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6:35 PM ET, May 27, 2021

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Can Democrats avoid the pitfalls of 2020?  A new analysis offers striking answers.  —  As Democrats face a 2022 midterm landscape that could cost them the House, they are grappling with hard strategic challenges.  Democrats in tough districts with many Republican voters in them feel twin pressures …
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Democrats Are Running Out of Time  —  Anxiety is growing among a broad range of civil-rights, democracy-reform, and liberal groups over whether Democrats are responding with enough urgency to the accelerating Republican efforts to both suppress voting and potentially overturn future Democratic election victories.
Sean Illing / Vox:
Are Democrats sleepwalking toward democratic collapse?
Politico:
GOP frets behind the scenes over potential Trump 2024 bid  —  Republicans largely oppose forming a commission to examine the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, hoping to block out further Donald Trump-induced chaos while they try to retake Congress next year.  —  The former president is making clear he isn't going anywhere.
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Politico:
Senate Republicans prepared to block Jan. 6 commission  —  Senate Republicans are ready to filibuster a proposed independent commission to investigate the Capitol riot, as GOP opposition swelled in the final days before the vote expected later Thursday.  —  Several undecided Republicans came …
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Biden to Propose $6 Trillion Budget to Boost Middle Class and Infrastructure  —  The president's plans to invest in infrastructure, education, health care and more would push federal spending to its highest sustained levels since World War II.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden will propose …
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Senate GOP unveils its $928 billion infrastructure counteroffer to Biden — here's what's in it
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘The only Bush who got it right,’ as far as Trump is concerned  —  No Republican political family has been as tormented by Donald Trump as the Bush dynasty.  —  Now Trump has one more opportunity to twist the knife, as George P. Bush — the last remaining Bush in public office …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
The Worst Bush  —  Picking sides in the Lone Star State's Iran-Iraq war.  —  1. The Iran-Iraq War of Texas  —  Politico has a story about George P. Bush's coming campaign for Texas AG.  He's going up against Ken Paxton.  —  Who d'ya got?  —  In one corner we have Paxton …
Discussion: New York Times, HotAir and TheBlaze
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Rush Limbaugh's Radio Show to Be Taken Over by Clay Travis and Buck Sexton  —  Duo's show to begin airing in the coveted weekday time slot on June 21 in hundreds of markets  —  The Rush Limbaugh replacements are in, as Clay Travis and Buck Sexton will take over his three-hour conservative talk radio show …
Rachael Levy / Wall Street Journal:
San Jose Shooter Was Previously Questioned by Law Enforcement Over Hatred of Workplace  —  Samuel Cassidy was detained in 2016 by border officials who also found he possessed books about terrorism  —  U.S. Customs officers previously detained the man who killed nine people in San Jose …
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Amanda Woods / New York Post:
Atlanta councilman Antonio Brown, who voted to defund police, has car stolen  —  An Atlanta mayoral candidate who voted to defund millions of dollars from the local police department's budget reportedly had his car stolen by a group of young thieves this week.
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Wall Street Journal:
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates Explore Changes to Foundation  —  The philanthropists have discussed adding a board and outside directors in wake of divorce filing, people familiar with matter say  —  Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates are discussing changes to the structure …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: GOP dreads the return of Trump rallies  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FILIBUSTER DAY — It's taken longer than anyone expected, but the first GOP filibuster of a big JOE BIDEN priority in the Senate is expected today when Republicans plan to block legislation to create a Jan. 6 commission.
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Emails Tie Top Trump Exec Allen Weisselberg to Yet Another Trump Financial Scandal  —  Allen Weisselberg is in the hot seat—and that's bad news for Donald Trump and his family.  Assorted news reports have identified Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization …
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Report alleges Missouri lawmaker had sex with teen when he was a cop  —  JEFFERSON CITY — A Missouri lawmaker allegedly used his position as a cop to receive a “sexual favor” from an intoxicated teenage girl in 2015 and his boss, the Pike County sheriff, is accused of attempting to obstruct …
Tess Owen / VICE:
Gun Church That Worships With AR-15s Bought a 40-Acre Compound in Texas for Its ‘Patriots’  —  The Rod of Iron Ministries has become more militant since leader Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon attended the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.  —  TO  —  A religious sect known for worshipping …
Discussion: Raw Story
John Ratcliffe / Jerusalem Post:
Ex-US intel chief to ‘Post’: Biden is surrendering to Iran  —  If Biden administration re-enters a nuclear deal with Iran and lifts sanctions on the regime, this will be like giving them another airplane full of cash.  —  President Joe Biden's national security team appears …
Discussion: Washington Post
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Admin Can't Guarantee Taxpayer Aid Won't Enrich Hamas  —  As the Biden administration allocates more than $100 million in U.S. taxpayer aid to the Palestinian government and aid groups, critics are raising concerns that the State Department cannot ensure this aid won't reach the Iranian-backed terror group Hamas.
