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Dennis Aftergut / Slate:
The Clearest Evidence Yet of Donald Trump's Criminal Intent on Jan. 6 — On Tuesday, Bob Woodward and Robert Costa reported in the Washington Post that the House select committee investigating Jan. 6 has the White House presidential phone log, and it shows a seven-hour gap in the record of his communications that fateful day.
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CBS News, Washington Post, Gizmodo, CBS Boston, Mediaite, Rolling Stone, One America News Network and National Memo
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Could Trump blow the midterms for the GOP? — DRIVING THE DAY — He's back. — All signs point to a typical midterm election this year in which the president's party suffers double-digit losses in the House. The GOP has the big structural advantages on its side …
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ABC News, American Greatness and WTOP News
Politico:
Feds prepare ‘disclosure’ on figure at heart of pro-Trump Jan. 6 conspiracy theory
Feds prepare ‘disclosure’ on figure at heart of pro-Trump Jan. 6 conspiracy theory
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New York Times, Law & Crime, Washington Examiner, The Daily Wire, Washington Post, USA Today, The Root and Mother Jones
Robert Costa / CBS News:
Bolton says he recalls Trump using the term “burner phones”
Bolton says he recalls Trump using the term “burner phones”
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Washington Post, The Washington Current, Raw Story, Media Matters for America and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Frustrations with Garland grow among Jan. 6 committee members — Good morning, Early Birds! This is a good week to be a Beyoncé fan. Tell us about your favorite album, send really cool tips or do both: earlytips@washpost.com. Thanks for waking up with us.
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Kimberly Wehle / Politico:
How to Impeach a Supreme Court Justice — Revelations that Virginia Thomas exchanged at least 29 (known) text messages with former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, urging disruption of the November 2020 election results favoring President Joe Biden, have created a conflict …
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National Review, Slate and Many People Are Saying
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
What Is Ginni Thomas? — “Activist” is a euphemism for “silly woman with a powerful spouse.”
What Is Ginni Thomas? — “Activist” is a euphemism for “silly woman with a powerful spouse.”
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Clarence Thomas faces growing pressure to step aside from Jan. 6 cases
Clarence Thomas faces growing pressure to step aside from Jan. 6 cases
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CNN, Nebraska Examiner, TheBlaze and RedState
Callie Patteson / New York Post:
AOC: Clarence Thomas should resign or face impeachment over wife's texts
AOC: Clarence Thomas should resign or face impeachment over wife's texts
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CNN, Louder With Crowder, Conservative Brief, Insider, Townhall and ABC News
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
What if Putin Didn't Miscalculate? — The conventional wisdom is that Vladimir Putin catastrophically miscalculated. — He thought Russian-speaking Ukrainians would welcome his troops. They didn't. He thought he'd swiftly depose Volodymyr Zelensky's government. He hasn't. He thought he'd divide NATO.
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Wide World of News and Wall Street Journal
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Wendell Steavenson / The Economist:
“I see their faces”: a saboteur hunter in Kyiv remembers his victims
“I see their faces”: a saboteur hunter in Kyiv remembers his victims
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New York Times, Washington Examiner, Reuters, One America News Network and CBS News
Cora Engelbrecht / New York Times:
Accounts of Russian Rapes Are Growing, Ukraine Officials Say
Accounts of Russian Rapes Are Growing, Ukraine Officials Say
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The American Spectator, Reuters, New York Times and The Times
Bloomberg:
U.S. Households Face $5,200 Inflation Tax This Year — Paying More — Inflation means the average U.S. household has to spend an extra $5,200 this year — Notes: This chart shows our estimate of the inflation cost for each income quintile assuming differential inflation rates facing each income group …
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Supercreator, Kevin Drum, Washington Post, Townhall and Political Wire
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
I Keep Hoping Larry Summers Is Wrong. What if He's Not?
I Keep Hoping Larry Summers Is Wrong. What if He's Not?
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Kevin Drum, Gallup, Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality, Washington Examiner and Marginal REVOLUTION
John Sexton / HotAir:
Larry Summers: ‘the situation continues to resemble the 1970s’
Larry Summers: ‘the situation continues to resemble the 1970s’
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New York Times, New York Magazine, Ace of Spades HQ, Instapundit and Insider
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Cawthorn's orgies-and-drugs comment stirs trouble within Freedom Caucus — Kevin McCarthy isn't the only senior Republican who wants to have a talk with Rep. Madison Cawthorn about his claim that some of his colleagues invited him to orgies and used cocaine.
