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1:40 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 …
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.
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
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
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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 …
David Gilbert / VICE:
QAnon's Wildest Moments From Their Massively Disturbing Conference
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Murphy / MarketWatch:
Ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn says Myanmar-like coup ‘should happen’ in U.S.
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: Slate and Aleteia
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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.
Discussion: The Times of Israel
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
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: The Daily Caller
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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:
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 …
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.
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
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 …
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: The Guardian and Deadline
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Biden on Memorial Day asks Americans to remember ‘sacrifice,’ ‘valor’ and ‘humanity’ of fallen service members  —  Biden made remarks after participating in wreath-laying ceremony at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for May 31  —  President Biden in Memorial …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
For Biden, a deeply personal Memorial Day weekend observance
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 and New York Times
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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.
Carmen Forman / The Oklahoman:
Oklahoma panhandle to get ‘President Donald J. Trump Highway’ due to GOP-backed bill
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Camp / Salon:
Sorry, Republicans: Joe Biden isn't Jimmy Carter — and these aren't the 1970s
CBS News:
Transcript: Scott Gottlieb on “Face the Nation,” May 30, 2021
Rutgers Hillel:
Statement Regarding the University and Antisemitism
Discussion: New York Post
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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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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