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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Elon Musk's uneasy relationship with the left explodes over Twitter takeover — Musk has helped expand America's use of electric vehicles. The left has found a lot of other things to dislike about him. — WASHINGTON — A climate hawk who immigrated to the U.S. in his 20s just struck …
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Bloomberg:
Musk's Twitter Pitch Featured Job Cuts, Other Ways to Make Money
Musk's Twitter Pitch Featured Job Cuts, Other Ways to Make Money
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Reuters, Townhall, New York Post, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, CBS San Francisco, 1A, Honolulu Star-Advertiser and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
What Elon Musk's polarization graph gets wrong
What Elon Musk's polarization graph gets wrong
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The Daily Caller, Bloomberg and HotAir, more at Techmeme »
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk Plans to Buy Twitter. Senate Democrats Have Some Questions
Elon Musk Plans to Buy Twitter. Senate Democrats Have Some Questions
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Big League Politics, HotAir, TheBlaze, Twitchy, The Gateway Pundit, Mercury News, New York Post and New York Times
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Roger Stone Tries to Come Back to Twitter, Is Immediately Re-Banned
Roger Stone Tries to Come Back to Twitter, Is Immediately Re-Banned
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BBC:
Ukraine war: Rockets hit Kyiv as UN chief admits failings — Rockets hit Kyiv during the UN Secretary General's visit to the city, in which he criticised his own organisation's Security Council. — Antonio Guterres said the council had failed to prevent or end the war in Ukraine.
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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 …
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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.
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Rolling Stone, LGBTQ Nation and Raw Story
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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Washington Post:
Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among unvaccinated as toll on elderly grows … Unvaccinated people accounted for the overwhelming majority of deaths in the United States throughout much of the coronavirus pandemic. But that has changed in recent months, according to a Washington Post analysis of state and federal data.
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.
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The Daily Beast, Wide World of News, Althouse and The Hill
Max Tani / Politico:
The Rise and Fall of the Star White House Reporter — Washington reporters have long considered the role of White House correspondent to be the crown jewel of American political journalism. It has launched high-profile television careers, scored countless reporters book deals and been bestowed …
David Catanese / Too Close To Call:
Mandel to GOPers: Absurdity wins — A passage from “This Will Not Pass” shows the Ohio Senate candidate knows he's playing a game with Republican primary voters. — It makes it easy to read everything Jonathan Martin writes since he was such a generous colleague while we crossed paths at Politico …
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Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
The Redpill Grifter Who Became an Anti-Ukraine Propagandist — And the wacko tale of his supposed murder. — Last week, on April 21, Scott Ritter—whom older readers might remember as a former U.N. weapons inspector turned ferocious foe of American and Western foreign policy …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump officials muzzled CDC on church covid guidance, emails confirm — The documents offer new details about how the White House delivered on the priorities of religious communities that were key to the president's base — Trump White House officials in May 2020 overrode public health …
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The Hill, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA and Boston.com
Robert Spencer / Front Page Magazine:
Google Introduces Prompts to Make Sure You Write Like a Leftist — Can Elon Musk buy Google? — Elon Musk has bought Twitter amid promises to make the platform more hospitable to the freedom of speech, but perhaps not coincidentally, both former president Barack Obama and never-president Hillary Clinton …
Washington Post:
A farewell from Jackie and an interview with Rep. Raskin — Good morning, Early Birds. It's Friday. Willie Nelson turns 89 today. Tips: earlytips@washpost.com. — In today's edition ... Rep. Jamie Raskin discusses whether the Jan. 6 committee will seek Donald Trump's testimony …
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 …
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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 …
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
Fla. law made school book bans easier. So one man challenged the Bible. — The man petitioning to ban the Bible says it is just as sexually explicit and violent as other books facing challenges — It was Florida's move to reject 54 math textbooks for “prohibited subjects” …
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Tyler O'Neil / Fox News:
Marine veteran dies fighting alongside Ukrainians; Widow calls him ‘hero’ — Willy Joseph Cancel leaves behind a wife and a 7-month-old son — Fallen Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski remembered — An American citizen and Marine veteran, Willy Joseph Cancel, died fighting alongside Ukrainian forces …
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New York Post:
Biden blasted for policing free speech with ‘dystopian’ disinformation bureau — Oh, (Big) Brother! — President Biden came under fire Thursday for the creation of a “dystopian” disinformation bureau created under his Homeland Security department, which critics are blasting …
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Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
White House continues mixed COVID-19 messages ahead of correspondents' dinner — As Washington prepares for its first White House Correspondents' Association dinner in three years, President Joe Biden's plans for the event may constitute yet another bout of mixed messaging when it comes to COVID-19.
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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. …
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.
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 …
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New York Times, The Guardian, Al Jazeera and Мед …
New York Times:
Likelihood of Trump Indictment in Manhattan Fades as Grand Jury Wraps Up — The Manhattan district attorney is continuing to investigate Mr. Trump, but knowledgeable people say charges are unlikely to occur in the foreseeable future, if ever. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Mathew Foresta / The Daily Beast:
Meet the Sneakiest Defenders of Putin's Invasion of Ukraine — COUNTING THE COST … Propaganda peddlers rake in cash and followers at the expense of the truth and oppressed people in Ukraine, Xinjiang, and Syria. — Misinformation is a profitable racket. Just ask Lee Camp.