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Nick Clegg / About Facebook:
In Response to Oversight Board, Trump Suspended for Two Years; Will Only Be Reinstated if Conditions Permit — Last month, the Oversight Board upheld Facebook's suspension of former US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts following his praise for people engaged in violence at the Capitol on January 6.
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Evelyn Douek / Lawfare:
Facebook's Responses in the Trump Case Are Better Than a Kick in the Teeth, but Not Much
Facebook's Responses in the Trump Case Are Better Than a Kick in the Teeth, but Not Much
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ABC News:
Manhattan DA brought Trump Organization controller to testify before special grand jury: Sources — Jeff McConney has testified in the probe of Trump's finances, sources say. — One of the most senior officials in the Trump Organization has testified before a special grand jury empaneled …
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New York Times:
Senior Trump Organization Official Is Called to Testify Before Grand Jury — The Manhattan district attorney's office subpoenaed Jeffrey McConney, a long-serving financial executive at the company. — As prosecutors ramp up their investigation of Donald J. Trump and his family business …
Politico:
Biden rejects another GOP infrastructure offer — President Joe Biden rejected a slightly higher infrastructure offer from Senate Republicans on Friday, the latest setback for bipartisan talks. — In a phone call with the president, Republicans' lead infrastructure negotiator …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Bipartisan Infrastructure Talks Recall Heated Health Care Summer of 2009 — Once again, a bipartisan group of senators is seeking to bridge a deep policy divide, but the lesson of failed negotiations on the Affordable Care Act has left Democrats skeptical about an infrastructure deal.
Kristen Altus / Fox News:
McEnany: Women in Biden admin get ‘glowing’ profiles after ‘hit pieces’ for female Trump officials — Reports say Annie Leibovitz photographing Biden press secretary Jen Psaki — McEnany: Mainstream media ‘fawning’ over Biden admin with weak questioning, ‘glowing’ profiles
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Obtained Gag Order on Times Executives in Secret Fight Over Email Logs — A push by prosecutors to secretly seize data about four Times reporters' emails began in the Trump administration and continued under Biden. — WASHINGTON — In the last weeks of the Trump administration …
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NBC News:
The state of Alabama took his gun away. When authorities gave it back, he shot and killed his wife. … HOOVER, Alabama — Late one night in February 2019, a 31-year-old woman in a troubled marriage was rushed to an emergency room in a Birmingham, Alabama, suburb, with a gunshot wound in her upper right arm.
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Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Bargain hunters pounce as Trump condo prices hit decade lows — NEW YORK (AP) — The building has stunning Manhattan skyline views, its spa offers deep-tissue massages, and the fancy restaurant off the lobby serves up prime steaks. Best of all, many apartments at the Trump World Tower …
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Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
FBI demands USA Today hand over names of EVERYONE who read story about two FBI agents killed during Florida child porn raid but newspaper REFUSES First Amendment ‘violation’ — The article was about a child porn raid that killed two of its agents - the suspect committed suicide afterwards
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Joseph Cox / VICE:
Bing Censors Image Search for ‘Tank Man’ Even in US — “There are no results for tank man,” the Bing website reads after searching for the term. — Joseph Cox — Bing, the search engine owned by Microsoft, is not displaying image results for a search for “Tank man,” even when searching from the United States.
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Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft's Bing Temporarily Blocked Searches of Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man’ Image
Microsoft's Bing Temporarily Blocked Searches of Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man’ Image
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Katie Herzog / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
‘The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind’ — A psychiatrist lecturing at Yale's Child Study Center spoke about ‘unloading a revolver into the head of any white person that got in my way.’ … KH: Your bio online says you are a “Forensic Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, with expertise in violence …
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: British doctor Peter Daszak who tried to gag the Wuhan lab leak theory is seen outside his million-dollar home in upstate NY as it's revealed he has IGNORED Congress' demands for answers — DailyMail.com spotted Dr. Peter Daszak outside of his million dollar home in an affluent neighborhood …
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Sinema's Position on the Filibuster Echoes Goldwater's Case Against Civil Rights — Her claim that the Senate must change “behavior” not “rules” calls to mind her Arizona predecessor's argument that fighting racism required changing “hearts” not laws. — Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema's latest reasons …
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Major Kyrsten Sinema Supporter Says Abolish Filibuster Or Get Out Of The Senate
Major Kyrsten Sinema Supporter Says Abolish Filibuster Or Get Out Of The Senate
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Don McGahn tells House panel about Trump's bid to undermine Mueller probe — Former White House counsel Donald McGahn detailed for the House Judiciary Committee on Friday how former president Donald Trump attempted to stymie a federal probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election …
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Bloomberg:
Hackers Breached Colonial Pipeline Using Compromised Password — Investigators suspect hackers got password from dark web leak — Colonial CEO hopes U.S. goes after criminal hackers abroad — The hack that took down the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S. and led to shortages across …
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Joel Kotkin / MSN:
A Middle Class Rebellion Against Progressives Is Gaining Steam — A specter is haunting America, a great revolt that threatens to dwarf the noxious rebellion led by Trump. The echoes of a another potentially larger pushback can already be heard in progressive America. But it's not towards socialism, as many suggest.
