Top Items:
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Esper says Trump wanted to shoot protesters — Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper charges in a memoir out May 10 that former President Trump said when demonstrators were filling the streets around the White House following the death of George Floyd: “Can't you just shoot them?
Discussion:
USA Today, The Hill, Raw Story, Insider, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Rolling Stone, The Moderate Voice and Washington Times
New York Times:
Russian Tycoon Criticized Putin's War. Retribution Was Swift. — Oleg Y. Tinkov was worth more than $9 billion in November, renowned as one of Russia's few self-made business tycoons after building his fortune outside the energy and minerals industries that were the playgrounds of Russian kleptocracy.
RELATED:
BBC:
Israel outrage at Sergei Lavrov's claim that Hitler was part Jewish — Israel has reacted with fury after Russia's foreign minister claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood”. — Sergei Lavrov made the comments to try to justify Russia's portrayal of Ukraine as “Nazi” despite the fact that its president is Jewish.
Discussion:
The Guardian, Washington Post, The Hill, HotAir, The Times of Israel, Reuters, Bloomberg, Forbes, New York Post, Breitbart, UPI, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Fox News
Reuters:
Lavrov Compares Ukraine's Zelenskyy to Hitler, Who Also ‘Had Jewish Blood’ — Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview on Italian television on Sunday that the fact Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish does not negate the Nazi elements in his country.
CNN:
Russians plunder $5M farm vehicles from Ukraine — to find they've been remotely disabled — (CNN)Russian troops in the occupied city of Melitopol have stolen all the equipment from a farm equipment dealership — and shipped it to Chechnya, according to a Ukrainian businessman in the area.
Discussion:
Boing Boing and Ace of Spades HQ
New York Times:
Russia's top officer visited the front line to change the offensive's course, U.S. and Ukraine officials say.
New York Times:
Long lines at Ukrainian gas stations reveal just the tip of a looming crisis.
Discussion:
ABC News and Washington Post
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Hacking Russia was off-limits. The Ukraine war made it a free-for-all.
Discussion:
Bob's Newsletter, UPI and Breitbart, more at Techmeme »
Peter Pomerantsev / The Atlantic:
‘We Can Only Be Enemies’ — When the Russian army first began shelling Lukashivka …
Discussion:
The Dispatch
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Bidenworld wants to make the midterms more about Trump and hopes Elon Musk helps — President Joe Biden and fellow Democrats have struggled to overcome historical headwinds and worrisome economic trends in the lead-up to the midterms. — So aides are scheming up something else …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Political Currents, Associated Press and CNN
RELATED:
Scott Dworkin / Newsweek:
There's No Choice in the Midterms. The Democrats Are the Only Side Defending Democracy
Discussion:
Salon
Axios:
Dems punch back against GOP's “culture war” attacks
Discussion:
New York Times, American Greatness and RedState
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Opinion Can Democrats knock Republicans off their two-faced midterm strategy?
Discussion:
Fox News, Vox, CNN, FiveThirtyEight, The Hill, Townhall, Responsible Statecraft, Supercreator, Washington Times and New Yorker
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Disney vs. DeSantis Is the Future of Politics — Sign up for Derek's newsletter here. — The drama in Florida between Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company has taken so many unusual turns in so little time that providing a truly straightforward account of what's transpired is not easy.
Discussion:
Based and Reformed
RELATED:
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
DeSantis eyes big Florida win in November as a White House springboard
Discussion:
Washington Post
Washington Free Beacon:
The Nurse Ratched of Disinformation — When we first heard Alejandro Mayorkas announce a Department of Homeland Security “Disinformation Governance Board,” we thought he was trolling. Then he said Nina Jankowicz, best known as TikTok's “Mary Poppins of Disinformation,” would head it.
Discussion:
Fox News, The Daily Caller and Townhall
RELATED:
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
The New Disinformationists — We have seven more months before the midterms.
Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Mayorkas admits he ‘could have done a better job’ explaining mission of ‘disinformation’ board
Discussion:
HotAir, Power Line and The Bulwark
CNN:
Georgia official frantically texted Mark Meadows as Trump badgered secretary of state to ‘find’ votes — (CNN)As Donald Trump badgered Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on an hour-long call to “find” the votes necessary to flip the battleground state to Trump's column after the 2020 election …
David Siders / Politico:
Trumpworld braces for ‘a couple of ugly nights’ in May — The first big test of former President Donald Trump's clout comes Tuesday in Ohio's bitterly fought Senate primary, where J.D. Vance surged into the lead after winning Trump's endorsement. — A Vance victory would remind his party that Trump is still king.
Discussion:
The Hill, Punchbowl News, Fox News, Breitbart, WKBN-TV, CNN, Raw Story, No Tribe and Associated Press
Trafalgar Group:
OH Sen GOP April 29 - May 1, 2022 — See Report Here — Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Discussion:
Political Wire
Mike Allen / Axios:
First look: Jared Kushner to publish White House memoir in August — Jared Kushner will be out Aug. 8 with “Breaking History: A White House Memoir,” with the publisher promising never-before-reported tales from the 2016 campaign, the Russia investigation, impeachment and COVID.
New York Times:
What Democrats Don't Understand About Rural America — Ms. Maxmin, 29, is the youngest female state senator in Maine's history. Mr. Woodward ran her two campaigns. They are the authors of the forthcoming book “Dirt Road Revival,” from which this essay is adapted.
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Federalist, Politico and The Hill
Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
Parodying conspiracy theories with the Birds Aren't Real movement — There have always been conspiracy theories: the moon landings were fake, Elvis is alive, Paul is dead. But as disinformation has sprouted across the internet, more malicious conspiracy theories have entered our homes, workplaces and even the halls of Congress.
Discussion:
Freddie deBoer
Gizmodo:
We're Publishing the Facebook Papers. Here's What They Say About the Ranking Algorithms That Control Your News Feed. — Facebook employees knew that a computer-curated feed increased the time users spent on the social network—and that it led to unhealthy behaviors. — Alerts
The Daily Beast:
Trump Organization Accused of Hiding Witness Who Knew if Trump Lied — There's a new witness in a civil case against the Trump Organization. And this witness could help show that Trump was lying. — Of all Donald Trump's legal problems, the lawsuit over the way his company's security guards beat …
Discussion:
Raw Story
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
The next frontier for the antiabortion movement: A nationwide ban — Advocates and some GOP lawmakers have started mobilizing around potential federal legislation to outlaw abortion after six weeks of pregnancy — Leading antiabortion groups and their allies in Congress have been meeting behind …
Director of Audience Development, NY — 
Political Reporter, WY — 
Energy & Climate Reporter, CA — 
Science Writer — 
China Ag. Correspondent, Beijing — 
Professional Services Reporter, London — 
Technology Correspondent, CA — 
Editor (PT) - Print Magazine, DC — 
Moving Writer, Remote US — 
Reporter, MI — 
Senior Health Reporter/Editor, CA — 
Tech Reporter - Musk & EVs, NY — 
Reporter-Editor, BC — 
Reporter I or Reporter II, MN — 
Education Lab Editor, WA — 
Editor/Team Leader, MO — 
Food Reporter, CA — 
Assistant Managing Editor, DC — 
Editor -in-Chief, MT — 
Military Reporter, VA — 
Copy Editor, CA — 
Breaking News Ed. - Markets, NY — 
Staff Writer, NC — 
Longform Non-Fiction Writer — 
Immigration Reporter, CA — 
Sr. Political Correspondent, FL — 
Child Welfare Reporter, Remote MN — 
Reporter - Weekend, CA — 
Business & Development Reporter, MI — 
Newsletter Writer, TX — 
Senior Ed. - Betting, London — 
Senior Reporter/Assistant Editor, NM — 
Reporter/Feature Writer — 
