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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, NPR, Vanity Fair, Al Jazeera, The Western Journal, New York Times, New York Post, Metro.co.uk, Forbes, NBC News, Insider, Florida Politics 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, Insider, The Hill, CBS News, Boston Herald and Michael-In-Norfolk
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 …
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Washington Post
Associated Press:
Mariupol mayor puts the number of dead at over 5,000
Mariupol mayor puts the number of dead at over 5,000
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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, Washington Post, New York Times, Al Jazeera and UPI
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
New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Civilians Flee Eastern Regions as the West Ramps Up Sanctions on Russia
Ukraine Live Updates: Civilians Flee Eastern Regions as the West Ramps Up Sanctions on Russia
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The Guardian, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Bloomberg
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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Insider, Breitbart, Vanity Fair and Raw Story
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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The Hill, Insider, Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
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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, CNN and Snopes.com
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, The Daily Caller, Townhall and Twitchy
Chad Wolf / Washington Examiner:
The deliberate plan behind the border crisis
The deliberate plan behind the border crisis
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Fox News, Politico and Washington Post
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
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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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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, 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 …
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Bloomberg, Washington Post, Slate, CNN and Raw Story
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
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
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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TheBlaze, more at Techmeme »
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks on Enforcement Actions to Disrupt and Prosecute Russian Criminal Activity — Good morning. — When we announced the launch of the KleptoCapture Task Force last month, I said we would leave no stone unturned in our efforts to investigate …
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The Guardian and Metro.co.uk
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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.
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Digressions and Dysfluencies, Insider and Washington Examiner
The White House:
Statement by President Biden Extending the Pause on Student Loan Repayment Through August 31st, 2022 — In January 2021, on my first day in office, I directed the Department of Education to pause federal student loan repayments through September of that year. At the time, our economy was barely growing.
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New York Times, ED News, Insider, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, UPI and The Pulse
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
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.
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The Register, Greensburg Tribune-Review and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
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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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 …
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 …