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8:20 PM ET, April 16, 2022

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Lucas Mann / Slate:
I'm a Longtime Professor.  The Real Campus “Free Speech Crisis” Is Not What You Think.  —  I'm a college professor, which is one of those jobs that people outside the profession love to ask you about.  For the better part of a decade, most of those conversations have been about one thing: free speech.
Discussion: Persuasion
Washington Post:
In Bucha, the story of one man's body left on a Russian killing field  —  BUCHA, Ukraine — Police found the body in an abandoned Russian military camp where occupying soldiers had sat around drinking wine, their laughter so loud that neighbors seethed as it echoed down Yablunska Street.
CNN:
Rotting fruit, spoiled vegetables: How Texas just made the supply chain even worse  —  San Francisco (CNN)A weeklong protest by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott against President Biden's recent immigration policy reached a resolution on Friday, but the gridlock it created has resulted in hundreds …
Discussion: Insider
David Siders / Politico:
‘I Just Think Sarah These Days Is Not a Person to Be Taken Seriously’  —  WASILLA, Alaska — About 70 miles up the road from Sarah Palin's home on Lake Lucille, there's a propane, gift and souvenir store set behind a snowbank where Mike Carpenter, the owner, will turn on Newsmax …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Libby Casey / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin is running for Congress. Many Alaskans are skeptical of her.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
India Is Stalling the W.H.O.'s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public  —  The agency has calculated that 15 million people have died as a result of the pandemic, far more than earlier estimates, but has yet to release those numbers.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Techno Fog / The Reactionary:
CIA Bombshell: The Sussmann data was “user created”  —  My late Friday night involved hitting refresh on PACER every so often, incurring the $0.10 charge for each search result as I waited on Special Counsel John Durham's latest filing in the Michael Sussmann case.  (Exciting, I know.)
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Illia Ponomarenko / The Kyiv Independent:
Historic loss of flagship deals humiliating blow to Russia's naval power  —  The Russian-Ukrainian war has produced yet another hallmark event in the history of warfare.  —  On April 14, after 49 days of Russia's all-out war, Ukraine inflicted a devastating blow upon the Kremlin's pride …
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New York Times:
Prized Russian Ship Was Hit by Missiles, U.S. Officials Say
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Tim James attacked a school's drag show.  Look what's in his yearbook.  —  This is an opinion column.  —  Tim James wants folks to know he doesn't care much for LGBTQ acceptance, which the Republican candidate for governor says is putting Alabama children in the “crosshairs of hell.”
Andrew Perez / The Lever:
Oil Mogul Bankrolls Attempt To Buy Democratic Primary  —  To crush Nina Turner, oil mogul taps strategic petroleum reserve of cash for Shontel Brown.  —  A super PAC bankrolled by a fossil fuel magnate is launching last-minute ads to try to crush the congressional candidacy of a leading proponent …
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Intercept
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Slime Machine Targeting Dozens of Biden Nominees  —  In an escalation of partisan warfare, a little-known dark-money group is trying to thwart the President's entire slate.  —  During the autos-da-fé that now pass for Supreme Court confirmation hearings in the U.S. Senate …
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Prosecutors don't pursue stolen property charges in case involving dog  —  Federal prosecutors said Saturday that they did not pursue criminal charges filed by D.C. police against four men who were arrested at a residence where authorities found Pablo, a puppy that had been taken from his owner at gunpoint.
Michelle Liu / Associated Press:
12 injured in shooting at South Carolina mall; 3 detained  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ten people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a busy shopping mall in South Carolina's capital that authorities do not believe was a random attack.  —  Three people who had firearms …
Discussion: CBS News, The Hill, Insider and abc7NY
Sun-Sentinel:
Florida's education department rejects math textbooks, saying some had critical race theory  —  Even math textbooks can't measure up to Florida's strict new education standards.  —  The Florida Department of Education says it has found that many math textbooks submitted by publishers contained …
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Abortion bans that have been enacted  —  Florida: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law a 15-week abortion ban which has no exceptions for rape or incest.  It only allows for abortions to be performed past the 15 weeks if there's a medical emergency or a “fatal fetal abnormality.”
Michael Kruse / Politico:
The One Way History Shows Trump's Personality Cult Will End  —  In the summer of 2020, Ruth Ben-Ghiat was putting the final touches on her history of modern autocracy.  She had to do it, though, without the benefit of knowing whether one of her most important subjects would remain in power come November.
Discussion: Raw Story
Yoruk Isik / Reuters:
Russian oligarch Deripaska's yacht arrives in Turkish waters  —  A yacht linked to Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska arrived in a bay near the southwestern Turkish resort of Gocek on Saturday, as more Russian billionaires head for Turkey to flee Western sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Discussion: Reuters
Yonhap News Agency:
S. Korea decides to join CPTPP trade agreement  —  South Korea decided Friday to join a mega free trade agreement involving 11 Asia-Pacific nations as the country seeks to diversify its export portfolio amid heightened economic uncertainty.  —  Late last year, the country launched the process …
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
The Unseen Scars of Those Who Kill Via Remote Control  —  Capt. Kevin Larson was one of the best drone pilots in the U.S. Air Force.  Yet as the job weighed on him and untold others, the military failed to recognize its full impact.  After a drug arrest and court martial, he fled into the California wilderness.
 
 
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Luke Harding / The Guardian:
How Zelenskiy's team of TV writers helps his victory message hit home
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EXCLUSIVE: The *Real* Reason Jared Kushner was Given $2 Billion to Invest by MBS
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Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Mike Lee and a Little Light Treason
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal:
For FedEx Founder Fred Smith, the Sky Is Still the Limit
The White House:
Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
US Army using lessons from Ukraine war to aid own training
Discussion: Insider
New York Times:
Trump's Focus on 2020 Election Splits Michigan Republicans
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Calls for US to issue visa bans for UK lawyers enabling Russian oligarchs
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Foreign Policy:
The West Finally Starts Rolling Out the Big Guns for Ukraine
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