memeorandum: Russia marks WWII victory overshadowed by Ukraine (Associated Press)

10:40 AM ET, May 9, 2022

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Ukraine Live Updates: Putin Defends War, Without Signaling Escalation — Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. — Against a backdrop of armored vehicles and soldiers in regalia, President Vladimir V. Putin hailed Russia's army for “fighting for the Motherland,” …

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BBC:

Putin blames West for war in Ukraine — Updates from BBC correspondents: Jenny Hill and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow, Sarah Rainsford and James Waterhouse in Kyiv, Andrew Harding in Donbas, Laura Bicker in Zaporizhzhia, Lyse Doucet and Hugo Bachega in Dnipro, Joe Inwood and Sophie Williams in Lviv, and Caroline Davies in Odesa

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Associated Press:

Russia marks WWII victory overshadowed by Ukraine — MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday sought to cast Moscow's military action in Ukraine as a forced response to Western policies and a necessary move to ward off a potential aggression. — Speaking at a military parade …

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Steve Rosenberg / BBC:

Ukraine War: Putin gives few clues in Victory Day speech — Ahead of Victory Day, Moscow was full of rumour and speculation. — Was Vladimir Putin preparing a major announcement on Russia's offensive in Ukraine? Would he declare some kind of victory? Or signal an escalation?

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YouTube:
Zelensky releases video on day of remembrance: ‘We hear “never again” differently’

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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
U.S. Treasury Takes Sweeping Action Against Russia's War Efforts

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Washington Post:
Dozens feared dead and injured after Russia bombs school in eastern Ukraine

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Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Russian ambassador to Poland hit with red paint

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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Western allies unveil new Russia sanctions on V-E Day

Washington Post:
Russia's ultimate political survivor faces a wartime reckoning

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Financial Times:
Transcript: Vladimir Putin 'doesn't believe he can afford to lose' — William Burns, CIA director

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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:

Winning after Roe — People want the vast majority of abortions to be legal — I think abortion should be very broadly legal. Without the constitutional protections offered by the Roe v. Wade decision, abortion is going to become much less broadly available, which is bad.

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Washington Post:
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Warn of G.O.P. Effort to Restrict Abortion Nationwide

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Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO PLAYBOOK: Democrats go on offense over abortion

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Alexander Shur / madison.com:
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Steve Schmidt / The Warning:

No Books. No Money. Just the Truth. — This is a story about lying. Public lying. It is a story about Senator John McCain's lying, and the damage it has done to many people, including me. It is also a story about my lying because, ultimately, John McCain's lie became mine.

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Politico:

How the Jan. 6 panel broke through Trump allies' stonewalling — Donald Trump's top election-subversion wingmen have stonewalled the Jan. 6 select committee for months, but investigators have found a reliable workaround: their deputies and assistants. — Time and again, the panel has managed …

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CNN:

Oath Keepers sharing with January 6 investigators their efforts to find election fraud, communications with Trump allies — Top leaders in the Oath Keepers, the far-right extremist group, have been turning over phones and digital files and sitting for interviews with the FBI …

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Tim Reid / Reuters:

Suburban Phoenix is cautionary tale for Democrats hoping to galvanize voters on abortion — Laura Wilson is a mother of three who lives in the sprawling suburbs of north Phoenix, a hotly contested electoral area of Arizona that could decide which party controls the U.S. Senate after November's congressional elections.

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Mark Esper / Politico:

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Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Mark Esper details his time in President Trump's Cabinet

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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Esper: We had to stop Trump team ideas for military action in Venezuela, Iran

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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:

A.O.C. and Eric Adams Have Not Spoken in Nearly a Year — Mayor Adams and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who represent divergent wings of the Democratic Party, have not spoken one-on-one in nearly a year. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Michael Kranish / Washington Post:

Inside Mark Meadows's final push to keep Trump in power — The former congressman played a key role in Trump's effort to overturn the election, according to his texts, congressional investigations and interviews — Behind closed doors in a civic center outside Atlanta …

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New York Post:

Hollywood lawyer paid off over $2M of Hunter Biden's delinquent taxes — A bigshot Hollywood lawyer reportedly paid off Hunter Biden's delinquent taxes — which a source told The Post amounted to more than $2 million — as President Joe Biden's notoriously troubled son awaits the results …

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Rolling Stone:

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