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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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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Midterm Stakes Grow Clearer: Election Deniers Will Be on Many Ballots
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Boston.com, The Hill, USA Today and The Scroll
Politico:
Inside the last-minute Trump endorsement that enraged Pa. Republicans
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Washington Post, Steve Bannon's War Room, New York Times, Vanity Fair and Raw Story
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump urges Oz to ‘declare victory’ before vote tally complete in Pa.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion Say it clearly: Republicans just nominated a pro-Trump insurrectionist
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New Republic, Associated Press, Reason, Right Wing Watch, Substack and Commentary Magazine
J. Miles Coleman / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Notes on the State of Politics: May 18, 2022
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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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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, New York Post, American Greatness, The Daily Caller and Instapundit
Michaeleen Doucleff / NPR:
Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry? — There's a monkeypox outbreak in England, Portugal and Spain. The outbreak is quite small - just 36 suspected cases spread across the three countries, including 8 in England and 20 in Portugal.
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Mary Kekatos / ABC News:
1st monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts — It comes after nine cases of monkeypox were detected in the U.K. this month. — A Massachusetts resident has tested positive for monkeypox, health officials confirmed Wednesday, making it the first case of the rare virus detected in the United States this year.
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Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
US intel shows Russians fear Mariupol abuse will backfire — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has gathered intelligence that shows some Russian officials have become concerned that Russian forces in the ravaged port city of Mariupol are carrying out grievous abuses, a U.S official familiar with the findings said Wednesday.
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Washington Post:
Turkey blocks start of NATO talks on Finland's and Sweden's applications
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Opinion U.S. mistakes in Ukraine can't all be pinned on bad intelligence
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Antony J. Blinken / United States Department of State:
Raising the Flag at U.S. Embassy Kyiv
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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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Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Mayor Eric Adams resists mask mandates as N.Y.C. enters a high alert level for the virus.
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New York Post, abc7NY and Bloomberg
John Haltiwanger / Insider:
Fiona Hill says Putin got ‘frustrated many times’ with Trump because the Russian leader ‘had to keep explaining things’ to him — Putin often became frustrated with Trump over his lack of knowledge on big issues, Fiona Hill said. — “He had to keep explaining things, and Putin doesn't like to do that,” Hill said.
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story and YouTube
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Why Tesla was kicked out of the S&P 500's ESG index — In a blog post Wednesday, the S&P explained why it kicked Tesla out of its ESG index earlier this month. — It said that Tesla's “lack of a low-carbon strategy” and “codes of business conduct,” along with racism …
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Indexology® Blog, Forbes, Al Jazeera, The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, New York Times, Jezebel, New York Post, Electrek and The Daily Wire
Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Georgia's GOP primary race for governor sees Kemp holding wide lead over Perdue — Former NFL star Herschel Walker dashes ahead by 58 points in Republican Senate primary contest — Fox News Flash top headlines for May 18 — Incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp leads former …
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.
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 …
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Inside S.B.F.'s $12 Million Long Shot — Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried lost big on Tuesday despite airdropping a historic sum into a congressional race in Oregon. What was he thinking? The logic, the math, and the aftermath. — It was after 11 p.m. on Monday evening …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Brothers behind Democrats' ‘crypto PAC’ say they're actually pandemic focused
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Bilge Ebiri / Vulture:
Tom Cruise's Last Stand — Thirty-six years after the original, Top Gun: Maverick eulogizes the actor's entire career. — I'd never noticed the curiously melancholy overtones of Harold Faltermeyer's famous Top Gun theme until the opening moments of the brand-new Top Gun: Maverick.
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Michael Williams / Dallas Morning News:
George W. Bush compares Zelenskyy to Churchill, mistakenly calls Iraq invasion unjustified — At Bush center event, Condoleezza Rice compares Jan. 6 to non-democratic countries — In some of his most extensive public comments about the Russian invasion of Ukraine since the war began …
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Raw Story
Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:
GOP candidate for Colorado governor says eliminate one-person, one-vote system — Under Greg Lopez's proposal, the 2018 gubernatorial race would have been a runaway win for Republicans, who lost the actual race by double-digits. — DENVER — Coloradans have elected just one Republican governor in the last 50 years.
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Raw Story
NBC News:
Biden invokes Defense Production Act to address nationwide shortage of baby formula — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act in a major step to boost the supply of baby formula. — The announcement means the federal government will prioritize key ingredients …
CNBC:
Dow drops 1,100 points for its biggest decline since 2020 as the sell-off this year on Wall Street intensifies — The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its biggest loss since 2020 on Wednesday after another major retailer warned of rising cost pressures, confirming investors' worst fears …
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Associated Press:
Senate confirms Brink as new US ambassador to Ukraine — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Bridget Brink late Wednesday as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, filling the post as officials plan to return American diplomats to Kyiv during the nation's continuing battle against the Russian invasion.
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Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Rob Bassin on the impact of the United Democracy Project — Steve Irwin found himself down 25 points; after UDP PAC's infusion he finished neck and neck — United Democracy Project, a super PAC recently launched by the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC, claimed decisive wins in two races …
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, TheGrio and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Melissa Chan / NBC News:
Navy desertions have more than doubled amid suicide concerns, as sailors feel trapped by contracts — The number of sailors who deserted the Navy more than doubled from 2019 to 2021, while desertions in other military branches dropped or stayed flat, pointing to a potential Navy-wide mental health crisis amid …
Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
Laws restricting lessons on racism are making it hard for teachers to discuss the massacre in Buffalo — Two days after a white gunman opened fire and killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, teacher Elizabeth Close began her high school ethnic studies class in Austin …
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Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »
Julian Spector / Canary Media:
BNEF says Auxin misinterpreted its research in calling for solar tariffs — Researchers from BloombergNEF say Auxin Solar used data inaccurately in petitioning the Commerce Department to consider new tariffs on imported solar panels. … U.S. solar-panel manufacturer Auxin Solar relied heavily …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Group Seeks Disbarment of Ted Cruz Over Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election — A group trying to hold lawyers accountable for their efforts to keep Donald Trump in power after his election loss filed a complaint against the Republican senator with the Texas bar association.
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