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Rich McHugh / Insider:
A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her silence. — A flight attendant for SpaceX said Elon Musk asked her to “do more” during a massage, documents show. — The billionaire founder exposed …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Elon Musk says he doesn't plan to donate to GOP super PACs in upcoming elections — despite feud with Biden
Elon Musk says he doesn't plan to donate to GOP super PACs in upcoming elections — despite feud with Biden
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Washington Post, New York Post, Deseret News, The Hill and Mercury News
New York Times:
Oklahoma Legislature Passes Bill Banning Almost All Abortions — The legislation would be the nation's strictest, and relies on lawsuits from private citizens to enforce it. If the governor signs the bill, it would take effect immediately. — The Oklahoma Legislature gave final approval …
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Lis Smith / Washington Post:
Opinion This is not the time to change how we talk about abortion — Democratic strategist Lis Smith was a senior adviser to Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign, and is the author of the forthcoming book, “Any Given Tuesday.” — We need to talk about how we talk about Roe.
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Oklahoma lawmakers pass bill banning abortions after ‘fertilization’ — Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill that would ban abortions from the moment of “fertilization,” which if signed into law would effectively prohibit almost all abortions in the state.
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Insider:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confirms she's engaged to her longtime partner, Riley Roberts: 'Yep! It's true' — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confirmed to Insider that she's engaged. — AOC met her longtime partner, Riley Roberts, when they were students at Boston University.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged to longtime boyfriend Riley Roberts
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged to longtime boyfriend Riley Roberts
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New York Magazine, The Daily Wire and Insider
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
These 14 states had significant miscounts in the 2020 census — Loading... For the 2020 census, all states were not counted equally well for population numbers used to allocate political representation and federal funding over the next decade, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Thursday.
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Rolling Stone, The Gateway Pundit, Tilting At Windmills, The Daily Caller and National Review
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Census Likely Miscounted the Population of 14 States, a Review Finds
Census Likely Miscounted the Population of 14 States, a Review Finds
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Jan. 6 panel requests interview with GOP lawmaker who it says gave Capitol tour on Jan. 5 — Reps. Cheney and Thompson asked to meet with Rep. Loudermilk next week — just weeks ahead of public hearings scheduled to start on June 9 — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 …
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Politico:
Jan. 6 committee evidence includes official White House photos from day of Capitol riot — Congressional investigators have obtained a batch of official White House photographs, including images taken on Jan. 6, 2021, according to two sources familiar with the evidence.
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Raw Story
CNN:
January 6 committee investigating Capitol tour given by GOP lawmaker on the eve of the insurrection
January 6 committee investigating Capitol tour given by GOP lawmaker on the eve of the insurrection
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Bill Barr in discussions to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee — President Trump's attorney general Bill Barr is in active discussions with the Jan. 6th investigative committee to appear for a formal transcribed interview, according to two sources with direct knowledge.
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
A look at the time Tucker Carlson asked Hunter Biden for a favor — The Fox News host often ridicules the president's son, but years ago, the two were close — Tucker Carlson and his wife were looking to get their son a leg up in his college application to Georgetown University when they turned …
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New York Magazine, HotAir, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Overtime, POLITICUSUSA and Twitchy
Aaron Parsley / People.com:
Kellyanne Conway Writes in New Book of Husband's ‘Cheating by Tweeting’ and Ivanka Trump's Supportive Gesture — “I was having a hard time competing with his new fling,” Conway writes in an excerpt of her memoir Here's the Deal of her husband's habit of criticizing President Trump on Twitter
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HuffPost, Washington Examiner, Vanity Fair, Mediaite and Raw Story
NBC News:
Michigan election chief: Trump suggested I be arrested for treason and executed — Jocelyn Benson said she was told that the former president made the remark in a White House meeting. A Trump spokesman accused Benson of lying. — Jocelyn Benson, Michigan's top election official …
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Insider, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Pentagon spokesman Kirby moving to White House in senior communications role — Pentagon spokesman John Kirby will move to the White House in a senior communications role, according to two people familiar with the personnel move. — Kirby's move to the White House comes after Karine Jean-Pierre took …
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Biden's Student Loan Plan Is Personal for 30 Top Aides With Millions in Debt
Biden's Student Loan Plan Is Personal for 30 Top Aides With Millions in Debt
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Twitchy, New York Magazine and Political Wire
David Gilbert / VICE:
CPAC Head Promotes Abortion Ban to Stave Off ‘Great Replacement’ — “If you're worried about this quote-unquote replacement, why don't we start there. Start with allowing our own people to live.” — DG — BUDAPEST, Hungary — The GOP has come up with a solution for the “great replacement” …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Orban tells right-wing CPAC allies to recruit ‘troops’ to ‘reconquer’ American institutions
Orban tells right-wing CPAC allies to recruit ‘troops’ to ‘reconquer’ American institutions
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Reuters, Los Angeles Times, WITF and Associated Press
NBC News:
Analysis of Hunter Biden's hard drive shows he, his firm took in about $11 million from 2013 to 2018, spent it fast — Records show Hunter Biden's company made millions from joint venture funded by Chinese company — From 2013 through 2018 Hunter Biden and his company brought …
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New York Post, TheBlaze, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Mediaite, The Daily Wire, Townhall, Ace of Spades HQ, Twitchy and Political Wire
Kelly Jensen / BOOK RIOT:
Barnes & Noble Being Sued in Virginia Beach Over GENDER QUEER, COURT OF MIST AND FURY — Last week, Virginia Beach (VA) schools voted to remove Gender Queer from shelves. It came after school board member Victoria Manning complained about it and several other books within the schools.
