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Financial Times:
Nato states agree to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine  —  Russia admits ‘significant losses of troops’ as Donbas region prepares for fresh offensive  —  Nato member states have agreed to supply new types of advanced weaponry to Ukraine, alliance representatives have said …
Alexis Petridis / The Guardian:
‘This is a crazy, unjust attack’: Pink Floyd re-form to support Ukraine  —  Exclusive: Disgusted by the Russian invasion, David Gilmour speaks about band's first brand new song in 28 years, which samples a Ukrainian musician now on the front line - and expresses ‘disappointment’ in Roger Waters
Reuters:   U.S. cracks down on Russian airlines after flights violated export controls
Dalton Bennett / Washington Post:
In eastern Ukraine, Russian military razing towns to take them over
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Atlantic
Washington Post:
Expulsion of Russian ‘diplomats’ may strangle Moscow's spying
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How Germany Became Putin's Enabler
Amnesty International:
Ukraine: Russian forces extrajudicially executing civilians in apparent war crimes - new testimony
The Daily Beast:
‘Gutted’: Inside the Manhattan DA's Unraveling Trump Probe  —  The Manhattan DA's case against Donald Trump increasingly seems to be going nowhere. … Over the last several weeks, the Manhattan District Attorney's investigation into former President Donald Trump has appeared to be unraveling …
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New York Times:
Under Fire, Manhattan D.A. Defends Handling of Trump Investigation
New York Times:
F.B.I. Preparing to Investigate How Classified Material Went to Trump's Home  —  Federal authorities want to know more about how sensitive national security information came to be in 15 boxes of documents and mementos sent to Mar-a-Lago from the White House.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
New York Times:
A Reinvented Marine Le Pen Threatens to Upend French Elections  —  The far-right presidential candidate has opened up about her personal life and tweaked her policies to gain sympathy and credibility among more mainstream voters.  —  STIRING-WENDEL, France — Marine Le Pen …
Discussion: YouGov and New Statesman
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Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Right-wing populists are thriving — even when they're friends of Putin
Discussion: Financial Times
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Capitol attack investigators zero in on far-right Oath Keepers and Proud Boys  —  Panel appears to believe militias coordinated to physically stop certification of Joe Biden's election victory on 6 January last year  —  The House select committee investigating January 6 appears to believe …
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Far-Right's Pedo Obsession Goes Mainstream With Calls to ‘Bring Ammo’ to Disney Fight
Discussion: Raw Story
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Yakuza Boss Arrested at Manhattan Steakhouse for Alleged Rockets-for-Heroin Scheme  —  “The drugs were destined for New York streets, and the weapons shipments were meant for factions in unstable nations.”  —  A Japanese organized crime kingpin conspired to broker massive deals …
Abram Brown / Forbes:
Peter Thiel Pumps Bitcoin, Calls Warren Buffett A ‘Sociopathic Grandpa’  —  Peter Thiel, the lightning-rod venture capitalist, offered up what he called an “enemies list” on Thursday, his attempt to call out anti-crypto investors while speaking at a prominent cryptocurrency conference in Miami, a crypto hot spot.
Discussion: CNBC
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
GOP ‘built on fraud, fear and fascism’?  If the jackboot fits...  There were even more vermin than usual in Washington this week.  A rabid fox at the Capitol bit at least nine people, including Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.).  And Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison attacked Sen. Tom Cotton …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
‘If we do this right...’: The new Dem organizing strategy catching fire ahead of the midterms  —  A group of Democratic strategists is trying to spread a novel organizing tactic in this year's election.  Technically, it's called “paid relational organizing,” but it boils down to this …
CBS News:
Men accused of impersonating federal agents being investigated for possible ties to Iranian intelligence  —  The two men accused of impersonating federal agents over the course of several years will remain in jail pending a detention hearing Friday, a federal magistrate judge ruled Thursday.
Choire Sicha / New York Magazine:
Journalism's Twitter Problem Is the Journalists  —  Today, New York Times honcho Dean Baquet ordered a company-wide “reset” in how his staff should think about Twitter.  Mostly, he'd like them to never look at it again.  —  You can see why.  Most of the people who work for him are very bad …
Breck Dumas / Fox Business:
GEICO apologizes, reverses course after inviting Linda Sarsour to speak at company event  —  The pro-Palestinian activist has been widely accused of anti-Semitism  —  Property and casualty insurer GEICO landed in hot water with several Jewish advocacy groups this week after inviting pro-Palestinian activist …
Trish Bendix / New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls the Police on Jimmy Kimmel  —  Kimmel said of Greene's angry tweets about a joke he made earlier this week: “She's a snowflake and a sociopath — a ‘snowciopath.’” … Marjorie Is the New Karen  —  Jimmy Kimmel struck a nerve with Marjorie Taylor Greene this week …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
If the Senate can't help workers, maybe unions and states can  —  For now, legislative proposals to reduce costs and improve the lives of workers, such as expanding paid leave, subsidizing child care and making prekindergarten universal, is kaput.  Support for such a comprehensive package …
Discussion: New York Times
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The Lever:
Biden Offers Amazon Workers Rhetoric, But No Action
Discussion: Washington Post
U.S. Department of Justice:
District Man Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography  —  Defendant Requested Videos of Babies  —  WASHINGTON - Ruben Verastigui, 29, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 151 months in prison on a federal charge of receipt of child pornography.
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Megan Durisin / Bloomberg:
Food Prices Jump Most on Record as War Sparks Supply Chaos  —  Global food prices are surging at the fastest pace ever as the war in Ukraine chokes crop supplies, piling more inflationary pain on consumers and worsening a global hunger crisis.  —  The war has wreaked havoc on supply chains …
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Rep. Gonzales on how the GOP can win more Hispanic voters  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  Congress has skipped town, but we're still here.  Send us your best tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  In today's edition: Why Black voters who celebrated Ketanji Brown …
Kansas City Star:
Request for investigation sent before alleged abuse by Greitens  —  Missouri state Sen. Jamilah Nasheed grew concerned enough about Gov. Eric Greitens' potential for violence in April 2018 that she sent a letter asking the Department of Public Safety to investigate rumors of an incident involving …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Rape exceptions to abortion bans were once widely accepted.  No more  —  As conservative states enacted stringent abortion bans in recent decades, there was one threshold they were loath to cross: Abortion was nearly always allowed in cases of rape or incest.
Discussion: The Guardian
Emily Crane / New York Post:
Bin Laden's niece praises Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz for backing Capitol rioters  —  Osama bin Laden's niece, Noor bin Ladin, has praised Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as well as Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) for publicly defending the US Capitol rioters.
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Elon Musk to address Twitter staff after internal outcry … Twitter plans to host Elon Musk for a question-and-answer session with employees after a week of internal outcries over his appointment to the social network's board of directors, according to company messages obtained by The Washington Post.
 
 
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GOP's ‘Putin wing’ takes a bizarre stand on war crimes resolution
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