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7:30 PM ET, June 2, 2022

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NBC News:
Multiple people injured in shooting at Wisconsin cemetery during funeral  —  Multiple people were shot during a funeral in southeast Wisconsin on Thursday, police said, as loved ones were paying their final respects to a 37-year-old man.  —  The Racine Police Department told residents …
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NBC News:
Tulsa gunman bought AR-15-style rifle hours before using it to kill his former doctor, 3 others  —  Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said the shooter “blamed” the doctor for his pain.  The doctor, Preston Phillips, was killed in the attack.  —  Tulsa police: Gunman was disgruntled hospital patient who targeted former doctor
The Daily Beast:
Tulsa Gunman Ranted to His Surgeon Then Bought a Rifle 3 Hours Before Hospital Massacre  —  Michael Louis, 45, killed four people and himself after complaining repeatedly about back pain following surgery, police said.  —  Last month, Michael Louis had an operation on his back.
Washington Post:
Gunman who killed 4 at Tulsa hospital was patient of doctor who is among the dead  —  The gunman who killed four people at a Tulsa hospital on Wednesday blamed a doctor at the facility for ongoing pain after back surgery and vowed to kill him and anyone who got in his way, police said Thursday.
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Tulsa mass shooter allegedly gunned down his doctor after asking for help with pain
Discussion: The Daily Wire
CNN:
Assault-style weapon in deadly Tulsa medical facility shooting was bought that day, sources say
Tulsa World:   Victims of Tulsa mass shooting identified in breaking news update from Saint Francis
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden to Travel to Saudi Arabia, Ending Its ‘Pariah’ Status  —  As a candidate, President Biden vowed to punish the kingdom for the brutal assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.  But now he wants to rebuild relations as he seeks to lower gas prices and isolate Russia.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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New York Times:
House Panel Examining Jared Kushner Over Saudi Investment in New Firm  —  The House Oversight Committee is seeking documents related to the $2 billion investment by a Saudi fund in the private equity firm started by Mr. Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and former adviser.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Republicans who texted Meadows with urgent pleas on January 6 say Trump could have stopped the violence  —  Washington (CNN)Within minutes of the US Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, messages began pouring into the cell phone of White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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CNN:
READ: The Meadows text messages from January 6  —  CNN has obtained 2,319 text messages that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows handed over to the January 6 committee that were sent and received between Election Day 2020 and President Joe Biden's inauguration, including more than 150 on January 6.
Discussion: Raw Story
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Beneath Biden's struggle to break through is a deeper dysfunction among White House aides  —  (CNN)Being familiar never makes the feeling less dreadful: White House aides emailing each other during one of President Joe Biden's stops on the road, tracking who's covering what he's saying …
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Politico:
Biden to deliver a prime-time address on guns
Bobby Burack / OutKick:
Exclusive: Gov. Ron DeSantis to Veto $35 Million Tampa Bay Rays Facility Amid Polarization of Shootings  —  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to veto a $35 million legislation for a Pasco County facility that's earmarked for the Tampa Bay Rays' spring training, OutKick has learned.
Associated Press:
Go-broke dates pushed back for Social Security, Medicare  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A stronger than expected economic recovery from the pandemic has pushed back the go-broke dates for Social Security and Medicare, but officials warn that the current economic turbulence is putting additional pressures on the bedrock retirement programs.
Discussion: Politico
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Neil Irwin / Axios:
Social Security and Medicare finances bolstered by growing economy
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and CNN
William Saletan / The Bulwark:
What Makes a Republican a “RINO”?  —  When the ideology is not the orthodoxy.  —  (SHUTTERSTOCK)  —  On Saturday, Donald Trump went to Wyoming to campaign against Republican Rep. Liz Cheney.  He repeatedly called her a “RINO” and urged the state's voters to elect her challenger, Harriet Hageman.
Discussion: Overtime and Fox News
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The New MAGA Establishment  —  Trumpism will outlast Trump.  Possibly for a very long time.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Florida Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to Voting Map DeSantis Drew  —  The court's refusal means that the November elections will most likely be based on legislative maps a lower court said illegally diluted the power of Black voters.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: UPI, The Root and Political Wire
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion Doug Mastriano's unhinged ‘Nazi’ claim signals deeper danger ahead  —  As a marker of the Republican Party's ongoing radicalization, Doug Mastriano's run for governor of Pennsylvania will prove revealing indeed.  —  It isn't just that Mastriano has openly advertised his zeal to subvert future elections.
