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San Francisco Chronicle:
Colleagues worry Dianne Feinstein is now mentally unfit to serve, citing recent interactions  —  WASHINGTON — When a California Democrat in Congress recently engaged in an extended conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, they prepared for a rigorous policy discussion like those they'd had with her many times over the last 15 years.
Liz Hoffman / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Weighs Poison Pill to Prevent Musk From Increasing Stake Significantly  —  Tesla CEO's $43 billion offer contains as many questions as answers  —  Twitter is weighing a poison pill that would prevent Elon Musk from increasing his stake in the company significantly, a person familiar with the situation said.
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Bloomberg:
Elon Musk Makes $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid to Take Twitter Private  —  Elon Musk has made a “best and final” offer to buy Twitter Inc., saying the company has extraordinary potential and he is the person to unlock it.  —  The world's richest person will offer $54.20 per share in cash …
Felix Salmon / Axios:
Elon Musk goes into full goblin mode  —  The goblin is serious. … - In a 138-word offer letter to Twitter board chair Bret Taylor that includes the words “I” or “my” 11 different times, Musk writes that “Twitter has extraordinary potential. … - You're going to hear much more about this bid …
Bloomberg:
Musk Hints at Twitter Plan B, Lambastes SEC Over Settlement  —  Elon Musk expressed doubt about whether he'll succeed with his $43 billion offer to buy Twitter Inc. in his first public comments about the blockbuster deal.  —  “I am not sure that I will actually be able to acquire it,” …
Discussion: Protocol, Forbes, The Verge and CNBC
Eshe Nelson / New York Times:
Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter: Live Updates  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share.  —  Elon Musk has launched a takeover bid for Twitter, offering to buy it for $54.20 a share, just weeks after he became the social media company's largest shareholder.
George Stahl / Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk Offers to Buy Rest of Twitter at a Valuation of More Than $43 Billion
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Axios: Elon Musk has transformed from climate-change hero to movie supervillain for Twitter buyout
Discussion: Twitchy, The Bulwark and OutKick
David Averre / Daily Mail:
Putin's defence minister Sergei Shoigu has had a ‘massive heart attack not from natural causes’ and TWENTY generals ‘have been arrested’ over bungled invasion  — Shoigu is thought to have suffered a heart attack possibly caused by foul play  — Russia's defence minister, 66, has been a close ally of Putin ever since 2012
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Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Russia warns of nuclear, hypersonic deployment if Sweden and Finland join NATO  —  One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies warned NATO on Thursday that if Sweden and Finland joined the U.S.-led military alliance then Russia would deploy nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles in an exclave in the heart of Europe.
Cora Engelbrecht / New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Russian Warship ‘Seriously Damaged,’ in Setback to Moscow's Forces  —  Ukraine said it had struck the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet with missiles, while Russia claimed that the damage was caused by a fire.  As Moscow moves to escalate its offensive in the east and south …
NBC News:
Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Russia evacuates flagship after suffering major damage in Black Sea blast
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
Ominous rhetoric gains grounds in Russia as its forces founder in Ukraine
Grayson Quay / The Week:
Poll: Biden approval rating hits all-time low of 33 percent  —  President Biden's approval rating is at an all-time low, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday.  —  When asked if they “approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as president,” …
Discussion: CNN, Breitbart and Mediaite
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why has Biden's approval plunged with young people?
Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner:
GOP state senator, seven other women say Charles Herbster groped them; he denies allegations  —  Charles Herbster, a Nebraska Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks to a crowd Wednesday at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in North Platte.  Donald Trump Jr. was his guest at the event.
