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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 …
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Two-thirds of Russian troops near Kyiv are retreating, likely to be redeployed
Washington Post:
Ukrainian villagers describe cruel and brutal Russian occupation
Discussion: New York Times
Mariia Kravchenko:
What should Russia do with Ukraine? [Translation of a propaganda article by a Russian publication]
Discussion: HotAir and Drftng with Ukraine
Reuters:   Why Putin faces ‘more NATO’ in the Arctic after Ukraine invasion
Bethan McKernan / The Guardian:
Rape as a weapon: huge scale of sexual violence inflicted in Ukraine emerges
Discussion: Washington Post and Discourse Blog
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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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 …
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 …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Why Elon Musk Is Buying into Twitter  —  Elon Musk has found something to keep himself occupied until his first crewed mission to Mars fulfills his prediction and lands on the Red Planet in 2029.  He's purchased a 9.2 percent share in Twitter for $2.9 billion — where he has 80.2 million followers …
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Bloomberg:
Elon Musk Takes 9.2% Stake in Twitter After Hinting at Shake-Up
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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 …
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and Insider
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 …
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
More on That Senate Vote Against David Weil  —  Today on TAP: How come Schumer moved the confirmation forward to floor action if the votes weren't there?  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at the Capitol, March 29, 2022  —  On Friday, I reported on last week's failure of the Senate …
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
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
Discussion: Variety
Kim Tong-Hyung / Associated Press:
North Korea warns of nuclear response if South provokes it  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For the second time in three days, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated South Korea for touting its supposed preemptive strike capabilities against the North …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Zoë Heller / New Yorker:
How Everyone Got So Lonely  —  The recent decline in rates of sexual activity has been attributed variously to sexism, neoliberalism, and women's increased economic independence.  How fair are those claims—and will we be saved by the advent of the sex robot?
Discussion: Althouse
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
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
Oren Liebermann / CNN:
US tested hypersonic missile in mid-March but kept it quiet to avoid escalating tensions with Russia  —  The US successfully tested a hypersonic missile in mid-March but kept it quiet for two weeks to avoid escalating tensions with Russia as President Joe Biden was about to travel to Europe …
Discussion: KC Views, Political Wire and Al Jazeera
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: Reuters and New York Post
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.”
Discussion: RedState
Ben Burgis / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Just Proved ‘Right Wing Populism’ Is a Con Job  —  MAGA members of Congress touted their “economic populism” and then voted against a modest price cap on insulin. … We've been hearing for years about how the U.S.' two major political parties have realigned on economic issues …
Discussion: Raw Story
George Joseph / THE CITY:
Brooklyn Democratic Party Director Resigns Following Uproar Over ‘Pizzagate’ Posts  —  Andy Marte, not long ago registered as a Republican, faced flak over conspiracy tweets and past role defending a Dem party boss over sexual harassment allegations.  —  Andy Marte, a former registered Republican …
 
 
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