CBS San Francisco:
Federal Judge Overturns California Assault Weapons Ban — SACRAMENTO (AP) — A federal judge Friday overturned California's three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, ruling that it violates the constitutional right to bear arms. — U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego ruled …
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Amelia Pollard / American Prospect:
Senate Democrat Blocks Military Sexual Assault Bill — The bill's filibuster-proof. But Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Jack Reed is blocking a vote. — Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) arrives for a vote in the U.S. Capitol, May 26, 2021. — “Consensus” is not a word you hear much in the United States Senate these days.
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Jeff Coltin / City & State NY:
Dianne Morales refuses her staff union's demands — Dianne Morales, once a rising New York City mayoral candidate, refused her newly formed staff unions' demands on Friday, likely extending an impasse that has mired her campaign in internecine drama just weeks before the June 22 Democratic primary election.
Pete Schroeder / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE JPMorgan freezes donations to Republicans who contested 2020 election — JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) will resume making political donations to U.S. lawmakers but will not give to Republican members of Congress who voted to overturn President Joe Biden's election victory …
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Dan Packel / LAW.com:
Barnes & Thornburg Partner Leaves Firm After Representing My Pillow CEO in Suit — The Am Law 100 firm said the partner didn't receive “authorization” for the suit and the firm is withdrawing as local counsel. — A Minneapolis-based Barnes & Thornburg partner representing My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell is …
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Scott Stringer Is Accused of Sexual Misconduct by 2nd Woman — The woman, Teresa Logan, accused Mr. Stringer of sexual harassment and making unwanted advances while she was working for him at a bar and restaurant he co-owned in 1992. — Five weeks after an allegation of unwanted sexual …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump called Arizona Senate president to thank her ‘for pushing to prove any fraud’ in election, emails show — Newly released emails sent to and from Arizona state senators reveal that President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani reached out personally to urge GOP officials …
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Jean Mackenzie / BBC:
Belgium's Van Ranst: Covid scientist targeted by a far-right sniper — For nearly three weeks Belgium's leading virologist has been living in a safehouse with his wife and 12-year-old son, guarded by security agents. — While scientists across the world have come under attack throughout the pandemic …
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
In Delaware, Biden Indulges One of His Oldest Habits: Commuting — Still adjusting to the White House, the president sees Delaware as a place where he can be on display but still have his privacy protected. — REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — Everyone here has a Biden story.
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Kyle Smith / National Review:
You Can Have My Mask When You Pry It off My Cold, Dead Face — I'm not ready for a future in which I just go around without a visible display of my self-righteousness. — Sure, I've read the studies that say masks probably don't do much of anything, and yes, I've been quintuple-vaccinated.
CNN:
Alleged US Capitol rioter who heckled police for ‘protecting pedophiles’ served jail time for statutory rape of 14-year-old girl — (CNN)A Trump supporter accused of storming the US Capitol and heckling police officers for “protecting pedophiles” previously served jail time after being convicted …
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Here come the pandemic memoirs — WHAT WENT WRONG — The Trump book boom is about to enter its next phase: the pandemic memoir. And a big name looks to be first to print. Scott Gottlieb, FDA commissioner under the Trump administration from 2017 to 2019, tweeted this week that his book …
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Ja'han Jones / HuffPost:
Top Candidate Turns Down UNC Job, Cites School's Mistreatment Of Nikole Hannah-Jones — Chemist Lisa Jones turned down a job at the University of North Carolina after trustees rejected Nikole Hannah Jones' tenure request. — In a letter sent to school administrators …
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Bloomberg:
SEC Ousts Head of Top Audit Regulator Amid Warren Pressure — PCAOB Chairman William Duhnke replaced by Duane DesParte — Progressive Democrats had called for Duhnke's removal — The Securities and Exchange Commission, led by Chairman Gary Gensler, has fired the U.S.'s top accounting regulator …
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Freddie deBoer:
Those Who Didn't Make the List — bigotry evolves to fit social norms and corporate needs … The Chosen is a work of impeccable scholarship, a text of vast scope that was obviously the product of immense effort and endless research. It will teach you many things about American life …
The White House:
Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the President's Calls with Senator Shelley Moore Capito and House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio — The President spoke to Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Chairman Peter DeFazio today. — Senator Capito conveyed …
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