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James Marson / Wall Street Journal:
Execution of Village Mayor Becomes Symbol of Russian Brutality in Ukraine — A beloved mayor and her family helped townspeople resist Russian occupation. They paid for it with their lives. ‘Why were they killed? Because they were Ukrainians’
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: United States, G7 and EU Impose Severe and Immediate Costs on Russia — Today, the United States, with the G7 and the European Union, will continue to impose severe and immediate economic costs on the Putin regime for its atrocities in Ukraine, including in Bucha.
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CNN, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Vanity Fair, The Western Journal, NPR, New York Post, NBC News, Metro.co.uk, Forbes, New York Times, National Review, Insider and Just The News
ABC News:
US targets Putin's adult daughters in new round of Russian sanctions — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's wife and daughter were also sanctioned. — Russian President Vladimir Putin's two adult daughters — Maria and Katerina — are included in the latest round of sanctions on Russia the U.S. announced on Wednesday.
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Washington Post, CBS News, WHTM-TV, Insider and Michael-In-Norfolk
Associated Press:
Mariupol's dead put at 5,000 as Ukraine braces in the east
Mariupol's dead put at 5,000 as Ukraine braces in the east
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The Hill, NBC News, NPR, Associated Press, BBC, Insider, NBC News, The New Arab, New Republic, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Just Security, The Rooney Report and The Guardian
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
EXCLUSIVE: Koch group says U.S. should deliver partial “victory” to Russia in Ukraine
EXCLUSIVE: Koch group says U.S. should deliver partial “victory” to Russia in Ukraine
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New York Times, UPI and Washington Post
James Beardsworth / The Moscow Times:
China Calls on U.S to Lift Russia Sanctions to Resolve Ukraine Invasion
China Calls on U.S to Lift Russia Sanctions to Resolve Ukraine Invasion
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CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Abraham Stein's Newsletter and Associated Press
Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:
The Russo-Ukraine War: Phase Two
The Russo-Ukraine War: Phase Two
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HotAir, Washington Examiner, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Beast, New York Times and Washington Post
Washington Post:
After Gridiron Dinner, a covid outbreak among Washington A-list guests … It was supposed to be an evening of lighthearted political satire and bipartisan fellowship among an elite cadre of politicians, journalists and public officials, just as it has been for much of the past 137 years.
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HuffPost, The Hill, Insider, Washington Examiner, CNBC and The Daily Caller
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Politico:
Elite D.C. appears to be getting pummeled with Covid — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday revealed they had tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the latest D.C. figures to contract the virus in what is taking on signs of a new wave pummeling the capital city.
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New York Times, CNN and The Hill
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Attorney General Merrick Garland tests positive for COVID-19
Attorney General Merrick Garland tests positive for COVID-19
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NPR, Fox News and Washington Post
New York Times:
Dissatisfied With Their Party, Wealthy Republican Donors Form Secret Coalitions — Eager to offset a Democratic advantage among so-called dark money groups, wealthy pro-Trump conservatives like Peter Thiel are involved in efforts to wield greater influence outside the traditional party machinery.
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
False election claims dominate party for Trump, allies at Mar-a-Lago — PALM BEACH — Former president Donald Trump and a coterie of his top allies, donors and paying club members gathered at his palatial beachfront club Tuesday night for a reunion of sorts: to sip Trump-branded wine …
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Washington Examiner, Insider, Breitbart, Vanity Fair and Raw Story
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Judge acquits federal defense contractor on Jan. 6 charges — WASHINGTON — A federal defense contractor with a top-secret security clearance who admitted he entered the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack was found not guilty at trial on Wednesday. — Matthew Martin was acquitted …
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BuzzFeed News, CBS News, Washington Post, The Federalist, Twitchy and Ace of Spades HQ
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Politico:
Judge issues first outright acquittal of Jan. 6 riot defendant — A judge has issued the first outright acquittal of a defendant charged in the Capitol riot. — Following a two-day bench trial in U.S. District Court in Washington, New Mexico engineer Matthew Martin was acquitted Wednesday …
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New York Times, CNN, CBS News, Associated Press, Law & Crime, Radix's Newsletter and lewrockwell.com
Christian Berthelsen / Bloomberg:
Bannon Loses Bid to Claim Lawyer Said He Could Ignore Jan. 6 Subpoena
Bannon Loses Bid to Claim Lawyer Said He Could Ignore Jan. 6 Subpoena
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CNN
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As vile as it gets: J.D. Vance goes full ‘great replacement theory’ — J.D. Vance wants you to know that only one invasion should overwhelmingly preoccupy your attention right now. It's not the invasion of Ukraine, where war crimes are mounting and we're seeing horrifying imagery of murdered civilians littering the streets.
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America's Voice and Mediaite
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Ending Title 42 Is Biden's Most Unpopular Move Yet
Ending Title 42 Is Biden's Most Unpopular Move Yet
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Washington Free Beacon, RedState, Townhall, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
House GOP: Why is Title 42 ending when other COVID-19 mandates remain in place?
House GOP: Why is Title 42 ending when other COVID-19 mandates remain in place?