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Marc Levy / Associated Press:
EXPLAINER: Can Pa. GOP candidate make voters re-register?
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Michael Hobbes / The Present Age:
The bleak spectacle of the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial  —  How a washed-up celebrity, men's rights activists and true crime stans convinced millions of Americans to buy into a conspiracy theory … Content warning for vulgar language and descriptions of abuse.
William M. Arkin / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Putin Treated for Cancer in April, U.S. Intelligence Report Says  —  Vladimir Putin's health is a subject of intense conversation inside the Biden administration after the intelligence community produced its fourth comprehensive assessment at the end of May. The classified U.S. report …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
‘Pro-Choice’ Identification Rises to Near Record High in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Gallup poll conducted mostly after the draft of a Supreme Court decision addressing abortion rights was leaked finds a marked shift in public attitudes over the past year.
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NBC News:
Fetterman's health, return to campaign trail a mystery as some Democrats grow ‘very nervous’ about Pa. Senate race  —  WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman does not have a timetable for returning to the campaign trail, sparking some worries in the party nearly three weeks …
CNN:
A dying Uvalde teacher was on the phone with her husband — a school police officer whose boss decided not to enter her classroom, report says  —  ‘An honor’: Trooper describes last moments with slain teacher 03:20  —  (CNN)In the 77 minutes of bloodshed at a Texas elementary school …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Michael Avenatti sentenced to 4 years for stealing nearly $300K from Stormy Daniels  —  New York (CNN)Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced to four years in prison for stealing nearly $300,000 from his former client, adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Dennis Aftergut / Verdict:
Justice Comes to John Durham's and Bill Barr's Political Prosecution  —  Former Trump Attorney General William Barr's 18-month campaign to rehabilitate his reputation just dove into an empty pool.  What's worse, his special counsel-appointee, John Durham, the one-time U.S. Attorney from Connecticut, is the man who drained the water.
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Jonathan Randles / Wall Street Journal:
Alex Jones's Infowars Ends Bankruptcy After Sandy Hook Families' Exit  —  To resume defamation litigation against Mr. Jones, the families agreed last month to drop legal claims against Infowars properties in chapter 11  —  Infowars is jettisoning its bankruptcy case after families …
Julian Gill / Houston Chronicle:
Funerals for children killed in mass shooting continue in grieving Uvalde as police, bikers barricade press  —  Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate  —  UVALDE — This South Texas town continued to work through its collective grief Thursday with another day of funerals and memorials …
Chase Peterson-Withorn / Forbes:
LeBron James Is Officially A Billionaire  —  He missed the playoffs for just the fourth time in 19 seasons but LeBron still scores as the first active NBA player to make our list.  —  LeBron James-18-time NBA all-star, 4-time NBA champion, 2-time Olympic gold medalist-has hit yet another milestone …
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Trump Is Finally Boring  —  Donald Trump recently sent out a press release linking to a half-baked conspiracy theory about the outcome of the Georgia Republican primaries, and it's not as though no one noticed, but it didn't have the impact one might have expected.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Moderate Voice
Manu Raju / CNN:
‘Prepared for failure’: Democrats confront reality on gun talks as senators search for ‘incremental’ deal with GOP  —  (CNN)Senate Democrats are ready to drop some of their most pressing demands to restrict access to guns amid the nationwide onslaught of massacres.
Discussion: USA Today, Vox and Washington Times
 
 
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Journal Times:
Multiple people shot at Graceland Cemetery; Ascension All Saints Hospital on lockdown
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There have been over 200 mass shootings so far in 2022
Kristin Fisher / CNN:
Watchdog report says Trump-era Space Command decision fell short on transparency
Discussion: WTOP News and Raw Story
Matt Sepic / MPR News:
Minneapolis judge sentences ‘Boogaloo’ member to 4 years on terrorism charge
Discussion: Raw Story
David Gilbert / VICE:
Connecticut Is Paying Someone $150,000 to Search 4chan for Election Misinformation
Discussion: Raw Story
Southern Poverty Law Center:
Pro-Trump White Nationalist Group Facing Key Desertions
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Washington ‘election integrity’ group and lawyer fined for meritless vote fraud lawsuit
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Opinion The GOP's immigration paranoia is harming national security
Discussion: Samuel Bickett …
Elliot Ackerman / The Atlantic:
Our Narrative of Mass Shootings Is Killing Us
Dani Blum / New York Times:
Coffee Drinking Linked to Lower Mortality Risk, New Study Finds
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill