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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's new obsession  —  CASPER, Wyo. — DONALD TRUMP has a new target for political attacks and scapegoating: transgender people.  —  Trump spoke for over 90 minutes at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper on Saturday.  It was ostensibly a speech in support of HARRIET HAGEMAN …
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New York Times:
78 Long Minutes  —  When families learned that a gunman had entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, at 11:33 a.m. on May 24, a brutal wait began.  Police on the scene did not stop the gunman until well over an hour after he walked into the school, raising questions about whether lives …
Maya Shimizu Harris / Casper Star-Tribune:
Trump tells Wyoming to ‘fire’ Cheney  —  Former President Donald Trump told a rapturous crowd of supporters on Saturday to “fire” Rep. Liz Cheney and back his choice to replace her, land attorney Harriet Hageman.  —  Trump did not visit Wyoming as president.
Washington Post:   Uvalde: 90 minutes of terror, a failed police response and shattered trust
Rod Miller / Cowboy State Daily:
Regulate Our Militia, And Regulate Them Well  —  ***For All Things Wyoming, Sign-Up For Our Daily Newsletter***  —  Armed Americans are killing our schoolkids while they study.  They routinely kill them by the dozens for various reasons all across our country.  Let me repeat that, armed Americans are killing our schoolkids.
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
What America Needs Is a Liberalism That Builds  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Early in Joe Biden's presidency, Felicia Wong, the president of the liberal Roosevelt Institute, told me that Biden was badly misunderstood.  He's been in national politics for decades …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Rubio's complaint about the NBA and its message on guns matters  —  The more the sports world gets involved in the conversation — on the side of reformers — the more pressure the GOP will face.  —  Given the popularity of sports in American society, it stands to reason …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Statement on the Mass Shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX  —  The U.S. Department of Justice today released the following statement from spokesman Anthony Coley:  —  “At the request of Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin, the U.S. Department of Justice will conduct …
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden travels to Texas to meet with families of school shooting victims
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Why the press will never have another Watergate moment  —  Fifty years ago, the nation was gripped by media coverage of Nixon's crimes — and there was no Fox News to tell it to look away.  —  You'll be hearing a lot about Watergate in the next several weeks, as the 50th anniversary of the infamous June 17 …
Associated Press:
Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The victory party took on the feel of an evangelical worship service after Doug Mastriano won Pennsylvania's Republican gubernatorial primary this month.  As a Christian singer led the crowd in song, some raised their arms toward the heavens in praise.
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
The Atrocity of American Gun Culture  —  After mass shootings like those in Uvalde and Buffalo, pro-gun officials say they don't want to politicize tragedy.  But the circumstances that allow for the mass murder of children are inherently political.  —  May, a month we traditionally associate …
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New York Times:   Democratic States Push Gun Control Bills with Congress Gridlocked
Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
J.D. Vance On Porn: Ban It To Save Families  —  The Ohio Senate candidate told a Catholic magazine in 2021 that porn should be restricted to help an “isolated” generation thrive.  —  Going beyond even the GOP's own platform, Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance told a Catholic magazine …
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
Both their parents died in Uvalde.  Now donors are raising millions.  —  One moment Irma Garcia was trying to shield young children from gunfire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex. The next, the 48-year-old teacher had been killed in the deadliest school shooting in the state's history.
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 5-29-22: Sen. Chris Murphy & Rep. Adam Kinzinger  —  A rush transcript of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” airing on Sunday, May 29, 2022 on ABC News is below.  This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors.
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
A Ukrainian Woman Greeted Troops With a Soviet Flag.  Now, She Tells Putin to Stop Killing Ukrainians.  —  Anna Ivanova has emerged as a symbol for Russian propaganda, inspiring monuments across the country, but her tale is one of grief and poverty in the post-Soviet world
Financial Times:
What is America's end-game for the war in Ukraine?  —  The US is trying to provide effective military support to Kyiv while keeping the support of allies worried about a long conflict  —  Shortly before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February, General Mark Milley …
 
 
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