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7:00 PM ET, April 4, 2022

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New York Times:
Satellite images show bodies lay in Bucha for weeks, despite Russian claims.  —  An analysis of satellite images by The New York Times rebuts claims by Russia that the killing of civilians in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, occurred after its soldiers had left the town.
Washington Post:
Jackson wins support of 2 more GOP senators, clinching votes needed for confirmation … Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah on Monday become the second and third Republicans to announce support for Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court …
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocks on Jackson Supreme Court nomination
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launch  —  The two Southern tech entrepreneurs had the two qualities that Donald Trump's Truth Social startup needed: tech-industry expertise and a politically conservative worldview aligned with the former president …
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Politico:
Trump upset with the state of his new social media site, eyes shakeup  —  Top executives from Former President Donald Trump's social media venture, Truth Social, have departed the company as the site has struggled to gain traction with users.  —  Three top executives quit Truth Social …
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Truth Social Is Doing Even Worse Than You Thought
Discussion: Raw Story
Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
The Bucha Atrocities and the Kremlin Apologists  —  Commentators suffering from Ukraine Derangement Syndrome are distorting and distracting from the horrible facts.  —  BUCHA, UKRAINE - APRIL 4: CIVILIANS' BODIES, WHICH WERE FOUND DEAD IN THE UKRAINIAN TOWN OF BUCHA, WERE GATHERED TO BE BURIED ON MONDAY …
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Eliot Higgins / bellingcat:
Russia's Bucha “Facts” Versus the Evidence  —  Recent images from the town of Bucha just outside Kyiv, captured as Ukrainian forces regained ground following the retreat of Russian forces, show widespread destruction and corpses in civilians clothes strewn across streets.
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Bidens to host White House wedding reception for granddaughter in November  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host a wedding reception at the White House this November for their eldest granddaughter, Naomi Biden, the first lady's communications director Elizabeth Alexander confirmed to CNN.
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Biden talks ‘Big Mama’ and his trucking plan at White House
Discussion: ABC News and Althouse
ABC News:
Secret Service paying over $30K per month for Malibu mansion to protect Hunter Biden  —  The luxury rental property has “gorgeous ocean views,” according to its listing.  —  Hunter Biden is apparently spending his father's presidency living in luxury in Malibu — and so is his taxpayer-funded security detail.
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Leaked: New Amazon Worker Chat App Would Ban Words Like “Union,” “Restrooms,” “Pay Raise,” and “Plantation”  —  Amazon will block and flag employee posts on a planned internal messaging app that contain keywords pertaining to labor unions, according to internal company documents reviewed by The Intercept.
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Sean Campbell / New York Magazine:
Black Lives Matter Secretly Bought a $6 Million House  —  Allies and critics alike have questioned where the organization's money has gone.  —  On a sunny day late last spring, three leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement — Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Melina Abdullah …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis's repulsive war on Disney will soon face a reckoning  —  The stench of presidential ambition around Ron DeSantis has grown so thick that it resembles Charlie Brown pal Pigpen's visible cloud of filth, and key to the Florida governor's hopes is finding a way to capture the political energies unleashed by Donald Trump.
Discussion: Axios
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:   DeSantis's Threats to Disney Is What Post-Trump Authoritarianism Looks Like
Julian E. Zelizer / The Atlantic:
What I Learned When Trump Tried to Correct the Record  —  As an academic historian, I never expected to find myself in a videoconference with Donald Trump.  But one afternoon last summer—a day after C-SPAN released a poll of historians who ranked him just above Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson …
Discussion: Insider, Mediaite and Raw Story
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U.S. Department of Justice:
$90 Million Yacht of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg Seized by Spain at Request of United States
Bloomberg:
Elon Musk Takes 9.2% Stake in Twitter After Hinting at Shake-Up  —  Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc. to become the platform's biggest shareholder, a week after hinting he might shake up the social media industry.  —  Twitter shares surged about 26% in premarket trading …
Grist:
‘We are at a crossroads’: New IPCC report says it's fossil fuels or our future  —  Nations have moved too slowly to curb climate change, and now must take swift and aggressive steps if they hope to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, the world's top scientists warned on Monday.
