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Axios:
J.D. Vance's Trump-like effect  —  If J.D. Vance follows his Tuesday night victory in Ohio's Senate primary with a general election win in November he'll arrive in a Washington filled with enemies and be seen as arguably the hardest-edged populist nationalist in the Senate GOP.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
J.D. Vance Is a Dangerous Authoritarian … The GOP Establishment is shocked and appalled that J.D. Vance won the race to the bottom that was the Ohio Republican Senate primary.  A Senate Republican leadership source had previously said “that of all the Ohio Senate candidates …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
A mole hunt, a secret website and Peter Thiel's big risk: How J.D. Vance won his primary  —  Tech billionaire Peter Thiel had already donated a record-breaking amount of money to support J.D. Vance in the Ohio Republican Senate primary — but last week, the Silicon Valley tycoon decided he wanted to give even more.
Sarah Longwell / New York Times:
J.D. Vance Is More Proof That Trump Is King of the Republican Party  —  J.D. Vance's come-from-behind victory in the Ohio Republican primary was the first test of Donald Trump's influence in 2022 election cycle as well as the future of the Republican Party.  Spoiler alert: He's influential.
Brittany Shepherd / ABC News:
3 key takeaways from the Ohio, Indiana primaries
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The key to Vance's primary win: Uniformity
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Democratic Leaders Are Getting the Abortion Story Wrong — Again  —  With Roe at death's door, will the party finally change its tune?  —  The news of Samuel Alito's draft majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade on Monday didn't just break — it shattered.  It was the unexpected timing, yes.
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NBC News:
Rep. Cuellar attacked on his anti-abortion stance by opponent Cisneros in Texas Democratic run-off  —  WASHINGTON — Texas Democratic House candidate Jessica Cisneros is demanding her party's congressional leaders drop their support of her primary opponent, Rep. Henry Cuellar, over his opposition to abortion.
Discussion: The Hill, VICE, Bloomberg and CNN
Popular Information:
These 13 corporations have spent $15 million supporting anti-abortion politicians since 2016  —  A draft Supreme Court opinion, published by Politico on Monday evening, would strike down Roe v. Wade — eliminating the constitutional protections for abortion that have been in place for 48 years.
Discussion: New York Times, The Cut and WGAL-TV
Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Actually, It's Perfectly Rational for Republicans to Be Furious About That Supreme Court Leak
The White House:
Remarks by President Biden Before Air Force One Departure
CNN:
GOP tries to steer clear of abortion politics as midterm plans take shape
Washington Examiner:
Roe will not be missed  —  The leaked draft opinion that would overturn the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision remains a mystery in some respects.  But two things are certain.  First, the leak has damaged the court's credibility.  Chief Justice John Roberts is right to initiate a full investigation by the marshal of the court.
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Cut
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Elise Foley / HuffPost:
Newsmax Host Suggests Ketanji Brown Jackson, Who Isn't On Supreme Court Yet, Leaked Draft
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Overturning Roe Is a Radical, Not Conservative, Choice
Edward Whelan / New York Post:
Alito makes masterful argument to ‘overturn’ Roe v. Wade
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Alito's Plan to Repeal the 20th Century
Kara Voght / Rolling Stone:
They're the ‘Last Line of Defense’ to Protect Abortion Rights
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Biden touts economic growth, debt and deficit reduction ahead of Fed rate hike  —  He said deficit reduction reduces inflationary pressures on the economy.  —  President Joe Biden on Wednesday said that the federal government will pay down the national debt this quarter for the first time in six years …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Journalists from multiple news outlets test positive after White House Correspondents Dinner weekend  —  New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.  You can sign up for free right here.  —  Trevor Noah joked about the event becoming …
Washington Post:   G20 invitation for Putin shows limits of his ‘pariah’ status
Juliette Kayyem / The Atlantic:   Biden Is Rightsizing the COVID Crisis
Associated Press:
AP evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theater airstrike  —  LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — She stood in just her bathrobe in the freezing basement of the Mariupol theater, coated in white plaster dust shaken loose by the explosion.  Her husband tugged at her to leave and begged her to cover her eyes.
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Reuben Johnson / You searched for:
Russian troops held me captive at gunpoint for two weeks in Ukraine.  Here's what I learned.  —  On March 4, Breaking Defense correspondent Reuben Johnson was captured by Russian soldiers outside of Kyiv and taken prisoner.  This is the story of what happened next.
Detroit Free Press:
Democrat upsets candidate who made controversial rape comments in bid for Michigan House  —  Clara Hendrickson Arpan LoboDetroit Free Press  —  In an upset win Tuesday, Democrat Carol Glanville defeated Republican Robert “RJ” Regan in a special election for a Michigan House seat that had only ever been held by a Republican.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion An upset win over the ‘enjoy rape’ MAGA candidate speaks volumes  —  “Hate Won't Win.”  —  That hashtag went viral last month after Mallory McMorrow, an obscure Democratic state senator from Michigan, delivered a blistering takedown of a GOP colleague who'd falsely labeled her a “groomer.”
Discussion: Raw Story and Boing Boing
Natalie L. Kahn / The Harvard Crimson:
I Am a Crimson Editor and I Stand with Israel  —  On April 29, I woke up to a flurry of messages from students, alumni, and journalists regarding a new piece published by The Crimson's Editorial Board declaring it was “proud to finally lend our support to both Palestinian liberation and …
KFF:
KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: April 2022  —  Key Findings  — With news that Moderna has asked the FDA to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for young children, the latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor survey finds that about one in five parents of children under age 5 (18%) …
Discussion: UPI
 
 
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The Post Millennial:
The Post Millennial acquired by Human Events Media Group to form ‘new media powerhouse’
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Matthew Duss / Foreign Affairs:
The War in Ukraine Calls for a Reset of Biden's Foreign Policy
Discussion: The Guardian and New York Times
Charlotte Edwards / New York Post:
NASA to launch naked pictures of humans to space in hope of ‘attracting aliens’
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Opinion Russia is losing on the electronic battlefield
Discussion: Bloomberg, NPR and The Hill
ABC News:
Exclusive: Sen. Ben Ray Lujan in emotional interview about recovering from his recent stroke
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Laxalt leads GOP Senate primary, Lombardo up in gubernatorial primary: Nevada poll
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Axios:
Poll: Distrust of Asian Americans is rising
Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal:
NFT Sales Are Flatlining
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Ron DeSantis and the Unlearned Lessons of the G.O.P.'s Culture War
Discussion: USA Today
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Repairman who revealed Hunter Biden laptop sues Schiff, CNN, Politico and The Daily Beast
 

 
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