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Reuters:
Russia must not be humiliated despite Putin's ‘historic’ mistake, Macron says — French President Emmanuel Macron said it is vital that Russia is not humiliated so that when the fighting stops in Ukraine a diplomatic solution can be found, adding that he believed Paris would play a mediating role to end the conflict.
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Voice of America, Breitbart, Al Jazeera, Insider and Politico
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BBC:
Ukraine anger as Macron says 'Don't humiliate Russia' — Ukraine's foreign minister has hit out at French President Emmanuel Macron after he said it was vital that Russia was not humiliated over its invasion. — Mr Macron said it was crucial President Vladimir Putin had a way out of what he called a “fundamental error”.
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New York Post, The Bona Fide, Daily Kos and UPI
BBC:
Russian man accused of Alexander Litvinenko killing dies of Covid-19 — One of the main suspects in the murder of the former Russian spy and Kremlin critic, Alexander Litvinenko, has died of Covid-19. — Dmitry Kovtun was one of two men UK authorities say fatally poisoned Mr Litvinenko in London in 2006.
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The Guardian, UPI and Metro.co.uk
Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:
Trump allies explored sending armed private contractors to seize voting machines in 2020 election — Supporters on the fringes of former President Trump's circle explored seeking sweeping authority after the 2020 election to enlist armed private contractors to seize and inspect voting machines …
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Common Dreams, Raw Story and Mother Jones
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Bidens evacuated from Delaware residence after plane flies into restricted airspace — The president and the first lady are now back at the beach house with no threat apparent. — Joe Biden boards his plane at New Castle Airport on October 22, 2020 in New Castle, Delaware. Getty Images
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Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Moved From Beach House After a Plane Enters Restricted Airspace
Biden Moved From Beach House After a Plane Enters Restricted Airspace
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Washington Examiner, USA Today, RedState, KNSD-TV and CBS News
Gabriel Hays / Fox News:
Florida's Ron DeSantis smeared as ‘authoritarian leader,’ ‘next Grand Wizard of GOP’ by MSNBC ReidOut guests — Joy Reid's guests claimed Gov. Ron DeSantis' ‘cruelty’ is turning Florida into ‘DeSantistan’ — MSNBC ReidOut guests smear Florida as ‘authoritarian state,’ DeSantis ‘next Grand Wizard of GOP’
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Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
DeSantis makes it harder for transgender people to get Medicaid support
DeSantis makes it harder for transgender people to get Medicaid support
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The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Subpoena wars: Washington is on a path to mutually assured destruction — THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — In an initial court appearance following his arrest on Friday for contempt of Congress, former Trump adviser Peter Navarro stood before an obviously concerned federal magistrate.
WISN:
Former Wisconsin judge killed in “targeted” shooting; Gov. Evers also on “hit list” — Former Juneau Co. judge John Roemer was found zip-tied to a chair and fatally shot. — COPY LINK — COPY — Hide Transcript Show Transcript — MAUSTON, Wis. —
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Fox News, UPI, Insider, Journal Sentinel, The Daily Beast and BizPac Review
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
The gun lobby's growing divide — There's a growing divide within America's gun lobby, as groups representing firearms manufacturers and individual owners splinter over federal gun-control legislation and what gun culture means in an increasingly diverse country.
John Blake / CNN:
The evangelical church faces a ‘state of emergency’ over the pandemic and politics, Andy Stanley says — (CNN)Winning souls for Christ. Taking back America for God. Standing in the Gap. — Anyone who has spent time among white evangelical Christians has heard some of those phrases.
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Raw Story
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
‘Ignore Guns, Talk Inflation’: Memos Show GOP Strategy After the Uvalde Massacre — Stay cool. Run out the clock. Scare some gun nuts while you can. But don't worry: this moment will be over soon. — That's the message the Republican Party, Donald Trump, and conservative leaders …
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Raw Story
Susan Hartman / New York Times:
How Refugees Transformed a Dying Rust Belt Town — At 8 on a recent morning, Pri Paw brought small bowls — of rice and fried salmon with bamboo shoots — to the Buddhist altar in her family's living room in Utica, N.Y. — Then she rang a bell, sat on the floor and bowed.
John L. Dorman / Insider:
Kellyanne Conway blasts Mark Meadows' tenure as Trump's White House chief of staff: ‘The man did not match the moment’ — Kellyanne Conway in her new memoir criticized Mark Meadows' tenure as White House chief of staff. — Conway said Meadows “did not match the moment” during the earliest stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Young men, guns and the prefrontal cortex — The Uvalde, Tex., shooter is part of a long list of male perpetrators of similar ages. Some experts think gun laws need to change to address that. — When Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl learned that the perpetrator of the Uvalde …
Matthew Perrone / Associated Press:
Abbott restarts baby formula plant linked to contamination — WASHINGTON (AP) — Abbott Nutrition has restarted production at the Michigan baby formula factory that has been closed for months due to contamination, the company said Saturday, taking a step toward easing a nationwide supply shortage expected to persist into the summer.
Washington Post:
Climate change is forcing schools to close early for ‘heat days’ — With no air conditioning and no money to install it, districts are sending students home — Temperatures kept rising in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Finally, it was just too hot to keep students in classrooms without air conditioning.
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Twitchy
Elise Solé / Yahoo News:
Dad surrenders AR-15 to police after Texas school shooting: ‘I want a safer future’ — A father forfeited his AR-15 rifle to the police after the Texas school shooting, explaining, “It's the only thing I can do.” — Former Marine Ben Beers grew up shooting guns recreationally and learning about gun safety.
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel Builds a Laser Weapon to Zap Threats Out of the Sky — From science fiction to facts in the air: Israel says a prototype downed rockets and drones in recent tests. — Give this article- - - Read in app — JERUSALEM — After two decades of research and experimentation …
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Democrat Max Rose blasts Hunter Biden, says Post got ‘raw deal’ in reporting — The Rose has thorns. — Democratic congressional candidate Max Rose came out swinging this week — at Hunter Biden — torching the first son for his shady foreign business dealings that Republicans say potentially put US national security at risk.
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Washington Examiner
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
White Christian Nationalism ‘Is a Fundamental Threat to Democracy’ — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry discuss their new book, The Flag and the Cross. — An ideology is on the march. Traces of it are detectable in a racist massacre in Buffalo; in Tucker Carlson's monologues; in Marjorie Taylor Greene's public comments.
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Raw Story
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Empty clinics, no calls: The fallout of Oklahoma's abortion ban — As nation awaits a Supreme Court decision, one conservative state offers a window into a post-Roe America — Whenever a new patient pulls into the parking lot at the Tulsa Women's Clinic, Tiffany Taylor rushes to flick on the lights.
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Twitchy
Zach Despart / The Texas Tribune:
At first meeting since massacre, Uvalde school board takes no action on police chief — Chief Pete Arredondo has been faulted for a slow response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary. — Copy link — The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District board took no action Friday evening …
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Fox News and Associated Press
Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Sen. Ben Sasse calls out ‘weirdos’ dividing country in fiery Reagan Foundation speech — 40th president of the United States and actor — 48th Vice President of the United States — Associate Justice-Designate of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Althouse
Reuters:
Hong Kong steps up security on Tiananmen anniversary, Taiwan decries suppression — Hong Kong deployed heavy security near a major park on Saturday as it warned people not to gather to commemorate China's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square 33 years ago, as Taiwan decried efforts to erase the memories.
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Balloon Juice, Raw Story, Voice of America, The Guardian and The Times of Israel
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