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BBC:
Ukraine anger as Macron says 'Don't humiliate Russia' — Ukraine's foreign minister has hit out at French President Emmanuel Macron after he said it was vital that Russia was not humiliated over its invasion. — Mr Macron said it was crucial President Vladimir Putin had a way out of what he called a “fundamental error”.
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The Guardian, Trends Journal, The Bona Fide, Daily Kos and UPI
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Reuters:
Russia must not be humiliated despite Putin's ‘historic’ mistake, Macron says — French President Emmanuel Macron said it is vital that Russia is not humiliated so that when the fighting stops in Ukraine a diplomatic solution can be found, adding that he believed Paris would play a mediating role to end the conflict.
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Voice of America, Breitbart, Al Jazeera, Insider and Politico
BBC:
Russian man accused of Alexander Litvinenko killing dies of Covid-19 — One of the main suspects in the murder of the former Russian spy and Kremlin critic, Alexander Litvinenko, has died of Covid-19. — Dmitry Kovtun was one of two men UK authorities say fatally poisoned Mr Litvinenko in London in 2006.
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The Guardian, UPI and Metro.co.uk
Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:
Trump allies explored sending armed private contractors to seize voting machines in 2020 election — Supporters on the fringes of former President Trump's circle explored seeking sweeping authority after the 2020 election to enlist armed private contractors to seize and inspect voting machines …
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Common Dreams, Raw Story and Mother Jones
WISN:
Former Wisconsin judge killed in “targeted” shooting; Gov. Evers also on “hit list” — Former Juneau Co. judge John Roemer was found zip-tied to a chair and fatally shot. — COPY LINK — COPY — Hide Transcript Show Transcript — MAUSTON, Wis. —
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Jessica McBride / Heavy.com:
Douglas K. Uhde: Social Media Shows Pro Trump, Gun Posts — Douglas K. Uhde, the 56-year-old felon who is accused of murdering retired Wisconsin Judge John Roemer in his own home, urged people to vote for President Donald Trump and advocated against gun confiscation on Facebook.
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WisDOJ, UPI and Law & Crime
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Bidens evacuated from Delaware residence after plane flies into restricted airspace — The president and the first lady are now back at the beach house with no threat apparent. — Joe Biden boards his plane at New Castle Airport on October 22, 2020 in New Castle, Delaware. Getty Images
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Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Moved From Beach House After a Plane Enters Restricted Airspace
Biden Moved From Beach House After a Plane Enters Restricted Airspace
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The Times of Israel, UPI, USA Today and Washington Examiner
Gabriel Hays / Fox News:
Florida's Ron DeSantis smeared as ‘authoritarian leader,’ ‘next Grand Wizard of GOP’ by MSNBC ReidOut guests — Joy Reid's guests claimed Gov. Ron DeSantis' ‘cruelty’ is turning Florida into ‘DeSantistan’ — MSNBC ReidOut guests smear Florida as ‘authoritarian state,’ DeSantis ‘next Grand Wizard of GOP’
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Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
DeSantis makes it harder for transgender people to get Medicaid support
DeSantis makes it harder for transgender people to get Medicaid support
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The Gateway Pundit
Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Texas GOP donors urge Congress to act on gun control measures like red flag laws, expanded background checks — More than 250 self-declared gun enthusiasts, including donors who have contributed to Gov. Greg Abbott's campaigns, have signed onto an open letter supporting Sen. John Cornyn's efforts at bipartisan gun reform legislation.
Susan Hartman / New York Times:
How Refugees Transformed a Dying Rust Belt Town — At 8 on a recent morning, Pri Paw brought small bowls — of rice and fried salmon with bamboo shoots — to the Buddhist altar in her family's living room in Utica, N.Y. — Then she rang a bell, sat on the floor and bowed.
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Subpoena wars: Washington is on a path to mutually assured destruction — THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — In an initial court appearance following his arrest on Friday for contempt of Congress, former Trump adviser Peter Navarro stood before an obviously concerned federal magistrate.
