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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Election Deniers Thrive Even as Trumpism Drifts: 5 Primary Takeaways — Pennsylvania's Republican Senate contest, the biggest and most expensive race of a five-state primary night, is a photo finish between David McCormick, a former hedge fund executive, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity surgeon.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Doug Mastriano does not plan to run from the middle — Can a DeSantis-style base play win a statewide election in Pennsylvania? — When Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano was declared the victor in Tuesday night's Republican gubernatorial nominating contest, he gave the customary speech to mark the occasion.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Takeaways from the biggest primary night of the year — With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — LATEST FROM THE OZ-MCCORMICK NAIL-BITER — “McCormick and Oz neck-and-neck in Pennsylvania as Fetterman gets Dem Senate nod,” by Natalie Allison, Zach Montellaro & Ally Mutnick
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Cook Political Report:
Post-Primary Update: Something For Everyone; PA GOV Moves To Lean Dem — There was something for everyone in the primary contests held in five states on Tuesday night. Trump-backed candidates had a mixed record of success, as did those from the GOP's more centrist or ‘establishment’ wings.
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Talking Points Memo and Mock Paper Scissors
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
What the Primaries Reveal About the Future of Trumpism — For all the talk about how Donald Trump's endorsed candidates would fare in the Republican primaries this year, the results in this week's races made clear: Whatever happens to Trump's personal influence, Trumpism is consolidating its dominance of the GOP.
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New York Times, Talking Points Memo and Mother Jones
J. Miles Coleman / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Notes on the State of Politics: May 18, 2022 — Dear Readers: This is the latest edition of Notes on the State of Politics, which features short updates on elections and politics. — The Editors — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — The race for the Pennsylvania Republican Senate …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Primary Election Results
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Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Don't Read Too Much Into Madison Cawthorn's Defeat
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New York Times:
Primaries Show Limits, and Depths, of Trump's Power Over G.O.P. Base
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Are Republicans Now Going to Endorse Doug Mastriano?
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The Democrats Wanted Doug Mastriano, and Now They've Got Him
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
John Fetterman Wins on Vibes
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
How the Biden administration let right-wing attacks derail its disinformation efforts — A ‘pause’ of the Department of Homeland Security's newly created board comes after its head, Nina Jankowicz, was the victim of coordinated online attacks as the administration struggled to respond
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Kansas City Star:
Kansas Supreme Court upholds congressional map that splits diverse Wyandotte County — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a Republican-drawn congressional map that divides racially diverse Wyandotte County for the first time in 40 years, finding the boundary lines don't violate the state constitution.
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Associated Press:
Kansas Supreme Court upholds Republican congressional map — Kansas' highest court on Wednesday upheld a Republican redistricting law that makes it harder for the only Democrat in the state's congressional delegation to win reelection in a big victory for the GOP.
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Washington Examiner and Kansas Reflector
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Fearing ‘Extinction-Level Event,’ N.Y. Democrats Turn Against Each Other
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Shashank Bengali / New York Times:
A Russian soldier accused of killing a civilian pleads guilty in a Kyiv court. — The Russian Defense Ministry said that nearly 1,000 fighters had surrendered to Kremlin custody at the Azovstal steel plant. Finland and Sweden formally asked to join NATO, potentially the alliance's biggest expansion in decades.
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The Economist:
The Putin Show — How the war in Ukraine appears to Russians — When vladimir putin was first elected president of Russia in 2000, he changed little in the office he inherited from Boris Yeltsin. Yet in place of a pen on the desk, Mr Putin put a television remote control, one visitor noted.
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New York Times
Brian Stewart / The Bulwark:
Pope Francis Is Dangerously Wrong About Ukraine
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Reuters and Rational Exuberance
Axios:
Scoop: DHS preparing for violence following abortion ruling — The U.S. government is bracing for a potential surge in political violence once the Supreme Court hands down the ruling that's expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by Axios.
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Progressives hoped for big 2022 primary gains, but the results have been mixed — WASHINGTON — Progressives are blaming a flood of super PAC money for the disappointing showing of several of their candidates in Tuesday's primaries, though they remain confident about two races where NBC News has yet to declare a winner.
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Washington Post, New Republic and Jacobin
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Emily Cureton Cook / OPB:
In Oregon's 5th District primaries, Democrat McLeod-Skinner leads Schrader, while GOP contest remains tight
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Philippe Naughton / The Daily Beast:
Knife-Edge Pennsylania GOP Senate Race May Come Down to Party-Despised Mail-In Votes — FULL CIRCLE — When 2 million mail-in ballots carried Joe Biden over the line in Pennsylvania in the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump was the first to cry foul.
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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Great Replacement Theory Is a Grand Delusion — When a killer expounds on his derangements, it poses a special challenge. We have to take his words seriously without, at the same time, taking them seriously; to understand their import without paying them respect.
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RealityChek, The Daily Beast and Washington Post
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Grace Panetta / Insider:
Sarah Palin earned more from making Cameo video messages than she would in Congress — Sarah Palin earned more from making videos on Cameo in 2021 than she would in Congress. — Palin made $211,000+ from Cameo alone. That's $37,529 more than the annual salary of a House member.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The Time to Prevent the Next Coup Attempt Is Now — Down-ballot, unsexy races at the state and local level will determine if there's a free and fair election in 2024. — (SHUTTERSTOCK) — In 1980, because I was an idealistic conservative eager to do my bit for democracy, I volunteered for my local Republican party.
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Patterico's Pontifications and New Republic
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Stefanik joins House resolution to expunge second Trump impeachment — Rep. Mullin's resolution won't pass Dem-controlled House, but underscores GOP support for Trump — Biden brands ‘MAGA crowd’ the ‘most extreme political organization’ — FIRST ON FOX: House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik …
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Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
Idaho Secretary of State Primary Election Results — Republican Primary — Phil McGrane wins the Republican primary. — Race called by The Associated Press. … Candidate Votes Pct. 114,347 — 43.1% — 109,898 — 41.4% — 41,201 — 15.5% — Total reported — 265,446
U.S. Soccer Official Website:
U.S. Soccer Federation, Women's And Men's National Team Unions Agree To Historic Collective Bargaining Agreements … The United States Soccer Federation (USSF), the United States Women's National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) and the United States National Soccer Team Players Association …
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Andrew Das / New York Times:
U.S. Soccer and Top Players Agree to Guarantee Equal Pay
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Colin Moynihan / New York Times:
A Central Park Birder Has a New TV Show — Christian Cooper's encounter in Central Park with a white woman who called 911 to falsely accuse him of threatening her spurred a national outcry. Now he is hosting a birding series for National Geographic. — For years, Christian Cooper …
Insider:
Mark Cuban supports Biden's proposal to forgive $10,000 in student debt per borrower as long as ‘ridiculous tuition fees’ are addressed alongside it: 'We don't want this being a perennial problem' — Entrepreneur Mark Cuban told Insider that he's in favor of Biden's proposal to cancel $10,000 in student debt per borrower.
ABC News:
Ashley Biden, the president's daughter, tests positive for COVID-19 — Ashley Biden was scheduled to travel to Latin America with the first lady. — President Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley Biden, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a White House official.
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