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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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Talking Points Memo, CNN, Common Dreams, Raw Story, Forbes, Dallas Morning News, IJR, POLITICUSUSA, Outside the Beltway, UPI, Off the Kuff, Mock Paper Scissors, Insider, CBS News, Daily Kos, The Hill and The Guardian
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Daniel Politi / Slate:
Texas Democrats Walk Out, Block GOP's Sweeping Voting Restrictions Bill for Now
Texas Democrats Walk Out, Block GOP's Sweeping Voting Restrictions Bill for Now
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
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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.
Mike Murphy / MarketWatch:
Ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn says Myanmar-like coup ‘should happen’ in U.S.
Ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn says Myanmar-like coup ‘should happen’ in U.S.
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The Hill, CNN, The Time of Monsters, RedState, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, The Mahablog, Slate and HotAir
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Trump's Ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Calls For Myanmar-Type Coup In U.S.
Trump's Ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Calls For Myanmar-Type Coup In U.S.
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Hackwhackers, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Insider
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.
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Al Jazeera, 24matins.uk and The Times of Israel
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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.
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CNN, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, New York Post, TMZ.com, Deadline and The Guardian
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Julie Hinds / Detroit Free Press:
Long-hidden story of 1921 Tulsa race massacre getting wide coverage on 100th anniversary
Long-hidden story of 1921 Tulsa race massacre getting wide coverage on 100th anniversary
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New York Times and NPR
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 …
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Raw Story
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 …
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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.
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New York Post and The Daily Caller
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Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Russia to form 20 new military units in west to counter NATO
Russia to form 20 new military units in west to counter NATO
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The Western Journal
Emily Jacobs / New York Post:
Biden says he'll urge Putin to respect human rights during Geneva meeting
Biden says he'll urge Putin to respect human rights during Geneva meeting
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IJR, The American Spectator and Twitchy
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 …
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Twitchy
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:
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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Raw Story, National Review, Washington Examiner, Washington Times and New York Post
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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 …
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Jezebel, Slate, Associated Press and Aleteia
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Lily Kuo / Washington Post:
Facing a demographic crisis, China to allow three children per family
Facing a demographic crisis, China to allow three children per family
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Bloomberg, The Daily Caller and Xinhua News Agency
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Christian pastors are ‘exhausted’ trying to stop parishioners from believing in QAnon: Evangelical leader — Evangelical leader Russell Moore tells Axios that belief in QAnon is becoming an increasing problem within many Christian denominations throughout the United States.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Al Jazeera, eVille Times, Crooks and Liars, UPI, Raw Story, The Guardian, New York Post and CNN
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.