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2:00 PM ET, April 30, 2022

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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable  —  Tucker Carlson burst through the doors of Charlie Palmer Steak, enfolded in an entourage of producers and assistants, cellphone pressed to his ear.  On the other end was Lachlan Murdoch, chairman of the Fox empire and his de facto boss.
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
What to Know About Tucker Carlson's Rise  —  A Times examination of the host's career and singular influence at Fox News shows how his trajectory traces the transformation of American conservatism itself.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Night after night on Fox …
BBC:
Neil Parish MP: I'm resigning after porn moment of madness  —  Neil Parish has told the BBC he is resigning as an MP after admitting he watched pornography twice in the House of Commons.  —  Mr Parish - the MP for Tiverton and Honiton in Devon - said it had been a “moment of madness” and “I was not proud of what I was doing”.
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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Paul Krugman / New York Times:   Student Loans Don't Need to Be Tied to False Promises
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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Grid News:
Elon Musk hates government subsidies.  His companies love them.  —  A Grid analysis of Musk's companies shows more than $7 billion in government contracts alone.  —  Last December, Elon Musk beamed in from his new Tesla plant near Austin, Texas — a behemoth the size of 75 football fields …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Marjorie Taylor Greene accused of lying in hearing in Capitol attack case  —  Lawyers for groups challenging Republican say text Greene sent to Meadows, released by House panel, shows she lied in testimony  —  Lawyers for voters seeking to bar the far-right Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene …
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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.
Discussion: Politico
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Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
White House economists ‘confident’ despite shrinking GDP and other economic woes
Discussion: RedState
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.
New York Times:
From Battered Mariupol Steel Plant, Fighters Share Desperate Videos to Push Out Story  —  Valerie Hopkins, Sarah Kerr and Ainara Tiefenthäler  —  The footage shows a child wearing a makeshift diaper crafted out of tape and plastic bags, asleep in a dank and moldy room.
Cynthia Miller-Idriss / MSNBC:
How right-wing extremists weaponize the idea of motherhood  —  A new report on the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack published this month by researchers at George Washington University detailed the role that women have played in American far-right extremism over the past century …
Discussion: Twitchy
New York Times:
Coronavirus Cases Are Rising Across the U.S., but Most Are Mild  —  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 …
Discussion: Vox
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Nebraska Candidate for Governor Accused of Second Groping Incident at 2019 Dinner  —  Charles W. Herbster, who has been endorsed by Donald Trump for Nebraska governor, was accused of groping a second woman at a 2019 Republican fund-raising event.  He denies both allegations.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Nebraska Examiner and Raw Story
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.”
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
Special grand jury considering Trump election interference in Georgia convenes Monday
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