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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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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Charles Herbster, Accused Of Groping 8 Women, Loses Nebraska Gubernatorial Race
Charles Herbster, Accused Of Groping 8 Women, Loses Nebraska Gubernatorial Race
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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 …
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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 …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Provide some cover’: Batch of Eastman emails sheds light on contacts with state legislatures — Attorney John Eastman urged Republican legislators in Pennsylvania to retabulate the state's popular vote — and throw out tens of thousands of absentee ballots — in order to show Donald Trump with a lead …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The J. D. Vance I Knew — 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—had commissioned opposition research to help Vance defend against his vulnerabilities.
New York Times:
How Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot Escaped From Russia — After more than a decade of activism, Maria Alyokhina disguised herself as a food courier to evade the police — and a widening crackdown by President Vladimir Putin. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Alex Mooney Rides Trump Endorsement to West Virginia House Primary Win — Representative Alex Mooney handily defeated a House colleague and fellow Republican, David McKinley, in a primary in West Virginia that again proved both the power of an endorsement by former President Donald J. Trump …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: Nebraska, West Virginia primaries another test of Trump's influence
The Trailer: Nebraska, West Virginia primaries another test of Trump's influence
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Why one race in West Virginia proves Biden's theory of the case has failed
Why one race in West Virginia proves Biden's theory of the case has failed
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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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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.
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Antony J. Blinken / United States Department of State:
Attribution of Russia's Malicious Cyber Activity Against Ukraine
Attribution of Russia's Malicious Cyber Activity Against Ukraine
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New York Times:
A Baby Formula Shortage Leaves Desperate Parents Searching for Food — Some parents are driving hours at a time in search of supplies. Others are watering down formula or rationing it, hoping for an end to the shortage. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Alyssa Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Opinion The baby formula shortage is an outrage. A sane country would fix it.
Opinion The baby formula shortage is an outrage. A sane country would fix it.
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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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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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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Rick Scott says Biden is ‘unwell’ and should resign, as president hammers ‘ultra-MAGA’ agenda — Scott calls Biden ‘incoherent, incapacitated and confused’ — Fox News Flash top headlines for May 10 — Sen. Rick Scott Tuesday called on President Biden to resign, alleging that Biden …
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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.
Karen Schwartz / Washington Post:
Jewish passengers accuse Lufthansa of discrimination for flight ban — The airline says it is reviewing an incident in Frankfurt, Germany, in which workers appeared to single out Jewish travelers based on appearance and names — Several Jewish travelers say the airline Lufthansa discriminated …
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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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Megan Cassidy / San Francisco Chronicle:
Recall of Chesa Boudin just got its first endorsement from an elected S.F. official — District Two Supervisor Catherine Stefani became the first San Francisco elected official to publicly support the removal of District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a progressive prosecutor facing a highly contentious recall election on June 7.
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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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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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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Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Conor Lamb calls for ‘delicate balance’ on U.S.-Israel relations in Pa. Senate bid … Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA), who gained national prominence when he pulled off a surprise upset in a Trump-leaning House district outside of Pittsburgh four years ago, launched his Senate campaign last summer …
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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Christopher D. Johnston / Nature:
Negativity bias, personality and political ideology — Nature Human Behaviour (2022) Cite this article — Abstract — Research suggests that right-wing ideology is associated with negativity bias: a tendency to pay more attention and give more weight to negative versus positive stimuli.
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Trump Managed to Body-Shame an Aircraft Carrier — Donald Trump has an awe-inspiring gift for being weird in utterly original ways. Former presidents were afraid of flying, hospitals, and the number 13. Trump has a fruit phobia. His White House predecessors didn't care for broccoli or smoking.
Politico:
House gives green light to staffer unionization — The House voted Tuesday to allow close to 10,000 of its employees to bargain collectively and form unions, the biggest expansion of congressional staffer rights in three decades. — The move comes amid a swelling tidal wave of grievances from staff …
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