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9:05 PM ET, April 27, 2022

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Reuters:
Breakingviews: Elon Musk probably won't buy Twitter  —  Four years ago, Elon Musk vowed to set up a peanut brittle company to take on Warren Buffett's iconic U.S. confectioner See's Candies.  Then he changed his mind.  It wouldn't be surprising if Musk's $44 billion deal to buy social network Twitter went the same way.
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Elon Musk Isn't Buying Twitter to Defend Free Speech  —  Conservatives on Twitter have greeted Elon Musk as a liberator.  The mega-billionaire is in the process of purchasing the social-media platform and reorienting it toward what he calls “free speech.”  The conservative columnist Ben …
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Elon Musk boosts criticism of Twitter executives, prompting online attacks  —  The targeting of employees by Musk's massive Twitter megaphone is a major concern for workers  —  Elon Musk on Tuesday used his powerful Twitter account to bolster right-wing users who sharply criticized two company executives …
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Elon Musk Got Twitter Because He Gets Twitter
J. Michael Luttig / CNN:
The Republican blueprint to steal the 2024 election  —  Ex-Judge who played key role in Trump-Pence feud speaks out for first time  —  J. Michael Luttig, appointed by President George H. W. Bush, formerly served on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for 15 years.
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Bryan Pietsch / Washington Post:
United States is ‘out of the pandemic phase,’ Fauci says  —  The United States is finally “out of the pandemic phase,” the country's top infectious-disease expert said Tuesday, as cases and hospitalizations are notably down and mask mandates are all but gone.
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Politico:   Why did Kamala take the Pfizer pill?
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Three out of every 1,000 Americans alive in 2020 died of covid-19
Discussion: Washington Examiner, al.com and HotAir
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Rips Catholic Church For Helping Migrants: 'Satan's Controlling the Church'  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tore into the Catholic Church in a recent interview with right-wing activist Michael Voris of Church Militant.  In the wild interview …
Discussion: Catholic League and The Wrap
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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Christians Helping Resettle Undocumented Immigrants and Refugees Are Controlled by the Devil  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene recently sat down for an interview with far-right Catholic activist Michael Voris of Church Militant, where she declared that Christian organizations …
Kara Scannell / CNN:
First on CNN: New York grand jury hearing evidence in DA's investigation into Trump Organization expires this week  —  (CNN)A special grand jury seated to hear evidence in the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into the Trump Organization's finances is set to expire at the end …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Says Real Estate Giant Broke Rules for Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Scalise and Gaetz meet privately after tension over leaked audio  —  Reps. Steve Scalise and Matt Gaetz met Wednesday to discuss leaked audio of the House minority whip suggesting the Florida firebrand may have acted illegally after the Capitol riot.  And Scalise isn't quite offering a full-throated apology.
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Washington Post:
Facing House GOP, McCarthy defends himself after audio reveals he blamed Trump for Jan. 6 attack
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Trump's Spokeswoman Calls For Arrests Over 2020 Election at QAnon Rally  —  “They're gonna start arresting political opponents.  They're gonna start throwing political dissidents in jail,” Liz Harrington warned the crowd.  —  CJ  —  Former President Trump's chief spokeswoman spoke …
Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: MAGA Candidate Evicted from Home After Wife Asks Court for Emergency Order of Protection  —  His current wife is now the third domestic partner to accuse him of abusive or threatening behavior  —  Teddy Daniels, a far-right Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania …
Discussion: Pitt's Newsletter and Raw Story
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: Former U.S. ambassador accused of illegal foreign lobbying  —  Richard Olson, a former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, has been criminally charged for his alleged role in an undisclosed lobbying campaign for the Qatari government, records show.
Rolling Stone:
Tucker Carlson Pushed Trump to Endorse J.D. Vance With ‘Disgusting’ Sexual Innuendo  —  Exclusive: In a critical GOP Senate primary in Ohio, Trump's support was swayed in part by a Fox News host spreading rumors about another man's sex habits  —  In the days before Donald Trump endorsed J.D. Vance …
Discussion: Associated Press, Mediaite and CNN
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The Economist:
How deep does the rot in the Russian army go?  —  The fiasco in Ukraine could be a reflection of either a bad strategy or a poor fighting force  —  THE JOB of organising NATO's biggest military exercise since the cold war kept Admiral James Foggo, then the commander of American naval forces …
Laura Italiano / Insider:
Donald Trump worried ‘dangerous’ fruits could be thrown at him by protesters, a new deposition reveals  — Donald Trump said “pineapples, tomatoes, bananas, stuff like that” could be thrown at him at protests.  — Trump's concerns were revealed Tuesday night, in his sworn deposition for an upcoming Bronx trial.
