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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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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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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
A look at the time Tucker Carlson asked Hunter Biden for a favor — The Fox News host often ridicules the president's son, but years ago, the two were close — Tucker Carlson and his wife were looking to get their son a leg up in his college application to Georgetown University when they turned …
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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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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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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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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Elon Musk says he doesn't plan to donate to GOP super PACs in upcoming elections — despite feud with Biden — “No super PAC anything going on,” Elon Musk said when asked if he plans to finance a super PAC in the upcoming elections. — Musk didn't respond to follow up emails when asked …
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Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
Opinion Elon Musk still has to answer to others
Opinion Elon Musk still has to answer to others
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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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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 …
New York Times:
Oklahoma Legislature Passes Bill Banning Almost All Abortions — The legislation would be the nation's strictest, and relies on lawsuits from private citizens to enforce it. If the governor signs the bill, it would take effect immediately. — The Oklahoma Legislature gave final approval …
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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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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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BBC:
MI5 agent used secret status to terrorise girlfriend — An MI5 spy used his status to terrorise his partner before moving abroad to continue intelligence work while under investigation, the BBC has found. — A video shows the man threatening to kill the woman and attacking her with a machete.
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Turnout booms in Georgia primary, led by resurgent Republicans — GOP voters flood polling places in a midterm without Trump — In Georgia's first post-Trump primary election, unprecedented waves of voters have already swept into polling places — most of them Republicans.
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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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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Fetus-powered street lamps? Republicans ramp up outrageous anti-abortion lies ahead of Roe's demise — During a House hearing, the GOP demonized patients and doctors with QAnon-style conspiracy theories — It was only one half-hour into Wednesday's congressional hearing on abortion access …
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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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.
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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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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Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Records: Oxford school shooting suspect hoped massacre would get Biden impeached — The parents of the Oxford school shooting suspect are worried that politics may hurt their chance at getting a fair trial, particularly given what their son allegedly wrote in his journal about President Joe Biden.
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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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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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New York Times:
Livestreams of Mass Shootings: From Buffalo to New Zealand — Dozens of recordings of a 2019 massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand, remain online, in a sobering reminder of the internet's permanence. — The one-minute 30-second video offers an unnerving first-person view. A man strides across a parking lot.
Seth Masket / Mischiefs of Faction:
A Really Rough Forecast for Democrats. Probably. — A few months ago, I did a simple forecast model for the 2022 midterms, suggesting Democrats were in for a rough year. We have some newer economic data since then, and the model looks considerably worse for the Democrats.
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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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