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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.
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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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Washington Post, The Status Kuo, Wide World of News, Raw Story and Washington Post
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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 …
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Digressions and Dysfluencies, 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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Washington Free Beacon, Institute for the Study of War and New York Times
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Natasha Turak / CNBC:
Ukraine's major western city of Lviv hit by missiles; Mariupol resistance holds out despite heavy losses
Ukraine's major western city of Lviv hit by missiles; Mariupol resistance holds out despite heavy losses
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New York Times, Vanity Fair and Denver Post
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Koch-funded analyst raises doubts about Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians
Koch-funded analyst raises doubts about Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians
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The Moderate Voice, Metro.co.uk, The Daily Beast, The Independent, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, Raw Story and Haaretz
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Ukrainian foreign minister says Mariupol “doesn't exist anymore” after Russian siege
Ukrainian foreign minister says Mariupol “doesn't exist anymore” after Russian siege
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The Daily Caller and The Hill
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.
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The Hill, New York Times and Political Wire
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell-tied super PAC makes early $141M play for the Senate
McConnell-tied super PAC makes early $141M play for the Senate
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CBS News, NBC News, The Hill, HotAir and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Who's giving to Trump's super PAC
Who's giving to Trump's super PAC
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, Raw Story and Axios
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.
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Raw Story, Truthout, Election Law Blog, Insider and NBC News
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 …
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Raw Story
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 …
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Media Matters for America
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.
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.
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Washington Examiner, 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 …
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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.
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Insider, The Hill, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Digby's Hullabaloo and No More Mister Nice Blog
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.
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Raw Story
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.
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Meaning In History, Raw Story and Washington Post
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman has a huge cash advantage for the homestretch of the Pa. Senate primary — A turbulent few weeks and hard-hitting attacks have done little to change one of the persistent realities of Pennsylvania's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate: John Fetterman has a crucial money lead …
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 …
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Insider, Talking Points Memo, The American Independent and Raw Story
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Jon Stewart's new show on AppleTV+ is reportedly a flop — Jon Stewart is struggling to gain traction on his new talk show, according to a report. — “The Problem with Jon Stewart,” which launched on AppleTV+ in September, appears to be a flop, as it trails far behind its competitors …
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. …
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Politico, Insider, Fox News, The Hill, BizPac Review, Breitbart and The Guardian
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.
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Associated Press, The Times of Israel and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
It Looks Like Genocide — Rich Lowry thinks President Biden shouldn't have used that term. But the evidence of genocide is mounting. — Rich Lowry, a man who spent much of the Donald Trump presidency arguing his rhetoric doesn't matter, look at his policies, is very worried about Joe Biden's words.
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Washington Examiner and NPR
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 …
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Raw Story
Daniel Payne / Politico:
White House Global Covid-19 Summit to be held in May — The White House announced Monday that its Global Covid-19 Summit, which it hopes will bring new funding and coordination for global pandemic responses, will be held May 12. — The summit will be co-hosted by Belize, Germany …
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New York Times, The Hill and Washington Examiner
War on the Rocks:
Eight New Points on the Porcupine: More Ukrainian Lessons for Taiwan — Watching Russia falter in Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping may conclude that if he decides to invade Taiwan, he cannot hope to achieve victory with little or limited fighting. The risk is that this will lead …
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Lawfare and The spying game
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 …
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Democrats are now fighting over how Biden's agenda imploded — We recently looked at a few articles from the Associated Press that took an uncharacteristically critical view of some of the Biden administration's recent misadventures. I wondered at the time if the mainstream media was beginning …
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
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