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2:30 PM ET, May 31, 2021

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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.
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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 …
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Texas Democrats block restrictive voting bill by walking off the floor to deny GOP-majority House a quorum
Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:   ‘Good trouble’: House Democrats walk, killing GOP elections bill, but Abbott vows special session
David Gilbert / VICE:
QAnon's Wildest Moments From Their Massively Disturbing Conference  —  The ‘For God and Country: Patriot Roundup’ conference had Michael Flynn calling for a military coup and Roger Stone's social media advisor calling for Hillary Clinton's execution.  —  DG
Discussion: Forbes and Raw Story
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Americans demand court-martial for Flynn after call for military coup: ‘Honor veterans — arrest this traitor’  —  Lt. Gen Michael Flynn proclaimed that he thinks there should be a military coup to replace President Joe Biden with Donald Trump in the White House.
Discussion: Insider
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 …
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
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: Aleteia and Slate
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Lily Kuo / Washington Post:
Facing a demographic crisis, China to allow three children per family
Associated Press:
Turkish agents capture nephew of US-based cleric overseas  —  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish agents have captured a nephew of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen in an overseas operation and have brought him to Turkey where he faces prosecution, Turkey's state-run news agency said Monday.
Wall Street Journal:
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice Is Personally Liable for $700 Million in Greensill Loans  —  His personal guarantee of the loans, which hasn't been reported, puts financial pressure on the popular Republican governor  —  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is personally on the hook for nearly $700 million …
Discussion: Insider and 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.
Discussion: HuffPost
Niccolo Soldo / Fisted by Foucault:
The Dubrovnik Interviews: Marc Andreessen - Interviewed by a Retard  —  The Internet King on why the Internet is a force for good, on media conformity, the inevitable triumph of the WEIRD, Crypto, Retards, etc.  —  3 hr ago … I would like to begin with a quote from yourself:
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 …
Reuters:
Russia tells U.S. to expect ‘uncomfortable’ signals ahead of Putin-Biden summit  —  Russia said on Monday it would send what it described as ‘uncomfortable’ signals to the United States ahead of a summit between the two countries' leaders next month and announced it was beefing up its western border militarily.
Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Caller
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Amanda Holpuch / Yahoo News:
Covid summer: Fauci warns US not to ‘declare victory’ despite lowest rates in a year  —  Dr Anthony Fauci, the top infectious diseases expert in the US, has warned it is too early to declare victory against Covid-19 as cases fall in the country to the lowest rates since last June.
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Anarchists and an increase in violent crime hijack Portland's social justice movement  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — The church, on the edge of this city, was built to hold thousands, and on this drizzly day the pews of Mannahouse were filled with hundreds of mourners, scattered throughout the broad …
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
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
On Memorial Day, Austin reflects on strength of US military and dismisses adversaries' criticism  —  Defense secretary: We have offensive options to respond to hacks  —  (CNN)US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told CNN he won't lose any sleep over US military forces from China and Russia …
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The White House:
A Proclamation on Day Of Remembrance: 100 Years After The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre … One hundred years ago, a violent white supremacist mob raided, firebombed, and destroyed approximately 35 square blocks of the thriving Black neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Discussion: CNN, TMZ.com, The Guardian and Deadline
Robert Satloff:
What's wrong with the NY Times' report on children's deaths?  So much.  —  It's a one-sided article that obscured whether Hamas was an information source, which deaths were caused by ‘friendly fire,’ and why Israel used force at all  —  On the front page of its May 26, 2021 edition …
Discussion: New York Times
USA Today:
Rare, secret 1-person grand jury being used in Flint water charges against Rick Snyder  —  Prosecutors call the one-person grand jury an essential tool.  Defense attorneys decry its use, which they say is a denial of due process.  —  The ongoing Flint water case against former Gov. Rick Snyder …
Aaron Mesh / Willamette Week:
The Denver Nuggets Were in a Portland Hotel as It Was Surrounded by a Furious Crowd Seeking Andy Ngo  —  Leftist demonstrators had previously tackled and punched a man who fled to the hotel for safety.  —  The Denver Nuggets basketball team was staying in The Nines hotel in downtown Portland …
Discussion: Twitchy
 
 
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Christian pastors are ‘exhausted’ trying to stop parishioners from believing in QAnon: Evangelical leader
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Barbershop offers coronavirus shots, in addition to cuts and shaves. Some see it as a national model.
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Black women's next targets: Governorships and Senate seats
Politico:
Why Covid rules on liquor, pot and telemedicine might last past the pandemic
ByJennifer Levitz / Wall Street Journal:
The Great American Reunion
New York Times:
A Siege, a Supply Run and a Descent Into a Decade-Old Battle
Jeffery C. Mays / New York Times:
Shaun Donovan Has the Résumé and the Money. He Just Needs the Votes.
 Earlier Items: 
Carmen Forman / The Oklahoman:
Oklahoma panhandle to get ‘President Donald J. Trump Highway’ due to GOP-backed bill
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Camp / Salon:
Sorry, Republicans: Joe Biden isn't Jimmy Carter — and these aren't the 1970s
The Economist:
Israel's opposition has finally mustered a majority to dislodge Binyamin Netanyahu
Discussion: Balloon Juice and New York Times
CBS News:
Transcript: Scott Gottlieb on “Face the Nation,” May 30, 2021
Chicago Tribune:
With Madigan gone, Democrats roll Republicans in Springfield to keep control, reward allies
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
Gerald Tracy / WOAI:
Kerrville man arrested after officials intercept plans for mass shooting at Walmart
Discussion: The Hill, KEYT-TV and ABC News
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Prime Video users will be able to watch local PBS stations and PBS Kids for free in coming months, and two new free PBS channels with ads starting November 26

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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