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11:00 AM ET, May 15, 2021

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Associated Press:
Israel strike in Gaza destroys building with AP, other media  —  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets hours after another Israeli air raid on a densely populated refugee camp killed …
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
A Press Corps Deceived, and the Gaza Invasion That Wasn't  —  A spokesman led the international media to believe that Israeli forces had entered Gaza.  They hadn't.  But the army wanted Hamas to think they had.  —  The Israeli military abruptly announced after midnight on Friday …
Associated Press:
AP statement on Israeli attack on building housing AP office  —  NEW YORK (AP) — An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets on Saturday.  All AP employees and freelancers evacuated the building safely.
Discussion: The Week
Associated Press:
Israeli airstrike in Gaza destroys building with AP bureau  —  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has destroyed a high-rise building that housed The Associated Press' offices in the Gaza Strip.  —  The airstrike Saturday came roughly an hour after the Israeli military ordered people to evacuate the building.
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
With strikes targeting rockets and tunnels, the Israeli tactic of ‘mowing the grass’ returns to Gaza  —  Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the date that Hamas won Palestinian elections and later seized control in Gaza.  It has been corrected to show that these events took place in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
Wall Street Journal:   Almost Nothing You've Heard About Evictions in Jerusalem Is True
Martin Indyk / Foreign Affairs:
The U.S. Can Neither Ignore nor Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Discussion: CNN and Blue Virginia
Washington Post:
As Arab world rallies around Palestinians and bloodshed mounts, Trump-era peace deals fade from view
Justin Gray / WSB-TV:
Investigation: Marjorie Taylor Greene filed homestead exemptions on 2 homes, violating state law  —  ATLANTA — A Channel 2 Action News investigation has found that Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her husband have two active homestead exemptions, which is against Georgia law …
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Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
How Marjorie Taylor Greene became the Voldemort of Congress.  Few lawmakers even want to say her name.  — House members say they are done answering questions about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.  — Democrats told Insider they were relieved they didn't have to work with her on committees.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Rep. Matt Gaetz Snorted Cocaine With Escort Who Had ‘No Show’ Gov't Job  —  GRAND OL' PARTY … Witnesses revealed the wild scene at an after-party for a GOP fundraiser in Orlando.  —  When Rep. Matt Gaetz attended a 2019 GOP fundraiser in Orlando, his date that night was someone he knew well …
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s Big Cancellation  —  The party's cancel mob runs wild on Capitol Hill.  —  Mr. Potato Head is under siege.  —  So are the Muppets, baseball and Coca-Cola.  —  Even a horse fell victim.  “It was like a cancel culture kind of thing,” the trainer of Medina Spirit told Fox News …
Discussion: Washington Post
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CNN:
Biden administration gives House panel documents related to Trump hotel
Discussion: Raw Story
William Saletan / Slate:
Liz Cheney's Case Against Trump Is Resolutely Conservative
Discussion: Insider, The Dispatch and ABC News
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Why the CDC Changed Its Advice on Masks  —  Two scientific findings altered the calculus: Vaccinated people don't transmit the virus, and the shots are effective against variants.  —  Advice from federal health officials that fully vaccinated people could drop their masks in most settings came …
Discussion: HotAir
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Marisa Iati / Washington Post:   The new mask guidance relies on an honor system. Do we trust each other enough to make it work?
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Stolen election myth rattles key GOP race  —  To get an idea of how deeply the myth of a stolen election has taken root within the GOP, one need only look to South Carolina.  —  In a key early voting state that plays an outsized role in presidential primaries, the contest to lead …
Discussion: Raw Story
Julius Whigham II / Palm Beach Post:
Damon Weaver, kid reporter who interviewed President Obama, dies at age 23  —  As an intrepid student reporter whose dreams carried him all the way to an interview in the White House with President Barack Obama, Damon Weaver found himself in the national spotlight at a young age.
