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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: 'We need ammo. We need fraud examples. We need it this weekend.' What the Meadows texts reveal about how two Trump congressional allies lobbied the White House to overturn the election. — The texts, which have not been previously reported, were sent by Republican Sen. Mike Lee …
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READ: Mark Meadows' texts with Mike Lee and Chip Roy — (CNN)CNN has obtained text messages of separate conversations that then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows had with Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas after the 2020 presidential election and through early January 2021.
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Liberation Without Victory — Kyiv is halfway normal now. Burnt-out Russian tanks have been removed from the roads leading into the city, traffic lights work, the subway runs, oranges are available for purchase. A cheerful balalaika orchestra was performing for returning refugees …
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Washington Post:
Russia believed the West was weak and decadent. So it invaded. … In recent weeks, many analysts — especially those trying to find a logical justification for the Russian war in Ukraine — have argued that the Kremlin was reacting to a perceived threat from NATO encroachment …
Dustin Jones / NPR:
Meet the activists who projected a giant Ukrainian flag on Russia's Embassy in D.C. — Anti-war activists engaged in a light beam battle against Russian diplomats in Washington, D.C., Wednesday evening in a display of disapproval over the country's ongoing war in Ukraine.
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Adam Schreck / Associated Press:
The AP Interview: UN food chief says Mariupol is starving
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Ukraine is scanning faces of dead Russians, then contacting the mothers … Ukrainian officials have run more than 8,600 facial recognition searches on dead or captured Russian soldiers in the 50 days since Moscow's invasion began, using the scans to identify bodies and contact hundreds …
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Russia warns U.S. to stop arming Ukraine … Russia this week sent a formal diplomatic note to the United States warning that U.S. and NATO shipments of the “most sensitive” weapons systems to Ukraine were “adding fuel” to the conflict there and could bring “unpredictable consequences.”
Washington Post:
U.S. to train Ukrainian troops, confirms attack sank Russian warship … Russia's premier warship in the Black Sea sustained severe damage and sank on its way back to port early Thursday, a major symbolic blow to Moscow as the invasion of Ukraine entered its eighth week and both sides prepare …
The Moscow Times:
Moscow Times' Russian Service Blocked Over War Coverage — Russia blocked The Moscow Times' Russian-language service on Friday after it published what authorities call a false report on riot police officers refusing to fight in Ukraine. — The Moscow Times' English-language edition is not affected by the block.
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Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
An author was set to read his unicorn book to students. The school forbade it. — Jason Tharp wants to write books for weird kids — because he was one. — Growing up in Ohio, the 45-year-old children's author, illustrator and inspirational speaker sometimes felt invisible.
Adam Murphy / WGCL-TV:
GOP Primary poll reveals front runners in Georgia — ATLANTA (CBS46) — The race for Georgia's Governorship begins with the GOP primary in just six weeks. — Former President Donald Trump has endorsed David Perdue, but his attempt to unseat Brian Kemp isn't showing up in the polls.
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Washington Post:
Economic toll in Texas worsens as trucks remain stopped at Mexico border … Economic fallout worsened Thursday even as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) moved incrementally to roll back new inspection rules for commercial trucks entering from Mexico, with some companies saying they aren't able …
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Uriel J. García / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott announces deals with two more Mexican governors to halt Texas' vehicle inspections at the border
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Greg Abbott is starving his own voters to own the libs
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Off the Kuff, Raw Story, National Review and The Mahablog
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The debate dividing the January 6 committee — Should they refer Trump to the DOJ for prosecution? Or could that somehow backfire? — How will the House committee investigating the January 6 attack address whether Donald Trump committed crimes in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election?
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USA Today, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
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Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein defends her job performance, says she won't step down after colleagues raise concerns — WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein defended her service representing California in the Senate in the wake of reporting by The Chronicle that colleagues of hers are concerned about her ability to continue serving.
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Christine Emba / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's Twitter takeover bid is ‘peak billionaire’ — So now Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter. — It wasn't enough to loudly criticize the platform — on the platform — for not adhering to his personal standards. — It wasn't enough to secretively buy a 9.2 percent stake in the social media company …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Democrats in tough races revolt over Biden administration border move … President Biden is facing a growing mutiny from Democratic candidates — including five vulnerable senators — who are questioning his administration's decision to lift a pandemic health order that has drastically …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Democrats hope Trump will save them from midterm disaster
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The Friday Letter
Washington Examiner:
End the travel mask mandate now — If you are a migrant arrested while illegally crossing the southern border, our nation's COVID emergency will be over May 23. But if you borrowed money to pay for college, then the COVID emergency is still on at least through August and almost assuredly through Election Day.
Politico:
McCarthy losing House GOP dealmakers as he eyes speakership — When Rep. Fred Upton announced his retirement from Congress, colleagues in both parties lined up to lament. The one who misses him the most, in the end, may be Kevin McCarthy. — The Michigan Republican's departure after 18 terms …
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Matthew Ormseth / Los Angeles Times:
Ed Buck to face judgment for injecting two men with fatal doses of drugs in sexually deviant pattern — Ed Buck, once a fixture of West Hollywood's political scene, was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison for drug and sex crimes that included providing lethal doses of methamphetamine to two men.
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Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Inside the Campaign Against “Putin's Pope” — Like a lot of insiders associated with Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev has faced calls for international ostracism in the weeks since the invasion of Ukraine. It's no surprise why: He's used his powerful Moscow perch to endorse …
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Radio Free Europe/Radio … and The Bulwark
Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
A Shooter Puts Critical Race Theory into Practice — NYC Dems were too busy fighting white supremacy to stop a black supremacist terrorist. — Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.
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