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Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian:
‘Paranoid dictator’: Russian journalists fill pro-Kremlin site with anti-war articles  —  Articles published on Lenta.ru on Victory Day accuse Putin of waging ‘bloodiest war of 21st century’  —  Two Russian journalists working for a popular pro-Kremlin website filled it with anti-war articles …
Discussion: HotAir
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:   9 Theses on Putin's Fascism for 9 May
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Russian ambassador to Poland hit with red paint
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Western allies unveil new Russia sanctions on V-E Day
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Winning after Roe  —  People want the vast majority of abortions to be legal  —  I think abortion should be very broadly legal.  Without the constitutional protections offered by the Roe v. Wade decision, abortion is going to become much less broadly available, which is bad.
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Michigan's abortion ban is draconian and should be vacated, attorney general says  —  Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she won't enforce her state's 1931 abortion law — and she's hoping the Michigan Supreme Court finds it unconstitutional, even if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down its Roe v. Wade decision.
Discussion: Townhall, Washington Times and Insider
Washington Post:
Miss. governor doesn't rule out banning contraception if Roe falls
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Warn of G.O.P. Effort to Restrict Abortion Nationwide
Steve Schmidt / The Warning:
No Books.  No Money.  Just the Truth.  —  This is a story about lying.  Public lying.  It is a story about Senator John McCain's lying, and the damage it has done to many people, including me.  It is also a story about my lying because, ultimately, John McCain's lie became mine.
Discussion: New York Magazine and POLITICUSUSA
Politico:
How the Jan. 6 panel broke through Trump allies' stonewalling  —  Donald Trump's top election-subversion wingmen have stonewalled the Jan. 6 select committee for months, but investigators have found a reliable workaround: their deputies and assistants.  —  Time and again, the panel has managed …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
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Mark Esper / Politico:
‘I Want to Meet With the Taliban’: Tales of Trump's Head-Scratching Diplomacy  —  On Friday, Aug. 16, 2019 — just three weeks after the Senate confirmed me as secretary of Defense — the national security team met with President Donald Trump at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club.
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Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Mark Esper details his time in President Trump's Cabinet
Tim Reid / Reuters:
Suburban Phoenix is cautionary tale for Democrats hoping to galvanize voters on abortion  —  Laura Wilson is a mother of three who lives in the sprawling suburbs of north Phoenix, a hotly contested electoral area of Arizona that could decide which party controls the U.S. Senate after November's congressional elections.
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Madison Cawthorn's Campaign Gets Donation From Associate Of Sanctioned Russian Billionaire  —  Chalk up one more controversy for Rep. Madison Cawthorn, the North Carolina Republican who seems enveloped in it.  Cawthorn's cash-strapped campaign for re-election received a donation Friday …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
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Rolling Stone:
Even Trump Is ‘Completely Weirded Out By’ Madison Cawthorn's Antics
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Inside Mark Meadows's final push to keep Trump in power  —  The former congressman played a key role in Trump's effort to overturn the election, according to his texts, congressional investigations and interviews  —  Behind closed doors in a civic center outside Atlanta …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
Wall Street Journal:
The Surprising Backstory of How the Steele Dossier Was Created  —  Report that rattled the political world often echoed chatter among three friends, one a former schoolmate of the main investigator  —  Former press aide Olga Galkina, PR executive Charles Dolan Jr. (center bottom) and researcher Igor Danchenko.
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Eric Greitens leads in Senate GOP primary in Missouri per internal campaign poll  —  Former Gov. Eric Greitens leads the pack in the race for the Republican nomination for Senate in Missouri, according to a poll conducted for his campaign.  —  In the survey, Greitens led Rep. Vicky Hartzler 26% to 19%.
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Ex-porn star Lisa Ann wants Elon Musk to ban X-rated content on Twitter  —  An ex-porn star demanded that Elon Musk ban X-rated content when he takes over Twitter, accusing the social-media giant of being “the largest distributor of illegal content to minors.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
QAnon Joins Vigilantes at the Southern Border  —  Far-right activists are intercepting migrant children and collecting information about their families, based on an unfounded conspiracy theory that they are falling prey to sex-trafficking rings.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Snider / USA Today:
Baby formula shortage worsens: About 40% of popular brands sold out across US … The ongoing infant formula shortage isn't over yet - and appears to be getting worse.  —  Nearly 40% of popular baby formula brands were sold out at retailers across the U.S. during the week starting April 24 …
New York Times:
What's Your Rate of Inflation?  —  Inflation is at the highest level in four decades.  But how you experience it can vary greatly depending on what you eat, how much you travel and your other spending habits.  Answer seven questions to estimate your personal inflation rate.
 
 
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Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Congressional candidate Derrick Van Orden fined for having a loaded gun in an airport. He calls the incident a mistake.
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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Is Gavin Newsom running for president? No, it just sounds like it
Aaron Morrison / Associated Press:
The AP Interview: BLM's Patrisse Cullors denies wrongdoing
Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
Hawley calls on Biden to keep tariffs on Chinese goods in place
Discussion: National Review and CNN
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Georgia Guv Candidate Builds Campaign on Demolition of ‘Satanic’ Tablets
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Opinion Americans are stuck in an age of scarcity, and they don't like it
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
In Wisconsin, a complex debate on crime foreshadows a midterm fight
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
A.O.C. and Eric Adams Have Not Spoken in Nearly a Year
Politico:
Democrats' chance to save the House majority runs through these districts
Discussion: HotAir and Battleground
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Biden disinfo chief Nina Jankowicz pushed Trump-Russia collusion claims
Discussion: Newsbusters and Todd Starnes
Washington Post:
Lawyers are nearing a settlement deal for the infamous 2015 OPM hack
 

 
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