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11:40 PM ET, April 14, 2022

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Cora Engelbrecht / New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Russian Warship ‘Seriously Damaged,’ in Setback to Moscow's Forces  —  Ukraine said it had struck the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet with missiles, while Russia claimed that the damage was caused by a fire.  As Moscow moves to escalate its offensive in the east and south …
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Washington Post:
U.S. to train Ukrainian troops, confirms attack sank Russian warship … Russia's premier warship in the Black Sea sustained severe damage and sank on its way back to port early Thursday, a major symbolic blow to Moscow as the invasion of Ukraine entered its eighth week and both sides prepare …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Russia warns U.S. to stop arming Ukraine … Russia this week sent a formal diplomatic note to the United States warning that U.S. and NATO shipments of the “most sensitive” weapons systems to Ukraine were “adding fuel” to the conflict there and could bring “unpredictable consequences.”
Discussion: The Hill and New York Times
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
As two U.S. lawmakers visit Kyiv, the trip's organizer says he hopes more officials, and weapons, will follow.  —  BORODIANKA, Ukraine — In a hastily organized show of support for Ukraine, Senator Steve Daines of Montana and Representative Victoria Spartz of Indiana traveled on Thursday …
Discussion: The Hill and Insider
Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
Russian warship told to ‘go fuck yourself’ was either fucked by Ukraine or by itself
Dustin Jones / NPR:
Meet the activists who projected a giant Ukrainian flag on Russia's Embassy in D.C.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
Ukraine seizes 55 homes, 26 cars and yacht from Putin ally Medvedchuk
Discussion: Insider and CNBC
CNN:   Atrocities are piling up across Ukraine. CNN witnessed some of the horrors.
Liz Hoffman / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Weighs Poison Pill to Prevent Musk From Increasing Stake Significantly  —  Tesla CEO's $43 billion offer contains as many questions as answers  —  Twitter is weighing a poison pill that would prevent Elon Musk from increasing his stake in the company significantly, a person familiar with the situation said.
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Twitter CEO tells employees the board is still evaluating an Elon Musk takeover  —  'Tell me why / Ain't nothin' but a heartache'  —  Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal told employees Thursday that the company was still evaluating a $43 billion offer by Elon Musk to buy the company and take it private …
Bloomberg:
Elon Musk Makes $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid to Take Twitter Private
San Francisco Chronicle:
Colleagues worry Dianne Feinstein is now mentally unfit to serve, citing recent interactions  —  WASHINGTON — When a California Democrat in Congress recently engaged in an extended conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, they prepared for a rigorous policy discussion like those they'd had with her many times over the last 15 years.
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Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein defends her job performance, says she won't step down after colleagues raise concerns  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein defended her service representing California in the Senate in the wake of reporting by The Chronicle that colleagues of hers are concerned about her ability to continue serving.
Discussion: New York Post
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Trump plans J.D. Vance endorsement in crowded Ohio senate race, sources say  —  Former President Trump is planning to endorse J.D. Vance in Ohio's crowded senate GOP primary, according to three sources with knowledge of his decision.  —  In recent days, Trump began calling donors and advisers …
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Politico:
Ohio Republicans gang up to stop Vance endorsement  —  Republican rivals to J.D. Vance have embarked on a last-ditch effort to stave off an endorsement from Donald Trump in Ohio's Senate primary, a response prompted by swirling speculation that the former president is close to backing Vance in the contentious race.
Matthew Ormseth / Los Angeles Times:
Ed Buck to face judgment for injecting two men with fatal doses of drugs in sexually deviant pattern  —  Ed Buck, once a fixture of West Hollywood's political scene, was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison for drug and sex crimes that included providing lethal doses of methamphetamine to two men.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jury convicts Jan. 6 defendant who blamed Trump for Capitol breach  —  A jury on Thursday convicted the Jan. 6 defendant Dustin Thompson on all six charges he faced — including felony obstruction of Congress — rejecting his effort to blame Donald Trump's campaign of disinformation about the election results for his conduct.
