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RSN: Marc Ash | Of Mass Graves and White House Talking Points
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "A robust debate is underway over what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls 'Closing the sky,' what US press observers are calling a 'No-fly-zone.'"
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Putin's Moves Against US Tech Giants Set Stage for Crackdown on Free Speech
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Excerpt: "Russian agents came to the home of Google's top executive in Moscow to deliver a frightening ultimatum last September: take down an app that had drawn the ire of Russian President Vladimir Putin within 24 hours or be taken to prison."
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'Arsonists With Keys to the Firehouse': Once-Obscure State Races Fuel Fears for US Democracy
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Greve writes: "Last year, Brad Raffensperger was attracting national headlines for taking a stand against Donald Trump and his lies about the 2020 election."
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Saudi Arabia Puts 81 to Death in Its Largest Mass Execution
Jon Gambrell, Associated Press
Gambrell writes: "Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups, the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in its modern history."
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Chase Strangio on the GOP's Push in Florida, Texas, Idaho to "Eradicate Trans Youth and Trans Lives"
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "First, we're hearing a lot from supporters about how this is really targeting young children in classrooms, with an explicit prohibition in the K through three context. But as a parent of a fourth-grader, what are families like mine supposed to do? What are kids like mine supposed to do?"
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Leonard Cohen, YouTube
Excerpt: "'The Partisan' is an anti-fascist anthem about the French Resistance in World War II."
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How the West's Megadrought Is Leaving One Arizona Neighborhood With No Water at All
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Bittle writes: "Late last year, Leigh Harris logged onto a local Facebook group and learned that she and her neighbors were about to lose their water - for good."
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