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Wall Street Journal:
The Shadow Crew Who Encouraged Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover — Behind the scenes, fellow billionaires and internet provocateurs bent Tesla CEO's ear; Jack Dorsey's role — Elon Musk unveils the Tesla Model Y in 2019. — As Elon Musk's crusade against Twitter Inc. TWTR -0.20%▼ …
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Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Elon Musk and the Tech Bro Obsession With ‘Free Speech’ — They say that something is worth what someone will pay for it. — If that's true, then protecting “free speech,” which Elon Musk has cited as a central reason he agreed to buy Twitter for $44 billion this week …
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HotAir, duncan's drafts, The Chalkboard Life, Zeitgeist, Deadline, American Greatness, Unpopular Opinion and The Liberty Loft
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Twitter's ‘chief censor’ making $17M per year could be fired by Elon Musk
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BizPac Review, Everything's All Right, Ace of Spades HQ and Twitchy, more at Mediagazer »
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Three times the White House Correspondents' Dinner has created controversy — The feted White House Correspondents' Association Dinner has returned after a two-year pandemic pause. — While some of the pageantry will be familiar, “Nerd Prom” will be different in 2022 compared to the past.
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Washington Free Beacon:
Bored White House Reporters Cry in Their Cheerios — The press corps prepares to celebrate itself for bangup reporting—on the last administration — This weekend's White House Correspondents' Dinner will give mainstream media reporters the chance to do what they love most …
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Instapundit and BizPac Review
Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
White House economists ‘confident’ despite shrinking GDP and other economic woes
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RedState
Washington Post:
Trump grand jury ending in N.Y. with no charges against ex-president — Manhattan DA says probe isn't over, but people familiar with the situation cite concerns about witnesses — NEW YORK — A six-month grand jury that was convened late last year to hear evidence against Donald Trump …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House officials weigh income limits for student loan forgiveness — Biden aides consider how to cut off eligibility to exclude high-earners — The White House is considering income caps for eligibility for student loan relief that would exclude higher-earning Americans …
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Forbes, Raw Story and nationalinterest.org
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Oath Keeper emotional as he accepts 2nd plea deal in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case — Brian Ulrich admitted to being part of the group that marched on the Capitol. — Federal prosecutors on Friday secured a second guilty plea and cooperation deal with a member of the Oath Keepers militia group charged …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Second Oath Keeper pleads to seditious conspiracy
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Bloomberg:
Biden Seeks to Rob Putin of His Top Scientists With Visa Lure — The Biden administration has a plan to rob Vladimir Putin of some of his best innovators by waiving some visa requirements for highly educated Russians who want to come to the U.S., according to people familiar with the strategy.
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Outside the Beltway, New York Times, РИА … and Political Wire
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Eastman to produce 10,000 pages of Trump-related emails as broader legal fight looms — Attorney John Eastman, a key architect of former President Donald Trump's legal effort to overturn the 2020 election, is preparing to provide another 10,000 pages of records to the Jan. 6 select committee, his attorney revealed late Friday.
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Cases are rising in nearly every corner of the United States. — Hospitalizations remain low, partly a reflection of greater immunity in the population. — Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are rising in a majority of American states, in what appears to be the first widespread increase since …
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Vox
The Harvard Crimson:
In Support of Boycott, Divest, Sanction and a Free Palestine — When oppression strikes anywhere in the world, resistance movements reverberate globally. The desire for rightful justice spreads, like wildfire, moving us to act, to speak, to write, and right our past wrongs.
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Breitbart, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Forward and The New Arab
Rebecca Boone / Associated Press:
Former Idaho lawmaker found guilty of raping intern — BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former Idaho lawmaker was convicted Friday of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern after a dramatic trial in which the young woman fled the witness stand during testimony, saying “I can't do this.”
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Opinion Where did all the conservative hand-wringing over judicial restraint go? — “Something has powerfully gone awry,” U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar told the Supreme Court this week. “This is not how our constitutional structure is supposed to operate.”
Southern Poverty Law Center:
Anonymous Donor Drops $1 Million in Bitcoin on Alex Jones — An unidentified person donated over 1 million U.S. dollars in Bitcoin to an address advertised on the conspiracy website Infowars on April 23, Hatewatch found, potentially buoying the finances of embattled extremist Alex Jones.
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Rolling Stone and Raw Story
Marist Poll:
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll: The 2022 Midterms & Biden's Job Performance, April 2022 — GOP Advantage in Congressional Mids... Democrats Weak on Key Issues — With the 2022 Congressional Midterm Elections a little more than six months away, U.S. registered voters give Republicans …
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Opinion Today, Breitbart, PBS NewsHour, New York Post, Political Wire and NPR
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Aqua's ‘Barbie Girl’ Song Won't Appear in the Margot Robbie ‘Barbie’ Movie … “Come on Barbie, let's go party!” is the immortal refrain from Aqua's 1997 song “Barbie Girl” but when it comes to the upcoming Margot Robbie movie, Aqua haven't been invited to join the fun.
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The Verge and The Daily Beast
Financial Times:
Russia running short of precision missiles, say western officials — Pentagon believes Russian offensive is behind schedule in south and east amid shortfalls — Russia is running short of precision missiles in its war against Ukraine and its arms factories lack the ability to produce enough …
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Washington Post, CleanTechnica, The Newsletter, nationalinterest.org, NPR, Snopes.com, WKBN-TV and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
West Ramps Up Ukraine Weapons Aid as Expectations About War's Outcome Shift — Governments see Ukrainian success offering chance of curbing Russian expansionism — Ukraine's military successes against Russia have transformed calculations in Washington and other Western capitals …
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Washington Post, CBS News, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, CNBC, USA Today, Euractiv, WTOP News and Russian News & Opinion
Emily Crane / New York Post:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vows to fight Biden's ‘Ministry of Truth’ — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday vowed to fight back against the Biden administration's new Orwellian disinformation bureau, insisting a “Ministry of Truth” cannot exist in the United States.
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19FortyFive, Big League Politics, SFist, We Love Trump, Townhall, Louder With Crowder and The Capitolist
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The uproar over Homeland Security's Disinformation Governance Board
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Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Insider, The Western Journal, Townhall and Media Matters for America
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