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French intelligence chief Vidaud fired over Russian war failings — The head of French military intelligence, Gen Eric Vidaud, is losing his job after failing to predict Russia's war in Ukraine, reports say. — Seven months after he took on the role, one report said he was blamed for …
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Seth G. Jones / TIME:
What It Will Take For Ukraine To Win the War — Jones is senior vice president and director of the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. His most recent book is Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran, and the Rise of Irregular Warfare.
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Washington Post:
U.S. says Putin being misled, as Ukraine refugee tally hits 4 million … Russian President Vladimir Putin's advisers are shielding him from how badly the invasion of Ukraine is going, top U.S. officials said Wednesday, as the conflict raged on despite peace talks and the number of Ukrainians …
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Russian troops near Kyiv, Chernobyl are repositioning, Pentagon says — About 20 percent of the Russian forces around Kyiv, and some forces near the Chernobyl nuclear site, are in various stages of moving north away from the capital, the Pentagon said Wednesday, with some personnel crossing into Belarus.
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Ukraine needs better air defense systems, not more excuses — More than two weeks have passed since Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to NATO ally Slovakia, where he discussed transferring that country's most advanced air defense system to Ukraine. But as Russian missiles continue …
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Foreign Policy:
Russia Prepares Destructive Cyberattacks — So far, Moscow's forays in cyberspace have been as ineffective as its frontal assaults—but that could change. — Russia is preparing disruptive cyberattacks that could target U.S. energy and financial industries to cause further pain …
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Lindsey Graham / Fox News:
Stand with Ukraine, don't sell them out
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Matt Taibbi / TK News:
“Regime Change” Doesn't Work, You Morons
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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. expands Jan. 6 probe to look at rally prep, financing … The criminal investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has expanded to examine the preparations for the rally that preceded the riot, as the Justice Department aims to determine the full extent of any conspiracy …
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Widens Jan. 6 Inquiry to Range of Pro-Trump Figures
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George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
A federal judge said Trump probably committed a crime. The DOJ can't ignore that.
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Revealed: Trump used White House phone for call on January 6 that was not on official log
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Los Angeles Times:
Concerns about Bruce Willis' declining cognitive state swirled around sets in recent years — Just days before Bruce Willis was scheduled to turn up on the set of one of his latest action films, the director of the project sent out an urgent request: Make the movie star's part smaller.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Turmoil at CBS News over Trump aide Mick Mulvaney's punditry gig … CBS News's decision to hire former Trump administration official Mick Mulvaney as a paid on-air contributor is drawing backlash within the company because of his history of bashing the press and promoting the former president's fact-free claims.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
When Will the Elite Political Media Start Treating the Republican Party Like The Threat It Is?
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Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
Ivermectin Does Not Reduce Risk of Covid Hospitalization, Large Study Finds — “At some point it will become a waste of resources to continue studying an unpromising approach,” one expert said. — Give this article- - - Read in app — The anti-parasitic drug ivermectin …
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Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
I'm quitting Disney after seeing it boast about pushing ‘gender theory’ — The Walt Disney Co. just refuses to let it go. — On Tuesday, Christopher Rufo, known for his exposés on schools and corporations under the critical-race-theory spell, released internal Disney videos …
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Houston Keene / Fox Business:
Disney won't say if it's keeping princes and princesses as ‘boys and girls’ gets chopped
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Cristiano Lima / Washington Post:
Hunter Biden laptop findings renew scrutiny of Twitter, Facebook crackdowns — Happy Thursday! Today's top was reported with our stellar tech news analysis writer Will Oremus. — Below: A key tech nominee inches closer to confirmation, and the tech giants get fooled by hackers. First:
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CNN:
'He's an embarrassment': Republicans threaten to primary Cawthorn over controversial antics — Madison Cawthorn had a rough week 05:00 — (CNN)Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is throwing his weight behind a primary opponent to freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn — an extraordinary broadside …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Cawthorn Draws Criticism From Republicans Over Cocaine and Orgies Comments
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Chris Rock Responds to Will Smith's Oscars Slap at Standup Show: 'I'm Still Kind of Processing What Happened' … What's on Chris Rock's mind? — It's a simple yet valid question, one that the world is wondering after Will Smith slapped the comedian on live television during the Oscars on Sunday.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pence rolls out policy platform, staking out new ground separate from Trump — Former Vice President Mike Pence is taking another step toward running for the White House in 2024 — and leaning into his split with former President Donald Trump. — Pence is releasing a 19-page policy platform …
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Andrew Perez / The Lever:
“He Signed A Historic Middle-Class Tax Cut” — After Dems failed to pass Build Back Better, they're now stuck touting a tax cut that no longer exists. — Unite the Country, a super PAC that supports President Joe Biden, has been running TV ads in Arizona praising Biden for delivering a big tax break to working-class Americans.
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David Siders / Politico:
'We've got to stop fooling ourselves': Enthusiasm gap keeps getting worse for Dems — At the end of October, Republicans held an 11-percentage-point advantage in voter enthusiasm. By January, that margin had ticked up to 14 points. Now, according to the most recent NBC News poll …
Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Gender-neutral X passports will be available in April — U.S. issues first passport with ‘X’ gender designation — U.S. citizens will be able to select the gender neutral “X” as a marker on their passport books starting April 11, the State Department said Wednesday.
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David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
The Lynching of Justice Clarence Thomas — A hospitalized justice, a racist campaign, and the media heckler's veto. — Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Scoop: FEC fines DNC and Clinton for Trump dossier hoax — The Federal Election Commission has fined the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign for lying about the funding of the infamous, and discredited, Russian “dossier” used in a smear attempt against Donald Trump weeks …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
There Is No Liberal World Order — In February 1994, in the grand ballroom of the town hall in Hamburg, Germany, the president of Estonia gave a remarkable speech. Standing before an audience in evening dress, Lennart Meri praised the values of the democratic world that Estonia then aspired to join.
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