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New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Presses Stephen Miller on Whether Trump Sought to Incite Crowd  —  In about eight hours of questioning, investigators pressed the former White House aide on former President Donald J. Trump's use of “we” in his speech to supporters before the riot.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
RNC votes to withdraw from presidential debates commission  —  The Republican National Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates, following through on threats to bar GOP presidential nominees from participating in debates sponsored by the nonprofit organization.
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John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
RNC to Require GOP Presidential Candidates to Sign Debate Pledge
Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner:
GOP state senator, seven other women say Charles Herbster groped them; he denies allegations  —  Charles Herbster, a Nebraska Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks to a crowd Wednesday at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in North Platte.  Donald Trump Jr. was his guest at the event.
Kara Scannell / CNN:
US says three Russians offered congressman a free trip as part of a propaganda and disinformation campaign  —  (CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging a member of Russia's legislature and two of his staffers with orchestrating a propaganda and disinformation campaign targeting US lawmakers.
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Does the mainstream media want Trump to run again and win?  —  The obvious answer to the question in the headline is no. Reporters and editors at establishment news organizations are mostly reality-based, generally anti-totalitarian, quite fond of the First Amendment, reasonably tolerant …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
If Trump Was Still President, Ukraine Would Be So Screwed Right Now … Counterfactuals always involve guessing.  But one counterfactual proposition that seems increasingly obvious is that if Donald Trump had secured a second term in office, Ukraine would be losing the war right now.
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy planning to step down -sources  —  White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy is planning to step down, according to two sources familiar with the deliberations, likely ending a tenure marked by ambitious emissions targets but failure in securing major U.S. carbon-cutting legislation.
Discussion: NBC News, Politico and Washington Post
James Salzer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Federal judge rejects Abrams bid to use fundraising law that helps Kemp  —  A federal judge ruled Thursday that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams can't use a state law created to give Gov. Brian Kemp a major fundraising advantage in their possible rematch this year.
Discussion: Associated Press, CNN and TheBlaze
Washington Post:
Jared Kushner strikes a dubious deal with Saudi Arabia's dictator  —  “Opportunity Beckons in the Mideast,” was the headline of an op-ed by Jared Kushner in the March 15, 2021, edition of the Wall Street Journal.  The high-minded article about prospects for Arab-Israeli peace …
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Top State AFL-CIO Officer Accused of Misconduct  —  In the two years that Roxanne Rife worked at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, she says she watched her boss Frank Snyder push every one of her female co-workers to tears.  —  While doing clerical work for Snyder, the organization's secretary-treasurer …
Cincinnati.com:
Ohio Supreme Court rejects 4th set of legislative maps  —  For the fourth time, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected state House and Senate maps drawn by Republicans, sending mapmakers back to the drawing board.  —  Time is of the essence because Ohio needs legislative maps by Wednesday to conduct …
August Erbacher / WKBW-TV:
USS The Sullivans partially sinking at Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park  —  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — USS The Sullivans, a decommissioned United States Navy Fletcher-class destroyer, appeared to be partially sinking at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park on Buffalo's waterfront Thursday morning.
 
 
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New Republic:
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Discussion: Political Wire
Katha Pollitt / The Nation:
Cancel Culture Exists
David Klion / Jewish Currents:
The Failure of Subway Policing
Nico Lang / Xtra Magazine:
Kentucky banned trans kids from sports to keep this 12-year-old girl from playing hockey
Discussion: Human Rights Campaign and NBC News
Emily Singer / The American Independent:
Tennessee Republican praises Hitler for leading a ‘life that got him in the history books’
Politico:
GOP hopeful sold tear gas used on Black Lives Matter protesters
Jan Murphy / PennLive:
Pa. Senate passes legislation banning ballot drop boxes, private funding of elections
 Earlier Items: 
Nick Vachon / The American Independent:
Office of Virginia attorney general denies it gave pedophile cop a plea deal. But it did.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Does Trump's endorsement matter in Georgia? It depends, says UGA poll
Discussion: capitol-beat.org
David Ng / Breitbart:
Watch: Parents March on Disneyland to Protest Studio's Woke LGBTQ+ Agenda for Children
Discussion: Big League Politics
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
New Pa. U.S. Senate poll: John Fetterman pulling ahead as Democratic favorite, GOP race still wide open
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