Punchbowl News:
4/27/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM. … “BY MAY 23, WE WILL BE PREPARED TO HOLD APPROXIMATELY 18,000 NONCITIZENS IN CBP CUSTODY AT ANY GIVEN TIME, UP FROM 13,000 AT THE BEGINNING OF 2021, AND WE HAVE DOUBLED OUR ABILITY TO TRANSPORT NONCITIZENS ON A DAILY BASIS, WITH FLEXIBILITY TO INCREASE FURTHER.”
Discussion: CIS.org, HotAir and Wide World of News
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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:   Biden Blocked From Winding Down Title 42 Border Policy Early
The Survey Center on American Life:
Politics, Sex, and Sexuality: The Growing Gender Divide in American Life  —  In American society, the debate over the degree to which men and women are different continues to serve as a cultural and political flash point.  While some differences between men and women are readily apparent …
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
Just Call Trump a Loser  —  Let's assume Donald Trump runs again for president in 2024.  Yes, I know, caveats, caveats.  Republicans say it's too early to discuss '24.  A lot can change between now and then.  Maybe Trump won't actually run.  Maybe he's just teasing the possibility to milk the attention.
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Gov. Reeves Vetoes Suffrage Bill, Keeping Jim Crow-Era Voting Policy in Place  —  A Jim Crow-era policy meant to prevent Black citizens from voting will remain intact after Gov. Tate Reeves vetoed a bill to restore voting rights to people who have disenfranchising crimes expunged.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Tom Burt / Microsoft On the Issues:
The hybrid war in Ukraine  —  Tom Burt - Corporate Vice President, Customer Security & Trust  —  Today, we released a report detailing the relentless and destructive Russian cyberattacks we've observed in a hybrid war against Ukraine, and what we've done to help protect Ukrainian people and organizations.
Marcus Weisgerber / Defense One:
CEO: Boeing Should Have Rejected Trump's Air Force One Deal  —  The company revealed that it has lost $660 million outfitting the next presidential jets—so far.  —  Boeing should have rejected then-President Donald Trump's proposed terms to build two new Air Force One aircraft, the company's CEO said Wednesday.
Graham Vyse / The Signal:
Bad Hand  —  As unimaginable as it might have been a year ago, Joe Biden is starting to resemble Donald Trump in public-opinion polling.  The current U.S. president's approval rating is only slightly higher than his predecessor's was at the same point in his tenure, in late April 2018.
Discussion: CNN, Associated Press, Vox and Honest Graft
Associated Press:
Russia releases US Marine vet in surprise prisoner exchange  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia and the United States have carried out an unexpected prisoner exchange in a time of high tensions, trading on Wednesday a Marine veteran jailed by Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America.
Politico:
‘Someone is taking too many edibles’ — Despair mounts over Biden's domestic agenda  —  The White House began this week with a modest goal for resuscitating its domestic agenda: Get Joe Manchin to the negotiating table.  —  So far, the seats are empty.  —  With the clock ticking on their hopes …
 
 
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Ben Brasch / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump election meddling probe to cause downtown Atlanta road closures
Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
Cawthorn Claims Establishment Running ‘Coordinated Drip Campaign’ Against Him: Expect ‘Attack Article’ Every Couple Days
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
Multiple RNC staffers have spoken to Jan. 6 panel, sources say
Discussion: Raw Story
The White House:
President Biden Names Seventeenth Round of Judicial Nominees
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
CNN:
Disney's self-governing district says Florida cannot dissolve it without paying off its debts
Andrew Seidman / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Doug Mastriano campaigned at an event promoting QAnon and conspiracy theories about 9/11
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
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Pippa Crerar / Mirror.co.uk:
Top Tory caught watching porn in Commons - sitting next to female minister
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