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Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
US intel shows Russians fear Mariupol abuse will backfire — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has gathered intelligence that shows some Russian officials have become concerned that Russian forces in the ravaged port city of Mariupol are carrying out grievous abuses, a U.S official familiar with the findings said Wednesday.
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New York Times:
U.S. Eyeing Russian Energy Sanctions Over Ukraine War, Officials Say — BERLIN — The Biden administration is developing plans to further choke Russia's oil revenues with the long-term goal of destroying the country's central role in the global energy economy, current and former U.S. officials say …
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HotAir, Raw Story, Washington Post and The Federalist
Timothy Snyder / New York Times:
Russia's War on Ukraine Shows That It Is Fascist — Dr. Snyder is a professor of history at Yale University and the author of many books on fascism, totalitarianism and European history. — Fascism was never defeated as an idea. — As a cult of irrationality and violence …
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Associated Press:
Captive medic's bodycam shows firsthand horror of Mariupol — KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — A celebrated Ukrainian medic recorded her time in Mariupol on a data card no bigger than a thumbnail, smuggled out to the world in a tampon. Now she is in Russian hands, at a time when Mariupol itself is on the verge of falling.
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New York Times, Associated Press, The Bona Fide, Raw Story, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and NPR
Jacqueline Howard / CNN:
Ukrainians seeking shelter in US must have TB screenings and certain vaccinations
Ukrainians seeking shelter in US must have TB screenings and certain vaccinations
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Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, KyivPost and The Hill
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Is the Democratic Party Giving Up Already? … The Democratic Party has a lot of problems right now. Many of these problems lie outside its control: A global wave of inflation and continuing waves of coronavirus infection have prevented the recovery Joe Biden imagined when he took office last year …
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
These 14 states had significant miscounts in the 2020 census — Loading... For the 2020 census, all states were not counted equally well for population numbers used to allocate political representation and federal funding over the next decade, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Thursday.
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National Review
The Economist:
The coming food catastrophe — War is tipping a fragile world towards mass hunger. Fixing that is everyone's business — By invading ukraine, Vladimir Putin will destroy the lives of people far from the battlefield—and on a scale even he may regret. The war is battering …
Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:
GOP candidate for Colorado governor says eliminate one-person, one-vote system — Under Greg Lopez's proposal, the 2018 gubernatorial race would have been a runaway win for Republicans, who lost the actual race by double-digits. — DENVER — Coloradans have elected just one Republican governor in the last 50 years.
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Mock Paper Scissors and Raw Story
Louis Jacobson / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Battle for State Legislatures — Dear Readers: Crystal Ball Senior Columnist Louis Jacobson is analyzing several categories of state-level races for us this cycle. After taking a first look at attorney general and secretary of state races, he is now assessing the battles for state legislatures this year.
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The Bulwark, CBS News and Bloomberg
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Suzy Weiss / Common Sense:
He Was a World-Renowned Cancer Researcher. Now's He's Collecting Unemployment. — Behind the fall of David Sabatini, ‘one of the greatest scientists’ of his generation. — In 2018, David Sabatini was a world-renowned molecular biologist. He was a tenured professor at MIT.
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Gabby Orr / CNN:
Trump may hold off on more endorsements for coming primaries, advisers say — Republican candidates in upcoming primaries may have a tougher time scoring a coveted endorsement from Donald Trump, according to the former President's allies, who say he is feeling more risk-averse amid the deadlocked Senate GOP contest in Pennsylvania.
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The Daily Wire
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Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Georgia's GOP primary race for governor sees Kemp holding wide lead over Perdue
Fox News Poll: Georgia's GOP primary race for governor sees Kemp holding wide lead over Perdue
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HotAir, Election Law Blog, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Opinion Today, The Hill and Politico
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Two-thirds say don't overturn Roe; the court leak is firing up Democratic voters — About two-thirds of Americans say they do not support overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal in the United States, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
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Althouse, Forbes, POLITICUSUSA and PBS NewsHour
Emily Flitter / New York Times:
At Wells Fargo, a Quest to Increase Diversity Leads to Fake Job Interviews — Black and female candidates are sometimes interviewed after the recipient of a job is identified, current and former employees say. — Joe Bruno, a former executive in the wealth management division of Wells Fargo …
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New York Post
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Senate poised to pass $40 billion in Ukraine aid, sending bill to Biden — The Senate prepared to vote Thursday to deliver more than $40 billion in new military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, a move which would send the measure to President Biden after a week-long delay sparked by a lone senator's objection.
