memeorandum: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Commencement Address to the Harvard Classes of 2020 and 2021 (U.S. Department of Justice)

5:15 PM ET, May 29, 2022

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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 …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Raw Story, NPR, CNN and New York Times

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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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 …

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Maya Shimizu Harris / Casper Star-Tribune:
Trump tells Wyoming to ‘fire’ Cheney

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Associated Press:
TIMELINE: Texas elementary school shooting, minute by minute

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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden travels to Texas to meet with families of school shooting victims

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Washington Post: Uvalde: 90 minutes of terror, a failed police response and shattered trust

TMZ.com:

Nancy Pelosi's Husband Paul Arrested for DUI in Napa — NANCY PELOSI HUSBAND ARRESTED FOR DUI IN NAPA — EXCLUSIVE — Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, was arrested this weekend for DUI ... TMZ has learned. — The House Speaker's spouse was arrested just before midnight Saturday night …

Last Positivist / The Sooty Empiric:

A Brief But Angry Post — Today's post is about a thing that frequently makes me angry. This particular blog post is sparked by this piece on the breakdown of a dispute resolution process in a chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. It's worth reading the write up and reflecting on it.

Michael Powell / New York Times:

What Lia Thomas Could Mean for Women's Elite Sports — Although the number of top transgender athletes is small, the disagreements are profound, cutting to the core of the debate around gender identity and biological sex. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: We can do this better

David French / The French Press:

To Do the Right Thing, You Might Have to Die — What does a uniform mean? — It's been years since I've seen Americans so united by grief and fury. The grief is for the 19 children and 2 teachers murdered at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The fury is against the police officers …

Discussion: Politico

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

U.S. Department of Justice:

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Commencement Address to the Harvard Classes of 2020 and 2021 — Thank you, President Bacow, for this extraordinary honor. And for your kind, but overly generous introduction. — And thank you to my wife, Lynn, Harvard Class of 1982 (Applause) …

Discussion: Bloomberg and The Hill

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.

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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 …