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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.
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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.
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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.
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New York Times:
Russia's top officer visited the front line to change the offensive's course, U.S. and Ukraine officials say. — ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — The chief of the general staff of the Russian military, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the country's highest ranking uniformed officer, made a visit …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel condemns Russian foreign minister's “unforgivable” Hitler remarks — Israel on Monday condemned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's false claim that Adolf Hitler had “Jewish blood,” which he used to justify calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “Nazi.”
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Jerusalem Post:
Lavrov claims Zelensky has Jewish blood ‘just like Hitler’ — The Russian Foreign Minister attacked the President of Ukraine in an interview in Italy and reiterated the claims that his country has elements of Nazism. — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attacked Ukraine …
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The Times of Israel
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Hacking Russia was off-limits. The Ukraine war made it a free-for-all.
Hacking Russia was off-limits. The Ukraine war made it a free-for-all.
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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?
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Scott Dworkin / Newsweek:
There's No Choice in the Midterms. The Democrats Are the Only Side Defending Democracy — , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC COALITION — As we get closer and closer to November's midterm elections, doomsday predictions about a bloodbath for Democrats have come to dominate the news.
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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 …
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.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell silent about sour Trump relationship
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.
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
DeSantis eyes big Florida win in November as a White House springboard — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won't say whether he'll run for president, but he's starting to acknowledge that his road to the White House might hinge on a big re-election win this year. — For months, Florida Capitol insiders …
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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 …
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Axios:
Dems punch back against GOP's “culture war” attacks — Democrats are starting to fight back against the bludgeoning they've taken since the Republicans seized on socially charged issues to help win this fall's midterms. … They want to make 2022 a referendum on MAGA nation and its agenda.
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Opinion Can Democrats knock Republicans off their two-faced midterm strategy?
Opinion Can Democrats knock Republicans off their two-faced midterm strategy?
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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.
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Freddie deBoer
Washington Post:
Big majority of Americans back sanctions on Russia, aid to Ukraine, poll finds — A Washington Post-ABC News poll also finds strong opposition to any direct military conflict with Moscow — Two months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, Americans are stalwart in their support …
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Virus mutations aren't slowing down. New omicron subvariant proves it. — During those terrifying early days of the pandemic, scientists offered one piece of reassuring news about the novel coronavirus: It mutated slowly. The earliest mutations did not appear to be consequential.
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Anti-Defamation League:
Remarks by Jonathan Greenblatt to the ADL Virtual National Leadership Summit — Thank you for that kind introduction. I am so glad to welcome you - leaders from coast to coast committed to the fight against antisemitism and hate. — I don't need to tell you how important and pressing this work is.
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