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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Other Regimes Will Hijack Planes Too  —  Even when our most basic civilizational values are in dispute, there are a few sets of rules and regulations that we nevertheless manage to share.  The laws of the sea, for example, or the norms governing the conduct of air-traffic controllers.
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Financial Times:
How Roman Protasevich became one of Lukashenko's prized targets  —  Activist at heart of Ryanair flight diversion rose to prominence with Belarusian media group Nexta  —  Roman Protasevich's involvement in the anti-Lukashenko movement began years before last summer's mass protests …
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
As countries condemn Belarus flight diversion, critics accuse West of similar tactics  —  In an elaborate ploy, a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius on Sunday was forced to land in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, over a bomb scare that Belarusian authorities appear to have engineered.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Cuomo rewarded while Santorum axed at selectively outraged CNN
Discussion: Townhall and Washington Post
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:   AP Staffers Demanded To Know Why Emily Wilder Was Fired After A Conservative “Smear Campaign” Over Her Pro-Palestinian Activism
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Key impeachment witness Gordon Sondland sues Mike Pompeo and U.S. for $1.8 million in legal fees  —  President Donald Trump's former ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, is suing former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and the U.S. government for $1.8 million to compensate …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The campaign for D.C. statehood just got a big boost  —  One of the most nettlesome objections to extending congressional representation to the residents of Washington, D.C., is that it requires a constitutional amendment.  Many Republicans say this, which is hardly surprising.
Discussion: Common Dreams
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Circumstantial Evidence at Wuhan Lab Keeps Growing  —  Did COVID-19 Put Three Wuhan Lab Researchers in the Hospital?  Or Just ‘Common Seasonal Illness’?  —  It would be preferable if this Sunday's big Wall Street Journal scoop had a few more specifics attached to it:
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Stephen L. Miller / spectator.us:
Don't let the media get away with U-turning on the lab leak theory
Discussion: El American
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
They tried to overturn the 2020 election.  Now they want to run the next one.  —  Republicans who sought to undercut or overturn President Joe Biden's election win are launching campaigns to become their states' top election officials next year, alarming local officeholders and opponents …
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Whitmer apologizes after photo shows her at bar violating her own order  —  Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an apology Sunday after a photo emerged showing her at a restaurant with 12 other people gathered around tables pushed together in violation of her health department's current epidemic order.
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Conservatives have a new target: Biden's IRS plan  —  Add another obstacle to the growing list President Joe Biden faces in his negotiations over his massive spending plans: mounting opposition to one of the ways to pay for his proposal — growing the IRS.  —  Conservative groups have launched …
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Kyle Smith / National Review:
Bob Dylan Refused to Be the Voice of a Generation  —  As the Boomers' most revered singer-songwriter turns 80, it's amusing to look back at how he rejected the Flower Children.  —  As the children of the Sixties tried to crown Bob Dylan their poet laureate, he refused.
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Ryan Leas / Stereogum:
80 Artists Pick Their Favorite Bob Dylan Song For Bob Dylan's 80th Birthday
Discussion: Althouse
Jacob Soboroff / NBC News:
Trump admin deported 348 migrants alone without documenting if they wanted to leave kids behind  —  LOS ANGELES — During the Trump administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported at least 348 migrant parents separated from their children “without documenting that those parents wanted to leave” …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Ben Fox / Associated Press:
Watchdog: US forced deported parents to leave kids behind
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
What the Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed  —  THE MARQUEE BLOCK  —  More than 70 businesses operated in mostly one-, two- and three-story red brick buildings clustered along the block.  All but a couple were owned by Black entrepreneurs.  —  In this stretch alone, there were four hotels …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Juliet Macur / New York Times:
Simone Biles Dials Up the Difficulty, ‘Because I Can’  —  The Olympic gold medalist's new vault is so dangerous that gymnastics, for now, limits the scoring rewards for trying it.  Biles says that's unfair.  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Weightlifting, Gatorade, birthday calls: Inside Biden's day  —  During a speech in Pittsburgh in March, President Biden held up the index card he keeps in his right breast pocket to track the nation's covid deaths, inadvertently revealing a glimpse of his private schedule on the back side.
Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News and Insider
Matti Friedman / The Atlantic:
Israel's Problems Are Not Like America's  —  Rereading Exodus, the schmaltzy 1958 best seller about Israel that became a Hollywood movie starring Paul Newman, I was surprised by something I hadn't noticed as a teenager.  The author, Leon Uris, describes a utopia of brave young pioneers in khaki shorts …
Discussion: HotAir
Matan Arad-Neeman / Medium:
Matan Arad-Neeman  —  We write to you as proud alumni of your campaign.  Each of us worked tirelessly in your headquarters and in states across the country to ensure your victory.  We were motivated by the unprecedented progressive platform of your campaign that believed in the dignity of every human being …
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Nears Deal to Buy Hollywood Studio MGM  —  Deal for the ‘Rocky’ and ‘James Bond’ studio would mark tech company's second largest-ever acquisition  —  Amazon.com Inc. is nearing a deal to buy the Hollywood studio MGM Holdings for almost $9 billion including debt, said people familiar with the matter …
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Biden doubling FEMA funding for this year's extreme weather season  —  President warns that nation is facing ‘another severe’ hurricane season  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for May 24  —  Saying that his administration will “spare no expense,” President Biden on Monday announced …
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Jack Posobiec / Human Events:
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked State Department Memo Indicates Official Support for BLM Agenda  —  A source within the Biden State Department wishing to remain anonymous has shared with Human Events News a document that indicates that all U.S. “Diplomatic and Consular posts” are being encouraged …
Luke Savage / The Atlantic:
If Democracy Is Dying, Why Are Democrats So Complacent?  —  If you've followed recent Democratic messaging, you'll have heard that American democracy is under serious attack by the Republican Party, representing an existential threat to the country.  If you've followed Democratic lawmaking …
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE: Court action seeks probe of Trump's Scottish golf course buys  —  The Scottish government is facing a new legal challenge over its February rejection of a motion to investigate former U.S. President Donald Trump's all-cash purchases of two golf courses, reviving an effort to force Trump to disclose how he financed the deals.
Austin Evers / Just Security:
The Next Best Option if a January 6 Commission Fails  —  In a bipartisan vote last week, the House passed legislation to create an independent national commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.  A 9/11-style commission is the best option for uncovering the truth …
Natalie B. Compton / Washington Post:
30 observations from my first vaccinated flight  —  Everything you hated about flying is back, baby.  —  Many people took a hiatus from travel last year, because — well, you know why.  Road warriors stayed home.  Newlyweds put off their honeymoons.  But now that millions of people …
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Are We Entering a New Political Era?  —  The neoliberal order seems to be collapsing.  A generation of young activists is trying to insure that it's replaced by progressive populism, not by the fascist right.  —  Last June, when most Americans could agree that their country was in crisis …
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
The Post-Embarrassment Media Campaign of Andrew Yang  —  He once called himself the opposite of Trump.  But he is another test of the theory that in politics, there's no such thing as bad publicity.  —  Years from now, when we look back on the history of pop-political interviewing …
Discussion: New York Post
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy will not challenge Rubio for Senate  —  Rep. Stephanie Murphy won't run for U.S. Senate, a decision that was sealed after fellow Florida Congresswoman Val Demings recently signaled she will likely challenge incumbent Marco Rubio.
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and Florida Politics
 
 
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Judge Reveals More About the ‘Principal Lies’ Paul Manafort Told to Robert Mueller
Allison Fisher / Media Matters for America:
Will “climate lockdowns” be Fox's next bonkers conspiracy theory?
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Can cable news win over young viewers? At MSNBC, a 40-year-old new president is going to try.
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Washington's UFO lobbyist is having a moment
Discussion: Roll Call
Politico:
Mike Pompeo plans trip to Israel
Discussion: Raw Story
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
These corporations broke the commitments they made after January 6
Insider:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to bar members of Congress from ever trading individual stocks again
Discussion: Politico and Joe.My.God.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Vaccine Class Gap
Discussion: HotAir
BBC:
Sasha Johnson: Black Lives Matter activist shot in London
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Top MAGA ally under fire for ‘squishiness’ on Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
Are U.S. Officials Under Silent Attack?
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Insider
 

 
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