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Michael Kruse / Politico:
'He's Not OK': The Entirely Predictable Unraveling of Madison Cawthorn — HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — In August of 2015, 16 months after the accident that nearly killed him and left him unable to walk, Madison Cawthorn exchanged text messages with the friend who had fallen asleep at the wheel and careened into a concrete wall.
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GOP looks to marginalize Cawthorn if he wins Tuesday primary — (CNN)Republicans are publicly and privately rooting for Rep. Madison Cawthorn to lose his North Carolina primary race on Tuesday. But they're also preparing for an alternate scenario: how to deal with the embattled freshman …
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Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Psaki heckled throughout tearful White House briefing room send-off — Jen Psaki's final White House press briefing featured tearful goodbyes, a handful of guests, and repeated heckling from a reporter in the room. — Psaki, who also served as communications director in the Obama White House …
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Adam Satariano / New York Times:
Musk Says His Twitter Takeover Is ‘On Hold,’ Then Says He's ‘Still Committed’ — Mr. Musk said he wanted to confirm Twitter's findings that spam and fake accounts make up less than 5 percent of its users. — Elon Musk escalated the drama surrounding his $44 billion bid to purchase Twitter on Friday …
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Washington Post:
Elon Musk tweeted that Twitter deal is temporarily on hold — The Tesla CEO, who has been seeking Twitter investors as his EV company sheds $400 billion in value, later says that he's ‘still committed’ to the acquisition — SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk tweeted early Friday that his $44 billion bid …
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
White House prepares to ration vaccines as Covid funding impasse looms — A painful and foreboding reality is setting in for the White House as it enters a potentially dangerous stretch of the Covid fight: It may soon need to run its sprawling pandemic response on a shoestring budget.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate Dems grab one last chance to push Biden on student debt
Senate Dems grab one last chance to push Biden on student debt
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden urges cities to spend Covid relief money on police, crime prevention
Biden urges cities to spend Covid relief money on police, crime prevention
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Margaret Atwood / The Atlantic:
I Invented Gilead. The Supreme Court Is Making It Real. — In the early years of the 1980s, I was fooling around with a novel that explored a future in which the United States had become disunited. Part of it had turned into a theocratic dictatorship based on 17th-century New England Puritan religious tenets and jurisprudence.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
We wanted to endorse in Republican primaries this year. We can't. — With Pennsylvania voters headed to the polls Tuesday to choose the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, it's as if the primaries are occurring on two different planets.On the Republican side …
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Washington Post:
More Republicans are working to undermine Trump endorsements — Some GOP leaders have been actively campaigning — or quietly maneuvering — against Trump's picks in a way that could threaten his sway over the party — Before a roomful of Republican donors Monday, House Minority Leader …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Pence to headline Georgia rally for Kemp in new break with Trump
Pence to headline Georgia rally for Kemp in new break with Trump
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Deepa Shivaram / NPR:
Pence will rally for Georgia Gov. Kemp, defying Trump, who backs David Perdue
Pence will rally for Georgia Gov. Kemp, defying Trump, who backs David Perdue
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Alyssa Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Gov. Abbott, taking formula from migrant babies would be illegal — and vicious — In the debate over how to address the widespread shortage of infant formula in the United States, some Republicans have advanced a novel — and ugly — idea: Take food from migrant babies in federal detention and give it to American children.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion J.D. Vance, migrant babies and the unhinged GOP enemy hunt
Opinion J.D. Vance, migrant babies and the unhinged GOP enemy hunt
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Brian Fung / CNN:
Texas has declared open season on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube with censorship law — (CNN)Texas residents can now sue Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for allegedly censoring their content after a federal appeals court sided Wednesday with the state's law restricting how social media sites can moderate their platforms.
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Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk Trolls Twitter — Programming note: Money Stuff was supposed to be off today, but then my boss, Elon Musk, called me in to work anyway. — Oh Elon — No, absolutely not: — None of this! Come on. — “Temporarily on hold” is not a thing.
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U.S. Department of Defense:
Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu — Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby provided the following readout: — On May 13, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu for the first time since February 18.
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Austin speaks with Russian counterpart for first time since start of war in Ukraine
Austin speaks with Russian counterpart for first time since start of war in Ukraine
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Politico:
Zinke's wife declaring primary residence in California as he runs in Montana — Ryan Zinke, the former Trump Interior secretary now running for Congress again in Montana, has long faced questions about whether he lives in the state or in California. — Now, new tax records uncovered …
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Crypto Crash Is Just the Start — Is the U.S. destined to have a recession in 2022? — The American economy isn't looking great right now. U.S. GDP shrank last quarter, despite a hearty showing from American consumers. Inflation is high; markets are down; both wages …
Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Caught on voicemail: Marjorie Taylor Greene admonishes voter to ‘check yourself’ — EXCLUSIVE — ROME, Georgia — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is the rare House freshman to become a household name. — The Republican was a polarizing figure even before she took office as Georgia's 14th …
Washington Post:
Biden sees a new threat: ‘ultra MAGA’ Republicans — The president has taken to using the term to warn of Republican extremism. Some Trump followers have embraced it. — Last Wednesday, during a speech on the economy, President Biden coined a new phrase — “ultra MAGA.”
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Robert C. McFarlane, Top Reagan Aide in Iran-Contra Affair, Dies at 84 — As national security adviser, he pleaded guilty in an illegal scheme to aid Nicaraguan rebels in the 1980s. Guilt-ridden, he attempted suicide. — Robert C. McFarlane, a former decorated Marine officer who rose …
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Jerrold Schecter / Washington Post:
Robert ‘Bud’ McFarlane, Reagan national security adviser, dies at 84
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: New Trump venture — Donald Trump has found a new way to milk his ex-presidency — and test another — hitting the lucrative motivational speaking circuit with more fervor than any other active U.S. politician in history. … - It's privately run — and, according to organizers, it's driving huge audience interest.
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president.columbia.edu:
Jelani Cobb Appointed Dean of Columbia Journalism School — Dear fellow members of the Columbia community: — It is with great pleasure that I write to announce my appointment of Jelani Cobb as the next Dean of Columbia Journalism School, as of August 1, 2022.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
How Not To Change Your Mind — The curious case of Bill Kristol's ideological transformation — If you live long enough, and haven't been lobotomized, you'll change a lot of your views and opinions. Life does that. The world changes; you change; and for most people …
UMass Amherst:
Over Two-thirds of Republicans Think President Biden Should be Impeached if the GOP Retakes the House, According to New National UMass Amherst Poll … The results of a new national University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll released today show that more than two-thirds of Republicans believe …
Libs of TikTok:
Kindergartners sent home with masturbation assignment — Yes. You read that right. — Libs of TikTok — Four-year-olds at an Alert Bay, British Columbia school were reportedly given this homework assignment on touching their private body parts. The worksheet asks students …
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Jason Groves / mailplus.co.uk:
Boris: Working from home doesn't work — EXCLUSIVE: In my experience you make a coffee, go to the fridge, hack off a piece of cheese and walk very slowly back to your computer, PM tells Mail — WORKING from home doesn't work, Boris Johnson said today - as he called for a return to the workplace to ‘drive up productivity’.
Char Adams / NBC News:
Bodycam video shows deputies searching Black women's lacrosse team's personal items — Bodycam video contradicts sheriff's statement on lacrosse team search — Newly released body camera footage of Georgia sheriff's deputies stopping a majority-Black lacrosse team's bus shows …
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