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10:45 AM ET, March 21, 2022

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Mstyslav Chernov / Associated Press:
We witnessed Mariupol's agony and fled a Russian hit list  —  MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The Russians were hunting us down.  They had a list of names, including ours, and they were closing in.  —  We had been documenting the siege of the Ukrainian city by Russian troops for more than two weeks …
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Guy Chazan / Financial Times:
‘Hell on earth’: survivors recount the assault on Mariupol | Free to read
New York Times:
Russian Strike Reduces Kyiv Mall to Ruins
Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: Witness Claims Trump's Chief of Staff Was on Phone Call Planning Jan. 6 March on Capitol  —  Trump's team agreed it would encourage supporters to march, but try to “make it look like they went down there on their own,” Scott Johnston tells Rolling Stone
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Senator Hawley's Disingenuous Attack against Judge Jackson's Record on Child Pornography  —  He distorts her record on ‘sex offenders.’  —  would oppose Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson because of her judicial philosophy, for the reasons outlined by Ed Whelan last week.  I address that in a separate post.
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Justice Clarence Thomas hospitalized with infection, Supreme Court says  —  He was admitted to the hospital after experiencing flu-like symptoms.  —  Justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalized with an infection, the Supreme Court announced in a statement.
Kevin Daley / Washington Free Beacon:
Read the Letter Biden's SCOTUS Pick Wrote Calling a Journalist ‘Irredeemably Evil’
Discussion: USA Today and ImmigrationProf Blog
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justice Clarence Thomas hospitalized with infection; Supreme Court says he'll miss some oral arguments this week
Discussion: HotAir, The Root and Althouse
Emily Jacobs / Washington Examiner:
McConnell: Ketanji Brown Jackson declined to oppose court packing
New York Times:
It's Never a Good Time for the Hunter Biden Story  —  Gail Collins: Bret, here's one question I don't think I ever asked you before: What do you think of daylight saving time?  —  Bret Stephens: About the same way I feel about Volodymyr Zelensky.  The light of the West.
Discussion: Althouse and Instapundit
Eleanor Dearman / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
How Texas' election law affected primaries in Tarrant County  —  Texas' new election law resulted in confusion and hundreds of votes uncounted as officials scrambled to prepare for the changes.  —  The March 1 Democratic and Republican primaries were the first Texas elections with a wide-reaching voting law in effect.
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
U.N. secretary general says global climate target ‘is on life support’ … The head of the United Nations on Monday warned that the world is “sleepwalking to climate catastrophe,” as the ongoing pandemic, the war in Ukraine and a lack of political willpower undermine humanity's efforts to slow the warming of the planet.
Discussion: CBS News
The Daily Beast:
The One Trump Lawyer the Rest of Trump's Legal Team Loathes  —  Alina Habba has developed quite the reputation among Trump's team of lawyers.  —  Facing high-stakes investigations that could cripple his business empire or even mean jail time for him and close associates …
Discussion: Raw Story
David Kushner / Insider:
‘We have your daughter’: The terrified father paid the ransom.  Then he found his kid where he least expected her. … Last year, at about 11 in the morning on July 29, Richard Mendelstein was working in his home office in Princeton, New Jersey, when his phone rang.  The caller ID read “unknown.”
odessa-journal.com:
Putin's lover Kabayeva faces expulsion from Switzerland  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin's mistress Alina Kabayeva faces expulsion from Switzerland, where she is likely hiding with her children.  Citizens of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus appealed to the Swiss Confederation with a petition under the slogan …
Discussion: Political Wire
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Super PAC signals Pennsylvania primary could get rough  —  A super PAC backing Pennsylvania Senate candidate Conor Lamb is warning prospective donors that he is trailing frontrunner John Fetterman by 30 percentage points in the Democratic primary — and that the public's perception …
Ellie Silverman / Washington Post:
'People's Convoy' provoked and motivated by D.C. police roadblocks  —  The “People's Convoy” of truck drivers and supporters that has been honking its way around D.C.-area roads and highways, backing up traffic in protest of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic …
Washington Post:
How Russia's aggression in Ukraine in 2014 and 2015 is shaping Biden's actions today … The former diplomats and defense officials who visited the U.S. Naval Observatory in early 2015 were seeking a receptive audience — and they found one in Vice President Joe Biden.
Dan Hannan / Washington Examiner:
How could any American patriot back Putin?  —  Where does it come from, this Trumpy admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin?  —  Is it theatrical, driven by journalistic contrarianism?  Is it simply about wanting President Joe Biden to lose?  Or is there something deeper and more malign going on?
Politico:
Teetering with Trump, Brooks calls for McConnell's ouster  —  Alabama Republican Mo Brooks is calling for Mitch McConnell to be ousted as Senate GOP leader, making him the party's third major Senate candidate to come out in favor of booting the Kentucky Republican.
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
As it enters a third year, California's drought is strangling the farming industry  —  FIVE POINTS, Calif. — The school is disappearing.  —  Westside Elementary opened its doors nearly a century ago here in the San Joaquin Valley, among the most productive agricultural regions on earth.
 
 
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The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott brags about his border initiative. The evidence doesn't back him up.
Aaron Sibarium / Common Sense:
The Takeover of America's Legal System
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
How to defeat the MAGA cult: Build a coalition that transcends party
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The new midterm math: How redistricting, Biden and Trump shaped the battle for the House
Lauren Hough / Badreads with Lauren Hough:
A question for Lambda Literary
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Ukraine War Threatens to Cause a Global Food Crisis
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Max Tani / Politico:
Reuters staff raise alarms over partnership with Russian-owned wire service
David S. Cloud / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Sends Patriot Missiles to Saudi Arabia, Fulfilling Urgent Request
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
U.S., Ukraine, NATO Have a Secret Weapon Against Russia: Patience.
Anna Getmansky / Haaretz:
Iron Dome and Beyond: Israel Can, and Must, Save Lives in Ukraine
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Autocracy's Fatal Flaws
Discussion: HotAir
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
First look: Lincoln Project sponsors pro-democracy coalition