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10:20 AM ET, April 26, 2022

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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans to Trump: Stay away from Twitter  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  The news that ELON MUSK is buying Twitter has thrown Washington into a tizzy over one major question: Will DONALD TRUMP return to his old favorite social media platform and start tweeting again?
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Shira Ovide / New York Times:
Buying Twitter, Elon Musk Will Face Reality of His Free-Speech Talk  —  Tech's big shots have learned again and again that free speech isn't so simple.  What happens when Mr. Musk owns Twitter?  —  A decade ago, Twitter executives, including the chief executive, Dick Costolo …
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Twitter accepts Elon Musk's buyout deal
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump will not return to Twitter even as Elon Musk purchases platform, will begin using his own TRUTH Social
PR Newswire:
Elon Musk to Acquire Twitter
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Rick Perry's Election Lie Undone — By His Own Text Message  —  The Trump White House energy secretary's denial fell apart with some comical evidence from CNN.  —  Rick Perry was hoisted with his own petard text message.  —  Perry, a Republican former Texas governor and Trump White House energy secretary …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
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New York Times:
New Details Underscore House G.O.P. Role in Jan. 6 Planning  —  A court filing and newly disclosed text messages provide additional evidence of how closely some fervent pro-Trump lawmakers worked with the White House on efforts to overturn the election.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story, CNN and HuffPost
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘Exhilarated’ McConnell said Jan. 6 ‘discredited’ Trump, book says
Washington Post:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's texts show birth of Jan. 6 ‘antifa’ lie
New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: U.S. Military Leaders Meet With Allies in Germany  —  Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.  —  The United States marshaled allies on Tuesday to pledge more military support to Ukraine, accelerating the drive to deter Russia's offensive and degrade its war machine …
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Looming ground battle is crucial phase in Ukraine, U.S. officials say
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: Kemp has strong shot to knock out Perdue without a runoff  —  Gov. Brian Kemp has a chance of landing an outright victory against former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll that shows the Republican incumbent with a hefty advantage over his Donald Trump-backed challenger.
Techno Fog / The Reactionary:
Durham's latest: He has hundreds of e-mails between Fusion GPS and reporters  —  Special Counsel John Durham just filed this motion in response to the efforts of Hillary for America, Fusion GPS, et al. to keep secret (by use of the attorney-client and work product privileges) communications involving Fusion GPS.
Discussion: RedState, Power Line and The Federalist
A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
The Insurrectionists Are Coming  —  Hey Democrats—this isn't hard.  —  If the Kevin McCarthy tapes taught us all anything, it's that the man is game to harbor criminals.  And once someone with power does that, what won't they do?  Positioned to be third in line to the presidency nine months …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
McCarthy dodges questions about audio, Trump and Jan. 6
ProPublica:
Building the “Big Lie”: Inside the Creation of Trump's Stolen Election Myth  —  Co-published with FRONTLINE … By the time Leamsy Salazar sat down in front of a video recorder in a lawyer's office in Dallas, he had grown accustomed to divulging state secrets.
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
McCarthy warns of impeachment for Biden border official  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) warned that impeachment could be on the table for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a trip to the southern border with other GOP lawmakers.
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
ABC News Exclusive: Dr. Birx speaks to Trump disinfectant moment, says colleagues had resignation pact  —  White House COVID response coordinator reveals details before book release.  —  The coronavirus response coordinator for President Donald Trump's COVID task force, Dr. Deborah Birx …
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill and Political Wire
Jacob Schumer / Bloomberg Tax:
The Contractual Impossibility of Unwinding Disney's Reedy Creek  —  There's been a lot of talk about whether Florida lawmakers can legally dissolve Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District, but there's one basic reason why Florida can't dissolve it—it promised bond purchasers that it wouldn't …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Clemency Recipient List  —  Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency to 78 individuals, consisting of three pardons and 75 commutations.  —  President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following three individuals:  —  Abraham W. Bolden, Sr. - Chicago …
Discussion: Associated Press
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Trump turns up the heat on Wisconsin Republican leader Robin Vos to keep Gableman election probe alive  —  MADISON - Former President Donald Trump again has the state's most powerful Republican in his crosshairs, seeking to intimidate Assembly Speaker Robin Vos into continuing a taxpayer-funded review …
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE:
Facebook Doesn't Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes  —  “We do not have an adequate level of control and explainability over how our systems use data,” Facebook engineers say in leaked document.  —  Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai  —  Facebook is facing what it describes internally as a …
John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
The Emerging Tech-Lash  —  The Politics of Tech Oligarchy  —  Yesterday, it was announced that Twitter accepted Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover offer.  A week ago Vanity Fair published a long piece on Peter Thiel's new pet projects and efforts to cultivate a “new right,” which …
 
 
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Pete Kasperowicz / Washington Examiner:
Win the culture war by shrinking the government
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Loeffler Said Her Private Jet Saved Taxpayers Money. It Didn't.
Discussion: Raw Story
Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
Delta, facing a union drive, says it will start paying flight attendants during boarding
New York Times:
Texas' Busing of Migrants to D.C. Isn't Having Abbott's Intended Effect Yet
Human Rights Watch:
Kenneth Roth to Step Down at Human Rights Watch
Discussion: WTOP News and The New Arab
John E. McDonough / Politico:
Republicans Have Stopped Trying to Kill Obamacare. Here's What They're Planning Instead.
Discussion: Raw Story
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Biden grants three pardons, 75 commutations for individuals serving for nonviolent drug crimes
 Earlier Items: 
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Awful Advent of Reactionary Chic
Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Post:
Russia appears to confuse ‘The Sims’ for SIM cards in possible staged assassination attempt
Jamie Powell / Financial Times:
FTX/ Defi: If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck . . .
Discussion: Bloomberg
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
$100 Million to Cut the Time Tax
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Why Starbucks has become a huge unionization target — and why the company is in a panic
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS News
Jeremy Turley / InForum:
North Dakota Sen. Holmberg to resign after text exchanges with jailed child porn suspect
Discussion: Fox News and Daily Kos
 

 
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Reuters:
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