guardian:
Russian soldiers release Ukraine town's mayor and agree to leave after protests
Just The News:
Left-wing ‘free speech’ group files suit to bar Marjorie Taylor Greene from re-election bid
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