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The Guardian:
Kremlin papers appear to show Putin's plot to put Trump in White House — Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy — Vladimir Putin personally authorised a secret spy agency operation to support a “mentally unstable” …
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Insider, The Daily Beast, Crooks and Liars, Raw Story, Twitchy, Mediaite, Joe.My.God., Breaking News USA and Political Wire
CNN:
'They're not going to f**king succeed': Top generals feared Trump would attempt a coup after election, according to new book — Washington (CNN)The top US military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, was so shaken that then-President Donald Trump and his allies might attempt …
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Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Top U.S. General Said Trump Preached ‘Gospel of the Führer’ — General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, likened Donald Trump's effort to hold on to power after the 2020 election to Adolf Hitler, saying the president was preaching “the gospel of the Führer” …
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Reis Thebault / Washington Post:
Joint Chiefs chairman feared potential ‘Reichstag moment’ aimed at keeping Trump in power — In the waning weeks of Donald Trump's term, the country's top military leader repeatedly worried about what the president might do to maintain power after losing reelection, comparing his rhetoric …
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Cheney reportedly told Jim Jordan ‘you f— did this’ during Jan. 6 riot — Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) told Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that he was responsible for the Capitol riot while the scene was evolving on Jan. 6, according to a new book. — In “I Alone Can Fix It,” …
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The Daily Beast:
Whodunit? Trump. New Books Dig Into the Crimes We All Saw Him Commit. — YEAR FOR THE BOOKS — As if living through 2020 wasn't enough, now we have to read about it. Seriously, though, some of these books about Trump and the pandemic are actually worth the pain.
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Insider, Raw Story, HuffPost, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
New Trump revelations underscore his undimmed danger — (CNN)The most chilling implication from new reports that America's top military officer feared Donald Trump would try to order the armed forces to stage a coup is not how close the nation came to a post-election disaster last year.
CNN:
Exclusive: Stephen Breyer says he hasn't decided his retirement plans and is happy as the Supreme Court's top liberal — Plainfield, New Hampshire (CNN)Justice Stephen Breyer has not decided when he will retire and is especially gratified with his new role as the senior liberal on the bench …
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Good question: Where is the outrage over Biden rejecting Cuban refugees — Conditions in Cuba have deteriorated precipitously over the past two years. Economic hardships, complicated by the pandemic and the inability of Cuba to produce its own vaccine have led to people taking to the streets in protest.
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National Review, RedState and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Black Lives Matter blames US, praises Cuban regime, social media erupts
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HotAir, New York Post, BizPac Review and The Daily Caller
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis' tryst with Democrats is done — TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' brief moment of unity with Democrats is over. — The Republican governor set aside his attacks on Democrats amid the crisis in Surfside, where more than 90 people were killed after a condominium collapse.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Republicans center campaigns on false claims of election fraud — ROME — The organizers at the door handed out soft-pink “Trump Won” signs to each attendee. An out-of-state radio host spouted far-right conspiracies. Speaker after speaker insisted that Joe Biden couldn't have won …
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden's big lie — Did you know that black people are not going to be allowed to vote in America anymore? At least in states controlled by Republicans. Sounds a bit unlikely, but that's a conclusion you might have come to if you took seriously what President Joe Biden was saying in Philadelphia Tuesday.
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Washington Post, Politico, Raw Story and Townhall
Politico:
Pigs fly: McConnell weighs giving Biden a bipartisan win — Something strange is happening in Washington: Mitch McConnell might go along with a central piece of Joe Biden's agenda. — The self-appointed “Grim Reaper” of the Senate, a minority leader who said just two months ago that …
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NPR, Wall Street Journal and Just The News
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
The Deeply Racist Dimensions To Ashli Babbitt's Martyrdom — “Who killed Ashli Babbitt?” — It's a question that, in recent weeks, has become a mainstream rallying cry among the MAGA crew after growing in volume for months on the far-right fringes. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) has asked it repeatedly …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Digby's Hullabaloo and The Boston Globe
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Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
The U.S. Surgeon General Is Calling COVID-19 Misinformation An ‘Urgent Threat’ — With about a third of adults in the U.S. still completely unvaccinated, and cases of COVID-19 on the rise, the U.S. Surgeon General is calling for a war against “health misinformation.”