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Holy Bullies … and WAVY-TV
Garrett Ross / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: The Maloney mess gets messier — BACKING SPM: Speaker NANCY PELOSI. — At her weekly news conference today, Pelosi at first demurred on addressing the specifics of the scuttle ("I'm not getting involved in the politics of New York," she said), but eventually offered her support for Maloney.
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Twitter:
Introducing our crisis misinformation policy — Around the world, people use Twitter to find reliable information in real time. During periods of crisis - such as situations of armed conflict, public health emergencies, and large-scale natural disasters - access to credible …
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Protocol, RedState, The Hill, TechCrunch, Articles Archive, The Verge, TheBlaze, Washington Examiner, The Last Refuge, Twitchy and The Daily Wire, more at Techmeme »
The Daily Beast:
Progressives Drag ‘Shameful’ Dem Leader As NY Election Map Chaos Grows — “If you're the head of the DCCC... you can't abandon the district you largely represent to switch to a safer district,” said Leah Greenberg, co-chair of Indivisible. — This Friday, when New York finalizes …
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New York Magazine, Common Dreams, The Daily Caller and New York Post
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Ocasio-Cortez calls on Maloney to resign DCCC chairmanship if he primaries colleague
Ocasio-Cortez calls on Maloney to resign DCCC chairmanship if he primaries colleague
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The Hill, Vox, New York Post, Bloomberg and Common Dreams
Tina Nguyen / Puck:
Trump Forgot How to Spell MAGA — Has the movement Trump created now moved beyond him? — The last time Donald Trump gave a speech that truly roused his supporters was on January 6th, 2021. As he stood behind a wall of bulletproof glass in front of tens of thousands of roaring MAGA fans …
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Raw Story, Power Line and Washington Post
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Fetus-powered street lamps? Republicans ramp up outrageous anti-abortion lies ahead of Roe's demise — During a House hearing, the GOP demonized patients and doctors with QAnon-style conspiracy theories — It was only one half-hour into Wednesday's congressional hearing on abortion access …
Washington Post:
Nearly 200 Republicans vote against bill to ease baby formula shortage — House GOP leaders were among the 192 Republicans who voted against providing $28 million in aid to the Food and Drug Administration to address the shortage of baby formula — within days of criticizing President Biden for not doing enough on the issue.
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Mandiant:
The IO Offensive: Information Operations Surrounding the Russian Invasion of Ukraine — INFLUENCE OPERATIONS ADVANCED PERSISTENT THREATS (APTS) ANALYSIS CHINA RUSSIA — The recent phase of Russian aggression toward Ukraine, manifested by Russia's full-scale invasion …
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MPR News:
Minnesota GOP chair Hann apologizes for antisemitic image — The chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota apologized Thursday for an image that was projected at the party's state convention of George Soros manipulating the strings of puppets with the faces of two prominent Jewish Democrats.
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Raw Story and Minnesota Reformer
Politico:
GOP senators' private meeting with Google turns tense over email bias claims — Republican senators laid into a Google executive at the Capitol Wednesday over allegations that the company's filters target GOP emails as spam. It quickly turned confrontational.
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CNN:
‘They look like a bunch of clowns’: Freedom Caucus hardball antics irritate both parties — As House votes unexpectedly dragged late into the evening on Tuesday, Republicans were forced to cancel eight different party fundraisers and lost out on hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign cash …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
World's worst slip of the tongue — WORLD'S WORST SLIP OF THE TONGUE. Former President George W. Bush gave a speech Wednesday at the Bush Center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He spoke as part of an all-day event titled “Elections — A More Perfect Union” …
Washington Post:
Just before Buffalo shooting, 15 users signed into suspect's chatroom, says person familiar with review — An online chatroom invitation sent shortly before the Buffalo supermarket shooting by alleged gunman Payton Gendron was accepted by 15 users, according to a person with knowledge …
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Suzy Weiss / Common Sense:
He Was a World-Renowned Cancer Researcher. Now He's Collecting Unemployment. — In 2018, David Sabatini was a world-renowned molecular biologist. He was a tenured professor at MIT. He ran a major lab at the Whitehead Institute, overseeing a team of 39 researchers, postdocs and technicians.
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Points And Figures, HotAir, Politics, Tech … and National Review