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4:35 PM ET, May 10, 2022

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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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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 …
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Elon Musk says he would lift Twitter ban on Donald Trump after deal closes  — Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter's ban on former President Donald Trump if his acquisition goes through.  — “I would reverse the permanent ban,” Musk said.  “I don't own Twitter yet.
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Senate passes bill to expand protection for Supreme Court justices to their families  —  A bipartisan bill passed in the Senate last night that will provide additional security for Supreme Court justices and their families.  The bill passed on a voice vote and was unanimous.
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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 …
Discussion: Mediaite and Political Wire
Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost:
Susan Collins Calls Cops Over Chalk Message On Abortion Rights
Washington Post:
Opinion Leave the justices alone at home
Mike Allen / Axios:
The great GOP divide on abortion  —  Republicans are deeply split on their abortion strategy, with top officials pushing restraint, even silence, while activist GOP candidates demand an all-out campaign for a national ban and harsher penalties.  —  Why it matters: Republicans' confidence …
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
It's time for Democrats to use the leaked Roe opinion as a battering ram against the GOP
Discussion: National Review and CNN
CNN:
GOP dismisses talk of legislation to ban abortion after McConnell suggests 'it's possible'
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden to highlight efforts to fight inflation, attack ‘ultra-MAGA’ GOP  —  His remarks come as gasoline prices have hit an all-time high.  —  President Joe Biden is expected to continue his sharpened attack on what he's now calling the GOP's “ultra-MAGA” agenda as he pitches his plan to tackle inflation Tuesday.
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Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters:
Biden to blast Republicans as having no plan on inflation  —  U.S. President Joe Biden will use a speech on inflation on Tuesday as an attempt to turn his Democratic Party's top political liability ahead of congressional elections later this year into an attack on his Republican opposition.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell tamps down chance abortion bill could pass GOP Senate
Discussion: Insider
U.S. Senator Rick Scott:
Sen. Rick Scott: The Most Effective Thing Joe Biden Can Do to Solve the Inflation Crisis He Created is Resign
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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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 …
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.”
Discussion: The Comeback, The Root and Raw Story
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.
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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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
Discussion: Raw Story
Kelly Laco / Fox News:
Hawley introduces bill to strip ‘woke’ Disney of special copyright protections  —  Hawley aims to revoke Disney's ‘special privileges’ with new legislation  —  Nikki Fried: Revoking Disney's special privileges will have a ‘lasting impact’ on people of Florida
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Senator Josh Hawley:
Hawley Introduces Bill to Strip Disney of Special Copyright Protections
Discussion: The Hill, Reason and The Wrap
Tom Porter / Insider:
Pro-Trump OAN network admits there was no widespread fraud in Georgia in the 2020 election after extensively pushing the claim  — One America News Network said in a statement that there was “no widespread voter fraud” in the 2020 election.  — It was responding to a defamation lawsuit …
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 …
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.
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Ex-Wife Accuses Warnock of Harassment After He Subpoenas Her College Transcripts  —  Sen. Raphael Warnock's (D., Ga.) ex-wife is fighting his attempt to subpoena her decade-old college records as part of a child custody dispute, saying his request is irrelevant to the case and intended …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘Ultra-MAGA’ longshot roars into contention in key Senate race  —  PHILADELPHIA — Kathy Barnette has been outspent 358-to-1 on TV in Pennsylvania's GOP primary for the Senate.  She hasn't run for statewide office before.  She doesn't have former President Donald Trump's endorsement.
Jason / Peach Pundit:
Campaign Donors Bought MTG a $92,000 Vehicle  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene used donors' campaign contributions to buy herself a luxury vehicle worth over $92,000, FEC records show.  —  The expenditure will prove controversial as the May 24 primary approaches, not just because of the expensive …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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.
Discussion: New York Times
Irv Randolph / The Philadelphia Tribune:
In the Democratic primary, Fetterman for U.S. Senate  —  The contest to replace outgoing Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, who is not seeking reelection, is one of the most closely watched races in the nation, as the seat could tilt control of the U.S. Senate.  —  The race is among the most crucial in the country.
Discussion: The Lewsletter
Jamie Lauren Keiles / New York Times:
How Ben Got His Penis  —  Phalloplasty — the surgery to make a penis — has grown more popular among trans men.  But with a steep rate of complications, it remains a controversial procedure.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Nothing about Benjamin Simpson's transition was inevitable, certainly not his penis.
 
 
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Fox News:
California trans child molester Hannah Tubbs charged with first-degree murder
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Wire:
Pro-Life Women's Group Says ‘Leftist’ Vandalized, Urinated On Their Office
Discussion: Townhall
John Murawski / RealClearInvestigations:
Here Are the 90+ ‘Equity’ Plans Taxpayers Are Now Funding Across the Federal Government
Politico:
Dems edge closer to giving GOP a border vote as a price for Covid aid
Discussion: The Hill
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Julie Zauzmer Weil / Washington Post:
D.C. hasn't reported daily covid case counts to the CDC since April 27
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Opinion These GOP politicians aren't pro-life. They're pro-forced birth.
Discussion: NPR, Mic and TheBlaze
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
House Democrats' campaign arm forms largest union in Democratic Party
Discussion: Vox
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Chuck Schumer Is on the Cusp of Butt-Fumbling the Biden Agenda
Discussion: Washington Post and HotAir