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7:35 PM ET, May 6, 2022

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CNN:
CNN poll: The Supreme Court's draft opinion on Roe v. Wade hasn't shaken the midterm landscape  —  (CNN)Americans remain broadly opposed to overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, following the leak …
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Rich Mckay / Reuters:
After abortion leak, Justice Thomas warns Supreme Court can't be ‘bullied’  —  Following protests sparked by the leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision indicating the justices are poised to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, Justice Clarence Thomas said on Friday that the court cannot be “bullied.”
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Pence hits Harris over abortion remarks: ‘How dare you?’  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence blasted Vice President Harris in a speech Thursday over her support of abortion rights as the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.  —  On Tuesday at an EMILY's List conference …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
PR giant advising corporate clients to stay silent on abortion rights  —  A massive public relations firm, Zeno, is privately advising its high-profile corporate clients to avoid commenting on the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, according to an internal communication obtained by Popular Information.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Death of Roe Is Going to Tear America Apart
David French / The Atlantic:
Why Justice Alito's Draft Opinion in Dobbs Doesn't Threaten Gay Marriage
Emily Galvin Almanza / Teen Vogue:
The Criminalization of Abortion: What to Expect In a Post-Roe United States
Discussion: Mother Jones
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Business leaders helped to bankroll the anti-abortion groups who could soon see Roe v. Wade overturned
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The End of Roe v. Wade Will Be Good for America
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Fauci privately miffed about the message sent by the WHCA dinner  —  Anthony Fauci this week privately criticized the decision to hold the White House Correspondents' Dinner, singling it out as a troubling sign that many Americans no longer view Covid as a serious threat, four people who heard his remarks told POLITICO.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and CBS News
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
New White House press secretary announcement - is there a conflict of interest here?
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Biden makes head-scratching remark about American students learning Spanish
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Starbucks Broke Law By Firing And Threatening Pro-Union Workers, Labor Board Alleges  —  An official with the National Labor Relations Board filed a wide-ranging complaint accusing the coffee chain of violating workers' rights.  —  Updated a few seconds ago
Discussion: Fortune, VICE and Jacobin
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New York Times:
Amazon Abruptly Fires Senior Managers Tied to Unionized Warehouse  —  Company officials said the terminations in Staten Island were the result of an internal review while the fired managers saw it as a response to the recent union victory.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Man who stormed Capitol in caveman costume gets prison  —  A New York City judge's son who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a furry “caveman” costume was sentenced on Friday to eight months in prison.  —  U.S. District Judge James Boasberg told Aaron Mostofsky that he was “literally on the front lines” …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:   Jan. 6 rioters who stormed Capitol in gladiator, caveman costumes sentenced to prison
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit seeking to lift Twitter ban  — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by former President Donald Trump seeking to lift his ban from Twitter.  — The social media giant had banned Trump in January 2021, citing the risk of the incitement of further violence …
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CourtListener:
25 BACKGROUND  —  26 As alleged in the amended complaint, which the Court accepts as true for Rule 12(b)(6)
Discussion: The Hill
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Esper: Trump Wanted To Activate Retired Four-Stars To Court-Martial Them For Disloyalty  —  Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's new book recounts the episode.  —  President Donald Trump demanded that the military recall two retired four-star officers who criticized him so they could be court-martialed, a new book says.
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Judge: Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified for reelection  —  ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Georgia on Friday found that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified to run for reelection, finding that a group of voters who had challenged her eligibility failed to prove she engaged in insurrection after taking office.
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Dan Zak / Washington Post:
The quid pro quos of Gordon D. Sondland  —  Long after his turn as a key witness at Donald Trump's first impeachment, the former E.U. ambassador wants another kind of public hearing  —  Gordon Sondland is a walking asterisk, a footnote that was once a headline, a man who made some history without really changing the course of it.
