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1:20 PM ET, April 6, 2022

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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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
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 …
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:   U.S. sanctions Putin's adult children, bans all new investment in Russia
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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Politico:
GOP laying early plans for its own Hunter Biden probes  —  It's not every day that a House minority calls its investigative shots months before a likely takeover of power.  Then again, Hunter Biden is no ordinary oversight target.  —  Top House Republicans are vowing to dig …
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Fox News:
Biden wrote college recommendation letter for son of Hunter's Chinese business partner, emails reveal
Fox News:   CNN, MSNBC dismissed Hunter Biden's laptop as ‘Russian disinformation’ until liberal narrative was deflated
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
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
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Ending Title 42 Is Biden's Most Unpopular Move Yet
Discussion: Townhall, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
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 …
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
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.
Discussion: Mediaite
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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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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
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
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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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
 
 
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Justin Story / Daily News:
Candidate Lopez arrested for second time
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LZ Granderson / Los Angeles Times:
Stand back, because Lindsey Graham keeps flip-flopping like crazy
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Lindsay Kornick / Fox News:
MSNBC's Joy Reid calls Republicans the ‘pro-rape, pro child marriage party’
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U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs to retire amid primary battle forced by redistricting
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
FBI has names of hundreds more Jan. 6 rioters. DOJ needs more lawyers to prosecute them.
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