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11:05 AM ET, May 31, 2021

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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Texas Democrats Stymie G.O.P. Voting Bill, for Now  —  Republicans hit a significant stumbling block in their push to enact some of the strictest voting laws in the nation.  But they could yet pass the measures through a special session of the Legislature.  —  Democrats in the Texas …
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Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
Texas House set to consider GOP priority voting bill after sweeping changes made behind closed doors  —  Midnight was the deadline for the House to approve the legislation that would alter nearly the entire voting process, create new limitations to early voting hours, ratchet up voting-by-mail restrictions and curb local voting options.
Daniel Politi / Slate:
Texas Democrats Walk Out, Block GOP's Sweeping Voting Restrictions Bill for Now  —  As the clock got closer to the midnight deadline, Democratic lawmakers in Texas decided it was time for dramatic action to block passage of a massive overhaul of the state's election laws.
Discussion: Reuters, NPR and Dallas Morning News
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Texas Democrats block restrictive voting bill by walking off the floor to deny GOP-majority House a quorum  —  Texas Democrats staged a dramatic walkout in the state House late Sunday night to block passage of a restrictive voting bill that would have been one of the most stringent in the nation …
Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:   ‘Good trouble’: House Democrats walk, killing GOP elections bill, but Abbott vows special session
Sui-Lee Wee / New York Times:
China Says It Will Allow Couples to Have 3 Children, Up From 2  —  The move is the Communist Party's latest attempt to reverse declining birthrates and avert a population crisis, but experts say it is woefully inadequate.  —  China said on Monday that it would allow all married couples …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Lily Kuo / Washington Post:
Facing a demographic crisis, China to allow three children per family  —  China on Monday said it would allow all married couples to have three children, up from the existing limit of two, as it further loosened decades of population controls that have left the country in a demographic crisis.
The Economist:
Israel's opposition has finally mustered a majority to dislodge Binyamin Netanyahu  —  NAFTALI BENNETT, the tech millionaire turned politician (pictured) who is poised to become Israel's next prime minister, began his political career in 2006 as chief of staff to Binyamin Netanyahu, then the leader of the opposition.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Nathan Place / Yahoo News:   Matt Gaetz says $155k to close on yacht with his fiancee ‘went missing’
The Times of Israel:
Saying Netanyahu-led effort futile, Bennett opts for unity government with Lapid
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Israpundit
Shira Rubin / Washington Post:
Israeli opposition parties reach agreement to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Trump's Ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Calls For Myanmar-Type Coup In U.S.  —  “It should happen,” Flynn declared of the violent, deadly military coup at a wild QAnon conference in Dallas for “patriots.”  —  Avowed QAnon disciple and confessed felon retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn …
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Charlotte Alter / New York Times:
How Young G.O.P. Leaders Sold Out Their Generation  —  Ms. Alter is a senior correspondent at Time and the author of “The Ones We've Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America.”  —  Once upon a time, a shiny new trio of young conservatives — Ryan Costello …
Discussion: Raw Story
Juan Williams / The Hill:
GOP extremism is poisoning the nation  —  More and more fights breaking out on airplanes.  Why?  The short answer is that wearing masks to protect against COVID-19 remains a politically divisive statement.  —  Nine killed by gunfire in another mass shooting.  —  Hateful attacks on Jews and Asians rising.
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Four more indicted in alleged Jan. 6 Oath Keepers conspiracy to obstruct election vote in Congress  —  Four more Oath Keepers associates have been indicted and three were arrested in Florida in recent days in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, bringing the number of co-defendants charged …
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Cruise lines and Florida Gov. DeSantis square off over vaccine passports  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on a collision course with one of the state's biggest industries over a law he signed banning businesses from asking customers whether they've been vaccinated against Covid-19.
Discussion: Forbes, New York Post and Mother Jones
New York Times:
A Siege, a Supply Run and a Descent Into a Decade-Old Battle  —  ‘Do you have body armor?’ the Afghan pilot asked us as we prepared for a trip to outposts surrounded by the Taliban.  —  MARJA, Afghanistan — The Afghan pilots discussed the approach into the small cluster of forward operating bases …
New York Times:
Biden Aims to Rebuild and Expand Legal Immigration  —  Documents obtained by The New York Times show far-reaching efforts by President Biden to remake the immigration system and undo much of his predecessor's legacy.  —  WASHINGTON — If President Biden gets his way, it will soon be far easier to immigrate to the United States.
Michael Camp / Salon:
Sorry, Republicans: Joe Biden isn't Jimmy Carter — and these aren't the 1970s  —  Never mind the gas lines: Superficial similarities aside, we live in a vastly different world now  —  Gasoline shortages erupted a few weeks across the Southeast and parts of the Eastern seaboard …
Jeffery C. Mays / New York Times:
Shaun Donovan Has the Résumé and the Money.  He Just Needs the Votes.  —  In running for mayor of New York, Mr. Donovan is arguing that his leadership experience offers what the city needs in a time of crisis.  —  Five years ago, a powerful New York-based political strategist …
Natalie Colarossi / Newsweek:
Jamie Raskin Says Blocking of 1/6 Commission Should Bring Filibuster to ‘Long-Overdue End’  —  Representative Jamie Raskin said the Senate filibuster must come to a “long-overdue end” after Republicans used the tactic Friday to block an independent investigation into the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
 
 
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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice Is Personally Liable for $700 Million in Greensill Loans
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Discussion: Raw Story
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Covid summer: Fauci warns US not to ‘declare victory’ despite lowest rates in a year
CBS News:
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Discussion: Townhall
Rutgers Hillel:
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Discussion: New York Post
Chicago Tribune:
With Madigan gone, Democrats roll Republicans in Springfield to keep control, reward allies
Gerald Tracy / WOAI:
Kerrville man arrested after officials intercept plans for mass shooting at Walmart
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Associated Press:
Iran indicts French tourist detained on espionage charges
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