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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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Fox News, Washington Free Beacon, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, RedState, HotAir, National Review, American Greatness, Lawyers, Guns & Money, TheBlaze, Def-Con News, The Daily Wire, Washington Examiner, The Western Journal, CNN, Charlie's Newsletter, Twitchy, Mediaite, Breitbart, Townhall, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Althouse, BizPac Review, Power Line, Ace of Spades HQ, The Daily Caller, Instapundit, LifeNews.com, Newsbusters, Florida's Voice, Raw Story, robertspencer.org, MindWar and РИА …
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Robby Soave / Reason:
Nina Jankowicz's Faulty Record, Not Her Critics, Doomed the Disinformation Board — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has placed a “pause” on the newly-minted Disinformation Governance Board; its first executive director, Nina Jankowicz, has resigned.
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Fox News, National Review and RedState
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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New York Magazine, HotAir, Salon, Washington Post, Reason, CNN, Breitbart, Daily Kos, Popular Information, Politico, Commentary Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, NBC News, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Metro Philadelphia, The Federalist, CBS News, The Guardian, The Daily Wire, Washington Post, Althouse and WTOP News
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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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NBC News and The Dispatch
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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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Mock Paper Scissors and PennLive
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Doug Mastriano does not plan to run from the middle
Doug Mastriano does not plan to run from the middle
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York Dispatch
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Takeaways from the biggest primary night of the year
POLITICO Playbook: Takeaways from the biggest primary night of the year
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Ace of Spades HQ, Law & Crime, Outside the Beltway and The Daily Beast
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
What the Primaries Reveal About the Future of Trumpism
What the Primaries Reveal About the Future of Trumpism
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Washington Post, New York Times and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Primaries Show Limits, and Depths, of Trump's Power Over G.O.P. Base
Primaries Show Limits, and Depths, of Trump's Power Over G.O.P. Base
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Washington Examiner, NPR and New York Magazine
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Primary Election Results
Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Primary Election Results
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Breitbart, Election Law Blog, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Dispatch, Slate, Associated Press, Vanity Fair, Political Wire, Raw Story, Common Dreams, POLITICUSUSA, The Western Journal, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Raw Story, News Items, Common Dreams, POLITICUSUSA and TheBlaze
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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Washington Examiner and Election Law Blog
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Fearing ‘Extinction-Level Event,’ N.Y. Democrats Turn Against Each Other
Fearing ‘Extinction-Level Event,’ N.Y. Democrats Turn Against Each Other
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Fox News, Washington Free Beacon, NewsOne, BizPac Review, Townhall, Punchbowl News, Raw Story and Politico
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.
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New York Times:
U.S. health officials say a third of people live in areas with so much virus they should consider masks indoors. — Federal health officials on Wednesday warned that one third of Americans live in areas where the threat of infection from the coronavirus is now so high that they should consider wearing …
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Deseret News, The White House and WPRI-TV
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
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Shashank Bengali / New York Times:
A Russian soldier accused of killing a civilian pleads guilty in a Kyiv court.
A Russian soldier accused of killing a civilian pleads guilty in a Kyiv court.
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Associated Press, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Raw Story
Brian Stewart / The Bulwark:
Pope Francis Is Dangerously Wrong About Ukraine
Pope Francis Is Dangerously Wrong About Ukraine
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Reuters and Rational Exuberance
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Warnock says he's meeting with Biden to push for student loan forgiveness — Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Wednesday said he'll be meeting with President Biden to push for student loan debt forgiveness that will be enough “to actually make a difference.” — “I'm meeting with the president …
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The Root
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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Chinese Foreign Ministry sticks up for accused foreign agent Steve Wynn — Add embattled casino titan Steve Wynn to the list of irritants in the rivalry between the United States and China. — Justice Department officials sued to force Wynn to register as an agent of the Chinese government under …
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Uniic Media, Townhall and POLITICUSUSA
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Analysts: Risk of Chinese invasion of Taiwan may be increasing
Analysts: Risk of Chinese invasion of Taiwan may be increasing
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Politico and Washington Free Beacon
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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Associated Press, PennLive, Voice of America, WITF, The Guardian, Daily Kos, Bloomberg and Breitbart
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump urges Oz to ‘declare victory’ before vote tally complete in Pa.
Trump urges Oz to ‘declare victory’ before vote tally complete in Pa.
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CNN, Politico, New York Magazine, The Hill, Fox News, WTOP News, The Guardian, Deseret News, Forbes and Washington Times
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Nearly 7 In 10 Favor A Limit On How Long SCOTUS Justices Can Serve, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 85 Percent Of Americans Expect Economic Recession In Next Year — mail_outline — With all eyes on the Supreme Court following the leak of a draft opinion regarding abortion …
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Washington Times and Political Wire
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.
Washington Post:
Turkey blocks start of NATO talks on Finland's and Sweden's applications — BRUSSELS — Turkey blocked the start of Finland and Sweden's accession talks to NATO on Wednesday shortly after the Nordic nations submitted their formal applications, a signal of what could be a bumpy process to expand …
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Washington Examiner, Politico, NATO, CNBC, The Daily Caller, Associated Press, Reuters, Al-Monitor, nationalinterest.org, HotAir, CDR Salamander, Важ … and The Guardian
Department of Defense Office of Inspector General:
Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: Colonel Yevgeny S. Vindman, U.S. Army (DODIG-2022-097) — We conducted this investigation in response to a complaint filed with the DoD Hotline on August 18, 2020, alleging that various administration officials, including former President Donald J. Trump …
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CNN
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
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Chris Wallace to anchor new show on CNN — Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN's new parent company, plans to announce during its upfront presentation to advertisers on Wednesday that Chris Wallace will host a Sunday evening show on CNN. … - CNN struck a multimillion-dollar contract with Wallace last year.
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Deadline, The Gateway Pundit, New York Post, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Mediaite, The Daily Wire and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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, The Lever and Jacobin
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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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The MAGA Formula Is Getting Darker and Darker
The MAGA Formula Is Getting Darker and Darker
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Raw Story and News & Views …
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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Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Human Events, WKBN-TV, Political Wire and The Daily Beast
David Freddoso / Washington Examiner:
At least someone at the New York Times found Idaho on a map — BOISE, Idaho — The New York Times sent Mike Baker from its Seattle bureau to Idaho recently. I'm glad he found his way to Coeur D'Alene instead of ending up in Des Moines — I mean, who hasn't made that mistake before, right?