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Occupy Democrats, RedState and Roll Call
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
‘Ignore Guns, Talk Inflation’: Memos Show GOP Strategy After the Uvalde Massacre — Stay cool. Run out the clock. Scare some gun nuts while you can. But don't worry: this moment will be over soon. — That's the message the Republican Party, Donald Trump, and conservative leaders …
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Raw Story
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
The gun lobby's growing divide — There's a growing divide within America's gun lobby, as groups representing firearms manufacturers and individual owners splinter over federal gun-control legislation and what gun culture means in an increasingly diverse country.
John Blake / CNN:
The evangelical church faces a ‘state of emergency’ over the pandemic and politics, Andy Stanley says — (CNN)Winning souls for Christ. Taking back America for God. Standing in the Gap. — Anyone who has spent time among white evangelical Christians has heard some of those phrases.
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Raw Story
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel Builds a Laser Weapon to Zap Threats Out of the Sky — From science fiction to facts in the air: Israel says a prototype downed rockets and drones in recent tests. — Give this article- - - Read in app — JERUSALEM — After two decades of research and experimentation …
Lauren Hepler / San Francisco Chronicle:
Two women were charged with murder after having stillbirths. The cases are rocking this conservative corner of California — Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate — HANFORD — In early 2018, a 29-year-old Central Valley woman became the first person in decades to be jailed in California for the death of her stillborn infant.
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Insider
Washington Post:
Inside John Fetterman's changing health scare story — The Pa. Senate candidate's heart condition is much more serious than first revealed, raising concerns among some Democrats — With five hours left to vote last month, John Fetterman's Pennsylvania Senate campaign released a confusing primary …
Alex Traub / New York Times:
Ex-Air Force Sergeant Sentenced to 41 Years for Murder of Federal Officer — Steven Carrillo pleaded guilty to a premeditated attack on law enforcement officers motivated by his support for an online anti-government movement. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Law & Crime
Matthew Perrone / Associated Press:
Abbott restarts baby formula plant linked to contamination — WASHINGTON (AP) — Abbott Nutrition has restarted production at the Michigan baby formula factory that has been closed for months due to contamination, the company said Saturday, taking a step toward easing a nationwide supply shortage expected to persist into the summer.
Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee set to make its case public with prime-time hearings — Sessions this month mark the culmination of a year-long investigation, with insider testimony and new video footage expected — Almost a year after the formation of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 …
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Raw Story, The Daily Wire, Occupy Democrats and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Young men, guns and the prefrontal cortex — The Uvalde, Tex., shooter is part of a long list of male perpetrators of similar ages. Some experts think gun laws need to change to address that. — When Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl learned that the perpetrator of the Uvalde …
Washington Post:
Climate change is forcing schools to close early for ‘heat days’ — With no air conditioning and no money to install it, districts are sending students home — Temperatures kept rising in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Finally, it was just too hot to keep students in classrooms without air conditioning.
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Twitchy
Elise Solé / Yahoo News:
Dad surrenders AR-15 to police after Texas school shooting: ‘I want a safer future’ — A father forfeited his AR-15 rifle to the police after the Texas school shooting, explaining, “It's the only thing I can do.” — Former Marine Ben Beers grew up shooting guns recreationally and learning about gun safety.
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Empty clinics, no calls: The fallout of Oklahoma's abortion ban — As nation awaits a Supreme Court decision, one conservative state offers a window into a post-Roe America — Whenever a new patient pulls into the parking lot at the Tulsa Women's Clinic, Tiffany Taylor rushes to flick on the lights.
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Twitchy
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Democrat Max Rose blasts Hunter Biden, says Post got ‘raw deal’ in reporting — The Rose has thorns. — Democratic congressional candidate Max Rose came out swinging this week — at Hunter Biden — torching the first son for his shady foreign business dealings that Republicans say potentially put US national security at risk.
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Washington Examiner