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Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Putin thinks West will blink first in war of attrition, Russian elites say  —  The Kremlin is seeking to ramp up economic pressure to erode foreign support for Ukraine  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is digging in for a long war of attrition over Ukraine and will be relentless in trying …
Discussion: News Items and New York Times
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Washington Post:
Beijing chafes at Moscow's requests for support, Chinese officials say  —  China's leadership wants to expand assistance for Russia without running afoul of Western sanctions and has set limits on what it will do  —  Russian officials have raised increasingly frustrated requests …
Reuters:
Russia summons heads of U.S. media outlets, warns of ‘stringent measures’  —  Russia's Foreign Ministry said it was summoning the heads of U.S. media outlets in Moscow to a meeting next Monday to notify them of tough measures in response to U.S. restrictions against Russian media.
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Private groups work to bring specialized combat gear to Ukraine
Discussion: Task & Purpose
BBC:
The Russian soldiers refusing to fight in Ukraine
Discussion: Al Jazeera
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:   How Biden Can Help Ukraine Win the Long War
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Journal Times:
Multiple people shot at Graceland Cemetery; Ascension All Saints Hospital on lockdown  —  RACINE — Multiple people were shot Thursday afternoon during a burial in Graceland Cemetery.  —  The public is being asked to avoid the area in West Racine.  —  In an alert at 3:47 p.m. Thursday …
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Opinion A Democratic ‘Contract With America’ for 2022  —  Ahead of November's midterm elections, Democrats should offer a straightforward, comprehensive agenda and commit to passing it if they keep control of Congress (or, in the case of the Senate, gain true control).
Discussion: Missouri Independent
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Washington Post:
Biden urges Congress to act on guns in rare prime-time address
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Can this Texas Republican clinch a long-shot guns deal?
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Examiner
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Uvalde Police Scandal  —  Students inside were calling 911 and begging for help.  The officers stayed outside for almost an hour during the mass shooting.  —  1x  —  The great sin in what happened in Texas is that an 18-year-old with murder in his heart walked into a public school and shot to death 19 kids and two teachers.
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Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
Why Are Police So Bad at Their Jobs?  —  It's not just Uvalde.  Cops nationwide can't stop crimes from happening or solve them once they've occurred.  —  The inaction in the case of the Uvalde school shooter is the most egregious example in a string of police incompetence in high-profile shootings.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
NYT: Dems sounding kinda Republican on crime these days  —  Old and busted: Defund the police!  New hotness: Law and order!  Two years after embracing the radical demands of progressives to curtail policing and paint law enforcement as a societal ill, Democrats suffer from a fully realized case …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:   Democrats Face Pressure on Crime From a New Front: Their Base
Rolling Stone:
How Trump's Team Conned Susan Collins Into Dooming Roe v. Wade  —  Trump officials privately mocked the Maine Republican in the run-up to Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing, predicting it'd be easy to get the pro-choice senator to vote for a seemingly anti-choice nominee
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Molly Roberts / Washington Post:
Opinion Susan Collins confronts a moment of truth
Discussion: Higher Thinking and The Daily Wire
Axios:
Scoop: Trumpworld plots Jan. 6 counterprogramming blitz  —  Former President Trump and his allies, in conjunction with top House GOP leadership and conservative groups, have begun pulling documents and coordinating a behind-the-scenes effort to counterprogram the Jan. 6 committee's televised hearings this month, Axios has learned.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Voters Say They Want Gun Control.  Their Votes Say Something Different.  —  Broad public support on the issue may not be as broad as polling shows or as Democrats hope.  —  It's one of the most puzzling questions for Democrats in American politics: Why is the political system so unresponsive to gun violence?
