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New York Times:
Russian Diplomat Resigns Over Ukraine War — GENEVA — A diplomat in Russia's mission to the United Nations in Geneva quit his post on Monday, expressing shame over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and describing it as a crime against both countries. — Boris Bondarev, a counselor …
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UN Watch:
Exclusive: Senior Russian Diplomat at U.N. Defects — GENEVA, May 23, 2022 — Russia's counsellor to the United Nations in Geneva has resigned, the most senior diplomat to defect since his country's invasion of Ukraine began in February, according to an exclusive report by UN Watch …
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House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Madison Cawthorn — Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined to release the following statement:
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Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
The Lincoln Project Just Released A Brutal Must Watch Take Down Of Elise Stefanik — The Lincoln Project ad calls Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) a backstabber who is on an evil quest for power and using white replacement theory to become a MAGA leader. — Video of the ad: — Video
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Capitol attack panel to hold six public hearings as it aims to show how Trump broke law — Panel aims to publicly outline the potentially unlawful schemes that tried to keep the former president in office despite his defeat — The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack …
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Kristy Parker / Just Security:
Prosecuting Trump for the Insurrection: The Well-Founded Case for Optimism
Prosecuting Trump for the Insurrection: The Well-Founded Case for Optimism
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Raw Story
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Again: There's no evidence Hillary Clinton triggered the Russia probe — The conclusion drawn by the Wall Street Journal editorial board is stark and damning. — “[T]he Russia-Trump narrative that Mrs. Clinton sanctioned did enormous harm to the country,” it reads.
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
FBI opened Alfa-Bank inquiry based on ‘referral’ from DOJ — but it came from Sussmann
FBI opened Alfa-Bank inquiry based on ‘referral’ from DOJ — but it came from Sussmann
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Politico and National Review
CNN:
Biden says US would respond ‘militarily’ if China attacked Taiwan, but White House insists there's no policy change — President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States would intervene militarily if China attempts to take Taiwan by force, a warning that appeared to deviate …
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CNN:
Supreme Court makes it more difficult for prisoners to argue they had ineffective counsel — The Supreme Court said Monday that state prisoners may not present new evidence in federal court in support of a claim that their post-conviction counsel in state court was ineffective in violation of the Constitution.
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Supreme Court sides with Arizona against death row inmates
Supreme Court sides with Arizona against death row inmates
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
80-year-old former NYC lawmaker considering run for Congress in same district as Bill de Blasio — Even though she's 80 years old, trailblazing former New York lawmaker and prosecutor Elizabeth Holtzman is considering running for Congress in the same district as former Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Daily News has learned.
Paul Brand / ITV News:
Exclusive: Prime Minister Boris Johnson pictured drinking at Downing Street party during lockdown — Watch Paul Brand's exclusive report on the partygate photographs showing the PM drinking with others in No 10 during a strict lockdown — Photographs obtained by ITV News cast fresh doubt …
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Jose A. Del Real / Washington Post:
The reinvention of a ‘real man’ — In cowboy country, a father and husband troubled by suicide reimagines American masculinity, one conversation at a time — Bill Hawley believes too many men are unwilling or unable to talk about their feelings, and he approaches each day as an opportunity to show them how.
Christopher Ingraham / The Why Axis:
The leaded generation — More than half of Americans alive today were exposed to dangerous levels of lead as kids — The average Gen Xer lost about 6 points of IQ due to early childhood lead exposure, according to a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science.
Callie Patteson / New York Post:
Biden praises high gas prices as part of ‘incredible transition’ — Out of touch as ever, President Biden tried to look on the bright side of record-high gas prices Monday, gushing that the pump pain was part of “an incredible transition” of the US economy away from fossil fuels.