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Trump plans J.D. Vance endorsement in crowded Ohio senate race, sources say  —  Former President Trump is planning to endorse J.D. Vance in Ohio's crowded senate GOP primary, according to three sources with knowledge of his decision.  —  In recent days, Trump began calling donors and advisers …
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
RNC to Require GOP Presidential Candidates to Sign Debate Pledge  —  Party has long complained about the Commission on Presidential Debates handling of general election debates  —  The Republican National Committee voted Thursday to require GOP presidential candidates to attest in writing …
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Does the mainstream media want Trump to run again and win?  —  The obvious answer to the question in the headline is no. Reporters and editors at establishment news organizations are mostly reality-based, generally anti-totalitarian, quite fond of the First Amendment, reasonably tolerant …
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Todd Bensman / CIS.org:
Texas Governor's Unprecedented Trade Disruption Strategy Yields First Fruit  —  Mexican State of Nuevo Leon will ‘prevent illegal immigration’ on its side of the border, but details are scant  —  AUSTIN, Texas - Gov. Greg Abbott's week-old “enhanced safety inspections” operation at border bridges …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Fox News Says Verified Account on Struggling Trump Platform Is Not Authorized  —  A verified account for Fox News was discovered on Truth Social, though the network is denying they are responsible for the account on former President Donald Trump's social media alternative.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
New Pa. U.S. Senate poll: John Fetterman pulling ahead as Democratic favorite, GOP race still wide open  —  Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has pulled ahead as the Democratic U.S. Senate frontrunner over U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, while the GOP primary for the country's most-watched Senate …
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Franklin & Marshall College Poll:
Franklin & Marshall Poll Release: April 2022
Discussion: The Hill
Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Tennessee Lawmaker Praises Hitler's Work Ethic In Speech About Homeless People  —  State Sen. Frank Niceley (R) wishes Tennessee's unhoused population could be more like the genocidal German dictator.  —  A Tennessee Republican wants the state's unhoused population to draw inspiration from Adolf Hitler.
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Ilene Gould / WTVC-TV:
After lawmaker draws Hitler comparison, Tennessee homeless bill heads to governor's desk
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
If Trump Was Still President, Ukraine Would Be So Screwed Right Now … Counterfactuals always involve guessing.  But one counterfactual proposition that seems increasingly obvious is that if Donald Trump had secured a second term in office, Ukraine would be losing the war right now.
Discussion: HuffPost
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
FBI Documents Expose Bureau's Big Jan. 6 ‘Lie’  —  The bureau says it lacked the authority to monitor social media activity ahead of the pro-Trump insurrection, but it did exactly that during 2020 racial justice and police violence protests  —  In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection …
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Atrocities are piling up across Ukraine.  CNN witnessed some of the horrors.  —  This story contains graphic imagery.  —  (CNN)Indiscriminate killings of civilians attempting to flee the violence.  Victims found with their hands tied behind their backs.  An attack on a maternity hospital, a theater turned shelter bombed.
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Putin nemesis Bill Browder reveals the ‘real money’ funding Kremlin's war  —  American-born British businessman and political activist (born 1964)  —  American political activist (1891-1973)  —  NEW YORK — A trillion dollars: That's how much money famed investor Bill Browder believes Vladimir Putin …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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David Ng / Breitbart:
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Heritage Foundation:
Heritage Announces 2025 Presidential Transition Project, Hiring of Paul Dans to Direct New Initiative
Justice News:
Russian Legislator And Two Staff Members Charged With Conspiring To Have A U.S. Citizen Act As An Unregistered Agent Of The Russian Government In The United States
Discussion: CNN
Emma Kinery / Bloomberg:
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Unexpectedly Rises to Three-Month High
Democracy Docket:
Breaking Down the Ruling on Florida's Voter Suppression Law
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Hiding in Plain Sight, a Soviet-Era Air Defense System Arrives in Ukraine
Discussion: The Hill
Andrea Blanco / Daily Mail:
Two inmates at all-women's New Jersey jail are PREGNANT after both had sex with transgender prisoners: ACLU won battle to house 27 trans inmates there
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
To find out where the covid pandemic is headed, look here: The sewer
Discussion: Vox
Alana Newhouse / Tablet Magazine:
The Jews Who Didn't Leave Egypt
Pew Research Center:
Race Is Central to Identity for Black Americans and Affects How They Connect With Each Other
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
McCarthy faces grumbles from right over Biden impeachment remarks
Detroit Free Press:
Grand Rapids police release video of officer fatally shooting Patrick Lyoya
 

 
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Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK
 
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