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Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Two states aim to arm teachers despite opposition from educators and experts
Discussion: HotAir and Ohio Capital Journal
Laura Meckler / Washington Post:
Gender identity lessons, banned in some schools, are rising in others  —  Students are told that dolls aren't just for girls, and that there are no ‘boy colors’ or ‘girl colors’  —  Some lessons are direct: “Who can describe what transgender means?”  In other classes, the discussion is more subtle …
Discussion: Althouse
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Many Reporters Think Kevin McCarthy Is Dumb.  Why Can't They Say So?  —  Is Kevin McCarthy a great big dummy?  —  That's not a rhetorical question.  Read between the lines of some of the coverage during McCarthy's 15 years in Congress and you start to suspect that many folks who pay close attention …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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David Siders / Politico:
A midterm alarm for Dems in California
Discussion: HotAir, Raw Story and New York Times
Yuval Levin / New York Times:
Why We Need Middle-Aged Leaders to Replace Baby Boomers  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  America's top political leaders are remarkably old.  Our president will turn 80 this year.  His predecessor, who is contemplating running again, is about to turn 76.  The speaker of the House is 82.
Discussion: Althouse
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
DeSantis moves to ban transition care for transgender youths, Medicaid recipients  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration Thursday asked the state board regulating doctors to essentially ban transition-related care for transgender minors, according to a letter obtained by NBC News.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Matthew Sheffield / Flux:
For decades, Republican consultants spent big to promote leftist candidates, now they've started creating fake ones  —  Instead of trying to build a majority, the American right has decided to divide and conquer … After losing the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump launched …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
‘There Are a Lot of People Very Close to the President Who Privately Understand That This Is a Complete Disaster’  —  So says the Washington Post's James Hohmann, in a conversation with The Bulwark's Charlie Sykes about the Biden administration's inexplicable desire to force taxpayers to pay off rich people's student loans.
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Report: China-linked Twitter harassment targets female Asian journalists outside China … - In the past few years, and with growing assertiveness since 2019, the Chinese government has taken to Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and other western social media platforms that are banned in China …
CNN:
NY prosecutors are moving closer to charging Steve Bannon in border wall effort Trump pardoned him for  —  (CNN)Several close allies of Steve Bannon have been subpoenaed to testify before a New York state grand jury investigating his fundraising for a private border wall effort, people familiar with the investigation tell CNN.
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Why Sheryl Sandberg Quit Facebook's Meta  —  One of the world's most powerful executives became increasingly burned out and disconnected from the mega-business she was instrumental in building.  That dovetailed with a company investigation into her activities.
Chris Matthews / Daily Mail:
Elon Musk now tells execs Tesla needs to ‘pause all hiring worldwide’ and cut staff by 10% because he has a ‘super bad feeling’ about the economy in latest internal email to execs  — Elon Musk told top managers he had a ‘super bad feeling’ about the economy
Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Barry Sussman, Washington Post editor who oversaw Watergate reporting, dies at 87  —  Barry Sussman, the Washington Post editor who directly oversaw the Watergate investigation by reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, providing invaluable — if at times unheralded …
David Harrison / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Employers Added 390,000 Jobs in May  —  Persistent shortage of workers, interest-rate increases and inflation will likely cool labor market in coming months, economists say  —  The U.S. economy added 390,000 jobs in May, extending a yearlong streak of strong gains, the Labor Department said Friday.
Discussion: CNBC and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Dave Levinthal / Insider:
Trump staffer records should remain secret, Biden administration lawyers argue
David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
Stacked Jury Acquits Hillary Clinton Campaign Operative
Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
Johnny Depp's Win in Court Could Embolden Others, Lawyers Say
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
Kellyanne Conway Couldn't Con Book Buyers: Just 25,000 in Sales for “Here's the Deal”
Wall Street Journal:
China Nears Launch of Advanced Aircraft Carrier, Satellite Images Show
Discussion: Associated Press
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Ilya Shapiro's Reinstatement Is a Win for the Political Power of Free Speech, But a Loss for the Value of Academic Freedom
Discussion: FIRE and The College Fix
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Manchin's bipartisan energy talks crumble, paving way for Democrat-only deal
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Bill Barr says Trump should not run for president again in 2024
Discussion: RedState
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
EXPLAINER: Can Pa. GOP candidate make voters re-register?
Jonathan Randles / Wall Street Journal:
Alex Jones's Infowars Ends Bankruptcy After Sandy Hook Families' Exit
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

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