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Tina Nguyen / Puck:
Trump Forgot How to Spell MAGA — Has the movement Trump created now moved beyond him? — The last time Donald Trump gave a speech that truly roused his supporters was on January 6th, 2021. As he stood behind a wall of bulletproof glass in front of tens of thousands of roaring MAGA fans …
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Washington Post and Power Line
NBC News:
Analysis of Hunter Biden's hard drive shows he, his firm took in about $11 million from 2013 to 2018, spent it fast — Records show Hunter Biden's company made millions from joint venture funded by Chinese company — From 2013 through 2018 Hunter Biden and his company brought …
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HotAir, Townhall, Ace of Spades HQ, Mediaite, The Daily Wire and Twitchy
David Roth / Defector:
The Secret History Of Richard Nixon, Mets Sicko — When he came off the mound on Sept. 30, 1988 after finishing off his eighth complete game and 20th win of the season, David Cone high-fived his teammates and walked into the home dugout unaware of what awaited him.
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal:
More Subprime Borrowers Are Missing Loan Payments — Borrowers with limited or troubled credit histories are defaulting on credit cards, car loans and personal loans — Consumers with low credit scores are falling behind on payments for car loans, personal loans and credit cards …
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News Items
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Pete Williams to retire from NBC News after epic Washington career — A former Pentagon spokesman, Williams made the unusual move 29 years ago to return to hard-news reporting. Many historic scoops followed. — A jolt went through Washington when the news broke just before noon on Jan. 26 …
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The Hill, The Wrap, Variety and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:
Illinois becomes first Midwest state to ban ‘ghost guns’ — Illinois has become the first state in the Midwest to pass legislation banning untraceable “ghost guns” amid a surge of gun violence in the United States. — On Wednesday, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 4383, banning the so-called ghost guns across the state.
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Insider, HuffPost and NBC Chicago
Benjamin Wermund / San Antonio Express-News:
Rep. Henry Cuellar's allies smear Democratic contender Jessica Cisneros with ‘homewrecker’ billboard — WASHINGTON — With early voting underway in a fiercely contested South Texas primary runoff, supporters of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar have launched a campaign to smear the longtime Laredo …
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Raw Story
Associated Press:
Wall Street Appears Headed For Another Rocky Day — Rising interest rates, high inflation, the war in Ukraine and a slowdown in China's economy have caused investors to reconsider the prices they're willing to pay for a wide range of stocks. — NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street headed …
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Forbes, Associated Press, Fortune, Townhall, Forbes, Trends Journal, Washington Examiner, UPI, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Fortune and Ace of Spades HQ
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Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
GOP-Led Legislation Would Force Breakup of Google's Ad Business — The bill, which has some Democratic support, takes aim at conflicts of interest in the advertising technology industry — A bipartisan group of senators led by Utah Republican Mike Lee introduced legislation Thursday …
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The Verge and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »
John Haltiwanger / Insider:
Fiona Hill says Putin got ‘frustrated many times’ with Trump because the Russian leader ‘had to keep explaining things’ to him — Putin often became frustrated with Trump over his lack of knowledge on big issues, Fiona Hill said. — “He had to keep explaining things, and Putin doesn't like to do that,” Hill said.
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, YouTube, IJR and Raw Story
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Orban tells right-wing CPAC allies to recruit ‘troops’ to ‘reconquer’ American institutions — On Thursday, according to U.S. News & World Report, far-right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Budapest that liberals are threatening Western civilization …
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Reuters, WITF and Washington Times
Nicole Hemmer / New York Times:
What Oprah Winfrey Knows About American History That Tucker Carlson Doesn't — Ms. Hemmer is an associate research scholar at Columbia and the author of the forthcoming “Partisans: The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s.”
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Mediaite
Washington Post:
Trump uses Pa. primary to continue effort to undermine electoral system — Good morning, Early Birds, and a special good morning to the U.S. women's national soccer team for landing a “game-changing” deal to close the pay gap with the men's soccer team. 😎 💪 Tips? earlytips@washpost.com.