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
IRS begins sending monthly checks to millions of American parents in crucial test for Biden — The Biden administration has launched the biggest U.S. anti-poverty program since Lyndon Johnson's ‘war on poverty’ in the 1960s. — The Biden administration on Thursday is launching …
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Man who dangled from Senate balcony pleads guilty in Capitol riots, will cooperate against others — An Idaho man photographed hanging from the Senate balcony and sitting in the presiding officer's chair in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony obstruction of Congress …
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Insider, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Joe.My.God., CBS News and Poynter
Yair Rosenberg / Yair's Newsletter:
Q&A with Adam Serwer — “The news is what people have forgotten, not just what people don't know yet.” — 12 hr ago … I often get asked who I read and why. It's a good question, especially with so much material out there competing for attention. My answer is this …
New York Times:
Suspects in Haitian President's Killing Met to Plan a Future Without Him — Haitian officials accuse the suspects of meeting to plot President Jovenel Moïse's assassination, but participants say the sessions were intended to plan a government once the president stepped down.
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Insider, TIME, Political Wire and CNN
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Media hail runaway Texas Democrats for blocking action on voting — If ever there was a story that dramatized how the political press takes sides, it is the spectacle of Texas Democratic lawmakers — Texas state Democrats digging in with escape to DC — They are being portrayed as heroes for furtively leaving their states.
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CNN, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones, Off the Kuff and IJR
Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County will spend millions to replace voting machines turned over to the Arizona Senate for audit — Lacey Latch Mary Jo PitzlArizona Republic — Maricopa County will spend nearly $3 million to replace voting equipment that officials say was permanently tainted by the Arizona Senate's election review.
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Insider
THE CITY:
Showing Up: Map of Mayoral Candidates' Campaign Stops Highlights Value of Being There — The mayoral candidates blazed their campaign trails with fervor in the final weeks before the primary election, shedding masks, embracing voters and hoping their non-Zoom facetime would pay off.
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Some ballots initially double-counted in Fulton before recount — Almost 200 duplicate found when ballot images made public — A duplicate write-in vote for singer Kanye West was a big clue that some absentee ballots had been counted twice in Fulton County.
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BizPac Review and Washington Examiner
NBC News:
Britney Spears granted right to hire own lawyer; accuses father of ‘conservatorship abuse’ … LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears was granted a request to hire her own attorney on Wednesday, a development that could mark a major shift in how her 13-year conservatorship case has been handled.
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Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Ron Kind Rented Property to Masseuse Suspected of Prostitution, Human Trafficking — Before opening an alleged prostitution parlor on property owned by Rep. Ron Kind (D., Wis.), a Chinese masseuse lost her occupational license in another state after local police linked her to human trafficking and prostitution.
Ellen Carmichael / National Review:
The Inhumanity of Joe Biden's Travel Ban — Continuing to deny entry to EU and U.K. residents defies science and forsakes compassion. — In January 2021, my husband and I happily welcomed our first child. While no one could foresee just how many challenges and sacrifices would be required …
Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
US is running more than 30,000 radio ads a month to deter migration from Central America — Harris on migration: We have to give hope to those who stay home — (CNN)The United States is running more than 30,000 radio ads a month in Central America to deter migration amid a renewed focus …
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The Federalist and National Review
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Jared Kushner ‘slow walked’ carrying out Trump's craziest orders until he forgot he ever gave them: Michael Wolff — Since leaving the White House, Jared Kushner and Donald Trump haven't been as close as they were during the previous four years. — Journalist Michael Wolff's new book …
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Joe.My.God. and POLITICUSUSA
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Robin DiAngelo Wants White Progressives to Look Inward — The author of “White Fragility” discusses her new book, “Nice Racism.” — In 2018, Robin DiAngelo, an academic and anti-racism consultant, published the surprise best-seller “White Fragility.” The book, which argues that white people tend …
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Twitchy
Precious Fondren / New York Times:
Have You Herd? The Goats Are Back at Riverside Park. — After taking a break last year, goats have returned to help fend off invasive plant species. New Yorkers can use ranked-choice voting to pick their favorites. — It was about 15 minutes into the second-ever “Running of the Goats” …
Timothy Noah / Washington Monthly:
How to Get Labor Law Reforms Past the Filibuster — With creative cherry-picking and a tweak here and there, the PRO Act can be folded into a Senate reconciliation bill. — In April, Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, signed onto the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) …
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
GOP messaging guru Luntz advised Biden's Covid task force — Frank Luntz, the Republican communications specialist known for his Fox News focus groups, has for months shared research with the Biden White House to help develop its strategy for reaching people reluctant to get the Covid vaccine.
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William Bredderman / The Daily Beast:
The Billionaire Behind Bannon's Fake Chinese Embassy — GLASS HOUSES — Mogul's bullet-proof Manhattan mansion shields network of right-wing news and nonprofits. — Sheathed in bulletproof glass imported from Germany and Spain, a six-story, six-bedroom postmodern fortress on East 64th Street …
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Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘It will be remembered’: Trump allies cross him in special election — Two of Donald Trump's staunchest allies are lining up against his favored candidate in an upcoming Ohio special election, angering some of the former president's advisers and testing his ability to exert dominance over high-profile Republican primaries.
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