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11:20 PM ET, March 9, 2022

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Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle:
Silicon Valley tech worker was the Ukrainian mom lying dead on street in brutal photo that sparked outrage  —  A Silicon Valley employee and her children are the subjects of photos so devastating that they shocked the world: A Ukrainian family lying dead on the pavement, killed by Russian mortar fire while trying to flee the conflict.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and New York Post
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New York Times:
A family's dash toward safety in Ukraine ends tragically.  —  Andrew E. KramerPhotographs by Lynsey Addario  —  KYIV, Ukraine — They met in high school but became a couple years later, after meeting again on a dance floor at a Ukrainian nightclub.  Married in 2001, they lived …
Ken Bensinger / BuzzFeed News:
Sidney “Release The Kraken” Powell Is Secretly Funding The Legal Defense Of Oath Keepers  —  As the government's prosecutions of members of the Oath Keepers — by most measures, the most significant of any to come out of the Jan. 6 insurrection — move toward trial, defense lawyers face a daunting task …
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Proud Boys Leader Dragged Out of Bed in His Underwear to Face Conspiracy Charge  —  RUDE AWAKENING  —  Apparently taken by complete surprise, former Proud Boys ringleader Enrique Tarrio was handcuffed in nothing but his skivvies early Tuesday morning, as police arrived at his Miami home …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:   The question of Roger Stone's ties to extremist groups grows more salient
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
House Passes $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill as Democrats Drop Covid Aid  —  Facing disputes over how to cover the cost of the pandemic response effort, Democrats dropped it rather than jeopardize legislation that includes aid for Ukraine and other top priorities.
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Russian Agent Maria Butina Claims Ukrainians Are Bombing Themselves  —  “We have tons of evidence that the Russia army does not touch, does not bomb civilian populations,” the former darling of the NRA said of her absurd bit of Putin propaganda  —  Maria Butina, the Russia agent who infiltrated …
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Michael Weiss / New Lines Magazine:
Russia's Ex-Foreign Minister on His ‘Totalitarian’ Country  —  Andrei Kozyrev, Yeltsin's first top diplomat, speaks about Putin's ‘disastrous’ war in Ukraine and why the revisionist history about NATO enlargement is all wrong  —  Michael Weiss is news director at New Lines
Discussion: Byrne After Reading
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump plane made emergency landing after weekend speech to GOP donors  —  Former President Donald Trump's plane made an emergency landing on Saturday evening following his speech at a Republican National Committee-hosted donor retreat in New Orleans, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Axios:
Scoop: RNC to sue Jan. 6 committee over Salesforce subpoena  —  The Jan. 6 select committee has subpoenaed Salesforce, the customer relationship management giant and a major Republican National Committee vendor, for sensitive information about the RNC's fundraising, Axios has learned.
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Stephen Miller Sues Over Jan. 6 Subpoena of T-Mobile Family Plan  —  Trump White House senior advisor Stephen Miller sued the House Jan. 6 committee to block a subpoena of his parents' T-Mobile family plan which provides him with a number.  —  The federal suit filed Wednesday in Washington …
Cristian Farias / Bolts:
Supreme Court Signals It May Empower Legislatures to Subvert Elections  —  Republicans are pushing the independent state legislature doctrine, which would bolster unfettered gerrymandering and Trump's efforts to undercut democracy.  —  The U.S. Supreme Court signaled on Monday …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
GOP pushes for an ‘earthquake in American electoral power’
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Colorado county elections official Tina Peters is indicted in probe of alleged tampering with voting equipment  —  A Colorado county clerk who embraced election-fraud conspiracy theories has been indicted on state criminal charges following an investigation into her alleged efforts …
Joel Burgess / Asheville Citizen Times:
Madison Cawthorn charged with driving with revoked license for 2nd time; court dates set  —  Congressman Madison Cawthorn has been charged with driving with a revoked license, a misdemeanor that carries up to 20 days in jail.  —  The 26-year-old Henderson County Republican was pulled …
Washington Post:
Russia's ‘imminent’ default would be catastrophic.  Here's why. … Russia is at “imminent” risk of defaulting on its debts as Western economic sanctions choke off its access to dollars and other global currencies to pay lenders, a move that would have devastating economic ripple effects.
Discussion: HotAir
Max Read / Read Max:
How to have a career as a journalist in 2022  —  It's the Read Max Career Corner … Over the weekend, a fight erupted on Twitter between current Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman and former Times social-media reporter Taylor Lorenz.  The short version is something like …
Discussion: Puck
New York Daily News:
NYPD silent after judge questions cops' credibility in Bronx assault case against teen drill rapper C Blu  —  A judge's stunning comments questioning the credibility of officers involved in the near-deadly arrest of teen drill rapper C Blu were met with outrage Wednesday from criminal justice reform advocates …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump Refinances $100 Million Mortgage On Trump Tower With A Bank Headed By A Political Supporter  —  Donald Trump refinanced Trump Tower in February, taking out a $100 million loan, according to documents recorded Tuesday by New York City's Department of Finance.
