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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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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Mike Lee and the “Good Republicans” Were No Different Than the Crazy Kraken Lady — Clowns to the left of me. Clowns to the right. — (COMPOSITE / GETTYIMAGES / SHUTTERSTOCK) — Among the self-appointed responsible Republicans, the story of Trump's attempted election theft goes something like this:
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Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
‘Please tell me what I should be saying.’ Text messages show Sen. Mike Lee assisting Trump efforts to overturn 2020 election — Newly released text messages show Lee knew of scheme to send alternate electors to Congress nearly a month earlier than he claimed.
Joe Patrice / Above the Law:
Donald Trump REALLY Needed To Stop Listening To Mike Lee's Terrible Legal Advice
Donald Trump REALLY Needed To Stop Listening To Mike Lee's Terrible Legal Advice
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Josh Mandel Gets Schlonged — Ohio's Senate primary is a little over two weeks away and while the MAGA field has been split, Donald Trump has finally picked his horse, endorsing former author, former professional Never Trumper, and current Thiel protégé J.D. Vance.
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New York Times:
Trump Endorses J.D. Vance in Republican Primary for Senate in Ohio — The move amounts to a major bet on Mr. Vance's ability to prevail over a crowded field, and on the former president's power to alter the course of key congressional races. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk's $43 billion bid to buy company — Twitter adopted a limited duration shareholder rights plan, often called a “poison pill,” a day after billionaire Elon Musk offered to buy the company for $43 billion, the company announced Friday.
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PR Newswire:
Twitter Adopts Limited Duration Shareholder Rights Plan, Enabling All Shareholders to Realize Full Value of Company
Twitter Adopts Limited Duration Shareholder Rights Plan, Enabling All Shareholders to Realize Full Value of Company
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Washington Post:
Elon Musk's Twitter bid frustrates employees. That's a risk for him
Elon Musk's Twitter bid frustrates employees. That's a risk for him
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elon Musk Demonstrates How Little He Understands About Content Moderation
Elon Musk Demonstrates How Little He Understands About Content Moderation
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Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
Sure Elon Musk Might Buy Twitter
Sure Elon Musk Might Buy Twitter
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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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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Exclusive: Zelensky says world should be prepared for possibility Putin could use nuclear weapons — You can see more of the interview on ‘The Lead’ at 4pm ET and the full interview will run on Sunday at 9am ET on ‘State of the Union’ — (CNN)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN Friday that …
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Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
Texas repeals immigration order that caused border gridlock — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday repealed his traffic-clogging immigration order that backed up commercial trucks at the U.S.-Mexico border, after a week of intensifying backlash and fears of deepening economic losses.
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Bidens report $610,702 in 2021 income as they release tax returns — President Biden, Vice President Harris and their spouses released tax forms Friday showing they earned incomes and paid tax rates similar to those reported last year. — The Bidens reported a federal adjusted gross income …
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Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post:
Vladimir Kara-Murza from jail: Russia will be free. I've never been so sure. — Editor's note: On Monday, Russian human rights activist and Post contributing columnist Vladimir Kara-Murza gave an interview in Moscow to CNN in which he harshly criticized the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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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.
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Tess Owen / VICE:
A High-Ranking Proud Boy Is Now Snitching for the Feds — A Proud Boy chapter leader has flipped for the U.S. government, and that's trouble for dozens of members facing charges over the Jan. 6 insurrection. — TO — Federal prosecutors appear to have made their biggest breakthrough yet …
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Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer will appear on primary ballot, Iowa Supreme Court rules … U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer will appear on the June Democratic primary ballot, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday, reversing a district court decision that found Finkenauer failed to qualify.
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David Pitt / Associated Press:
Iowa Supreme Court: Finkenauer qualifies for Senate ballot
Iowa Supreme Court: Finkenauer qualifies for Senate ballot
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New York Daily News:
Amid NYPD manhunt, subway shooting suspect Frank James ate lunch at Katz's Deli, walked NYC in plain view of surveillance cameras — As the NYPD and federal law enforcement scoured the city for the accused Brooklyn subway shooter on Wednesday, the burly suspect enjoyed some of Manhattan's culinary delights.
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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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Solodev / fldoe.org:
Florida Rejects Publishers' Attempts to Indoctrinate Students — Tallahassee, Fla., April 15, 2022 - Today, Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran approved Florida's initial adoption list for mathematics instructional materials properly aligned to Florida's Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards.
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Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Ex-EPA head Scott Pruitt to run for US Senate in Oklahoma — OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican Scott Pruitt, the scandal-ridden former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, filed Friday to run for Oklahoma's open U.S. Senate seat, making a return to politics in a state with deep ties to the oil and gas industry.
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Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:
Pope Francis: ‘We Are Racists, We Are Racists’ — ROME, Italy — Pope Francis accused the West of racism Friday, insisting migrants are “subdivided” by skin color and country of origin. — “Refugees are subdivided,” the pontiff declared during a lengthy Good Friday interview on Italian television.
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Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
How Russia Media Uses Fox News to Make Its Case — The conservative network has appeared hundreds of times in Russian media. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Stuart Thompson writes about online information flows. — As Western leaders introduced sanctions against Russia …
New York Times:
Cities Try to Turn the Tide on Police Traffic Stops — Chiefs, prosecutors and lawmakers are rethinking the value, and the harm, of minor traffic stops like the one that ended in a man's death in Grand Rapids. — Los Angeles is overhauling its traffic policing, aiming to stop pulling over cars …