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11:40 AM ET, April 18, 2022

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Reuters:
Alex Jones' InfoWars files for bankruptcy in U.S. court  —  Far-right wing website InfoWars on Sunday filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in the face of multiple defamation lawsuits.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Mike Lee's Role in Trump's Attempted Coup  —  What would have happened if his plan worked?  —  Senator Mike Lee's defenders insist his repeated texts to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows offering his guidance on the proper constitutional process to overturn the 2020 election results prove his honor.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mike Lee has some explaining to do  —  CNN released nearly 100 texts from Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in the wake of the 2020 election.  The two sets of texts, coming on the heels of the 2020 election …
Discussion: Public Notice and Mediaite
Jamie McIntyre / Washington Examiner:
After a valiant 53-day defense compared to the Alamo and Stalingrad, Mariupol appears about to fall  —  MARIUPOL'S LAST STAND: Low on food and ammo, Mariupol's last defenders are surrounded and confined to a small area of the city in and around the Azovstal iron and steelworks …
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Natasha Turak / CNBC:
Ukraine's major western city of Lviv hit by missiles; Mariupol resistance holds out despite heavy losses  —  This is CNBC's live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine.  See below for the latest updates.  —  Missile strikes have hit Ukraine's key western city of Lviv, roughly 40 miles from the Polish border.
Discussion: New York Times, Denver Post and CNN
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Days after the sinking of a Russian warship, questions linger.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Koch-funded analyst raises doubts about Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Ukrainian foreign minister says Mariupol “doesn't exist anymore” after Russian siege
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill
Gizmodo:
We're Publishing the Facebook Papers.  Here's What They Say About Donald Trump, the 2020 Election, and Jan. 6.  —  Gizmodo has reviewed, redacted, and published more than two dozen leaked Facebook documents, the first of hundreds to come.  —  Alerts  —  In the hours following the Jan. 6 attack …
Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Marjorie Taylor Greene outraised by Democratic challenger in 2022  —  News and analysis from the politics team at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  Friday's deadline to report fundraising for the first three months of 2022 has given us more information to sift through in some of Georgia's most contested federal races.
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell-tied super PAC makes early $141M play for the Senate
Discussion: The Hill, NBC News and HotAir
Sarah Longwell / The Atlantic:
Trump Supporters Explain Why They Believe the Big Lie  —  Some 35 percent of Americans—including 68 percent of Republicans—believe the Big Lie, pushed relentlessly by former President Donald Trump and amplified by conservative media, that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Elizabeth Warren / New York Times:
Democrats Can Avoid Disaster in November  —  Ms. Warren is a U.S. senator from Massachusetts  —  Democrats are the party of working people.  Ahead of the 2020 election, we advanced ideas and plans that we believed would, in ways big and small, make our democracy and our economy work better for all Americans.
Andrew M. Cuomo / New York Daily News:
There's a better way forward for New York State  —  These are perilous times and the ship of state must maneuver quickly, but smartly.  —  The problems are mounting and public skepticism about the future of New York is at frightening levels.  —  The legislative session is still ongoing in Albany and the priorities are clear.
Discussion: Twitchy and Political Wire
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Given endless resources, Tucker Carlson zeroes in on UFOs and testicles  —  Tucker Carlson and his team are in the television business, so it's not surprising that one of the trailers for the second season of “Tucker Carlson Originals” — his short-form documentary series that airs …
Discussion: indy100
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Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Trump attempt at a coup to be a focus of U.S. House hearings, lawmaker Raskin says  —  Then-President Donald Trump attempted a coup on Jan. 6, 2021, and that will be a centerpiece of committee hearings in Congress next month, said Democrat Jamie Raskin, a committee member who led the prosecution of Trump's second impeachment.
