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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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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 …
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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Bob's Newsletter, UPI and Breitbart
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?
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 …
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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Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Reuters and The Times of Israel
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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.
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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Adam Wren / Politico:
The GOP senator who faulted Trump for Jan. 6 — and lived to tell about it — INDIANAPOLIS — It's been nearly six years since Todd Young pulled off one of the biggest Senate upsets of 2016. — Now, up for reelection in barn-red Indiana, the former chair of the Republican Senate campaign arm …
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 …
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ABC News
David Remnick / New Yorker:
A Role Model for the Midterms — Democrats need to fight back against the Republicans' phony culture war. Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow showed how. — “Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.” The famous line is from Brecht's “Life of Galileo,” and it's often trotted …
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Political Currents
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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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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell silent about sour Trump relationship — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has kept strictly silent with his Senate GOP colleagues, including members of his inner circle, about his sour relationship with former President Trump, according to senators interviewed by The Hill.
New York Times:
Biden Received Early Warnings That Immigration and Inflation Could Erode His Support — Confidential polling data obtained by The New York Times underscores the biggest challenges for President Biden and his party as they face the prospect of losing power to Republicans on Capitol Hill.
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Wide World of News and CNN
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.
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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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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Ace of Spades HQ
Joseph Lee / Grist:
Indigenous Taíno of Puerto Rico take their fight for visibility and rights to the UN — Without US representation, the Taíno advocate for environmental justice and cultural preservation internationally. — This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk …
Trafalgar Group:
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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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Balloon Juice
Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
Kathy Boudin, Radical Imprisoned in a Fatal Robbery, Dies at 78 — She had a role in the Brink's heist by the Weather Underground that left two police officers dead. But she became a model prisoner and, after being freed, helped former inmates. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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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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