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Rolling Stone:
Trump Kept Asking if China Was Shooting Us With a ‘Hurricane Gun’ — The then-leader of the free world also inquired whether the U.S. could bomb China in retaliation for the alleged hurricane attack — Near the beginning of Donald Trump's time in office, the then-president had a pressing question …
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Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter ban on Donald Trump — Musk spoke virtually at a Future of the Car event hosted by the Financial Times. — SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter's ban on former president Donald Trump. — Musk, the Tesla CEO who is soon to own Twitter …
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The One Group That Can Stop Elon Musk From Unbanning Trump on Twitter — Elon Musk's apparent decision to restore former President Donald Trump's privileges to post on Twitter if his purchase of the company closes is a dangerous one for American democracy. And there's one group that has by far …
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CNN, Media Matters for America, Los Angeles Times and CNSNews
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Elon Musk says he would ‘reverse the permanent ban’ of Donald Trump on Twitter. — The former president has said he would not join the platform. — Elon Musk said that if his deal to buy Twitter closes he would “reverse the permanent ban” and let former President Donald J. Trump back onto …
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Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Elon Musk says he would lift Twitter ban on Donald Trump after deal closes
Elon Musk says he would lift Twitter ban on Donald Trump after deal closes
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Three-way race in Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary election — The race remains wide open as 18% of voters are undecided on who they will back in the May 17 primary. — Fox News Flash top headlines for May 10 — Mehmet Oz and Kathy Barnette gain significant ground as support …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pa. GOP insiders are plotting an 11th-hour plan to stop Doug Mastriano in the governor's race — Pennsylvania Republican insiders are making a last-ditch effort to rally behind a single candidate in the gubernatorial primary - and defeat the front-runner, Doug Mastriano.Republican leaders …
Politico:
Senate Republicans decry ‘unsavory’ attacks on Oz's dual citizenship
Senate Republicans decry ‘unsavory’ attacks on Oz's dual citizenship
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The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and HotAir
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘Ultra-MAGA’ longshot roars into contention in key Senate race
‘Ultra-MAGA’ longshot roars into contention in key Senate race
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Daily Caller, The Dispatch, Ace of Spades HQ, Raw Story, NBC News and Fox News
Michael Bartiromo / WHTM-TV:
Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell glues himself to Starbucks counter, video shows — (NEXSTAR) - Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell superglued himself to the counter of a Starbucks café in New York City on Tuesday to protest of the chain's policy of charging extra for plant-based milk.
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Associated Press:
‘Succession’ star glues hand to Starbucks counter in protest — NEW YORK (AP) — Actor and activist James Cromwell has gone from “Succession's” Uncle Ewan to real-life supergluin' — pasting his hand to a midtown Manhattan Starbucks counter on Tuesday to protest the coffee chain's extra charge for plant-based milk.
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The Hill, Insider, The Daily Caller and Variety
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: Confidence in Supreme Court has collapsed since conservatives took control — A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Americans' confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court has collapsed over the last 20 months — a period that began with former President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans installing …
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Associated Press:
Biden pushes ‘ultra-MAGA’ label on GOP as he defends record — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned voters unhappy with soaring inflation and his stalled domestic agenda against turning power over to “ultra-MAGA” Republicans in the midterm elections as he increasingly tries …
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Rick Scott says Biden is ‘unwell’ and should resign, as president hammers ‘ultra-MAGA’ agenda
Rick Scott says Biden is ‘unwell’ and should resign, as president hammers ‘ultra-MAGA’ agenda
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U.S. Senator Rick Scott:
Sen. Rick Scott Invites Joe Biden to Florida to Debate Inflation and Biden's Disastrous Economic Agenda
Sen. Rick Scott Invites Joe Biden to Florida to Debate Inflation and Biden's Disastrous Economic Agenda
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Iowa Capital Dispatch, The Daily Wire, Roll Call, New York Post, Wall Street Journal and Breitbart
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden to highlight efforts to fight inflation, attack ‘ultra-MAGA’ GOP
Biden to highlight efforts to fight inflation, attack ‘ultra-MAGA’ GOP
Kevin Tresolini / USA Today:
Delaware State University ‘incensed’ after lacrosse team's bus stopped, searched in Georgia — A college women's lacrosse team feels traumatized after its charter bus was stopped by police while traveling through Georgia, an incident that has left the school's president “incensed.”
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The Hill, Delaware First Media, Sports Illustrated, al.com, Associated Press, The Comeback, The Root and Raw Story
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Inside the Republican campaign to take down Madison Cawthorn — The freshman congressman picked a fight with top GOP leaders in his state. They gave it to him. — Last November, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) texted his state's junior senator, Thom Tillis, about a tweet from the senator's wife.