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Josh Siegel / Politico:
‘Swallowing a toad’: Progressives warm to Manchin's fossil fuel demands to clinch climate package
Discussion: Jacobin and Washington Examiner
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Anchor Forced to Remind GOP Senator That Nord Stream 2 Isn't Operational  —  “Are you saying Nord Stream or Nord Stream 2?”  Smith asked.  “Because that was not money in Putin's pocket to begin with.”  —  Fox News anchor Sandra Smith had to step in and remind Sen. Marsha Blackburn …
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
This Is What Happens When There Are Too Many Meetings  —  After two years of working from home, I don't have one unified period of getting things done.  I have several mini periods.  Work isn't a contiguous landmass of focus; it's more like an archipelago of productivity amid a sea of chores …
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. Vice President Harris' deputy chief of staff to depart  —  U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's deputy chief of staff Michael Fuchs is leaving the administration, the latest top aide from her office to announce a departure, according to an internal staff memo seen by Reuters.
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Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
U.S. pushes to suspend Russia from U.N. human rights body
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
CDC, under fire for covid response, announces plans to revamp agency … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky announced plans Monday to revamp the agency that has come under blistering criticism for its performance leading the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic …
Discussion: New York Post
Anna Merlan / VICE:
The Ivermectin Guys' Whole Thing Has Really Fallen Apart  —  Meanwhile, they're still pretending the drug is viable as a treatment for COVID.  —  Anna Merlan  —  In the summer of 2021, a group of the most vociferous people online put all their energies behind the unproven thesis that ivermectin …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
DirecTV to Drop One America News on Tuesday Despite Pressure  —  DirecTV plans to drop One America News Network on Tuesday, ignoring pressure to reverse course from the conservative cable outlet and its supporters.  —  The satellite TV giant has been notifying customers that it will no longer carry OAN …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: In series of false claims, Republican Rep. Lisa McClain says Trump caught Osama bin Laden  —  Reporters keep exposing evidence of Trump's ‘big lie’ 01:46  —  Washington (CNN)Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain, a freshman Republican member of Congress, made a series of false claims …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump asks judge to recuse from racketeering suit against Hillary Clinton  —  Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are asking a federal judge appointed by President Bill Clinton to step aside from a suit Trump filed last month claiming that Hillary Clinton and her political allies engaged …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Orban's victory sends a warning to the west  —  The Hungarian leader has long walked a tightrope between the EU and fellow strongmen — but it is getting harder to keep up his balancing act  —  Viktor Orban's election victory in Hungary will be greeted with delight in Moscow …
 
 
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Chris Buckley / New York Times:
Bristling Against the West, China Rallies Domestic Sympathy for Russia
Discussion: HotAir
Sharon Terlep / Wall Street Journal:
With Inflation Not Letting Up, Shoppers Cut Back on Staples
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Hogan unveils agreement to enact new Maryland congressional map
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
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Mariia Kravchenko:
What should Russia do with Ukraine? [Translation of a propaganda article by a Russian publication]
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Juliana Kaplan / Insider:
Meet the doctors unionizing and walking out for better conditions: 'There's this growing sentiment that we can do better'
wusa9.com:
Longtime WUSA9 anchor Bruce Johnson dies at 71
Discussion: The Hill and The US Sun
Bethan McKernan / The Guardian:
Rape as a weapon: huge scale of sexual violence inflicted in Ukraine emerges
Discussion: Washington Post
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Capitol attack panel scores two major wins as it inches closer to Trump's inner circle
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
New York Times:
Flurry of New Laws Move Blue and Red States Further Apart
Discussion: NBC New York
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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