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10:05 AM ET, April 11, 2022

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New York Times:
Bucha's Month of Terror  —  ‘They shot my son.  I was next to him.  It would be better if it had been me.’  —  As the Russian advance on Kyiv stalled, a campaign of terror and revenge against civilians nearby in Bucha began, survivors and investigators say.  —  Russian soldiers set up in this school.
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine, Russia Gear Up for War's Biggest Battles
Discussion: Metro.co.uk, The Guardian and Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
Fleeing Putin, Thousands of Educated Russians Are Moving Abroad
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Sam Jones / Financial Times:
Austria chancellor Karl Nehammer to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Bloomberg and EUobserver
Anna Cooban / CNN:
Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt, says S&P  —  London (CNN Business)Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt because it offered bondholders payments in rubles, not dollars, credit ratings agency S&P has said.  —  Russia attempted to pay in rubles for two dollar-denominated bonds …
Discussion: HotAir, New York Times and Bloomberg
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Laura Benitez / Bloomberg:   Russian Railways Ruled in Default Over Missed Bond Payment
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Abby Finkenauer can't appear on Democratic primary ballot, Iowa judge rules … U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer cannot appear on Iowa's June 7 Democratic primary ballot, a judge ruled Sunday.  —  The late night ruling, which reverses a state panel's decision, is a major setback for Finkenauer …
Politico:
5 crucial decisions as Jan. 6 investigation reaches final stage  —  It's decision time for the Jan. 6 select committee.  —  The panel has entered the final phase of its eight-month investigation and is preparing to reveal a swath of evidence to the public in hearings slated to begin sometime in the spring.
Discussion: HuffPost, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
“Trump knew exactly what was going on”: Inside the thinking of the Jan. 6 committee
Discussion: Law & Crime
Christina Zhao / NBC News:
Jan. 6 panel has enough evidence to refer Trump for criminal charges, Cheney says
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
How Joe Manchin Knifed the Democrats — and Bailed on Saving Democracy  —  The senator from West Virginia had other ideas  —  “Giddy” is not a word people use to describe Jon Tester.  The towering senior U.S. senator from Montana is blunt and pragmatic.  In the halls of Congress, he's one of the last surviving rural Democrats.
Discussion: National Review
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
Trump and Ukraine: Former Advisers Revisit What Happened  —  Amid the current crisis, Fiona Hill and other former advisers are connecting President Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine to Jan. 6.  And they're ready to talk.  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Climate Change Proposals Favored by Solid Majorities in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans widely favor each of six proposals designed to limit greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.  Support ranges from 59% in favor of spending federal money for building …
Discussion: The Hill
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The Times:
Finland and Sweden set to join Nato as soon as summer  —  Russia has made a “massive strategic blunder” as Finland and Sweden look poised to join Nato as early as the summer, according to officials.  —  Washington is banking on the move that will stretch Russia's military and enlarge …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Tide turns for Trump favorite in key Senate race  —  SELMA, N.C. — Donald Trump came to town at just the right moment — in time to witness his chosen candidate finally emerge as the front-runner in the state's contentious Senate primary.  —  After struggling for months to take the lead …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Greitens' fade reorders Missouri Senate race
Discussion: Raw Story
Scott Bland / Politico:
2024 hopefuls are already in a dark-money arms race  —  When Mike Pompeo announced his political action committee last June, he set off a wave of news stories heralding the move as a potential step toward a 2024 presidential campaign.  But the former secretary of State kept his next big launch behind the scenes.
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Macron to Face Le Pen for President as French Gravitate Toward Extremes  —  President Emmanuel Macron and the hard-right leader Marine Le Pen will compete for a second time in a runoff on April 24.  —  PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader …
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has book out this fall  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a book coming out this fall that covers his years in the Trump administration and, according to his publisher, offers “unvarnished appraisals of the deals made and characters encountered along the way.”
Simon Bazelon / Slow Boring:
Democrats are sleepwalking into a Senate disaster  —  Business as usual will produce a huge GOP majority … Traditionally, the President's party averages roughly 47.5% of the two-party vote 1 in midterms.  Right now, in FiveThirtyEight's average of public polls, Democrats are polling at 48.7%.
Discussion: Washington Post
Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Inflation is hammering the voters who will soon decide some key midterm races  — Few areas of the country have seen inflation as bad as in the South, where prices have risen across the 16-state region by an average of 8.4% from a year ago.  — But prices aren't the only thing heating …
Anthony Farris / OutKick:
Donald Trump Makes Appearance At Kid Rock Concert  —  Make America Rock Again.  —  That was the message former President Donald Trump preached during a virtual appearance at a Kid Rock concert in Nashville last week.  Moments before Rock took the stage, Trump appeared on a video screen …
 
 
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Associated Press:
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Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
Bill Clinton's Corrupt Love Affair With Putin
Tom Lawrence / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Are Finally Turning on Their Killer Attorney General
Discussion: Raw Story
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I Commanded U.S. Army Europe. Here's What I Saw in the Russian and Ukrainian Armies.
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
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Politico:
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CNN:
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Fox News:
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New York Times:
Crypto Industry Helps Write, and Pass, Its Own Agenda in State Capitols
Rachel Olding / The Daily Beast:
Somebody Tipped Off the 2 Fake Feds Arrested for Duping Secret Service, DOJ Says
Discussion: Raw Story
Christopher Hutton / Washington Examiner:
Texas DA to dismiss murder charges against woman over ‘self-induced’ abortion
 

 
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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Sources: ~100 NYT Tech Guild members cross the picket line to work on Election Day; NYT engineer and union steward Benjamin Harnett says the figure is under 50

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

 
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