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10:55 AM ET, May 2, 2022

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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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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.
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
Washington Post:
Big majority of Americans back sanctions on Russia, aid to Ukraine, poll finds
Discussion: The Hill and ABC News
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 …
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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.
Discussion: Salon
David Remnick / New Yorker:
A Role Model for the Midterms
Discussion: Political Currents
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
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:   DeSantis eyes big Florida win in November as a White House springboard
Wall Street Journal:
Disney's Clash With Florida Has CEOs on Alert
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Washington Free Beacon:
The Nurse Ratched of Disinformation  —  LOL.  —  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.
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:   The New Disinformationists  —  We have seven more months before the midterms.
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Discussion: Political Wire
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Internal poll: GOP candidate ahead in Texas special election  —  House Republicans might not have to wait until November to chip away at Democrats' majority.  —  Internal party polling conducted this month shows the GOP has a real shot at flipping former Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela's South Texas seat …
 
 
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Adam Rodriguez / New York Post:
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Indigenous Taíno of Puerto Rico take their fight for visibility and rights to the UN
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The GOP senator who faulted Trump for Jan. 6 — and lived to tell about it
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Discussion: Fox News
Kevin Landrigan / UnionLeader.com:
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Discussion: Media Nation
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New York Times:
The Extraordinary Wealth Created by the Pandemic Housing Market
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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