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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 …
Dalton Bennett / Washington Post:
In eastern Ukraine, Russian military razing towns to take them over
Discussion: The Atlantic
Washington Post:
Expulsion of Russian ‘diplomats’ may strangle Moscow's spying
Reuters:   U.S. cracks down on Russian airlines after flights violated export controls
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
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 …
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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 …
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
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
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
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 …
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 …
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Right-wing populists are thriving — even when they're friends of Putin  —  When Russia launched its attack on Ukraine, a wide variety of commentators believed there was at least one silver lining in this catastrophic cloud.  Vladimir Putin's assault on the liberal order, they hoped …
Discussion: Financial Times
New York Times:
Supreme Court Highlights: Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson  —  The 53-47 vote elevated the first Black woman to the pinnacle of the judicial branch as senators erupted in cheers.  Three Republicans joined Democrats in supporting President Biden's nominee.  —  Here's what you need to know:
 
 
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
GOP's ‘Putin wing’ takes a bizarre stand on war crimes resolution
Discussion: The Hill and WSAV-TV
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“The Conversation About CNN Changed”: Network Leaves Drama Behind With Focus on War in Ukraine
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Exposed: The Russian Companies That Will Get Billions From New Iran Nuclear Deal
ABC News:
Is Trump's hold on the GOP waning? We're about to find out.
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Eric Boehlert Got Everything Right About Our Petty, Self-Congratulating Media
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The Gridiron Club outbreak shows what living with covid-19 looks like
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Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Texas leads among 26 states with book bans, free speech group says
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senators to restart bipartisan immigration reform talks
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Judge restores Jan. 6 defendant's gun rights over DOJ objection
Dan Collyns / The Guardian:
Peruvian prime minister's praise of Hitler sparks wave of protest
Discussion: Washington Post
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
After Touting Ivermectin as a Covid Treatment, Fox News Hosts Ignore New Study Showing It Doesn't Work
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U.S. life expectancy falls for 2nd year in a row
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