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3:50 PM ET, March 13, 2022

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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Leaked Kremlin Memo to Russian Media: It Is “Essential” to Feature Tucker Carlson  —  On March 3, as Russian military forces bombed Ukrainian cities as part of Vladimir Putin's illegal invasion of his neighbor, the Kremlin sent out talking points to state-friendly media outlets with a request: Use more Tucker Carlson.
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Brent Renaud, an American Journalist, Is Killed in Ukraine  —  Brent Renaud, an award-winning American filmmaker and journalist, was killed in Ukraine on Sunday while reporting in a suburb of the capital, Kyiv, according to Ukraine's Interior Ministry.  —  Mr. Renaud, 50, had worked …
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The Independent:
Award-winning US filmmaker Brent Renaud killed by Russian forces in Ukraine, authorities say
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
‘His act is wearing thin’: North Carolina Republicans gripe about Madison Cawthorn  —  Rep. Madison Cawthorn is stumbling at home and abroad as his bid to play Republican kingmaker falls flat with voters and alienates colleagues.  —  The 26-year-old, first-term North Carolina Republican saw …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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David Morgan / Reuters:   Ukraine war becomes a cudgel in Republican Party's internal conflict
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Adam Kinzinger: Zelensky ‘Three Times the Man’ Trump, Cawthorn Are Combined
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump Says He ‘May Have To’ Run in 2024 During Rambling, Lie-Filled South Carolina Rally Speech  —  “In 2024 we are going to take back that beautiful, beautiful White House,” the former president said.  “I wonder who will do that.  I wonder.  I wonder.”  —  Donald Trump didn't even speak …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
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Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Orwell Was Right  —  From free speech to “spheres of influence” to our passion for endless war, we've become the doublethinkers 1984 predicted  —  This weekend I re-read 1984, a book I tend to reach for when I get Defcon-1 depressed about the state of the world.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
TV coverage amplifies the GOP's false claims about gas prices  —  Unsurprisingly, the most egregious examples of the media regurgitating right-wing talking points on gas prices often come from Fox News.  White House reporter Peter Doocy has parroted oil industry talking points at White House briefings …
Discussion: HillReporter.com
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox's Maria Bartiromo Actually Wonders if Biden Wants Ukraine ‘Taken Down’
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and Breitbart
Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Missiles target US consulate in north Iraq, no casualties  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — As many as 12 missiles were fired Sunday toward the U.S. consulate in Iraq's northern city of Irbil, Iraqi security officials said.  A U.S. defense official said missiles had been launched at the city from neighboring Iran.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Fox News host: ‘If I was Zelenskyy right now, I would think, I wish Trump was in charge’  —  Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy on Sunday asserted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would rather be fighting a war while Donald Trump was president even though the former American leader …
Noah Rothman / MSNBC:
On Russia, Trump's greatest Republican allies drastically misread the signs  —  In late January, as Russia's troops amassed along Ukraine's borders, many of the GOP's most Trump-friendly figures preached caution over confrontation.  According to Axios' reporting, the GOP's up-and-comers feared they would …
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
The painful, cutting and brilliant letters Black people wrote to their former enslavers  —  Some are exquisite condemnations from learned and accomplished men who escaped their enslavement.  Some are brief queries, shots in the dark, dictated by illiterate women.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Could Putin actually fall?  —  What history teaches us about how autocrats lose power — and how Putin might hang on.  —  As Russia's war in Ukraine looks increasingly disastrous, speculation has mounted that President Vladimir Putin's misstep could prove to be his downfall.
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Politico:
Pentagon push to send more trainers to Ukraine was scrapped in December amid White House fears of provoking Russia
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Strong support for Russian sanctions even if gas prices increase  —  The overwhelming support for sanctions on Russia's oil and gas, and the willingness to pay more as a result, is the kind of widespread sentiment we don't always see in public opinion these days: bipartisan, cutting across race, region, and even income.
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David Charns / KLAS:
Police: Woman stabs date in Las Vegas-area hotel room in retaliation for U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian leader  —  21-year-old faces attempted murder charge, among others  —  HENDERSON, Nev. (KLAS) — A woman is accused of stabbing her date she had met online in retaliation …
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Associated Press:
Police: Woman stabbed date in revenge of Iranian's killing
Discussion: The New Arab
Anastasiia Mokhina / New York Magazine:
‘I Bought Four Bottles of Wine in Case We Need to Prepare Molotov Cocktails’  —  Russian forces surround Ukraine on three sides.  The U.S. warns that an invasion is imminent.  Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy declares a state of emergency.  —  Aleksey, 26, a printing manager in Kyiv
U.S.-China Perception Monitor:
Possible Outcomes of the Russo-Ukrainian War and China's Choice  —  Hu Wei is the vice-chairman of the Public Policy Research Center of the Counselor's Office of the State Council, the chairman of Shanghai Public Policy Research Association, the chairman of the Academic Committee of the Chahar Institute …
RFE / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Bodies of Russian Soldiers Filling Up Belarusian Morgues, Residents Say  —  The bodies of Russian soldiers killed in battle in Ukraine are filling up morgues in Belarus, local residents told RFE/RL.  —  Russian soldiers killed in battle are being brought by truck to the morgues and then sent …
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
Axios:
Democrats' Hispanic peril  —  Top Democratic operatives see expanding defections by Hispanic voters to the GOP, worsening Democrats' outlook for November's midterms. … But new polling shows it accelerating, worrying party strategists about the top of the ticket in 2024.
Discussion: The Capitolist
Anna Venarchik / The Daily Beast:
Russia Shows Off New Melitopol Mayor After Kidnapping Elected Mayor  —  ‘CRIME AGAINST DEMOCRACY’  —  After Russian forces kidnapped the elected mayor of Melitopol, Ukraine, on Friday, a new mayor has been installed in the occupied city.  Galina Danilchenko was formerly a member …
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New York Times:
Kidnapping of Ukrainian Mayor in Melitopol Met With a Show of Resistance
Discussion: Washington Post and UPI
 
 
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Gabriel Pietrorazio / ABC News:
Pentagon's John Kirby says latest airstrike indicates Russian forces are ‘broadening their target sets’
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
What It Was Like to Work for Russian State Television
Washington Post:
Russian attacks hit at least 9 Ukrainian medical facilities, visual evidence shows
Washington Post:
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 Earlier Items: 
Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Won't Negotiate Ukraine-Related Sanctions with Russia to Save Iran Nuclear Deal
Adam Bienkov / Byline Times:
A Back-Channel to Vladimir Putin?
Discussion: The New Arab
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Living in a Florida we no longer recognize
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
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Discussion: CNN and Townhall