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The Daily Beast, Raw Story and BuzzFeed News
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The J. D. Vance I Knew — His abilities I never underestimated. What he was willing to do for political advancement, I did. — Last week, Politico reported on a strange leak from the J. D. Vance campaign. A super PAC supporting the Ohio Republican—who won the party's nomination for Senate on May 3 …
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Mark Esper was asked if Trump was a threat to democracy. Here's what he said. — Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was asked a very simple question by Fox's Bret Baier on Monday: “Do you think Donald Trump was a threat to democracy?” — Here's what Esper said in response:
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Lara Bazelon / The Atlantic:
The ACLU Has Lost Its Way — The lurid spectacle that is Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard hasn't just tarnished his star and hers with allegations that he beat her and violated her with a bottle or that she severed part of his finger and emptied her bowels in the marital bed.
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Senator Josh Hawley:
Hawley Introduces Bill to Strip Disney of Special Copyright Protections — Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Copyright Clause Restoration Act, a new bill to strip woke corporations like Disney of special copyright protections. Senator Hawley's bill would limit …
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Josh Hawley Jumps On Anti-Disney Bandwagon With Copyright Bill
Josh Hawley Jumps On Anti-Disney Bandwagon With Copyright Bill
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
Garcetti likely knew of top aide's alleged misconduct, Grassley's office concludes — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti likely knew about a top aide's alleged sexual misconduct, according to a new report from Sen. Chuck Grassley's office that could undermine Garcetti's quest to be ambassador to India.
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Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
How Politics Poisoned the Evangelical Church — The movement spent 40 years at war with secular America. Now it's at war with itself. — “Before i turn to the Word,” the preacher announces, “I'm gonna do another diatribe.” — “Go on!” one man yells. “Amen!” shouts a woman several pews in front of me.
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New York Times
Washington Post:
Opinion Once again, GOP hostage-taking is on the verge of working — Here's what “bipartisanship” looks like these days: Republicans hold important legislation protecting all Americans hostage, and Democrats give in to GOP demands and hand the hostage-takers a policy victory.
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Skyler Swisher / Orlando Sentinel:
Seminole County high school to cover yearbook photos of 'don't say gay' student protests — A Seminole County high school is covering up yearbook photos of students protesting Florida's so-called “don't say gay” bill, a move that the publication's staffers call censorship.
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Treasure Roberts / WKMG:
District requires Lyman High School to cover 'Don't Say Gay' protest photos in yearbook
District requires Lyman High School to cover 'Don't Say Gay' protest photos in yearbook
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The Daily Caller
CNN:
Multiple fake electors cooperating in Georgia criminal probe of Trump's efforts to overturn 2020 election — (CNN)Prosecutors in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election have interviewed several individuals who served as fake GOP electors from the state …
Mack Lamoureux / VICE:
The QAnon Queen Told Followers They Didn't Need to Pay Bills. It Didn't End Well. — The QAnon Queen of Canada told her followers to stop paying their electricity and water bills because she declared them free. But now the utility companies are calling. — Mack Lamoureux — TORONTO, CA
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Julia Ioffe / Puck:
About a Boy: The Roots of Putin's Evil — Putin's childhood taught him many lessons that shape his thinking and actions to this day: that might makes right, that existing hierarchies can only be changed through violence, that force is the only language that matters, that power is always a zero-sum game.
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
Gun deaths surged during the pandemic's first year, the C.D.C. reports. — Soaring rates were driven largely by gun-related homicides, which rose 35 percent from 2019 to 2020. — Gun deaths reached the highest level ever recorded in the United States in 2020, the first year of the pandemic …
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Racist ‘Replacement Theory’ Is Bleeding Into GOP Senate Campaigns — Multiple Republican Senate candidates have pushed claims that sound awfully like the white supremacist Great Replacement theory. — When Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson was recently asked on Fox News about immigration reform …
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
Still in Contempt, Trump Now Owes New York $150,000 — The ex-president's fines are growing by $10,000 each day. He's fighting to have the decision reversed. … Former President Donald Trump now owes at least $150,000 in fines for contempt of court stemming from his failure to cooperate …
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Joe.My.God.
Paul Blest / VICE:
Florida Is Making Students Sit Through 45 Minutes on the Horrors of Communism — Florida teachers can't say gay, but they are required to teach about the “victims of communism.” — PB — Acknowledging that queer people exist and have human relationships? Bad.
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Miami Herald, Twitchy, The Guardian, RedState, The Daily Signal and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
For Financial Help and Counsel, Hunter Biden Turns to Hollywood Lawyer — Kevin Morris, known for brokering big entertainment deals, has helped President Biden's son navigate his legal troubles and scrutiny from the right. Some of the White House's allies are concerned. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Koco McAboy / FOX 11 Los Angeles:
Woman finds box of mail-in ballots on East Hollywood sidewalk; LA County Registrar investigating — Woman finds box of mail-in ballots on East Hollywood sidewalk — LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Registrar's Office and the United States Postal Service are investigating after 104 ballots …
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Priyanka Mattoo / New Yorker:
The Pop Song That's Uniting India and Pakistan — The writer and musician Ali Sethi has created an unconventional hit with “Pasoori.” — A few years ago, the musician Ali Sethi was driving through Punjab, behind a jingle truck—the long-haul trucks known in his native Pakistan …