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8:00 AM ET, April 7, 2022

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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
US: 2 posed as agents, gave gifts to Secret Service officers  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged two men they say were posing as federal agents, giving free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents, including one who worked on the first lady's security detail.
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Civilians Flee as Battered Russian Forces Bear Down on Eastern Ukraine  —  Civilians are leaving eastern Ukraine amid warnings of escalating fighting there.  The Justice Department charges a Russian oligarch with violating U.S. sanctions, and the Pentagon trains Ukrainian soldiers …
Luke Mogelson / New Yorker:   Collecting Bodies in Bucha
Associated Press:
Mariupol's dead put at 5,000 as Ukraine braces in the east
ABC News:
US targets Putin's adult daughters in new round of Russian sanctions
New York Times:
NATO Nations See Differing Paths as Ukraine War Enters Uncertain Stage
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Liberal media critic Eric Boehlert dies in bicycle collision  —  Eric Boehlert, a liberal critic who offered blistering takedowns and analysis of mainstream and conservative media, died Monday in a bicycle collision in his New Jersey hometown.  He was 57.  —  “Through his journalism …
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James Fallows / Breaking the News:
Framing: In Honor of Eric Boehlert.  —  I just got the news this afternoon that Eric Boehlert, author of the popular Press Run site on Substack, had died in a bicycle accident in New Jersey, at age 56.  This is heartbreaking and terrible.  I send my condolences, sorrow, and support to his wife …
Spiegel Online:
German Intelligence Intercepts Radio Traffic Discussing the Murder of Civilians in Bucha  —  DER SPIEGEL has learned that German intelligence intercepted radio traffic from the Russian military regarding the murder of civilians in Bucha.  It appears that such atrocities were part of the plan.
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump deflects blame for Jan. 6 silence, says he wanted to march to Capitol … PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former president Donald Trump voiced regret Wednesday over not marching to the U.S. Capitol the day his supporters stormed the building, and he defended his long silence during the attack …
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Washington Post:
House votes to hold ex-Trump aides Navarro, Scavino in contempt of Congress
Jerod Macdonald-Evoy / Arizona Mirror:
Paul Gosar to attend white nationalist social gathering on Hitler's birthday  —  Prescott Republican Congressman Paul Gosar is set to be a “special guest” with the white nationalist American Populist Union at an event that will be on a date popular among white nationalists and Neo-Nazis: Hitler's birthday.
Reed Albergotti / Washington Post:
Elon Musk delayed filing a form and made $156 million … Elon Musk was 11 days late in publicly declaring he had amassed a large stake in Twitter.  That omission may have earned him $156 million, according to a half-dozen legal and securities experts.  —  That's because of a 50-year-old law …
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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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Leader of West Virginia's Proud Boys chapter pleads guilty in Jan. 6 case
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Raw Story and CNN
Timothy Snyder / Washington Post:
By denying a Ukrainian culture, Putin flattens his own … In his 1926 poem “Debt to Ukraine,” Vladimir Mayakovsky wrote: “It's hard to crush people into one.  Don't raise yourself so high.”  After all, the poet continued: “Do we know the Ukrainian night?  No, we do not know the Ukrainian night.”
Discussion: HotAir
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Max Schaub / EUROPP:
Do Russians tell the truth when they say they support the war in Ukraine? Evidence from a list experiment
Discussion: Washington Post and The Sun
Peter Pomerantsev / TIME:
Ukraine Is Our Past and Our Future
Washington Post:
In Bucha, the scope of Russian barbarity is coming into focus  —  This story contains graphic photos, including images of bodies.  —  BUCHA, Ukraine — The name of this city is already synonymous with the month-long carnage that Russian soldiers perpetrated here.
Washington Post:
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine braces for assault in east; Russian talk of civilian killings intercepted  —  The gruesome killings in Bucha could further isolate Moscow as the U.S. sanctions Putin's daughters and the E.U. will vote on a Russian coal ban.
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Fox caught on Capitol grounds and euthanized tests positive for rabies … A mother red fox captured Tuesday on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol has been euthanized and has tested positive for rabies, said D.C. Department of Health officials.  —  The D.C. public health lab …
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Politico:
Judge rejects Trump's demand he step back from suit against Hillary Clinton  —  A federal judge — nominated to the bench by President Bill Clinton in 1996 — on Wednesday emphatically rejected Donald Trump's demand that he recuse from Trump's sprawling lawsuit against Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Raw Story and Insider
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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Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
White House hits Republicans on COVID-19 funding as Biden officials test positive
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and NPR
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.
Rachel Olding / The Daily Beast:
Congresswoman Who Downplayed the Capitol Riot Is Very Concerned About a Slap Joke  —  CALL THE GAZPACHO!  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) downplayed the violence at the Capitol, voted against awarding congressional medals to Capitol Police officers injured in the insurrection …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
MSNBC:
‘Continuous drumbeat that sounds like genocidal language’ on Russian state TV journalist says  —  The White House unveiled a severe, new round of punitive measures aimed squarely at Vladimir Putin's regime on Wednesday, as clear statements from Russian media signal the probable intent …
 
 
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The Daily Beast:
Sarah Palin Is Back. Her GOP May Have Moved On.
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
James Barragán / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to bus migrants to Washington, D.C., will be voluntary
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Dems attack GOP candidate for record as defense lawyer, cite ‘child pornographer’ clients after defending KBJ
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida's Scott exposes fissures with DeSantis
Discussion: Raw Story and Florida Politics
Nature:
Why the WHO took two years to say COVID is airborne
Los Angeles Times:
At least five shooters involved in Sacramento massacre, gang ties likely, police say
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Right-wing Azov Battalion emerges as a controversial defender of Ukraine
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Christian Berthelsen / Bloomberg:
Bannon Loses Bid to Claim Lawyer Said He Could Ignore Jan. 6 Subpoena
Discussion: Washington Examiner and CNN
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B
 
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