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Insider
Associated Press:
Texas flagged 27,000 mail ballots for rejection in primary  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — More than 27,000 mail ballots in Texas were flagged for rejection in the first test of new voting restrictions enacted across the U.S., jeopardizing votes cast by Democrats and Republicans alike and in counties big and small …
Freya Parr / Classical Music:
Cardiff Philharmonic removes Tchaikovsky from programme in light of Russian invasion of Ukraine  —  The orchestra had an all-Tchaikovsky concert scheduled for next week, but has decided to change the programme having deemed it to be ‘inappropriate’ at this time
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
We can't find John Fetterman  —  Sign up for PA 2022, The Inquirer's Election Newsletter, for news and analysis about Pennsylvania's big 2022 elections, delivered right to your inbox.Welcome back!  It's another week in Pennsylvania politics, and we're taking a look at John Fetterman's game of campaign dodgeball.
Southern Poverty Law Center:
The Year in Hate & Extremism 2021  — The Extreme Right's Pivot to (Live) Video  — A White Nationalist's Journey Through Alt-Tech  — What We Do Now: Policy Recommendations  —  The Year in Hate and Extremism 2021  —  In this section  —  • Meeting the challenge of the hard right
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
The $2 Million Question: What Did the D.C. Trucker Convoy Donations Buy?  —  The trucker convoy has largely been making it up as they go, but truckers are grumbling that they don't know the endgame or what all the donations have been used for.  —  Two weeks after departing Victorville …
Michelangelo Signorile / The Signorile Report:
How the GOP, horrifically, succeeded with “Don't say gay”  —  The Florida law passed after anti-LGBTQ Republicans reframed failed efforts of the past.  And they've now stacked the courts. … The Florida Senate yesterday passed the grotesque “Don't say gay” bill, following on the Florida House passage.
Discussion: The Week
James Jeffrey / Defense One:
Put US Boots in Ukraine to Defend a UN-Approved Security Zone  —  It worked in Syria.  —  CHAIR, MIDDLE EAST PROGRAM, WILSON CENTER  —  President Biden's State of the Union address, which called for the rest of the world to emerge stronger than Russia out of the Ukraine crisis, captures well an actual American strategy.
Discussion: The Dispatch
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Disney Pledges $5 Million to Protect LGBTQ Rights, CEO to Meet With Florida Gov to Discuss 'Don't Say Gay' Bill … Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Wednesday the company is pledging $5 million to the Human Rights Campaign and other organizations protecting LGBTQ rights following backlash …
NBC News:
U.S. warns Russia could use chemical weapons in false-flag operation in Ukraine  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say they are concerned Russia could potentially be preparing to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine after the Russian Defense Ministry accused Ukraine of possibly planning a false-flag chemical weapon attack.
Discussion: Hoaxlines and The Hill
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Reëxamining Putin's Military Interventions in the Middle East  —  Can Russia's conduct in Syria and Libya predict what's in store for Ukraine?  —  In September, 2015, President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military to intervene on behalf of the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A strange new defense of Trump's coup effort is both wrong and dangerous  —  Ever since Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol, we've heard endless variations of a particularly pernicious claim: Trump and many GOP voters really believed the election was stolen from him.
Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story and Slate
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Drag Queen Who Says Biden Is a ‘Senile’ ‘White Supremacist’ Scheduled To Perform at Dem Retreat  —  The drag queen invited to perform for congressional Democrats during their policy retreat referred to President Joe Biden as “senile” and a “white supremacist” and called his voters “dim-witted.”
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Fox News reporter rebukes Greg Gutfeld for saying media wants ‘emotional response’ in Ukraine coverage  —  Moments after Fox News host Greg Gutfeld accused media outlets of seeking an “emotional response” in their coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the network turned …
New York Times:
Subtle Shifts Raise Hopes for a Cease-fire in Ukraine  —  ISTANBUL — When President Vladimir V. Putin launched his invasion two weeks ago, he said a primary goal was the “denazification” of Ukraine.  He referred to the Ukrainian government as a “gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis,” making it clear that his aim was to topple it.
Project Veritas:
Pulitzer Prize Winning New York Times Reporter: January 6 Media Coverage ‘Overreaction,’ FBI Involved, Event Was Not Organized Despite Ongoing Narrative  — NYT National Security Correspondent, Matthew Rosenberg, contradicts his own January 6 reporting: “There were a ton of FBI informants amongst the people who attacked the Capitol.”
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
General Mark Hertling: Why the Russians Will Lose  —  Russia won't be able to take large Ukrainian cities.  But that won't stop them from bombing them into rubble.  Americans say ‘make it end,’ but it won't until Putin accepts defeat in a war he can't win.
 
 
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Zachary Pleat / Media Matters for America:
Sinclair debunks its own pro-fossil fuel talking points, then repeats them anyway
Emily Oster / The Atlantic:
Masking Policy Is Incredibly Irrational Right Now
Discussion: New York Post
 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
How the brutal WWII siege of Leningrad explains Putin's thinking on Ukraine
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
Vox:
Rachel Cohen Is Joining Vox as a Senior Reporter Covering Domestic Policy
Victoria Eavis / Casper Star-Tribune:
Crossover voting will remain in Wyoming after party affiliation bill dies in Legislature
Politico:
MAGA-world fails to flock to Truth Social
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New York Times:
How Western Firms Quietly Enabled Russian Oligarchs
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A judge uses Tucker Carlson's own words against Fox News
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