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New York Times:
New Evidence Shows How Russian Soldiers Executed Men in Bucha  —  Witness testimony and videos obtained by The New York Times show how Russian paratroopers executed at least eight Ukrainian men in a Kyiv suburb on March 4, a potential war crime.  —  THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS IMAGES OF GRAPHIC VIOLENCE.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Al Jazeera
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Mark Trevelyan / Reuters:
Struggling in Ukraine, Russia paves way to sign up over-40s for army  —  In a sign of Russia's urgent need to bolster its war effort in Ukraine, parliament said on Friday it would consider a bill to allow Russians over 40 and foreigners over 30 to sign up for the military.
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Will Fight Until All Russian Forces Are Expelled, Military Intelligence Chief Says  —  Kyiv must reclaim territory in Crimea and the east effectively seized by Russia in 2014, Maj. Gen. Budanov says  —  KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine's military intelligence chief said the country …
New York Times:
Russia moves toward dropping age limits for military service.  —  Finland's state energy provider said Russia had cited the company's failure to pay in rubles, but Moscow is also angry over Finnish moves to join NATO.  Gerhard Schröder, the former German chancellor …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and UPI
CNN:
US intel skeptical Putin will be swayed by Russian public opinion over war in Ukraine
Discussion: ABC News, New York Times and Reuters
National Review:
Yes on Kemp, No on Greene  —  Georgia voters going to the primary polls on Tuesday have some serious choices to make.  They should renominate Brian Kemp for a second term as governor.  But they should reject freshman congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and nominate Jennifer Strahan in the 14th congressional district.
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NBC News:
Trump washes hands of Perdue in Georgia as his campaign limps into final stretch  —  Dark on TV.  Trailing badly in polls.  Written off by Republican political insiders nationally and in Georgia.  —  Former Sen. David Perdue's once-spirited primary challenge to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp appears …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Republicans running against Herschel warn: 'He can't win.'  —  The Republicans running against Herschel Walker for U.S. Senate are crisscrossing the state this week, looking for every vote they can get and making a similar argument: Walker can't win in a November general election …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's real win-loss record
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CNN:
Former Attorney General William Barr tentatively agrees to give sworn testimony to January 6 committee
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Right-wing attorney who challenged election results says Trump wrote him handwritten notes
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
Politico:
Jan. 6 committee evidence includes official White House photos from day of Capitol riot
Rich McHugh / Insider:
A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show.  The company paid $250,000 for her silence.  — A flight attendant for SpaceX said Elon Musk asked her to “do more” during a massage, documents show.  — The billionaire founder exposed …
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Biden's approval dips to lowest of presidency: AP-NORC poll  —  President Joe Biden's approval rating dipped to the lowest point of his presidency in May, a new poll shows, with deepening pessimism emerging among members of his own Democratic Party.  —  Only 39% of U.S. adults approve …
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Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
Can Democrats Turn Things Around?
Discussion: Mischiefs of Faction
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Reuters:
Biden Secret Service agents sent home after drunk assault report in South Korea  —  Two U.S. Secret Service agents who were working on Joe Biden's trip to Asia are being sent home after one was accused of drunkenly assaulting a South Korean the day before the president arrived in Seoul, officials said.
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
This Florida teacher married a woman.  Now she's not a teacher anymore.  —  MIAMI — Nicolette Solomon felt her mother's words come through the phone and settle, heavy, in her stomach.  —  It was January, and her mother was talking about a new bill, just proposed in the Florida legislature …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Oz, McCormick unleash army of lawyers in Pa. Senate race  —  PHILADELPHIA — Dr. Mehmet Oz is still ahead by a whisker in Pennsylvania's razor-thin Senate GOP contest.  But David McCormick is slowly chipping away at his lead, and both sides are preparing for a drawn-out vote-counting process marked …
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Wall Street Journal:
Welcome to Stop the Steal, Pennsylvania Primary Edition
Washington Post:
As Trump falsely assails another election, Pa. officials gird for November
Discussion: Puck and Associated Press
Paul Gattis / al.com:
Brooks surging in Alabama Senate poll as Britt continues to lead  —  Two months after losing former President Donald Trump's endorsement, a new poll of Alabama's Republican Senate primary has U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks closing in on the lead.  —  A poll released today, conducted by Cygnal …
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Dylan Smith / Yellowhammer News:   Mitch McConnell-aligned super PAC drops $2M against Mo Brooks in U.S. Senate race
The 19th:
A lesbian mom raised her son for two years.  An Oklahoma judge erased that in 15 minutes.  —  Kris Williams was removed from her son's birth certificate in a case experts say could test the boundaries of marriage equality.  —  For the first two years of her son's life, Kris Williams read him the book …
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta tells employees to stop discussing abortion at work  —  Employees say the stance runs counter to Meta policies on discussing Black Lives Matter and trans rights  —  A Meta executive told employees on Thursday that they are prohibited from talking about abortion on Workplace …
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David Gilbert / VICE:
CPAC Head Promotes Abortion Ban to Stave Off ‘Great Replacement’
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Princeton President Recommends Firing Joshua Katz After Uproar  —  Joshua Katz says he was targeted because of his criticism of a campus protest group.  A university report says the concerns are related to his inappropriate conduct with a female student.  —  In July 2020, as social justice …
Discussion: New York Post
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
The 2024 Presidential Election Is on the Ballot This Year  —  If Republicans seize control of swing-state election administration in the midterms, they will steal the presidency.  —  State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, gestures to the crowd during …
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Doug Mastriano warned of left-wing ‘Hitlerian Putsch’ in 2001 paper  —  The Pennsylvania GOP governor nominee's thesis argued morally debauched political leaders weren't fit to oversee the U.S. military  —  Two decades before he was Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
An Obamacare fiasco could blow up on Democrats right before the midterms  —  A little over a year ago, President Joe Biden signed into law a massive expansion of financial aid designed to bolster the Affordable Care Act and make health insurance more affordable for millions.
Discussion: HotAir
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Group Chat Linked to Roger Stone Shows Ties Among Jan. 6 Figures  —  The roster of participants highlights how Mr. Stone, the pro-Trump political operative, was involved with a strikingly large number of people who sought to overturn the 2020 election.  —  It was known as F.O.S. …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Pentagon spokesman Kirby moving to White House in senior communications role  —  Pentagon spokesman John Kirby will move to the White House in a senior communications role, according to two people familiar with the personnel move.  —  Kirby's move to the White House comes after Karine Jean-Pierre took …
Jamie Grierson / The Guardian:
PM's father Stanley Johnson ‘secures French citizenship’  —  Johnson campaigned for UK to remain in EU in 2016 but has since expressed support for Brexit  —  The prime minister's father, Stanley Johnson, has secured French citizenship, according to reports.
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Jonathan Franklin / NPR:
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
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Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Beast
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Mara Hvistendahl / The Intercept:
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