Washington Post:
Rick Scott became the Senate GOP's election general, then went to war  —  With an aggressive fundraising effort and a controversial policy plan, the Florida senator has been upsetting colleagues.  He's okay with that.  —  Florida Sen. Rick Scott has been publicly dressed …
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Man opened fire at South Carolina mall in self-defense, his lawyer says  —  Police said multiple shooters were involved and nine people were struck.  Leaders decry the violence even as lawmakers pull back gun regulations.  —  Man arrested after South Carolina mall shooting fired in self-defense, his lawyer says
Discussion: WIS-TV and Associated Press
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Associated Press:
US rocked by 3 mass shootings during Easter weekend; 2 dead
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Lonely Anatoly: The Russian ambassador is Washington's least popular man  —  No one wants to talk to Anatoly Antonov.  —  Russia's ambassador to the United States can't get meetings with senior officials at the White House or the State Department.  He can't convince U.S. lawmakers to see him, much less take a photo.
Discussion: Raw Story
Claire McNear / The Ringer:
Kamala Harris Talks to ‘The Ringer’ About Her Wordle Strategy  —  The Wordle craze has hit the vice president's office, but there's a problem: The veep can't send anyone her squares  —  When Vice President Kamala Harris admitted last week at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C. …
Discussion: Insider, The Hill and Breitbart
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens  —  The inside story of the world's most notorious commercial spyware and the big tech companies waging war against it.  —  NSO Group's software has been linked to repressive regimes, but now “all types of governments” use it, an observer said.
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Lethal darts were fired into a Ukrainian neighborhood by the thousands  —  BUCHA, Ukraine — At Svitlana Chmut's house outside Kyiv, there are carrots in her garden and deadly Russian mini-arrows in her yard.  —  A pile of the sharp, finned projectiles rounded up by Chmut are now gathering rust in the spring's fine mist.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Florida's vile ‘groomer’ law may soon blow up in DeSantis's face  —  One of the more repulsive features of Florida's new law restricting classroom discussion of sex and gender is its vagueness.  This may be a feature, not a bug: It could encourage conservative parents to sniff …
Humberto Sanchez / The Nevada Independent:
Poll: Cortez Masto leads Laxalt for Nevada Senate; ominous signs over Biden approval  —  Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) leads likely Republican opponent and former Attorney General Adam Laxalt by 8 percentage points, but voter economic angst and President Joe Biden's low approval rating …
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
White House Easter Egg Roll returns after 2 years  —  It's set to be Biden's largest event at the White House so far amid COVID.  —  It's a “hoppy” day at the White House — as the Easter Egg Roll returns Monday.  —  Following a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, President Joe Biden …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The End of Presidential Debates  —  The Marvel entertainment company fused its superhero movies into a “Marvel Cinematic Universe” so involute that only the most devoted fans can make sense of it.  —  The Trump Cinematic Universe works the same way.  Only those conversant …
Discussion: Raw Story
Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
The Messy Politics of Teaching Gender  —  How the left and the right can find sanity.  —  The controversy over Florida's so-called “Don't Say Gay” law, which severely curbs the ability of public schools to teach about sexual orientation or gender identity, has brought the spotlight on the extent …
 
 
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The Marshall Project:
Texans Spend Billions on Border Operations. What Do They Get in Return?
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The Trumpified RNC strikes another blow against democracy
Discussion: Bloomberg and Los Angeles Times
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Kamala Harris keeps traveling to unconventional places. Here's why.
Discussion: HotAir
Reuters:
Russia's Nabiullina flags further rate cut, return to inflation target in 2024
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Fighting Trump, Dems launch plan to elect thousands of local election supervisors
Discussion: The Hill
CBS News:
Transcript: Sen. Chris Coons on “Face the Nation,” April 17, 2022
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Biden to require US-made steel, iron for infrastructure
Discussion: CBS News
Anna Deen / Washington Monthly:
Voting Rights: “There Is Reason to be Optimistic as Well as Alarmed”
Discussion: New Republic
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Out-of-state money floods midterm races
Discussion: American Greatness
Ben Kesslen / New York Post:
Woke Ariz. diversity activists falsely accuse black DJ of wearing blackface
Adrianna Rodriguez / USA Today:
COVID vaccines are not meant to prevent all infections, experts say. Americans need to reset their expectations.
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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