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12:15 PM ET, April 3, 2022

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Human Rights Watch:
Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas  —  Summary Executions, Other Grave Abuses by Russian Forces  —  (Warsaw) - Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations against civilians in occupied areas of the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Kyiv regions of Ukraine.
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Sam Sokol / Haaretz:
In Rare Rebuke, Israeli Envoy Blasts ‘War Crimes’ After Russian Forces Flee Kyiv Suburb  —  As Russian forces withdraw from Bucha, reports describe bodies lying in the streets, with the mayor saying that some 300 Ukrainian civilians were killed ■ Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman …
Brett Forrest / Wall Street Journal:
Evidence of War Crimes in Ukraine Mounts as Russians Retreat From Kyiv Area  —  Findings by rights groups and Ukrainian authorities could alter global response  —  BUCHA, Ukraine—Nearly 300 civilians have been buried in mass graves by local authorities in this small suburb of Kyiv …
Reuters:
Russian retreat leaves trail of dead civilians in Bucha, a town near Kyiv  —  Dead civilians still lay scattered over the streets of the Ukrainian country town of Bucha on Saturday, three days after the invading Russian army pulled back from its abortive advance on Kyiv to the southeast.
New York Times:
Ukraine accuses Russian forces of executing civilians in the town of Bucha.
David Cohen / Politico:
Ukraine winning in the North but war isn't won yet, Klain says  —  White House chief of staff Ron Klain said Sunday the Ukrainians “are winning the war” in the northern part of their country but the overall war is nowhere near won.  —  Speaking on ABC's “This Week,” Klain said Ukrainian forces …
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 4-3-22: White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain & Sen. Roy Blunt  —  A rush transcript of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” airing on Sunday, April 3, 2022 on ABC News is below.  This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors.
Discussion: Politico
Justin Gomez / ABC News:
Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘far from over,’ White House chief of staff says
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and UrduPoint News
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The galling cynicism of CBS News hiring Mick Mulvaney … When word came the other day that a former top Trump aide, Mick Mulvaney, was joining CBS News as a paid pundit, the move was met with a fair amount of disgust — both inside and outside the network.  —  Why hire this partisan …
Associated Press:
Secret intelligence has unusually public role in Ukraine war  —  LONDON (AP) — The war in Ukraine is the conflict where spies came in from the cold and took center stage.  —  Since Russia invaded its neighbor in late February, intelligence agencies in the U.S. and Britain have been remarkably willing …
Discussion: HotAir
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
‘We need to work these polls’: Trump stumps for candidates who support the big lie  —  Trump praises little-known Republicans Matthew DePerno and Kristina Karamo, who both falsely claimed 2020 election fraud and are now seeking key Michigan offices  —  ight hours before Donald Trump took …
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The Sunday Times:
Bodies of mutilated children among horrors the Russians left behind  —  Deep in the forest outside Kyiv, where the mushroom-pickers used to roam and rich city folk built their palatial dachas, Maria Dabizhe, 80, sat sifting through discarded Russian ration packs.  —  The enemy soldiers had arrived a few days into the war.
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Lawmakers Embrace Trump Agenda, With or Without Donald Trump  —  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—Republicans heading into the heart of the midterm primary season have disagreements over Donald Trump's future in the party.  But they say they are largely united behind his populist domestic agenda in fighting to win back control of Congress.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Ukraine Is the First Real World War  —  Almost six weeks into the war between Russia and Ukraine, I'm beginning to wonder if this conflict isn't our first true world war — much more than World War I or World War II ever were.  In this war, which I think of as “World War Wired,” …
NBC News:
Border Patrol's use of Amazon's Wickr messaging app draws scrutiny  —  In October, Laurence Brewer, the chief records officer of the National Archives and Records Administration, told officials at U.S. Customs and Border Protection he was worried about how the agency was using an app called Wickr.
Discussion: Insider
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Wisconsin Democrats built a winning machine.  Now comes its greatest test.  —  MILWAUKEE — Cavalier Johnson, Milwaukee's Democratic acting mayor, is expected to glide to a full term on Tuesday.  But he was still energetically rallying volunteers at a banquet hall this week …
 
 
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Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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