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1:00 PM ET, March 27, 2022

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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Biden's Comments About Putin Were an Unforced Error  —  Sign up for Tom's newsletter, Peacefield, here.  —  Joe Biden has been a model of restraint during the most serious global crisis in nearly 60 years, and thank goodness for that.  He has provided assistance to Ukraine while keeping NATO together …
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Washington Post:
How Biden sparked a global uproar with nine ad-libbed words about Putin
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
White House Rushes to Clarify Joe Biden Call to Remove Vladimir Putin from Power
Justin Spike / Associated Press:
Hungary's Orban criticized for ‘neutrality’ in Ukraine war
Associated Press:
Biden lashes at Putin, calls for Western resolve for freedom
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Biden's job approval falls to lowest level of his presidency amid war and inflation fears  —  NBC News poll: Biden hits lowest disapproval number yet  —  Amid Europe's largest land war since World War II, 7 in 10 Americans express low confidence in President Joe Biden's ability to deal …
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CNN:
The 2022 campaign story was set.  Then Russia invaded Ukraine.  —  (CNN)Russia's invasion of Ukraine opened up a new front in the 2022 US midterm cycle, with America's role in the conflict taking a place alongside the culture war clashes, economic worries and fights over pandemic policy that had driven the early stages of the election.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Chris Wallace Says Life at Fox News Became ‘Unsustainable’  —  As he starts a new streaming show at CNN, the longtime TV anchor reflects on his decision to leave Fox News after 18 years.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  “I just no longer felt comfortable with the programming at Fox.”
Gabriel Pietrorazio / ABC News:
Klobuchar says there's ‘a textbook case’ for Justice Thomas to recuse himself  —  “The facts are clear here,” she said on Sunday.  —  Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from certain cases …
Discussion: Politico
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
President Biden's Putin speech in Poland is a catastrophe  —  MORE FROM:  —  He came, he saw, he confused.  —  Joe Biden's call-to-arms speech in Poland was long on soaring rhetoric about the virtues of democracy but woefully short on what more the West will do to help Ukraine defeat the Russian invasion.
Andrew Cohen / Rolling Stone:
The Supreme Court's Clarence and Ginni Thomas Scandal Is Unprecedented  —  The U.S. Supreme Court's January 19, 2022 order in Trump v. Thompson was as brief as it was significant.  By a vote of 8-1, with Justice Clarence Thomas as the lone dissenter, the Court refused a request …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Graham: Judicial confirmation process could get even more toxic
Discussion: Politico and Just The News
Washington Post:
Russian generals are getting killed at an extraordinary rate  —  The war in Ukraine is proving extraordinarily lethal for Russian generals, the gray men bedecked in service medals, who are being aggressively targeted by Ukrainian forces and killed at a rate not seen since World War II.
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Washington Post:
Russian troops' tendency to talk on unsecured lines is proving costly  —  Russian troops in Ukraine have relied, with surprising frequency, on unsecured communication devices such as smartphones and push-to-talk radios, leaving units vulnerable to targeting, and further underscoring the command …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Biden to Include Minimum Tax on Billionaires in Budget Proposal  —  The tax would require that American households worth more than $100 million pay at least 20 percent on their full income, as well as unrealized gains in the value of liquid assets like stocks.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Biden budget to trim $1T from deficits over next decade
Discussion: TheBlaze, Eschaton and CANNONFIRE
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump brings his anti-Kemp campaign to Georgia  —  Former president uses rally to push his slate of state candidates to oust Kemp and his allies  —  COMMERCE — Former President Donald Trump escalated his grudge Saturday against Brian Kemp at a rally in northeast Georgia …
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Grant Schulte / Associated Press:
US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska announces resignation  —  Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska says he will resign from office, effective March 31, after a California jury convicted him of lying to federal authorities about an illegal campaign donation from a foreign national
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Fortenberry resigns from Congress after felony convictions
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Elise Stefanik, Reinvented in Trump's Image, Embodies a Changed G.O.P.  —  Once a mainstream Republican from a moderate district, Ms. Stefanik, the party's No. 3 House leader, has embraced Trumpism and the extremists in her ranks.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Financial Times:
‘Tip of the iceberg’: rise in Russian spying activity alarms European capitals … The scene seemed more suited to an Austin Powers spy farce than a John le Carré cold war intrigue.  —  “I told Moscow that you are such a good boy,” lieutenant colonel Sergey Solomasov …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Republican Senators Play the QAnon Game  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have spent the last week smearing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's nominee for the Supreme Court, as indifferent to (and soft on) child sexual abuse.
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Nicholas Grossman:
Free Speech Might Hurt Your Feelings  —  What, exactly, is America's free speech problem, and what can we do about it? … The New York Times threw down a gauntlet with an editorial titled “America Has a Free Speech Problem.”  Here, in the first paragraph, is how the Times defines the problem:
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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New York Times:
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Melissa Klein / New York Post:
Beau Biden Foundation rakes in millions, spends fraction on kid programs
Discussion: HotAir and TheBlaze
The Guardian:
Russian soldiers release Ukraine town's mayor and agree to leave after protests
Just The News:
Left-wing ‘free speech’ group files suit to bar Marjorie Taylor Greene from re-election bid
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