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3:05 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.”
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and Raw Story
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 …
Myah Ward / Politico:
Alito skips conference appearance after draft opinion disclosure
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The End of Roe v. Wade Will Be Good for America
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Business leaders helped to bankroll the anti-abortion groups who could soon see Roe v. Wade overturned
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.
New York Times:
Tesla will cover transportation costs for employee abortions.  —  The company recently moved to Texas, which is home to some of the country's most restrictive abortion laws.  —  Tesla is covering transportation costs for employees to get out-of-state abortions, joining the likes of Citigroup …
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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.
CourtListener:
25 BACKGROUND  —  26 As alleged in the amended complaint, which the Court accepts as true for Rule 12(b)(6)
Discussion: The Hill and TheBlaze
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
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 …
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: CNBC, Fortune and VICE
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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
Politico:
'It's stupid, it's unnecessary'  —  With help from Lee Hudson, Lara Seligman and Daniel Lippman  —  Yesterday, the talk of the town was breaking news of the U.S. providing intelligence to Ukraine to kill Russian generals.  Now there's another firestorm over reports on American-provided …
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.
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
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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Hannah Demissie / ABC News:
Judge rules GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene can stay on ballot
Ken Armstrong / ProPublica:
Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape  —  Justice Alito's leaked opinion cites Sir Matthew Hale, a 17th-century jurist who conceived the notion that husbands can't be prosecuted for raping their wives, who sentenced women to death as …
Discussion: YouTube, THE JACKAL and Balloon Juice
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
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: CNN
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Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Biden administration bracing for challenging fall and winter of COVID-19
Discussion: New York Times, Deadline and The Hill
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.
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.
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 …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
Despite Everything, Anna Wintour Will Survive  —  Have you ever seen the devil cry in church?  I have.  —  It was last Friday morning at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, at a memorial for André Leon Talley.  His family and church friends gathered alongside Marc Jacobs …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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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
Nichola Groom / Reuters:
California says it needs more power to keep the lights on
Discussion: HotAir
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
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
In Pennsylvania, a Doug Mastriano win would cost the GOP the House and Senate in that state
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Pentagon sending Ukraine laser-guided rockets, surveillance drones
Discussion: Washington Examiner
MEF:
Adopted the freezing decree of the boat Scheherazade
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Rolling Stone
Wall Street Journal:
TikTok's Work Culture: Anxiety, Secrecy and Relentless Pressure
Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast:
‘I Simply Refuse’: Wiretaps Catch Putin's Troops Breaking Own Tanks in Sabotage Scheme
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
My Story: How I Was “Groomed” by My Elementary School Teachers
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
The quid pro quos of Gordon D. Sondland
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Reuters:
U.S. police trainers with far-right ties are teaching hundreds of cops
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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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