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10:45 AM ET, June 3, 2022

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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: HotAir, 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 …
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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Patrick Skinner / Washington Post:
Our ‘best case scenario’ in school shootings is badly misguided
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Two states aim to arm teachers despite opposition from educators and experts
Discussion: HotAir and Ohio Capital Journal
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:   Little Martyrs  —  A nihilistic religion worships the gun.  —  When I was 11 years old, I thought I was going to be a martyr.
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).
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Washington Post:
Biden urges Congress to act on guns in rare prime-time address
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?
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
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
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Democrats Face Pressure on Crime From a New Front: Their Base  —  Not long ago, the party was focused on police reform, but rising fears of violence, especially among communities of color, have led candidates to change course.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
NYT: Dems sounding kinda Republican on crime these days
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
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
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
How New York's Redistricting Became a Civil War for Democrats  —  “It was mass hysteria.  Everyone assumed the whole thing was a plot.”  —  Bill de Blasio was having lunch at Caffè Reggio in the West Village on the third Monday in May, sinking in to what he assumed would be a post-mayoral life …
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 …
Fabiola Santiago / Miami Herald:
Proud Boys couldn't have infiltrated Miami-Dade's GOP if racism were unacceptable  —  Welcome to your evolving Miami-Dade GOP — from spying Watergate burglars in the 1970s to racist Proud Boys in 2022.  —  How low can today's Florida Republicans go?  —  Pretty far down the road of normalizing racism …
Discussion: Alternet.org, Mediaite and Daily Kos
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.
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.
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
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
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 …
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
Jake Bittle / Grist:
Is Nebraska building a $500 million ‘canal to nowhere’ just to own the libs?  —  Nebraska Republicans say a new canal will keep their water from being pilfered by Colorado.  Water experts say it won't really do anything.  —  Earlier this spring, Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill authorizing construction …
 
 
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Tom Krisher / Associated Press:
US has over 750 complaints that Teslas brake for no reason
Discussion: Bloomberg and WTOP News
Bill Lueders / The Bulwark:
My Friend, Donald Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Dave Levinthal / Insider:
Trump staffer records should remain secret, Biden administration lawyers argue
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Report: China-linked Twitter harassment targets female Asian journalists outside China
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”
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
 Earlier Items: 
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
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Manchin's bipartisan energy talks crumble, paving way for Democrat-only deal
Bobby Burack / OutKick:
Exclusive: Gov. Ron DeSantis to Veto $35 Million Tampa Bay Rays Facility Amid Polarization of Shootings
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden to Travel to Saudi Arabia, Ending Its ‘Pariah’ Status
 

 
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