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12:15 PM ET, May 24, 2021

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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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Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Commerce Department security unit evolved into counterintelligence-like operation, Washington Post examination found  —  An obscure security unit tasked with protecting the Commerce Department's officials and facilities has evolved into something more akin to a counterintelligence operation …
Discussion: The Hill and Talking Points Memo
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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Kyle Olson / Breitbart:
Exclusive Photo: Gretchen Whitmer Violates Own Coronavirus Orders at Dive Bar
Reuters:
Michigan governor apologizes for apparent social distancing violation
Discussion: HotAir
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 …
Washington Post:
E.U. promises swift retaliation after Belarus forces airliner to land and detains dissident  —  RIGA, Latvia — European leaders on Monday were considering a plan to sever Belarus from the rest of the continent's airspace, a day after Belarusian authorities forced a commercial airliner to land …
Discussion: HotAir and CNBC
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Edna Mohamed / The Guardian:
BLM activist Sasha Johnson in critical condition after gunshot to the head  —  Shooting in Southwark, London came after numerous death threats, says her Taking the Initiative party  —  The Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is in a critical condition after sustaining a gunshot wound …
Discussion: Fox News
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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.
Ben Smith / New York Times:
It's the Media's ‘Mean-Too’ Moment.  Stop Yelling and Go to Human Resources.  —  In public radio, there is either an epidemic of bullying or an epidemic of whining, depending on whom you ask.  —  For 20 years, the WNYC radio show “On The Media” has been the sort of place where the hosts …
Matti Friedman / The Atlantic:
The Americanization of the Israeli-Palestinian Debate  —  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 …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:   How Joe Biden Can Win a Nobel Peace Prize
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 …
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 …
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
Are U.S. Officials Under Silent Attack?  —  The Havana Syndrome first affected spies and diplomats in Cuba.  Now it has spread to the White House.  —  During the final weeks of the Trump Administration, a senior official on the National Security Council sat at his desk …
Discussion: Insider
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 …
Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
45 + 2022 = 0  —  #38: Why the GOP's new Trumpless Tower will collapse  —  Republicans seem to be coalescing around a delusional midterm strategy: The idea that they can get through the 2022 election while more or less ignoring Trump.  Hey, they have all these great issues: Crime!  Immigration!
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS' ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Will Return to Live Crowds … Stephen Colbert will break free of his coronavirus-imposed restrictions and return to doing CBS' “Late Show” in front of live audiences starting June 14.  —  Colbert has led 205 episodes of the late-night program without …
Hunter Walker / The Uprising:
Trump Jokes About ‘Rough’ Treatment Of Press By North Korean Guards  —  Good morning!  It's time to get up!  —  Welcome to week five of The Uprising!  This is the first week that most of the newsletter will only be available to paid subscribers.  —  While I reserve the right …
Discussion: BBC, Raw Story and Foreign Policy
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Top MAGA ally under fire for ‘squishiness’ on Trump  —  During Jane Timken's tenure as Ohio's GOP chair, Donald Trump won the one-time bellwether state by a whopping 8 percentage points.  She put 150,000 miles on her car driving to the state's 88 counties as a surrogate for the president.
Discussion: Raw Story
Zak Cheney-Rice / New York Magazine:
His Name in Vain One year later, America is struggling to reform and reimagine the agencies that have been licensed to kill us.  —  Art: Kevin Claiborne and Photo by Julio Cortez/AP Photo  —  Most of them don't die.  It's easy to mistake the worst outcome for the most urgent crisis …
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
A Year After George Floyd: Pressure to Add Police Amid Rising Crime
Discussion: Power Line and HotAir
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 …
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: Insider
Ryan Leas / Stereogum:
80 Artists Pick Their Favorite Bob Dylan Song For Bob Dylan's 80th Birthday  —  ULTIMATE PLAYLIST  —  In the almost 60 years since Bob Dylan released his debut album, countless words have been spilled on his singular legacy.  There are books and movies and over half a century's worth …
Tom Jones / Poynter:
The Associated Press fired a reporter over social media use — and what it means for other news outlets  —  Should journalists be expected to erase who they are for the sake of appearing to be objective?  News outlets need to refine these policies.  —  The big buzz in the media the past few days …
Keith Osmun / The Bulwark:
Lame Duck: The End of the Most Gerrymandered District in Ohio  —  Ohio is losing a seat in Congress, but will it keep Jim Jordan?  —  Since the 1930s, Ohio's 4th Congressional District has been under Republican control.  At R+14, it is arguably the safest Republican district in the country.
Discussion: Morning Shots
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Why Arkansas Is a Test Case for a Post-Trump Republican Party  —  Sarah Huckabee Sanders seems likely to bring the Trump brand to Arkansas politics in a big way.  But the state is a testing ground for different possible futures for the party.  —  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — For decades …
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Finally gone: National Guard leave Capitol after four-month deployment
Discussion: Political Wire
Financial Times:
G7 is close to deal on taxation of world's largest companies
Discussion: Insider and EURACTIV.com
Tom Lyden / FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:
Grassroots or Astroturf? Congressional candidate says he was tricked into running by RNC strategist
Discussion: Raw Story
WKOW:
Capital City Sunday: Johnson says wages might be rising too fast; Dems renew call for redistricting changes
Discussion: Raw Story
David Keltz / The American Spectator:
Democrat Policies Have Created a Blue-State Exodus
NBC News:
Biden's non-Covid agenda takes center stage as virus starts to subside
Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
Could Beto be back? O'Rourke mulling bid for Texas governor
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and Townhall
 Earlier Items: 
Deanna Paul / Wall Street Journal:
Lucy Lang Vies for Progressive Mantle in Manhattan District Attorney Race
Washington Examiner:
It's time to get impatient about lingering COVID lockdowns
Michael Rosenwald / Washington Post:
How UFO sightings went from joke to national security worry in Washington
Discussion: Pharyngula and HotAir
American Greatness:
Feet-of-Clay Icons  —  Our most important and cherished institutions—the military, science …
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
What if the Unorthodox Arizona Audit Declares Trump Won?
Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo and IJR
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Biden administration moves toward making the pandemic work-from-home experiment permanent for many federal workers
Discussion: Insider
Wall Street Journal:
Intelligence on Sick Staff at Wuhan Lab Fuels Debate On Covid-19 Origin
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B est., amid its push to insert ads into Prime Video, and subscription sales up 11% YoY to $11.3B

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

 
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