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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.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
EXCLUSIVE: Koch group says U.S. should deliver partial “victory” to Russia in Ukraine  —  In an internal email obtained exclusively by Popular Information, Stand Together, the influential non-profit group run by right-wing billionaire Charles Koch, argues that the United States should seek …
Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:
The Russo-Ukraine War: Phase Two  —  On 24 February as they began their invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces began shelling Mariupol, a port city of over 400,000 inhabitants.  The next day they began to advance to its outskirts.  By 2 March the city was surrounded and the shelling had become routine and deadly.
CNN:
Russian troops leave behind trail of dead civilians, flattened apartment blocks, and V signs in Ukraine's Borodianka  —  This story contains graphic imagery.  —  Borodianka, Ukraine (CNN)Oksana Kostychenko walks down a narrow pathway, leading to her back garden in Borodianka.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Al Jazeera
Washington Post:
A weary Zelensky challenges U.N. to act with graphic video for diplomats
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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 …
Politico:
Court orders Jan. 6 defense lawyer disbarred
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Ivanka Trump testified for 8 hours before House panel investigating Jan. 6 riot
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and Al Jazeera
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Sens. Hyde-Smith, Wicker Voting ‘No’ On Ketanji Brown Jackson For Supreme Court
ABC News:
AG Garland vows to hold those responsible for ‘atrocities in Ukraine’ accountable  —  “We have seen the mass graves,” Merrick Garland said.  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday expressed outrage over the “horrible images” of killed civilians in Ukraine and said the U.S. is working …
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
DOJ charges Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev with sanctions violations
Discussion: CNN
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 …
William A. Galston / Wall Street Journal:
How Will Inflation End?  —  Larry Summers forecasts a major recession and high unemployment.  —  Inflation is now, incontestably, the leading issue for the electorate, and voters are giving the Biden administration low marks for handling it.  This is a political crisis for Democrats …
Discussion: Wide World of News
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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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrea Widburg / American Thinker:
Proof has emerged from the White House that Biden's presidency is over  —  Barack Obama was at the White House yesterday, making it clear, as did others at the reception held in Obama's honor, that Biden's presidency is over.  Watching Obama suck the oxygen out of the room made me wonder …
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Chad Wolf / Washington Examiner:
The deliberate plan behind the border crisis
Discussion: Fox News, Politico and Washington Post
Sylvie Corbet / Associated Press:
Macron leads polls but turnout a big question in French vote  —  PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron is the clear favorite in France's presidential race, yet a big unknown factor may prove decisive: an unprecedented proportion of people say they are unsure who to vote for or don't intend to vote at all …
Discussion: The New Arab and UrduPoint News
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Giorgio Leali / Politico:
How Marine Le Pen closed the gap on Emmanuel Macron
Discussion: Jacobin, The New Arab and Breitbart
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 …
LZ Granderson / Los Angeles Times:
Stand back, because Lindsey Graham keeps flip-flopping like crazy  —  Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is expected to be confirmed this week after a bipartisan group of senators voted on Monday to advance her nomination.  So far only three Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine …
Discussion: Raw Story
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Court-Authorized Disruption of Botnet Controlled by the Russian Federation's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)  —  Operation Copied and Removed Malware Known as “Cyclops Blink” from the Botnet's Command-And-Control Devices, Disrupting the GRU's Control Over Thousands of Infected Devices Worldwide.
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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg, CNN and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Democrats find themselves on the defensive over gas prices … When Rep. Mike Levin is back home, the California Democrat tells voters about the three P's he says are to blame for gas prices topping $6 a gallon: the pandemic, Vladimir Putin and alleged price-gouging by oil companies.
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Washington Post:   Worried Democrats poised to pin blame for high gas prices on oil companies
Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:
Wisconsin Voters Oust a Fake Trump Elector  —  Kelly Ruh was part of a string of candidates running for local office today after casting doubt on Biden's win—or attempting to actively thwart it.  —  Kelly Ruh, a Wisconsin official who two years ago posed as a presidential elector …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Mark Kelly's breaks with Biden pile up  —  He helped sink one of Joe Biden's labor nominees, pushed the president to open new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and hammered the administration over lifting pandemic-era restrictions on the southern border.  —  No, it's not a Republican.  It's Mark Kelly.
Discussion: HotAir, Washington Post, Twitchy and CNN
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Sinema throws cold water on Build Back Better revival
Discussion: The Western Journal
Lindsay Kornick / Fox News:
MSNBC's Joy Reid calls Republicans the ‘pro-rape, pro child marriage party’  —  Reid has repeatedly demonized Republicans  —  MSNBC host Joy Reid argued that Republicans are now appealing to a pro-rape and pro-child marriage base.  —  On Tuesday, Reid tweeted out a thread condemning the Republican Party …
 
 
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Washington Post:
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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