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8:05 AM ET, April 5, 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.
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Reuters:
Ukraine President Zelenskiy says he will address UN Security Council on Tuesday
Washington Post:
Ukrainian villagers describe cruel and brutal Russian occupation
Discussion: New York Times
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Two-thirds of Russian troops near Kyiv are retreating, likely to be redeployed
Reuters:   Why Putin faces ‘more NATO’ in the Arctic after Ukraine invasion
Elena Schneider / Politico:
How election conspiracy theories turned local politics ‘toxic’ in one Wisconsin city  —  GREEN BAY, Wis. — For the second time since Election Day 2020, uniformed police officers will be on duty when ballot counting begins in Green Bay's local elections.  —  It's the result of tension building …
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Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:   Fake Trump Elector Is Running in Wisconsin This Week, Alongside Other Big Lie Supporters
Matt Brown / Washington Post:
Michigan GOP roils as Trump injects 2020 grievances into midterms
Discussion: RedState
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden admin plots to fix Obamacare's ‘family glitch,’ expand coverage  —  The Biden administration is planning on Tuesday to propose a long-sought change to the Affordable Care Act aimed at lowering health insurance costs for millions of Americans, four people with knowledge of the matter told POLITICO.
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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Biden Administration Proposes Obamacare Tweak That Could Help 1.2 Million
Associated Press:
Trump aide seeking NH House seat voted in 2 states in 2016  —  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former Trump administration official now running for Congress in New Hampshire voted twice during the 2016 primary election season, potentially violating federal voting law and leaving him at odds …
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Why Biden's base is in distress  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Democrats are desperately trying to understand what's roiling the electorate heading into a brutal midterm environment.  —  HIT Strategies has been conducting weekly focus groups to find out in real time how Americans are processing events in 2022.
Michael Weiss / New Lines Magazine:
Exclusive: How Russia Evades Sanctions via Syrian Loan Schemes  —  New Lines has obtained documents showing two loans to the Assad regime totaling $1 billion for supplies and largely designed to benefit oligarchs sanctioned by the U.S. and EU.  But all is not well in Damascus
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 …
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
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 …
Ben Adler / Yahoo News:
Republican-controlled states have higher murder rates than Democratic ones: study  —  46th and current president of the United States  —  Republican politicians routinely claim that cities run by Democrats have been experiencing crime waves caused by failed governance …
New York Post:
Hunter Biden grand jury witness was asked about deal with Chinese firm - and ‘the big guy’  —  A witness who testified before the Hunter Biden grand jury was asked to identify the “big guy” in the first son's planned deal with a Chinese energy conglomerate — as calls ramped up to have President Biden included in a conspiracy probe.
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.
Washington Post:
As Russia retreats from Kyiv, U.S. sees uglier fights to come … Russia's apparent retreat from Kyiv and retrenchment into Ukraine's easternmost regions marks the latest sign that the war is at an inflection point — one that U.S. officials believe could portend even uglier fighting to come.
president.gov.ua:
There is ample evidence that it is Russian troops who destroy peaceful cities, torture and kill civilians - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy  —  Ukrainians!  —  All our defenders!  —  Today has been a really difficult day.  Emotional.  —  I've visited our cities in the Kyiv region, which we liberated from the occupiers.
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.
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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Maeve Reston / CNN:
Six candidates try to replace Devin Nunes in a California congressional seat that will soon vanish  —  (CNN)California Democrats had long dreamed of ousting former Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, whose loyalty to former President Donald Trump made him a lightning rod in the deep-blue state.
Discussion: Washington Post
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
This Republican about-face is so much worse than ‘cancel culture’  —  The GOP no longer argues that free markets, rather than government, should choose “winners and losers.”  —  In today's Republican Party, the primary economic role of the state is not to get out of the way.
Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
Gov. Larry Hogan Approves New Maryland Congressional Map  —  Drawn by Democrats and approved by a Republican governor, the new map will most likely result in a similar delegation to the state's current one.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland …
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Hogan unveils agreement to enact new Maryland congressional map
 
 
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Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Victim: Epstein Shared Hotel Suite With Bill Clinton and Worried About Being Poisoned
Discussion: Raw Story
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Ugly Options in Ukraine
Discussion: CBS News
Daniel Flatley / Bloomberg:
Treasury Stops Russia From Paying Debt Through U.S. Accounts
Alex Zeldin / The Atlantic:
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Ben Burgis / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Just Proved ‘Right-Wing Populism’ Is a Con Job
Discussion: Raw Story
George Joseph / THE CITY:
Brooklyn Democratic Party Director Resigns Following Uproar Over ‘Pizzagate’ Posts
Kim Tong-Hyung / Associated Press:
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Zoë Heller / New Yorker:
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Reuters:
New York set to ban natural gas in new buildings -environmental groups
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump asks judge to recuse from racketeering suit against Hillary Clinton
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Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
CDC, under fire for covid response, announces plans to revamp agency
Discussion: New York Post and Reuters
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Anchor Forced to Remind GOP Senator That Nord Stream 2 Isn't Operational
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
DirecTV to Drop One America News on Tuesday Despite Pressure