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6:40 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 …
Discussion: HotAir and Political Wire
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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  —  In his draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito blamed that 1973 abortion decision for sparking “a national controversy that has embittered our political culture for a half century.”  He quoted Justice Antonin Scalia …
David French / The Atlantic:
Why Justice Alito's Draft Opinion in Dobbs Doesn't Threaten Gay Marriage  —  Why are the issues different?  Because Justice Alito says they're different. … As a person who's been litigating and writing about abortion and abortion-related issues for more than 30 years …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The End of Roe v. Wade Will Be Good for America
Emily Galvin Almanza / Teen Vogue:
The Criminalization of Abortion: What to Expect In a Post-Roe United States
Discussion: Mother Jones
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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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.
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Fauci privately miffed about the message sent by the WHCA dinner  —  The nation's top medical adviser expressed private frustration that elite D.C. no longer seems to take the Covid threat seriously.  —  Anthony Fauci this week privately criticized the decision to hold the White House …
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Biden makes head-scratching remark about American students learning Spanish
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
New White House press secretary announcement - is there a conflict of interest here?
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” …
Discussion: NBC News, HuffPost, Axios and NBC New York
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
‘Caveman’ Costumed Son of Brooklyn Judge Receives Eight-Month Sentence After Felony Conviction Over Jan. 6 Siege
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: 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
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
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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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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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
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 …
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 …
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Man accused of killing his wife wins GOP primary from jail  —  An Indiana man who is accused of killing his cancer-stricken wife as she was seeking a divorce won his GOP primary this week from jail and will be on the ballot in November — if he has not been convicted.
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Sarah Nelson / The Indianapolis Star:
Lebanon man accused of killing wife among winners in Indiana primary race
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Associated Press:
Tesla covers travel costs for workers seeking abortions  —  Tesla is covering travel costs for employees seeking out-of-state abortions, joining the ranks of major companies who've introduced a similar policy to benefit workers affected by new restrictions in the past few months.
Discussion: HotAir, austonia and The Daily Wire
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
Reuters:
U.S. police trainers with far-right ties are teaching hundreds of cops  —  One police instructor who has taught 560 officers in recent years has joined one extremist group and supported other far-right movements.  Others have echoed QAnon and other fringe conspiracy theories on social media, a Reuters examination found.
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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 …
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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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Business leaders helped to bankroll the anti-abortion groups who could soon see Roe v. Wade overturned
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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
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Biden Heads for JD Vance's Home Turf as Democrat Sits Out Event
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Bill Glauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
'He doesn't understand medicine is a science': Ron Johnson escalates ‘guerrilla war’ against medical establishment
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Payroll growth accelerated by 428,000 in April, more than expected as jobs picture stays strong
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Amid an uproar over Capitol staff mistreatment, meet the House's ‘worst boss’
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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