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Slate:
Clarence and Ginni Thomas Are Telling Us Exactly How the 2024 Coup Will Go Down — On Friday, the Washington Post broke the news that Ginni Thomas sent emails to Arizona elections officials asking them to set aside the will of the voters and submit a slate of fake electors who would support Donald Trump …
Caleb Pershan / Columbia Journalism Review:
The bot that saw the Times — A few weeks ago, the person behind the New York Times Pitchbot—not a bot at all, but a Twitter account whose posts satirize New York Times headlines and articles—was at his home, in Rochester, New York, doing laundry with one hand while tapping out, with the other …
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Samantha Bergeson / IndieWire:
Lucasfilm Warned ‘Obi-Wan’ Star Moses Ingram About Racist ‘Star Wars’ Hate: It Will ‘Likely Happen’ — Lucasfilm is aware of the dark side of “Star Wars” fandom. — After John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran received racist fan harassment following their respective roles in the recent Skywalker trilogy …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Kellyanne Conway memoir: Husband's attacks “sneaky, almost sinister” — Kellyanne Conway, who was counselor to former President Trump, writes in a memoir out tomorrow, “Here's the Deal,” that she was stunned by attacks from her husband, lawyer George Conway, who has 1.9 million Twitter followers.
Sonny Bunch / The Atlantic:
No One Has a Position Anymore — Hypocrisy is the only modern sin and a bit overplayed, a term deployed to justify one's own power grabs and political-professional faults. I hardly notice it anymore. But I confess I'm a little shocked by the abrupt about-face on the issue of corporate speech …
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Federal Reserve Board issues Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2021 report — The Federal Reserve Board on Monday issued its Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2021 report, which examines the financial lives of U.S. adults and their families.
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Guy Fieri, Elder Statesman of Flavortown — TV's spike-haired rhapsodist of roadside eats is still playing it for laughs. But he's also winning food-world respect as a sort of graying eminence. — MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Guy Fieri looks as if he has prepared his whole life to be a middle-aged rock star.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
How Trump's Fear of Getting Pied in the Face May Come Back to Cream Him — Donald Trump's former fixer testified that Trump was unusually afraid of taking a pie to the face and instructed his security to severely beat up anyone who tried to get him. — Former President Donald Trump's fear …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: GOP jumps on Stacey Abrams' gaffe calling Georgia ‘worst state to live in’ — At a Gwinnett Democratic gala over the weekend, Stacey Abrams had some harsh words for her home state that Republicans quickly jumped to exploit. From the Gwinnett Daily Post:"I am tired of hearing …
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
How ‘Zuck Bucks’ saved the 2020 election — and fueled the Big Lie — If Mark Zuckerberg could have imagined the worst possible outcome of his decision to insert himself into the 2020 election, it might have looked something like the scene that unfolded inside Mar-a-Lago on a steamy evening in early April.
Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
State Farm donating transgender books for 5-year-olds to schools in Florida — The auto insurance company State Farm is encouraging its agents in Florida to donate books promoting transgenderism to 5-year-olds to their local schools or public libraries, according to an email shared by a whistleblower.
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Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast:
Dictator Reveals Putin's Wet Dream of a ‘New World Order’ — In a newly released letter, notorious Putin ally Alexander Lukashenko essentially urges world leaders to let Moscow run rampant. — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko delivered a bizarre letter to the United Nations …
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Daily Mail, BBC, Raw Story and Reuters
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Republicans plot foreign intervention pullback — Republican lawmakers — following former President Trump's lead — are working with a wide range of conservative groups to pull back American support for Ukraine, the Middle East and Europe, officials tell us.
Revolver:
Busted: Disinformation Operative Who Attacked Elon Musk's Push for “Free Speech” Caught Red-Handed in Secret Influence Operation — Experience Revolver without ads … It is not yet clear whether Elon Musk's increasingly precarious play for Twitter will result in the restoration of free speech in the “global public square.”
Bolts:
What to Watch in the May 24 Primaries — Donald Trump's attempt to co-opt election offices in states he narrowly lost in 2020 will see one of its biggest tests on May 24, when candidates he has endorsed for major statewide offices in Georgia face off against Republican incumbents.
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CBS News, Politico, Roll Call, Digby's Hullabaloo and Bloomberg
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Blowing the Truck Whistle — A carbon dioxide delivery driver's long journey to expose issues that he says put his safety and integrity at risk … Globe, Arizona, is an old mining town in Gila County, about 90 miles east of Phoenix, dotted with canyons and gorges and 33 bridges, most constructed in or before the 1960s.
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The Intercept