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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.
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Washington Post:
Jackson on course for confirmation, with 2 more GOP senators in favor … The Senate put Ketanji Brown Jackson on a clear track to be confirmed later this week as the Supreme Court's 116th justice — and its first Black woman — after three Republicans joined Democrats to advance her nomination in a Monday vote.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Late flight snags Jackson's committee vote
Late flight snags Jackson's committee vote
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Luke Gentile / Washington Examiner:
Politico falsely claims Jackson would become first black Supreme Court justice
Politico falsely claims Jackson would become first black Supreme Court justice
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Lindsey Graham: If GOP Controlled Senate, Ketanji Brown Jackson Wouldn't Get a Hearing
Lindsey Graham: If GOP Controlled Senate, Ketanji Brown Jackson Wouldn't Get a Hearing
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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 …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Why Elon Musk Is Buying into Twitter
Why Elon Musk Is Buying into Twitter
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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 …
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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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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
Russia's Bucha “Facts” Versus the Evidence
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Mike DeForest / WKMG:
DeSantis staff delayed release of Gaetz associate Halsey Beshears' spending records — Legal experts dispute governor's claim he can delay records to ‘review’ them — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In a move criticized by advocates of Florida's open government laws, Gov. Ron DeSantis' staff intervened …
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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 …
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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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Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
How Amazon Workers Beat The Union Busters At Their Own Game
How Amazon Workers Beat The Union Busters At Their Own Game
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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 …
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
This Is What Happens When There Are Too Many Meetings — Sign up for Derek's newsletter here. — 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 …
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.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
DeSantis's Threats to Disney Is What Post-Trump Authoritarianism Looks Like
DeSantis's Threats to Disney Is What Post-Trump Authoritarianism Looks Like
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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.
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Associated Press:
US seizes yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin — PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — The U.S. government seized a mega yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with close ties to the Russian president on Monday, the first in the government's sanctions enforcement initiative to …
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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
$90 Million Yacht of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg Seized by Spain at Request of United States
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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
‘Swallowing a toad’: Progressives warm to Manchin's fossil fuel demands to clinch climate package
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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 …
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Two-thirds of Russian troops near Kyiv are retreating, likely to be redeployed — Roughly two-thirds of the Russian troops that had been amassed around Ukraine's capital of Kyiv have since left, a senior U.S. defense official told reporters on Monday, adding that the troops will likely be redeployed to another part of the country.
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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 …
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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 …
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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
U.S. pushes to suspend Russia from U.N. human rights body
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Matt Brown / Washington Post:
Michigan GOP roils as Trump injects 2020 grievances into midterms … WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Conspiracy theories and grievance permeated the crowd assembled for Donald Trump's first rally in Michigan since his 2020 election loss, as an adoring throng of 5,000 cheered his familiar claims that the election was “rigged” and “stolen.”
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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 …
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