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9:45 AM ET, March 29, 2022

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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 White House logs given to House show 7-hour gap in Trump calls … Internal White House records from the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol that were turned over to the House select committee show a gap in President Donald Trump's phone logs of seven hours and 37 minutes …
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New York Times:
New Focus on How a Trump Tweet Incited Far-Right Groups Ahead of Jan. 6  —  Federal prosecutors and congressional investigators are documenting how the former president's “Be there, will be wild!” post became a catalyst for militants before the Capitol assault.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
‘Do your job’: Jan. 6 committee presses DOJ as push for Meadows contempt charge languishes  —  The House's Jan. 6 select committee vented frustration with the Justice Department on Monday for not criminally charging former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for contempt of Congress …
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Democrats in Congress ask Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from Jan. 6 cases  —  Top Democrats on the Senate and House judiciary committees issued a letter to the Supreme Court on Monday requesting that Justice Clarence Thomas recuse himself from any future cases involving the Jan. 6, 2021 …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's January 6 plot appears darker and more dangerous by the day  —  Reporter: Why judge's comment about Trump is a big deal  —  (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's attempt to steal the 2020 election is being revealed week-by-week to be deeper and broader than it initially appeared …
ABC News:
Jared Kushner expected to appear before Jan. 6 committee this week
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee recommends former Trump aides Navarro and Scavino face contempt charges
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Financial Times:
Russia no longer demanding Ukraine be ‘denazified’ in ceasefire talks  —  Requests include Kyiv dropping Nato pursuit in exchange for security guarantees and EU membership  —  Russia is no longer requesting Ukraine be “denazified” and is prepared to let Kyiv join the European Union …
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
President Macron's Unending Russia Diplomacy
Discussion: Mercury News and Foreign Affairs
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
The drone operators who halted Russian convoy headed for Kyiv
Discussion: Graham's Newsletter and The US Sun
CNN:   Pentagon will accelerate production of missiles Ukraine has requested to refill US stockpiles
Grant Schulte / Associated Press:
Nebraska lawmaker apologizes for debunked litter box claim  —  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska state lawmaker apologized on Monday after he publicly cited a persistent but debunked rumor alleging that schools are placing litter boxes in school bathrooms to accommodate children who self-identify as cats.
Andrew Meldrum / Associated Press:
Ethiopian court orders journalist to be released on bail  —  CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An Ethiopian court has ordered Ethiopian journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro to be released on bail after being imprisoned for four months without charges.  —  A judge in the capital, Addis Ababa …
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
‘Moderate’ Conor Lamb Paid BLM-Linked Firm Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars  —  Lamb's communications consultant, Fireside Campaigns, improperly solicited funds for BLM  —  The self-described “moderate” in Pennsylvania's Senate race, Conor Lamb, has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars …
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Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:   “Designed to End Protesting”: Louisiana Supreme Court Makes Protesters Guilty by Association
New York Times:
Will Smith Apologizes to Chris Rock After Academy Condemns His Slap  —  “I was out of line and I was wrong,” said Smith, who hit Rock at the Oscars after the comedian made a joke about his wife.  The film organization opened an inquiry into the incident.  —  LOS ANGELES — Will Smith apologized …
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Sara Nathan / New York Post:
Could Will Smith lose his Oscar? Explaining the Academy's code of conduct
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Fox Nation's Lara Logan Suggests Theory of Evolution Is a Hoax Funded by Jews  —  Lara Logan's latest anti-Semitic dog whistle is a claim that Charles Darwin only came up with the idea of evolution because Jews paid him to  —  It wasn't long ago that Lara Logan was a correspondent for CBS News …
New York Times:
Local Election Officials in Georgia Oppose G.O.P. Election Bill  —  As Republicans rush to pass a second round of new voting and election rules, a bipartisan group of election officials is fighting back.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  ATLANTA — A year ago …
Associated Press:
After Russian forces pull back, a shattered town breathes  —  TROSTYANETS, Ukraine (AP) — The bodies of two Russian soldiers lie abandoned in the woods.  Ukrainian forces piled atop a tank flash victory signs.  Dazed people line up amid charred buildings to reach for aid.
Discussion: WSVN-TV
Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:
Biden used cheat sheet while doubling down on unscripted message to oust Putin  —  President Joe Biden once again referred to a printed cheat sheet sheet as he doubled down on his unscripted weekend claim that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.”  —  On Monday Biden, 79, told reporters he made …
Mike Elk / Payday Report:
Irwin's Law Firm Fought Against College Athletes Unionizing & Crazy Mocha Workers Organizing  —  PITTSBURGH, PA - Over the past week, Pittsburgh Congressional candidate Steve Irwin, who has won the support of most of Pittsburgh's Democratic establishment, has attempted to refute Payday's reporting …
Tom Lawrence / The Daily Beast:
Attorney General Who Killed a Man Manages to Dodge Impeachment  —  Jason Ravnsborg is now not likely to face any consequences after a special investigative committee of the South Dakota House of Representative voted against his impeachment.  —  More than a year and a half after he ran down and killed a man …
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Don't Let Up Now  —  Russia appears to be revising its strategy in Ukraine.  In place of the go-for-broke attempt to swallow the country in a hundred-hour war, to be completed with a tank parade in the Kyiv Maidan and a semi-annexation, some Russian leaders now talk more modestly of operations in the Donbas.
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
A former congressman and a lobbyist look for work in Kremlin-allied Belarus  —  Former Rep. Scott Taylor (R-Va.) was on a trip several weeks ago to Belarus when a D.C. lobbyist, with whom he was sharing an Airbnb in Minsk, woke him up with alarming news: Russia was invading the country next door.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and ABC News
NewsTrends KE:
Activists publish list of Ukrainian civilians abducted by Russian forces as part of campaign to free ‘The Taken’ … A leading Ukrainian human rights organisation, Human Rights Centre ZMINA, has today published a list of civilians that have been abducted by the Russian government and is demanding for their immediate release.
NBC News:
‘Biggest fraud in a generation’: The looting of the Covid relief plan known as PPP  —  They bought Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and Bentleys.  —  And Teslas, of course.  Lots of Teslas.  —  Many who participated in what prosecutors are calling the largest fraud in American history …
Discussion: HotAir
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Jon Karl Talked With Fox About Replacing Chris Wallace  —  In this week's edition of Source Material, we reveal how ABC's chief Washington correspondent toyed with the idea of taking over Fox News Sunday. … Chris Wallace poured a bucket of verbal manure over Fox News on Sunday …
New York Times:
Federal Judge Finds Trump Most Likely Committed Crimes Over 2020 Election  —  “The illegality of the plan was obvious,” the judge wrote in a civil case, referring to the former president's efforts to persuade Vice President Mike Pence to upend the certification of the Electoral College results.
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