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7:20 AM ET, April 9, 2022

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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: ‘We control them all’: Donald Trump Jr. texted Meadows ideas for overturning 2020 election before it was called  —  Two days after the 2020 presidential election, as votes were still being tallied, Donald Trump's eldest son texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that …
New York Times:
Russian Blunders in Chernobyl: ‘They Came and Did Whatever They Wanted.’  —  Tanks treads ripped up the toxic soil, bulldozers carved trenches and bunkers, and soldiers spent a month camped in — and dug into — a radioactive forest.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: BBC and Althouse
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Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Nine ways Russia botched its invasion of Ukraine
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Metro.co.uk
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Pro-Trump Rally Planner Is Cooperating in Justice Dept.'s Jan. 6 Inquiry  —  Ali Alexander, who was a key figure in the “Stop the Steal” movement, said he had received a grand jury subpoena and would assist the expanding investigation.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Proud Boys leader admits plan to storm Capitol, will testify against others … A North Carolina man who was one of the leaders of the far-right Proud Boys as they assaulted the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, pleaded guilty Friday to two felony counts with a minimum sentence of nearly six years in prison …
Detroit Free Press:
2 Whitmer kidnap plot suspects found not guilty; mistrial declared for other two  —  The historic Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot case has ended with no convictions.  —  Defendant Daniel Harris, - the only one who testified at trial - was acquitted on all four counts, with the judge telling …
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Ken Bensinger / BuzzFeed News:
A Stunning Surprise In The Michigan Kidnapping Case Calls The Government's Domestic Terror Strategy Into Question  —  Despite the government's extraordinary efforts to muzzle the defense, a jury in Grand Rapids federal court on Friday acquitted two men on charges including conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Detroit News:
Jury finds 2 men not guilty in Whitmer kidnap case; unable to reach verdicts on 2 others
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Two Acquittals, Two Mistrials In Federal Trial Over Whitmer Kidnapping Plot
Discussion: National Review and Fox News
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
State Department: WH gift records for Trump, Pence missing  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it is unable to compile a complete and accurate accounting of gifts presented to former President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials by foreign governments during Trump's final year in office …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Trump Officials Failed to Provide Accounting of Foreign Gifts  —  The State Department could not compile a list of gifts for 2020, making it difficult to determine whether officials did anything improper.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  The Trump administration left office without providing …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
American Prospect:
How Republican Rep. John Rose Found His Wife  —  This Tennessee representative married a college undergraduate when he was 45.  —  Rep. John Rose (R-TN) attends a House Financial Services Committee organizational meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 30, 2019.
Nathaniel Puente / KVEO-TV:
Starr County woman arrested for “self-induced abortion”  —  STARR COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A woman has been charged with murder after authorities say she performed a “self-induced abortion.”  —  Lizelle Herrera, 26, was arrested on Thursday by the Starr County Sheriff's Office and charged with murder.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Francisco E. Jimenez / MyRGV.com:   Woman arrested in Starr County on murder for ‘illegal abortion’
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Donations Steered to Trump Super PAC by Canadian Are Found to Be Illegal  —  The Federal Election Commission fined a Canadian steel billionaire, Barry Zekelman, $975,000 in the case, one of the biggest penalties it has ever assessed.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Spurred by Putin, Russians Turn on One Another Over the War  —  Citizens are denouncing one another, illustrating how the war is feeding paranoia and polarization in Russian society.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Marina Dubrova, an English teacher on the Russian island …
Katelyn Caralle / Daily Mail:
Stash of assault rifles, body armor, passports with multiple visas, and sham uniforms found in penthouse of ‘fake’ Homeland agents - including one with ‘links to Pakistani intelligence’ - who 'infiltrated Biden, Kamala and Jill's Secret Service details'  — A motion for detention shows …
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Homeland Security Conman's Arrest Is ‘Karma,’ Says Former Friend
Politico:
The Supreme Court question Republicans won't answer  —  Don't ask Chuck Grassley how he'd handle another Supreme Court nomination from President Joe Biden.  —  “Ask me that question on Nov. 9,” said Grassley, who's in line to run the Judiciary Committee if Republicans win back the Senate this fall.
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Jackson, after a tough confirmation, celebrates at White House
Claudia Irizarry Aponte / THE CITY:
Judge Says Trump Firm Can Keep Running Bronx Golf Course After de Blasio Broke Contract  —  The Trump Organization can continue to operate a city-owned Bronx golf course, a judge ruled Friday.  —  Former Mayor Bill de Blasio terminated a Trump company's contract for the Ferry Point Park golf course …
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
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Lois Weiss / New York Post:
Judge rules NYC illegally canceled Trump's contract to run Bronx golf course
Discussion: Twitchy
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Biden won't remove Iran's Revolutionary Guard from terror list.  He's right.  —  The Biden administration plans to reject an Iranian demand that the United States lift its designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization as a condition for renewing …
Clayton Davis / Variety:
Academy Bans Will Smith From Oscars for 10 Years … The Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences met Friday morning to discuss the consequences for actor Will Smith following his slap of presenter Chris Rock during the 94th Oscars telecast, and voted to ban Smith …
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US to send officials to Solomon Islands due to tensions over China security pact  —  Washington fears Beijing will gain strategic toehold in Pacific close to Australia  —  The White House's top Asia official is preparing to travel to the Solomon Islands in a rare high-level visit …
Discussion: Talleyrand and NDTV
BBC:
Biden blames Russia for ‘atrocity’ at station that killed 50  —  Updates from BBC correspondents: Joel Gunter in Kyiv, Yogita Limaye in Chernihiv, Jonathan Beale and Joe Inwood in Kramatorsk, Tom Bateman in Zaporizhzhia, and Anna Foster and Emma Vardy in Lviv  —  Summary
Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Ohio GOP Senate hopeful: Middle class doesn't pay fair share  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Mike Gibbons, a leading Republican Senate candidate from Ohio, said at a media event last fall that middle-class Americans don't pay “any kind of a fair share” of income taxes.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Alexa Moutevelis / Fox News:
NPR reporter blasts own newsroom: Hunter Biden's laptop has ‘always been’ a story  —  Journo explicitly blamed ‘newsroom editors’ for refusing to report it.  —  An NPR reporter called out her own newsroom on Thursday for claiming the Hunter Biden laptop was “not a real story.”
Gordon Corera / BBC:
Ukraine: Inside the spies' attempts to stop the war  —  Traditionally, it is the job of a spy to keep secrets - but as the invasion of Ukraine loomed, Western intelligence officials made the unusual decision to tell the world what they knew.  —  For nearly a dozen days in February …
Brad Dress / The Hill:
DeSantis says ‘Cold War’ coming between Florida, Georgia, if Stacey Abrams is elected governor  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday warned of a coming “Cold War” between Florida and Georgia if Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams wins the gubernatorial election in the latter state.
Discussion: Fox News, Newsweek and Insider
 
 
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WAVY-TV:
Exclusive: Chair of Hampton Electoral Board accused of racist post, called upon to resign
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Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
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Discussion: CBS News and Raw Story
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
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