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HotAir, New York Post, The Daily Beast, Fox News, Washington Examiner, Insider, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, New York Magazine and Mediaite
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Washington Post:
Cawthorn's ‘orgies’ line shows how right-wing politics can boomerang — It takes a lot to get Republican members of Congress angry at one of their own. But Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) managed to do it, not just by being a uniquely repugnant figure, but also by claiming to reveal …
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BizPac Review, Bark Bark Woof Woof, The Wrap, Rolling Stone, The American Independent, Newsweek and HotAir
Washington Post:
Facebook paid GOP firm to malign TikTok … Facebook parent company Meta is paying one of the biggest Republican consulting firms in the country to orchestrate a nationwide campaign seeking to turn the public against TikTok. — The campaign includes placing op-eds and letters to the editor …
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump asks Putin to release any info about Hunter Biden — Amid widespread criticism of his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, former President Donald Trump publicly called on Putin on Tuesday to release any dirt he might have on Hunter Biden, the president's son.
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The Daily Beast, Raw Story, NDTV and Today's Edition Newsletter
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Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
Bank records show Hunter Biden received $100,000 in 2017 from Chinese firm
Bank records show Hunter Biden received $100,000 in 2017 from Chinese firm
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Fox News, Washington Examiner, Breitbart and RedState
Valerie Hopkins / New York Times:
Sanctioned Oligarch's Presence Adds Intrigue to Ukraine-Russia Talks — Roman Abramovich, sanctioned owner of the Chelsea Football Club, mysteriously showed up at the talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul, and is said to be playing an unofficial role. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Insider, BBC and The Guardian
Antoinette Siu / Yahoo Entertainment:
Trump's Truth Social App Plummets in Traffic, Sees 93% Drop in Signups Since Launch Week (Exclusive) — Former president Donald Trump's Truth Social app is seeing a 93% drop in signups and similarly steep decline in traffic after a rocky rollout last month fraught with technical issues …
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Joe.My.God.
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Why Russian troops are using tree branches for camouflage in Ukraine — Russian troops in Ukraine have scrambled to avoid detection and attack by using tree branches and straw, even swaths of carpeting, to conceal tanks and other armored vehicles, in what analysts call a surprising lack …
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New York Times
Burgess Everett / Politico:
After crossing Trump, Cassidy weighs governor bid — There's no Senate Republican quite like Bill Cassidy: He voted to convict Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection after getting reelected by 40 points, while helping cut big deals on Covid relief and infrastructure.
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The Advocate
Bloomberg:
Half of Russia's 20 Richest Billionaires Are Not Sanctioned — Data and graphics by Raeedah Wahid, Mira Rojanasakul, Marion Halftermeyer and Alex McIntyre — Half of Russia's 20 richest people have not been sanctioned over its war in Ukraine, leaving a group of super-rich …
Kurt Bardella / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: CBS News giving Mick Mulvaney a paid contributor gig is an act of journalistic malpractice — From mid-December 2018 through early March 2020, Mick Mulvaney, a former member of Congress from South Carolina, served as President Trump's acting chief of staff.
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
The Government Made This Fake News Broadcast About a Nuclear Attack on Indianapolis — Watch a never-before-seen video from Mighty Derringer, a Department of Energy training exercise simulating a nuclear terrorist attack on a major U.S. city. — Alerts — In December of 1986, the Pentagon …
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Raw Story
Kurt Erickson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis beer heiress joins race for U.S. Senate — JEFFERSON CITY — St. Louis beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine joined the heated race for Missouri's U.S. Senate seat Monday. — The move triggered former state Sen. Scott Sifton, who had represented south St. Louis County …
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FOX 2 and National Review
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Republican Jewish Coalition PAC endorses Marjorie Taylor Greene opponent Jennifer Strahan — The rare move by RJC to not back an incumbent comes as Strahan appears to be gaining momentum ahead of the May 24 primary — CAROLINE BREHMAN/CQ-ROLL CALL, INC VIA GETTY IMAGES, COURTESY
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Roxane Gay / New York Times:
Will Smith Was Wrong, but Being Thin-Skinned Is Not — Give this article- - - Read in app — Dr. Gay, a contributing Opinion writer, is the editor of “The Selected Works of Audre Lorde” and the author of the memoir “Hunger,” among others. Her book “How to Be Heard” is forthcoming.
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