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10:10 AM ET, May 7, 2022

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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Clarence Thomas says he worries respect for institutions is eroding  —  ATLANTA — Justice Clarence Thomas said Friday that the judiciary is threatened if people are unwilling to “live with outcomes we don't agree with” and that recent events at the Supreme Court might be “one symptom of that.”
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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.”
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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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The War Is Getting More Dangerous for America, and Biden Knows It  —  If you just followed news reports on Ukraine, you might think that the war has settled into a long, grinding and somewhat boring slog.  You would be wrong.  —  Things are actually getting more dangerous by the day.
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
US intelligence told to keep quiet over role in Ukraine military triumphs  —  CIA veterans advise successors against ‘unwise’ intelligence boasts that could trigger escalation from Russia  —  Former US intelligence officers are advising their successors currently in office to shut …
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.
Discussion: Althouse
Washington Post:
Coronavirus wave this fall could infect 100 million, administration warns  —  The projections for fall and winter are part of a pitch for additional funding for vaccines, treatments and tests.  —  The Biden administration is warning the United States could see 100 million coronavirus infections …
Discussion: Nature, CNN and Insider
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Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Biden administration bracing for challenging fall and winter of COVID-19
Discussion: The Hill
Byline Times:
‘Wipe Jews Off the Face of the Earth’: Racism and Antisemitic Slurs of Viral YouTuber Exposed  —  A recording exclusively obtained by Byline Times exposes YouTuber and Infowars alumnus Paul Joseph Watson using racist, homophobic and antisemitic slurs  —  GET THE CURRENT EDITION OF BYLINE TIMES NOW
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
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Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:   Leaked Audio Underscores Dark Side of Far-Right YouTube Subculture
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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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
A federal judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit seeking to reinstate his Twitter account.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Inside Elon Musk's Big Plans for Twitter  —  Here's what Mr. Musk is projecting for Twitter's finances over the next few years, according to a pitch deck he presented to investors.  —  Elon Musk has never been accused of dreaming small.  He has reinvented at least two industries with Tesla …
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
The Limits of Privilege  —  The new abortion regime is going to affect everyone.  —  In 2015, the Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, “We will never see a day when women of means are not able to get a safe abortion in this country.”  If you have paid attention …
Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
GOP donor described botched vote fraud probe in recording, prosecutors say  —  On Oct. 17, 2020, influential GOP donor Steven F. Hotze made an urgent request during a phone call with a top federal prosecutor in Texas, according to a court filing Friday by the Houston district attorney's office.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
In Nebraska, a Trump-Inspired Candidate Cracks Open Divide in the G.O.P.  —  Charles W. Herbster's bid for governor has set off a bitter fight for power in a state once known for its genteel politics.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WAHOO, Neb. — In his run for governor of Nebraska …
John Paul Mac Isaac / New York Post:
The night I met Hunter Biden: Mac Shop owner John Mac Isaac recounts fateful encounter in exclusive excerpt  —  On a fateful night in April 2019, John Paul Mac Isaac was working at his store, The Mac Shop in Wilmington, Del., when a customer walked in who would upend his life.
Wall Street Journal:
Jared Kushner's New Fund Plans to Invest Saudi Money in Israel  —  Saudi Arabia's sovereign-wealth fund committed $2 billion to Mr. Kushner's Affinity Partners, agreeing to allow investment in Israeli firms for the first time  —  Jared Kushner's new private-equity fund plans to invest millions …
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.
Ukraine world:
“The Ukrainian garrison in Mariupol can still be saved”: urgent address to European leaders  —  Ukrainian human rights defenders, former dissidents and scholars call European leaders to act now  —  To:  —  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,  —  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz,
WTVF-TV:
Gov. Lee signs law criminalizing mail-order abortion pills  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation Thursday that would criminalize a person for obtaining abortion pills via a mail delivery service.  —  The law would mean a Class E felony charge with the potential for a fine.
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Silvia Foster-Frau / Washington Post:
A mother, daughter and the abortions that came between them
Discussion: Townhall
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Rewards offered after dolphin ‘harassed to death’ on Texas beach, another impaled in Florida  —  The dolphin that died in Texas was killed by drowning, NOAA said.  A number of people allegedly harassed it after it was beached last month.  —  Rewards are being offered in two recent deadly …
Discussion: Insider
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
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 …
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Chris Andrews / BBC:
NI election results 2022: Sinn Féin tops first preference vote in NI election
Discussion: Bloomberg
 
 
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Luke McGee / CNN:
Putin's reputed girlfriend Alina Kabaeva included in proposed EU sanctions list, sources say
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
How Victory Day became central to Putin's idea of Russian identity
Illia Ponomarenko / The Kyiv Independent:
Russia's offensive in Donbas bogs down
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
Despite Everything, Anna Wintour Will Survive
Nichola Groom / Reuters:
California says it needs more power to keep the lights on
Kipp Jones / Mediaite:
Meghan McCain's New Memoir ‘Bad Republican’ Flops With Fewer Than 300 Copies Sold
Lee Brown / New York Post:
Biden's new press secretary sparks conflict-of-interest concerns over relationship with CNN's Suzanne Malveaux
 Earlier Items: 
Ken Armstrong / ProPublica:
Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape
Discussion: YouTube and THE JACKAL
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Dozens of mail ballots are going to a GOP ward leader's South Philly P.O. box, raising ‘ballot harvesting’ concerns
Discussion: Raw Story
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Starbucks Broke Law By Firing And Threatening Pro-Union Workers, Labor Board Alleges
Discussion: CNBC, Associated Press and Fortune
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
In Pennsylvania, a Doug Mastriano win would cost the GOP the House and Senate in that state
MEF:
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
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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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