Discussion: Raw Story
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Pompeo Bastes Oz Over Turkey Ties  —  Former CIA director and secretary of state Mike Pompeo wants celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz to talk Turkey.  Speaking at a press conference Friday, the ex-spy chief said the Pennsylvania Senate candidate owes voters an explanation about his decision to vote …
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Kelsey Carolan / The Hill:
Pompeo holds briefing to raise concerns over Trump-backed Senate candidate in Pennsylvania
Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast:
‘I Simply Refuse’: Wiretaps Catch Putin's Troops Breaking Own Tanks in Sabotage Scheme  —  Russian troops have begun sharing tips with one another on how to deliberately damage Russian tanks and disobey orders, according to Ukrainian intelligence.  —  Russian fighters have been sharing tips …
MEF:
Adopted the freezing decree of the boat Scheherazade  —  Pursuant to Article 11 of Legislative Decree n. 109/2007, the investigations conducted by the Nucleo Speciale di Polizia Valutaria (Guardia di Finanza) highlighted the presence of significant economic and business links of the beneficial owner …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Rolling Stone
Pew Research Center:
America's Abortion Quandary  —  A majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, but many are open to restrictions; many opponents of legal abortion say it should be legal in some circumstances  —  A majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases …
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
In Pennsylvania, a Doug Mastriano win would cost the GOP the House and Senate in that state  —  Democrat Josh Shapiro wants Doug Mastriano to win the Pennsylvania Republican primary for governor on May 17.  That is not mere speculation — the well-funded Democratic gubernatorial candidate …
Wall Street Journal:
TikTok's Work Culture: Anxiety, Secrecy and Relentless Pressure  —  Former U.S. staffers tell of sleep deprivation, work on weekends and mandatory meetings with colleagues on the other side of the globe  —  Former TikTok employee Chloe Shih in front of her camera set up at home where she films her YouTube videos.
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
My Story: How I Was “Groomed” by My Elementary School Teachers … Anyone following the news knows the U.S. right is now obsessively accusing public school teachers, especially ones who are LGBTQ+, of being “groomers” — i.e., pedophiles.  It's both astonishingly vile and horrifyingly cynical.
Mark Landler / New York Times:
U.K. Live Updates: Sinn Fein Is on Track to Win in Northern Ireland  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  In a seismic shift, the pro-unity Sinn Fein bloc is emerging as the largest in the North.  —  LONDON — The Irish nationalist party, Sinn Fein, was on track Friday night to emerge …
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Dozens of mail ballots are going to a GOP ward leader's South Philly P.O. box, raising ‘ballot harvesting’ concerns  —  A mail ballot mystery is unfolding at an otherwise unremarkable post office box in South Philadelphia.City elections officials last week received applications …
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
How Dare They!  —  The left's attitude problem when it comes to democracy.  —  To say that a leaked draft of a Supreme Court ruling prompted an elite meltdown would be a gross understatement.  This was a culture war 9/11.  “I have typed and deleted a great many comments,” Roxane Gay tweeted.
Washington Post:
Pentagon sending Ukraine laser-guided rockets, surveillance drones  —  U.S. officials said Friday that the Biden administration would spend $136 million on commercially available weapons and military equipment  —  The Biden administration is expanding its delivery of commercially available weapons …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
FBI pulls clearances of employees at Jan. 6 rally before Capitol riot  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI is quietly suspending the security clearances of employees who attended protests before last year's Capitol riot, The Post has learned.  —  The decision is drawing pushback from Republicans …
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Biden administration bracing for challenging fall and winter of COVID-19  —  Up to 30% of people could get infected, a senior administration official said.  —  The White House is bracing for a challenging COVID-19 surge this fall and winter that could infect up to 30% of Americans …
Discussion: New York Times
CNN:
Peter Thiel plans to wind down his involvement in 2022 after Vance's victory in Ohio  —  (CNN)Billionaire tech mogul Peter Thiel won big when his longtime friend J.D. Vance succeeded in Tuesday's Ohio Senate GOP primary, surging to victory in the final days of the race after a last-minute endorsement …
 
 
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Ken Armstrong / ProPublica:
Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape
Discussion: Balloon Juice and FIRST DRAFT
Silvia Foster-Frau / Washington Post:
A mother, daughter and the abortions that came between them
Ethan Freedman / The Independent:
Earth's CO2 hits highest recorded level in human history
Sam LaGrone / USNI News:
Warship Moskva was Blind to Ukrainian Missile Attack, Analysis Shows
Dave Levinthal / Insider:
Democratic Sen. Tom Carper violated a federal conflicts-of-interest law by failing to properly disclose his wife's gold mining investment
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Biden Heads for JD Vance's Home Turf as Democrat Sits Out Event
Discussion: Washington Times
University of Chicago Press:
Radical American Partisanship
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Giuliani Pulls Out of Interview With Jan. 6 Committee
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Man accused of killing his wife wins GOP primary from jail
Reuters:
U.S. police trainers with far-right ties are teaching hundreds of cops
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Ronda Kaysen / New York Times:
A Landlord ‘Underestimated’ His Tenants. Now They Could Own the Building.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Payroll growth accelerated by 428,000 in April, more than expected as jobs picture stays strong
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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