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8:00 AM ET, April 29, 2022

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Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Personally, I Prefer Having Fewer Nazis on Twitter  —  Like pretty much any journalist who compulsively wastes too much of their life on Twitter, I've had my fair share of unpleasant experiences with the site.  In part, that's because I'm Jewish, and I occasionally find my mentions flooded …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
What Elon Musk's polarization graph gets wrong
Discussion: HotAir and The Verge
Balaji Srinivasan:   The Elondrop  —  The deal may have been signed, but the campaign is just beginning.
David Catanese / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
McConnell miscalculated Republican impeachment count against Trump, book says  —  Mitch McConnell thought the Jan. 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol would finally vanquish Donald Trump, initially predicting that at least 17 Republican senators would vote to convict him in his impeachment trial …
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Insider:
Deborah Birx's first meeting with Donald Trump lasted just 30 seconds as he flipped on Fox News, book says
Discussion: The Hill
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Republican who refuses to bend the knee to Trump surges in Ohio Senate race  —  The field of candidates chasing Ohio's GOP Senate nomination has pledged allegiance to former President Donald Trump and beaten a path to Mar-a-Lago.  —  But not Matt Dolan.  The state senator has declined to kiss the ring …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds seek $3M from Paul Manafort over failing to disclose offshore accounts  —  The Justice Department is suing Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chair, for almost $3 million in penalties related to his alleged failure to file reports disclosing more than 20 bank accounts he controlled …
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Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
Rating agency warns Disney debt conflict could ‘weaken’ other Florida government bonds  —  One of the nation's leading bond rating agencies warned Thursday that if the state of Florida doesn't resolve a conflict over its decision to repeal Walt Disney World's Reedy Creek Improvement District …
Laura Collins / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘I would like to see a naked body beneath my hands.’ GOP Rep Madison Cawthorn is caught on video with male scheduler's hand on his crotch as new ethics complaint claims the congressman gave him thousands of dollars in loans and gifts,  — Footage obtained exclusively …
Jonathan Raymond / WXIA-TV:
Georgia governor poll |  Brian Kemp vs. David Perdue & Brian Kemp vs. Stacey Abrams results  —  The poll was commissioned through SurveyUSA and conducted with likely Georgia voters from April 22-27.  —  ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp is on track for reelection as Georgia's governor …
Washington Post:
U.S. says Russian intelligence orchestrated attack on Nobel laureate  —  Novaya Gazeta editor Dmitry Muratov was assailed with red paint laced with acetone during a Russian train trip on April 7.  —  The U.S. government has assessed that Russian intelligence was behind an attack earlier …
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Inside the House Freedom Caucus' identity crisis  —  Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert look from the outside like MAGA twins, both loathed by Democrats for their incendiary right-wing rhetoric.  But inside the House GOP, they're not quite buddy-buddy.
Discussion: Raw Story
The Boston Globe:
Blueprint for a coup comes into focus  —  The Jan. 6 House committee needs to connect the dots and show how democracy was imperiled.  —  The steady drip, drip, drip of e-mails and tapes before, during, and after the Jan. 6 insurrection may look like the usual Washington, D.C. …
John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
UK healthcare is already being privatised, but not in the way you think  —  The creeping Americanisation of British medical bills reflects the strains on the NHS  —  In recent years, there has been a growing fear among certain sections of the British public that our much loved …
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Wall Street Journal:
Oil Middlemen Fueled Putin's War Machine.  Now They're Getting Out.  —  Russia relies on exporters like discreet Swiss firm Trafigura to sell its crude supply, but Ukraine invasion tested even their legendary tolerance for risk  —  Russia built a self-proclaimed fortress around its economy in the run-up to war—but there was a crack.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Seven Lessons Democrats Need to Learn — Fast  —  We all make mistakes; the question is, do we learn from them?  Over the past couple of years people on the left side of the political and cultural spectrum have made their share.  These have contributed to the Democrats' extremely bleak political prospects going into the midterms.
Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
Can the expanded child tax credit come back from the dead?  —  Blaming Manchin might be the path of least resistance.  —  Advocates for an expanded child tax credit (CTC) did not expect to be in this situation.  —  A year ago, when Congress passed an expanded version of the policy that's …
Erika Solomon / New York Times:
They Survived the Holocaust.  Now, They Are Fleeing to Germany.  —  A complex operation is underway to evacuate Holocaust survivors from Ukraine.  For rescuers and evacuees alike, it means confronting the past.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  HANOVER, Germany …
Alene Tchekmedyian / Los Angeles Times:
First eyewitness account of Sheriff Villanueva lying in a cover-up revealed in filing  —  A former top-ranking Los Angeles County sheriff's official filed a legal claim Thursday that offered the first eyewitness account of Sheriff Alex Villanueva allegedly lying about his involvement in a cover …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dems reserve $33M in bid to hold Senate  —  Senate Democrats' campaign arm is reserving $33 million in advertisements this fall, with the bulk of its resources devoted to protecting the party's quartet of embattled incumbents in the hopes of keeping their tenuous hold on the majority.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden team split on China tariffs  —  Biden administration officials are debating how — and even whether — to lower some of former President Trump's tariffs against China to help ease inflation, people familiar with the matter tell Axios. … - Providing so-called “exclusions” …
Discussion: Political Wire
bvi.gov.vg:
Statement  —  I would like to provide an update to the people of the British Virgin Islands on recent law enforcement action taken by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency about which I have been informed today.  —  It is my duty as Governor to inform you that this morning …
CNN:
American killed fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in Ukraine  —  (CNN)An American citizen, Willy Joseph Cancel, was killed fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in Ukraine, members of Cancel's family confirmed to CNN.  —  The 22-year-old was working with a private military contracting company when he was killed on Monday.
WSYX:
US creates board to counter misinformation as it swirls online  —  WASHINGTON (TND) — The Department of Homeland Security is creating a group to counter misinformation related to national security.  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said during a congressional hearing Wednesday …
 
 
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Elon Musk keeps signaling that he thinks Twitter is too left-wing
Andy Newman / New York Times:
Shelter in Chinatown Is Canceled After Community Protests
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Key Justice Dept. Official Expected to Step Down
Tim Miller / The Triad:
This Will Not Pass. And Yet D.C. Republicans Keep Pretending It Will.
Discussion: Overtime
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United States Department of State:
Report to Congress on The Estimated Net Worth and Known Sources of Income of Syrian President Bashar Assad and His Family Members Section 6507 …
New York Times:
Revolt Brews in Michigan G.O.P. After Elevation of Trump Allies
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Lou Dobbs: ‘Who Reads NR?’
 

 
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