James Arkin / Politico:
Arizona audit divides wobbling state GOP  —  Arizona Republicans have an opportunity in 2022 to claw back ground they've lost as the state shifted towards Democrats.  But first, the fight over 2020 has to end.  —  Republicans in the state are still divided over the results of the last election …
Katelyn Fossett / Politico:
Six questions with Sally Buzbee, the Washington Post's new executive editor  —  On Tuesday, the Washington Post announced it has found a new editor to take the helm: Sally Buzbee, the 55-year-old executive editor of the AP, who will be the Post's first woman editor since the paper started publishing in 1877.
Discussion: HotAir
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Paul Volpe / Politico:
‘These Blazing Stars ... Just Disappeared’: The Missing Generation of Women at the Washington Post
Yascha Mounk / Persuasion:
Take Off That Mask  —  If you are fully vaccinated, the time to resume normal life is now.  —  1 hr ago  —  Yesterday evening, I went out to dinner with a few friends.  Since it had gotten a little chilly, and we are all fully vaccinated, we decided, on the spur of the moment, to dine indoors.
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Pelosi keeps mask mandate on House floor despite CDC change, sparking GOP backlash: 'It's about control'
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Trader Joe's will no longer require customers to wear masks
MSNBC:
‘Maximum pressure’: NY prosecutors work to flip Trump money man  —  New York prosecutors subpoenaed records from a Manhattan private school seeking information about tuition payments that Trump made on behalf of his key money man, the Trump Organization's CFO Allen Weisselberg.
New York Times:
Cuomo Accusers Are Subpoenaed as State Inquiry Enters a Critical Phase  —  Four women who have accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual misconduct have been formally asked to testify under oath.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Four women who have accused Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of sexual harassment …
Discussion: Insider
BuzzFeed News:
We Found Joe Biden's Secret Venmo.  Here's Why That's A Privacy Nightmare For Everyone.  —  BuzzFeed News found President Joe Biden's Venmo account after less than 10 minutes of looking for it, revealing a network of his private social connections, a national security issue for the United States …
Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Mississippi justices toss voter-backed marijuana initiative  —  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will remain in the minority of states without a medical marijuana program after the state Supreme Court on Friday overturned an initiative that voters approved last fall …
Discussion: Mississippi Today and Raw Story
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
FBI quietly admits 2017 GOP baseball shooting was domestic terrorism after all  —  The FBI quietly admitted Friday that the 2017 Alexandria, Virginia, baseball field shooting that nearly killed Rep. Steve Scalise has been classified as “domestic terrorism” carried out by a “domestic violent extremist” …
Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal:
Former Apple Engineer Accuses Company of Defamatory Statements Over Dismissal  —  Author of controversial ‘Chaos Monkeys’ says tech giant was aware of his book's contents before hiring him  —  The prominent advertising-technology engineer let go by Apple Inc. this week amid an uproar …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
McCarthy leadership PAC made payments to Luntz firm
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
Retired Black players say NFL brain-injury payouts show bias
Daniel Trilling / The Guardian:
Cruel, paranoid, failing: inside the Home Office
Adam Korzeniewski / The American Mind:
Fictive Counting  —  Serious irregularities in the 2020 Census process must be addressed now.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Lifted COVID-19 restrictions provide opportunities for domestic extremists, DHS warns
Discussion: Breitbart and Associated Press
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Kristine Phillips / USA Today:
‘You left us’: Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean slams Trump in expletive-laden message
Discussion: HuffPost and Joe.My.God.
Bloomberg:
Amazon Access to Mailbox Could Be Grounds to Overturn Union Vote
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Arizona, West Virginia GOP Voters Back Democrats' Election Bill as Conservative Opposition Mounts
Dara Lind / ProPublica:
Documents Show Trump Officials Used Secret Terrorism Unit to Question Lawyers at the Border
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump tells followers not to give money to Karl Rove
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
On the Hypocrites at Apple Who Fired Antonio Garcia-Martinez
John Harwood / CNN:
Neera Tanden joins White House as a senior adviser after withdrawing Cabinet nomination
 

 
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