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Fox News, Politico and The Federalist
HuffPost:
What's A Woman? GOP Senators Stumble On Their Own Question To Ketanji Brown Jackson. — Some mentioned body parts. Some cited chromosomes. Others didn't want to talk about it at all. — WASHINGTON ― Republicans mocked Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson last month …
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IJR, Mediaite, Raw Story and Al Jazeera
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Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
Republicans thought defining a ‘woman’ is easy. Then they tried. … Before we get to the fact that I spent my lunch hour emailing with an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary to find out whether “tallywhacker” was an officially recognized euphemism for “penis,” a brief recap of how we got here:
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Twitchy and Vanity Fair
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
Steve Bannon Said Trump Reminded Him of Hitler. He Meant It as a Compliment.
Steve Bannon Said Trump Reminded Him of Hitler. He Meant It as a Compliment.
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Backbencher, Mediaite and HuffPost
ABC News:
Trump White House lawyer expected to appear before Jan. 6 committee — Eric Herschmann defended President Trump during his first impeachment trial. — Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann is expected to appear Wednesday before the Jan. 6 select committee investigating the Capitol attack …
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Washington Examiner and The Status Kuo
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Congressional Republicans Now Lead Generic Ballot Among Child Tax Credit Recipients — 46% of voters who received the expired pandemic-era benefit say they'll back a Republican in the midterms — Voters who received expanded child tax credits payments in 2021 ended the year more likely …
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Washington Post, Twitchy and Kevin Drum
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Russia's failure to take down Kyiv was a defeat for the ages — WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyiv was a Russian defeat for the ages. The fight started poorly for the invaders and went downhill from there. — When President Vladimir Putin launched his war on Feb. 24 after months of buildup on Ukraine's borders …
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Substack, HotAir, Daily Kos, Vatican News and Wall Street Journal
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Roberts Joins Liberals In Opinion Criticizing Conservative Majority's Use Of Shadow Docket — Chief Justice John Roberts joined the liberals in a dissent Wednesday perhaps most striking for its final paragraph: a critique of the conservative majority's frequent use of the shadow docket …
New York Times:
The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right: ‘This Is a Jesus Movement’ — Rituals of Christian worship have become embedded in conservative rallies, as praise music and prayer blend with political anger over vaccines and the 2020 election. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Jill Tucker / San Francisco Chronicle:
California math wars get ugly: Accusations of racism and harassment ignite battle between Stanford and Cal profs — Two professors at rival Bay Area colleges — UC Berkeley and Stanford— landed in a social media feud this week, trading accusations of racism and harassment.
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Jesse Singal / Singal-Minded:
Researchers Found Puberty Blockers And Hormones Didn't Improve Trans Kids' Mental Health At Their Clinic. Then They Published A Study Claiming The Opposite. — A critique of Tordoff et al. (2022) … Give a gift subscription — Refer a friend — An article called …
New York Times:
You're Still Being Tracked on the Internet, Just in a Different Way — Apple and Google are pushing privacy changes, but a shift in digital tracking is giving some platforms a bigger advertising advantage. — The internet industry shuddered last year when Apple introduced privacy measures …
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Breitbart
Michael Graham / NH Journal:
NH GOP Insiders Expect More Candidates to Jump Into Senate Race — Soon — Granite State Republicans say they believe more candidates are preparing to jump into the GOP primary for the chance to take on U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, drawn by the incumbent's poor polling and what appears to be a “Red Wave” midterm.
Julia Martin / NorthJersey.com:
Eric Boehlert, well-known writer and media analyst, killed by train in Montclair — A Montclair bicyclist who was killed by a New Jersey Transit train near the town's Watchung Avenue station Monday night was writer Eric Boehlert, founder and editor of Press Run, a blog about the media, according to his wife, Tracy Breslin.
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Samantha Cole / VICE:
Police Records Show Women Are Being Stalked With Apple AirTags Across the Country — Motherboard obtained reports of stalking, harassment, and abuse using Airtags, targeting victims of intimate partner violence. — Samantha Cole — One year ago this month, Apple unveiled the AirTag …
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Minyvonne Burke / Associated Press:
Man found guilty of sex trafficking, extortion of daughter's Sarah Lawrence schoolmates — “Let me be very clear. Larry Ray is a predator. An evil man who did evil things,” the prosecutor's office said. — A New York man was convicted Wednesday on charges that he moved …
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Reuters, CBS News, UPI, Raw Story and Associated Press
Jennifer Harris / The Bulwark:
How the Texas Election Law Suppressed Voting — 40 percent of mail-in ballot applications rejected. 13 percent of actual mail-in votes rejected. What just happened in Texas? — Everything's bigger in Texas. And that's more than just our tourist slogan. It's also the way we restrict people's freedom to vote!
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The Texas Tribune
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
The Republican Party Is Trump Steaks — Truth Social, the president's latest private sector scam to flop was promoted relentlessly by official GOP accounts. — It's been an inauspicious start for TRUTH Social, the former president's new Twitter knock-off, helmed by bovine ex-Congressman Devin Nunes.
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Digressions and Dysfluencies, Insider and Washington Examiner