Discussion: Fox News
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Senate: Sununu's Vital Choice  —  Dear Readers: Virginia lost one of its most prominent and successful political figures on Tuesday, as former Sen. John Warner (R-VA) died at the age of 94.  Warner served for three decades in the Senate (1979-2009), becoming known for his expertise …
Discussion: WMUR and Politico
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Simone Pathe / CNN:
The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022
Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Book reveals Bernie's hotel demands: King-size beds and 60-degree rooms  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is a demanding hotel guest whose requirements would make even the most pampered celebrity blush, according to a new book detailing Democratic Party politics.
Molly Fischer / The Cut:
Guilty Parties Two entrepreneurs have built a business dredging up white women's shame.  —  Were White Fragility to be adapted as reality TV, the result might look something like this: A collection of affluent white women, equipped with varying degrees of vanity and self-delusion, gather at a well-appointed dinner table.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Evictions of Palestinians could spark further conflict, Blinken warns  —  Secretary of State Tony Blinken warned Israeli leaders on his visit to Jerusalem this week that evictions of Palestinian families from East Jerusalem or further unrest on the Temple Mount could spark renewed …
Discussion: Insider and Townhall
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump's Supporters Are Getting the Lab-Leak Story Backwards  —  Suppose it's true.  Suppose the coronavirus spread throughout the world from a Chinese lab.  What then?  —  A ferocious early promoter of the idea that the coronavirus was a Chinese attack was the Trump White House's former chief strategist Steve Bannon.
Discussion: HotAir and Washington Post
New York Times:
Can Removing Highways Fix America's Cities? … ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Built in the 1950s to speed suburban commuters to and from downtown, Rochester's Inner Loop destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses, replacing them with a broad, concrete trench that separated downtown from the rest of the city.
Josh Siegel / Washington Examiner:
Energy secretary decries ‘very dangerous’ Russian pipeline after Biden issued sanctions waiver  —  Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm distanced herself Thursday from the Biden administration's decision to waive sanctions on the company and CEO in charge of building the Russian Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline into Germany.
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
‘No vaccine!’:  Woman arrested for allegedly driving through vaccination site in protest, nearly hitting workers  —  As a coronavirus vaccination tent was set up in the hope of inoculating more residents in Maryville, Tenn., sheriff's deputies working at the site this week saw an SUV speeding their way …
Discussion: The Hill and New York Post
CNN:
Prosecutors announce fresh charges against ‘Maga Caravan’ leader, others in January 6 insurrection  —  Washington (CNN)The self-proclaimed leader of the “Maga Caravan,” which led dozens of vehicles to Washington, DC, to a rally held by former President Donald Trump, was charged with allegedly …
Discussion: Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
'They wouldn't care if I was dead' — staffer fallout from Jan. 6 continues  —  A congressional staffer froze recently when elevator doors opened and there stood a member of the House who has downplayed the violence of the Jan. 6 insurrection.  Some congressional employees are shaken …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Exclusive: Meet The Murky Russian Network Behind An Anti-Pfizer Disinformation Drive In Europe  —  A network of Russian marketing companies known for selling dubious nutritional supplements and pushing malware is behind a disinformation campaign to denigrate Western coronavirus vaccines, according to a new RFE/RL investigation.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Emily Wilder's firing is a story of bad faith, not bad tweets.  Newsrooms must do better.  —  There's a lot of talk in journalism circles these days about social media rules.  —  What kind of things, exactly, are journalists allowed to tweet or post on Facebook without running afoul of their newsrooms' policies?
Olivia Troye / The Bulwark:
How the Trump Administration Twisted Coronavirus Intelligence  —  Rather than use intelligence to inform the government's response to the pandemic, the Trump administration tried to bend the facts for political ends.  —  Two stories reported by CNN yesterday seem to conflict.
Discussion: Breitbart, CNN and New York Times
 
 
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