News articles week of Feb 24-March 2 2024

March 3, 2024 Articles, Russia, Ukraine

March 2, 2024 Saturday 3:14am

[Slate podcast]: The IVF Decision We Should Have Seen Coming Amicus Dahlia Lithwick in conversation with Dr. Michele Goodwin re: the Alabama Supreme court decision on IVF “… we will see more of this..” Very much worth your while.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts/id928790786?i=1000647696756

[MSNBC, Last Word]: Lawrence on what they don’t tell you about the Dump Biden ‘fantasy’ 

Feb 21, 2024 https://youtu.be/_9vsivYrC4U?si=e4wOVjCzIvvsQCMI

[The Washington Post] Maria Bartiromo hyped the false Biden-bribe story hundreds of times By Philip Bump

No member of the media was more focused on the now-debunked claim than the once-respected Fox host.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/01/maria-nartiromo-biden-bribe-story/

[The New Yorker]: One of the Last Abortion Doctors in Indiana

Caitlin Bernard is risking her career, and her safety, to care for pregnant patients. By Peter Slevin

https://www.newyorker.com/news/persons-of-interest/one-of-the-last-abortion-doctors-in-indiana

#choice

March 1, 2024 Friday 7:58 am

[The New Republic] : Liz Cheney Nukes the Supreme Court Over Trump Delay—and Hands Dems a Weapon by Greg Sargent https://newrepublic.com/article/179438/liz-cheney-supreme-court-trump-trial-delay-dems-weapon @newrepublic

February 29, 2024 Thursday 4:19am

[The Atlantic]: Why Is Trump Trying to Make Ukraine Lose?

The former president isn’t in office—but is still dictating U.S. policy. By Anne Applebaum

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/one-global-issue-trump-cares-about/677592/

February 28, 2024 Wednesday 6:50 pm

[The San Francisco Chronicle]Smoking weed daily linked to significantly higher risk of heart attack, stroke https://sfchronicle.com/health/article/weed-heart-attack-stroke-18692351.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral @Cat_Ho @sfchronicle

February 27, 2024 Tuesday 12:53 am.

[The New Republic, DSR]:Finally, Some Good News: New Polls Show MAGA cultist Kari Lake Behind. The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent; Arizona Senate race to the Democratic candidate, Representative Ruben Gallego

Gallego has some of the best, clear-eyed perspective on U.S. Southern border strategy. Good interview. Worth listening to if you can.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent/id1728152109?i=1000646850473

#arizona

[Meduza]: State-controlled ‘autonomy’ How the Kremlin uses ‘independent organizations’ to do its propaganda dirty work

“Patriotic” programs and events have been popping up all over Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory. The entities behind these endeavors are often “autonomous nonprofit organizations”: organizations purportedly characterized by their socially beneficial, cultural, educational, scientific, or charitable nature.[..] the Kremlin directly funds and controls many of these so-called “autonomous” organizations. Meduza summarizes the findings in English.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/02/27/state-controlled-autonomy

[The Washington Post Opinion]  ‘I really want a life’: How one anorexic told her own story till the end By Emmeline Clein

This essay is adapted from Emmeline Clein’s forthcoming book, “Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/26/terminal-anorexia-mental-illness-diagnosis/

February 26, 2024 Monday 3:40 am

Fascinating. Worth reading. [Gifted article, no paywall. NYTimes.com]: The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin

For more than a decade, the United States has nurtured a secret intelligence partnership with Ukraine that is now critical for both countries in countering Russia.

This is shocking: “Often, the C.I.A. briefings contained shockingly specific details.

On March 3, 2022 — the eighth day of the war — the C.I.A. team gave a precise overview of Russian plans for the coming two weeks. The Russians would open a humanitarian corridor out of the besieged city of Mariupol that same day, and then open fire on the Ukrainians who used it.”

Wow.. [Meduza]: Putin killed Navalny because negotiations for his release in prisoner swap were nearing completion, Navalny associate Maria Pevchikh says

https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/26/putin-killed-navalny-because-negotiations-for-his-release-in-prisoner-swap-were-nearing-completion-navalny-associate-maria-pevchikh-says

This quote: “I tell you this story so that you have an answer to the question of why Navalny was killed specifically now,” Pevchikh said. “It was made clear to Putin that the only way to get Krasikov would be to exchange him for Navalny.” She continued:

“I can’t tolerate Navalny being free,” thought Putin. “And since they’re willing to exchange Krasikov in principle, I just need to get rid of the bargaining chip. Then I’ll offer someone else when the time comes.”

This is who we are dealing with. This is who Mike Johnson has aligned himself with. This is Trump’s guy. This is madman murderer and he must be stopped.

[The Washington Post]: Hamas leader hiding in Gaza, but killing him risks hostages, officials say By Shane Harris


Israeli officials say they are closing in on Yehiya Sinwar, the accused architect of the Oct. 7 attacks. Whether his death would help end the war is up for debate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/02/26/sinwar-hamas-tunnels-israel-gaza/

#hamas

Nice! [The Washington Post]: Bronx medical school receives $1 billion donation to make tuition free By Praveena Somasundaram

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/26/albert-einstein-medicine-billion-donation/

February 25, 2024 Sunday 3:30 am

Background– [Gifted article,  No paywall; The Washington Post, 1995]: The Book of Hate –Did The Oklahoma Bombers Use A 1978 Novel [The Turner Diaries] As Their Guide?  By Marc Fisher and Phil McCombs April 24, 1995

https://wapo.st/3wvYBu9

[Architectural Digest]: IT’S A THING: The “Mob Wife” Aesthetic Beckons a Return to Opulent Maximalism By Hannah Baxter

This decor style is all about living loud and luxuriously

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-mob-wife-aesthetic-beckons-a-return-to-opulent-maximalism

February 24, 2024 Saturday 1:11 am.

[Gifted article, NYTimes]: Ignoring Warnings, G.O.P. Trumpeted Now-Discredited Allegation Against Biden

Republicans in Congress built their impeachment case against President Biden around a bribery accusation that the F.B.I. had warned them was uncorroborated. By Luke Broadwater and Glenn Thrush

[The New Yorker] Even Before His Trial, the N.R.A.’s Wayne LaPierre Was a Fraud

The pro-gun group’s former leader used the organization’s funds to enrich himself and those close to him. But the deception went much deeper.

By Mike Spies

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/wayne-lapierre-nra-trial-verdict-self-dealing

#nra

[The Guardian]: Pro-war Russian blogger who revealed huge Avdiivka losses dies by suicide

Andrey Morozov said he had been pressured to delete post detailing number of casualties By Pjotr Sauer.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/21/pro-war-russian-blogger-who-revealed-huge-avdiivka-losses-dies-by-suicide

Avdiika

[The Washington Post]: Trump says Black voters like him more because of his indictments and mug shot
The GOP candidate tells a group of Black conservatives: ‘I’m being indicted for you, the Black population’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/24/trump-black-voters-indicted-mug-shot/