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12:00 AM ET, April 14, 2022

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Politico:
U.S. weighs sending top-level official to meet Zelenskyy in Kyiv  —  The Biden administration is holding internal discussions about sending a high-level official to Kyiv to show further support to Ukraine, two U.S. officials told POLITICO.  —  No decision on the potential visit has yet …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Expands Flow of Intelligence to Ukraine as White House Sends More Arms  —  Extra U.S. aid comes as Ukrainian forces try to hold off a major Russian offensive in the eastern part of Ukraine  —  The Biden administration is moving to significantly expand the intelligence it is providing …
Discussion: New York Times, Politico and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Evidence of Abuses Mount as Biden Promises More Aid
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
ABC News:
Biden announces $800M in new military aid for Ukraine
Victoria Kim / New York Times:
President Biden accuses Russia of committing genocide in Ukraine.
New York Times:   Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee
New York Times:   U.S. and Ukrainian Groups Pierce Putin's Propaganda Bubble
Manu Raju / CNN:
Book details tension with McConnell over Trump's bid to reverse Biden's electoral win  —  In the weeks after he lost the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump had a plan to stay in office - and he wanted Mitch McConnell to know about it.  —  If Trump could successfully pressure Republican …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump pours money into a midterm race for the first time  —  Former President Donald Trump's political operation is plowing cash into Georgia's Republican gubernatorial primary — his organization's first major financial investment in a midterm race and an indication that he's willing to dig …
Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Gov. Greg Abbott eases truck inspections at key border crossing in Laredo  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott relented Wednesday, agreeing to ease the additional safety inspections of trucks at the busiest border entry point near Laredo in exchange for promises of more border security by Mexican officials along one 8-mile stretch of the border.
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
First Texas bus drops off migrants blocks from US Capitol in Washington, DC  —  The buses are part of Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to counter the Biden administration's approach to illegal immigration  —  Texas agencies preparing for wave of illegal immigrant crossings in late May
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Biden White House waives executive privilege for more Trump records  —  President Biden has authorized the National Archives and Records Administration to hand over a new tranche of Trump White House documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
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New York Times:   Two Trump White House Lawyers Meet With Jan. 6 Investigators
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Democrats Are Doing Basically Nothing to Counter the GOP's ‘Pedophile’ Attacks  —  Democrats are rolling their eyes at GOP attacks that they're, as Marjorie Taylor Greene put it, the “party of pedophiles.”  Should they be?  —  CJ  —  Republicans are increasingly accusing Democrats …
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CNN:
Kentucky legislature overrides governor's veto of sweeping abortion bill  —  (CNN)Kentucky's GOP-controlled legislature on Wednesday overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear's veto of a broad abortion bill that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, restricts access to medication abortion …
Discussion: CBS News, UPI and MyNorthwest.com
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Shefali Luthra / The 19th:
Kentucky is the first state to end virtually all in-state abortions
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
DNC panel strips Iowa of guaranteed first vote for president; state party can still apply for coveted spot … Iowa Democrats are no longer guaranteed a place at the front of the presidential nominating calendar after a panel of Democratic National Committee members voted Wednesday …
Discussion: Insider, CBS News, New York Times, CNN, HotAir and NPR
Katie King / Virginian-Pilot:
Democrats ‘stunned’ as Youngkin vetoes 25 bipartisan bills — including 3 from Hampton Roads lawmakers  —  Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed 25 bills this week — all from Democrats — that received bipartisan support in the General Assembly, a move some lawmakers viewed as an act of retaliation.
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Le Pen Backs NATO-Russia Reconciliation and Reduced French Role in Alliance  —  PARIS — Rejecting a “herd-like conformity” with the Biden administration, Marine Le Pen, the French far-right candidate for the presidency, said Wednesday that France would quit NATO's integrated military command …
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Mark Meadows removed from N.C. voter rolls amid fraud investigation  —  Mark Meadows, a former top Trump aide, has been removed from the voter rolls in North Carolina as the state investigates allegations that he committed voter fraud in the 2020 election, election officials said Wednesday.
MSNBC:
How Jared Kushner and the Trump admin traded U.S. foreign policy for $2 billion  —  Chris Hayes: “Essentially, the Trump administration sold U.S. foreign policy, Jamal Khashoggi's life, and American principles on liberal democracy and freedom of the press for $2 billion that went straight into Jared Kushner's pocket.”
