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2:40 PM ET, March 31, 2022

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BBC:
French intelligence chief Vidaud fired over Russian war failings  —  The head of French military intelligence, Gen Eric Vidaud, is losing his job after failing to predict Russia's war in Ukraine, reports say.  —  Seven months after he took on the role, one report said he was blamed for …
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Reuters:
Russia drafts 134,500 conscripts but says they won't go to Ukraine  —  President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree ordering 134,500 new conscripts into the army as part of Russia's annual spring draft, but the defence ministry said the call-up had nothing to do with the war in Ukraine.
Seth G. Jones / TIME:
What It Will Take For Ukraine To Win the War  —  Jones is senior vice president and director of the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.  His most recent book is Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran, and the Rise of Irregular Warfare.
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
“Regime Change” Doesn't Work, You Morons
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Ukraine needs better air defense systems, not more excuses
Discussion: nationalinterest.org
Wall Street Journal:   The U.S. Sanctions a Russian Oligarch—but Exempts His Companies
Foreign Policy:
Russia Prepares Destructive Cyberattacks
Discussion: NPR
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
What explains the suspicious gap in Trump's call log? … From the moment we learned the extent of the 7.5-hour gap in White House records of President Trump's phone calls on Jan. 6, 2021, the question has been: How did this happen?  Could it just be sloppy record-keeping …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Please, Merrick Garland. Don't wait for the Jan. 6 committee.
Discussion: Vox and Raw Story
CNN:
Federal prosecutors expand criminal probe into January 6, examining rally planning and fake electors
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Widens Jan. 6 Inquiry to Range of Pro-Trump Figures
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. expands Jan. 6 probe to look at rally prep, financing
New York Times:
She Took the White House Photos.  Trump Moved to Take the Profit.  —  The former chief White House photographer made plans to publish a book of Trump photos.  The former president had other plans.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — As President Donald J. Trump's tenure came …
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Politico:
Is Ginni Thomas a Trumpworld power player or a gadfly?  It depends on who you ask.  —  When news broke last week that Virginia Thomas, known as Ginni, had texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, imploring him to overturn the 2020 election results to keep Donald Trump in power, it sent shockwaves through Washington, D.C.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
The Lynching of Justice Clarence Thomas
Discussion: Politico, The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Attorney who backs election decertification enters Attorney General race to investigate doctors who won't prescribe ivermectin  —  MADISON - A Chippewa Falls attorney who is a key player in a movement to take the impossible step of decertifying the 2020 election is running for Attorney General …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Why Does No One Ever Say “Republicans Have to Stop Acting Crazy or Voters Will Punish Them”?  —  One-way voter accountability.  —  Come hang out with me, Tim Miller, Amanda Carpenter, and Will Saletan to talk about ALL THE THINGS.  —  Tonight at 8:00 p.m. right here.  —  Only for members of Bulwark+.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Ivermectin is the signature example of politics trumping health
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Los Angeles Times:
Concerns about Bruce Willis' declining cognitive state swirled around sets in recent years  —  Just days before Bruce Willis was scheduled to turn up on the set of one of his latest action films, the director of the project sent out an urgent request: Make the movie star's part smaller.
David Siders / Politico:
'We've got to stop fooling ourselves': Enthusiasm gap keeps getting worse for Dems  —  At the end of October, Republicans held an 11-percentage-point advantage in voter enthusiasm.  By January, that margin had ticked up to 14 points.  Now, according to the most recent NBC News poll …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Dems air anxieties after Biden's brutal NBC poll
Discussion: NRCC
Washington Free Beacon:
Call Him Big Daddy When He Walks That Gaffe Back  —  It would be preferable, given the raging conflict in Ukraine and the lingering threat of nuclear war, if President Joe Biden could open his mouth and say something that didn't require an immediate “walk back” or “clarification” from his panicked White House communications team.
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Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Gender-neutral X passports will be available in April
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Scoop: FEC fines DNC and Clinton for Trump dossier hoax  —  The Federal Election Commission has fined the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign for lying about the funding of the infamous, and discredited, Russian “dossier” used in a smear attempt against Donald Trump weeks …
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Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Daily Wire to make conservative kids' shows to rival ‘woke’ Disney  —  Ben Shapiro grew up loving Disney movies, he told his podcast listeners last week.  The conservative firebrand passed that love on to his kids by taking them to Disneyland as soon as they were old enough — 6 months of age in the Shapiro household.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Wisconsin lawmaker held in contempt over 2020 election records … A Wisconsin judge has ordered one of the state's top Republican lawmakers to be held in contempt after he failed to produce records from an investigation he had launched into the 2020 presidential election.
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
There Is No Liberal World Order  —  In February 1994, in the grand ballroom of the town hall in Hamburg, Germany, the president of Estonia gave a remarkable speech.  Standing before an audience in evening dress, Lennart Meri praised the values of the democratic world that Estonia then aspired to join.
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Politics of the Nation's Fastest-Growing Counties  —  Dear Readers: Join the UVA Center for Politics later today (Thursday, March 31) for a virtual panel, “Domestic Terrorism: How Vulnerable Are We?”  —  The virtual forum will be streaming at https://livestream.com/tavco/uvacfp- domesticterrorism …
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon hired an influential Democratic pollster to fight Staten Island union drive  — Amazon hired Global Strategy Group, an influential Democratic polling firm, to fight unionizing efforts on New York's Staten Island, CNBC has learned.  — The firm created anti-union materials on behalf …
Jo-Ann Mort / New Republic:
“Putin's Regime Is Going to End Very Soon”: The Oligarch Jailed by Putin Speaks  —  There's no name on the front of the nondescript building in Central London's Marylebone neighborhood, known for its preponderance of medical and dental offices.  There's also no visible security at the entrance.
CNN:
Trump can't get his Georgia allies to back David Perdue for governor  —  (CNN)Donald Trump's endorsed candidates in Georgia are steering clear of his deeply personal vendetta against Gov. Brian Kemp — the Republican Trump says betrayed him in the 2020 election and whom he has set out to dethrone.
 
 
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NCAA swimming chooses inclusion over integrity, fairness
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Five fetuses found at home of anti-abortion activist, DC Police say
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Jeff Landry spent $420,000+ from campaign donors on his own staffing company
Haley Britzky / Task & Purpose:
US soldiers are not training Ukrainians in Poland, Army chief says
Discussion: Bloomberg
Ellie Silverman / Washington Post:
Truck convoy leaves D.C. area after weeks of traffic-snarling protests
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American paper company maintains lucrative business relationship with Russian government
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New York Times:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

 
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