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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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Oleksandr Stashevskyi / Associated Press:
Ukraine accuses Russia of massacre, city strewn with bodies — BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area. Ukrainian authorities on Sunday accused …
New York Times:
In Bucha, a mass grave filled up with dozens of bodies after the morgue became ‘intolerable.’ — As Russian forces retreated from around Kyiv, the devastating toll of the war became clearer. Western leaders redoubled calls for war crimes investigations, declaring the images of dead civilians “abhorrent.”
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Washington Post:
Signs of massacre in Bucha spark calls for war-crime probes — Ukrainian officials said they have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to visit the mass graves seen in Bucha, a suburb northwest of Kyiv, so experts can gather evidence of possible Russian war crimes.
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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 …
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CNN, BBC, Axios, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, NDTV, The Sun and Al Jazeera
Adam Beam / Associated Press:
California mass shooting: 6 dead, 12 injured in Sacramento — SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) — Six people were killed and 12 injured in a mass shooting early Sunday as bars and nightclubs were closing in downtown Sacramento and police in California's state capital were searching for at least one suspect.
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Schumer admits defeat on Garcetti as India ambassador — Chuck Schumer's team is privately acknowledging to Senate Democrats that Eric Garcetti doesn't currently have 50 votes within their caucus to be confirmed as ambassador to India, congressional aides tell Axios.
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Los Angeles Times
Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A night of laughter and cringe at the Gridiron — DRIVING THE DAY — INSIDE THE RETURN OF THE GRIDIRON — New Hampshire Republican Gov. CHRIS SUNUNU stole the show Saturday night at the annual Gridiron Club dinner by saying out loud what most Republicans in Washington *privately* whisper about DONALD TRUMP.
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Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
At DC roast, NH's GOP governor skewers Trump as ‘crazy’
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The Economist:
A wild gerrymander makes Hungary's Fidesz party hard to dislodge — Opposition voters are packed into a few large constituencies — In an upcoming election a populist conservative party is poised for victory. It leads polls by mid-single digits. It is also aided by gerrymandered districts …
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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 …
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Garry Kasparov / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Told the Truth: Putin Has to Go — Ukraine's sacrifice will be in vain if the West's moral confusion gives Russia a chance to regroup. — Russia's all-out war on Ukraine is entering its sixth week, and the past few days have seen a rhetorical shift in Vladimir Putin's goals.
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The Hill, Fox News and Dominic's Newsletter
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Matthew Yglesias / Bloomberg:
What If Fox News Viewers Watched CNN Instead? — The establishment of Fox News in the late 1990s forever changed both media and politics in America, transforming the formerly staid world of television news into the series of political shoutfests we know and love-hate today.
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Theo Francis / Wall Street Journal:
CEO Pay Heads for Record as Pandemic Recedes — Annual compensation reaches $14.2 million for CEOs as companies grapple with worker shortages and inflation — Compensation for U.S. chief executives has rebounded as the pandemic recedes, putting it on pace to set a record amid a tight labor market …
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Political Wire
Washington Post:
Zelensky, entering new stage of war, faces political test … Nearly every day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, clad in dark green, records a video address to the Ukrainian people, sometimes seated at a desk, other times standing outside in the dark of the night.
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The Sun, HotAir, CBS News, The Times of Israel and Strategic Policy
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Roger Stone Claims He's Being ‘Censored’ on Trump's Free-Speech App — Stone is the most high-profile MAGA character to claim he's being silenced on the app. — Veteran Republican operative and longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone claims he's being “censored” on the ex-president's social media site Truth Social.
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Raw Story
Justin Gomez / ABC News:
Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘far from over,’ White House chief of staff says — Klain said Russia is looking to relaunch battles in eastern Ukraine. — White House chief of staff Ron Klain is warning that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is “far from over,” despite the claim by Moscow …
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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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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Amazon Warehouse Workers Just Redefined What's Possible for U.S. Labor — Two years ago, on the day Christian Smalls led a walkout demanding better Covid safety protections at his Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in New York City, the company fired him, saying he himself violated safety rules.
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