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
How to Make Sense of the New L.B.G.T.Q. Culture War  —  To understand the contours of the renewed culture wars over sex education, sexual orientation and gender identity, start with a Rorschach test.  —  According to Gallup, the share of younger Americans who identify as lesbian, gay …
Discussion: HotAir and GC News
Andrew Duehren / Wall Street Journal:
Yellen Warns Nations Staying Neutral in Russia's War With Ukraine  —  The U.S. has cautioned China, India and others not to aid Moscow or undercut sanctions  —  WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said countries that maintain their ties to Russia after its invasion …
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
74% Of Americans Think Worst Of War In Ukraine Is Yet To Come, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; More Than 8 In 10 Think Vladimir Putin Is A War Criminal  — mail_outline  —  As the world witnesses the atrocities in Ukraine committed by Russian troops, the vast majority of Americans …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
CNN+ Is Said to Surpass 100,000 Subscribers in Its First Week  —  Under pressure from new owner Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. to justify its costs, CNN's streaming service eclipsed 100,000 subscribers in its first week, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Jared Yates Sexton / Dispatches From A …:
Culture War, Corporate Dominance, and the Authoritarian Movement  —  The clash between Right Wing reactionaries and Disney showcases where power lies and what the future might look like  —  Outside the gates of Disney World, protesters have squared off in opposition.
Silky Shah / Truthout:
The Movement to Defund and Abolish Immigration Jails Is Winning Major Victories  —  Last month, the national movement to end immigration detention achieved two major campaign victories that invite our attention and signal opportunities ahead.  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) …
Asha Rangappa / CAFE:
Note from Asha: When the Right-Wing Eye of Sauron Landed on Me … - Show Notes  —  A couple of weeks ago, I was heading to bed close to midnight on a Sunday night when I decided to check Twitter (always a mistake).  It was Oscars night, and the twitterverse was buzzing with shock …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox Corp LGBTQ Staff Group Condemns Fox News' ‘Hateful’ Rhetoric  —  Fox Corp's staff-wide Pride Board denounced in an internal Slack message the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric of their colleagues at Fox News. … Fox News' overtly anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and coverage of Florida's “Don't Say Gay” …
Discussion: Raw Story
Safia Samee Ali / NBC News:
Police in Michigan release videos of fatal police shooting of Patrick Lyoya  —  Lyoya, a 26-year-old Black man, was killed April 4 during a traffic stop.  An interpreter for his family said the shooting was “execution style.”  —  Video shows moments leading up to fatal shooting of Black man in Michigan
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Army's suicide crisis in Alaska spurs bipartisan call for action … WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of lawmakers called on the Army to address its alarming problem of suicide in Alaska, requesting plans to improve living conditions and ensure soldiers have timely access to mental health counselors …
Discussion: The Hill
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
TikTok created an alternate universe just for Russia  —  The Chinese-owned social media giant weathered Putin's information crackdown by muzzling its users there and cutting them off from the outside world, while allowing state propaganda  —  Last month, as many tech companies sided …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: The GOP bigwigs schooling Herschel Walker on federal policy  —  Herschel Walker 's campaign has been restricting access to their candidate with mostly closed GOP events and friendly Fox News and sports interviews ahead of his May 24 GOP primary for Georgia's U.S. Senate seat.But they're …
Fox News:
Durham probe: Judge denies Sussmann motion to dismiss case; trial to begin next month  —  The trial for former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman is set to begin on May 16  —  Special counsel John Durham releases evidence against Clinton lawyer: ‘The same lie in writing’
 
 
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Stephen I. Vladeck / New York Times:
Roberts Has Lost Control of the Supreme Court
Discussion: Raw Story and SCOTUSblog
Noah Kirsch / The Daily Beast:
Billionaire Facing Record $2 Billion Tax Case Says Covid Worsened His Dementia
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Texas Tribune, trying to be less “Austin-centric,” will expand into regional coverage
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
David Gilbert / VICE:
‘She Needs to Be Executed’: The Far-Right Is Doxxing School Officials They Think Are ‘Groomers’
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Before Joe Biden Cracked Down On Natural Gas, Hunter Biden Pushed It On China
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
How far will Biden go in helping Ukraine?
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
The Final Pandemic Betrayal
Discussion: Florida Politics
Amanda Rabines / Orlando Sentinel:
Two men from The Villages admit to casting multiple ballots in 2020 election