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10:40 AM ET, April 9, 2022

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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
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 …
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Intel: Putin may cite Ukraine war to meddle in US politics  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin may use the Biden administration's support for Ukraine as a pretext to order a new campaign to interfere in American politics, U.S. intelligence officials have assessed.
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Wall Street Journal:
Barack Obama Rewrites His Russia History
Discussion: Power Line
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 …
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
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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 …
Alastair Gale / Wall Street Journal:
China Is Accelerating Its Nuclear Buildup Over Rising Fears of U.S. Conflict  —  Beijing believes U.S. could turn to nuclear weapons in a war; Ukraine invasion underscores the value of a robust arsenal … China has accelerated an expansion of its nuclear arsenal because of a change …
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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
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 …
Human Rights Watch:
Russia: Government Shuts Down Human Rights Watch Office  —  After 30 Years, ‘De-Registered’ Along with Other Foreign Groups  —  (Berlin) - Russia's Justice Ministry on April 8, 2022 canceled the registration of Human Rights Watch, along with Amnesty International and 13 other offices …
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Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
After Russians' retreat, scarred Ukrainian village recounts month of terror  —  On a two-day visit, tales emerge of killings and looting by a demoralised invasion force  —  he day the Russians arrived in the sleepy, windswept village of Staryi Bykiv, they killed six men.
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Joshua Yaffa / New Yorker:   The Prisoners in a Cellar in the Ukrainian Village of Novyi Bykiv
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.
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Two Acquittals, Two Mistrials In Federal Trial Over Whitmer Kidnapping Plot
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.
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Francisco E. Jimenez / MyRGV.com:   Woman arrested in Starr County on murder for ‘illegal abortion’
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 …
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.
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
Discussion: Raw Story
Isabelle Khurshudyan / Washington Post:
Mykolaiv region on edge amid fear of a new Russian offensive  —  MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — Red-and-white police tape blocked off the perimeter of the strip mall as if it were a crime scene.  The glass storefronts were all shattered.  Some potted plants remained on a table where a woman's flower stand had been.
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
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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Kevin T. Dugan / New York Magazine:
Are the Sanctions Against Russia Working or Not?  —  Six weeks after the U.S. and the G7 countries weaponized the global financial system to impose their harshest-ever sanctions on Russia, the fissures are becoming apparent.  The ruble strengthened to its prewar value against the dollar by Thursday …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Mask mandates loom again after regional COVID-19 outbreaks  —  Regional spikes in COVID-19 cases have raised questions about whether public health officials will reinstate pandemic-era restrictions — and whether the public is prepared to comply with them.  —  Philadelphia officials …
Discussion: WTOP News, Boston Herald and Townhall
Ben White / Politico:
A sour and angry America poised to punish Dems this fall  —  Biden and his top advisers know that the window to change the economic narrative through executive action is rapidly closing.  —  The professionals who track American attitudes toward the economy say they can see the trouble coming.
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.”
 
 
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Clay Risen / New York Times:
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Judge appears likely to allow January 6-related candidacy challenge against Marjorie Taylor Greene
Discussion: Insider
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Jackson, after a tough confirmation, celebrates at White House
Doug Cunningham / UPI:
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Discussion: Deseret News, The White House and CNN
Alexandra E. Petri / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: At Least 53 People Test Positive After A-List Dinner in Washington
Discussion: Twitchy, The Hill and WSAV-TV
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Isabel Van Brugen / Newsweek:
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Discussion: The Hill and Daily Kos
Victoria Bekiempis / New York Magazine:
City Hall Wants to Know If Journalists Have Criminal Records
Clayton Davis / Variety:
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