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Washington Post:
Putin confronted by insider over Ukraine war, U.S. intelligence finds — The disagreement by a member of Putin's inner circle was deemed significant enough that it was included in President Biden's daily intelligence briefing — A member of Vladimir Putin's inner circle has voiced disagreement directly …
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HotAir, BBC, New York Times, CEPA, Fox News, New York Post, TASS, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast, Bruce's Contradicciones …, The Hill and Ringside at the Reckoning
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CNN:
Morale is plummeting in Putin's private army as Russia's war in Ukraine falters — Russian troops are releasing video on social media that reveal what's really going on behind the lines — The Ukrainians' bodies lay side-by-side on the grass, the earth beside them splayed open by a crater.
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The Guardian
The Guardian:
‘Someone will fall victim’: insiders reveal elite anguish as Russia's war falters
‘Someone will fall victim’: insiders reveal elite anguish as Russia's war falters
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New York Times, Washington Post and Raw Story
New York Times:
Biden Warns of Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ After Putin's Recent Threats
Biden Warns of Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ After Putin's Recent Threats
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CNN, Fox News, Politico, Just The News, The Hill, New York Post, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, National Review, Bloomberg, IJR, CBS News, Washington Times and 77 WABC
Megan Specia / New York Times:
Zelensky Heralds Ukrainian Advances Amid Intensified Russian Shelling
Zelensky Heralds Ukrainian Advances Amid Intensified Russian Shelling
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CBS News, EuroFile, Foreign Affairs and KTUU
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
As Ukraine war falters, Russians ask a risky question: Could Putin fall?
As Ukraine war falters, Russians ask a risky question: Could Putin fall?
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Newsbusters
Associated Press:
Biden: Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ risk highest since '62 crisis
Biden: Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ risk highest since '62 crisis
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden warns of nuclear ‘Armageddon’
POLITICO Playbook: Biden warns of nuclear ‘Armageddon’
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PoliticusUSA, The Hill and Washington Times
Lara Seligman / Politico:
Pentagon: No sign Putin is planning to use nukes after Biden's ‘Armageddon’ comment
Pentagon: No sign Putin is planning to use nukes after Biden's ‘Armageddon’ comment
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Washington Post, National Review, The Guardian, Twitchy, Jacobin, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, CNN, FOX News Radio and Japan Times
CNN:
Herschel Walker's campaign fires its political director in key Georgia Senate race — Herschel Walker's Senate campaign cut ties with its political director on Wednesday, CNN has learned, the move coming just days after The Daily Beast reported that the Georgia Republican paid for a woman's abortion more than a decade ago.
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Herschel Walker should do a ‘virtual withdrawal’ from his Senate race — Herschel Walker should announce he will forswear service in the Senate — but with a twist. — Start with this, though: It is long past time for national and state Republicans and Walker himself to admit …
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CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, Bernard Goldberg's Commentary and CBS News
Financial Times:
Ukrainian forces report Starlink outages during push against Russia — Some of Elon Musk's SpaceX devices stopped working when Ukrainian soldiers liberated territory, Kyiv officials say — Ukrainian troops have reported outages of their Starlink communication devices on the frontline …
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Insider, Engadget, UATV and TASS, more at Techmeme »
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The Economist:
Elon Musk's foray into geopolitics has Ukraine worried — His Starlink internet service has been crucial to the war effort — He was a hero, who went out of his way to keep Ukraine functioning as Russian tanks streamed across its borders. Early in the war Elon Musk gave it access to his Starlink satellite-internet service.
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Insider and The Dispatch, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Is Said to Believe Trump Has More Documents — Conversations between department officials and the former president's representatives have underscored investigators' skepticism about his cooperation and exposed a rift among his lawyers. — A top Justice Department official …
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ABC News:
On Trump's last day in office, why were sensitive documents allegedly in such disarray? — The DOJ said it couldn't tell which documents were classified. — At the end of Donald Trump's presidency, his team returned a large batch of classified FBI documents and other government records …
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
DOJ Presses Trump Whether He Has More Documents to Turn Over
DOJ Presses Trump Whether He Has More Documents to Turn Over
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Alternet.org, Raw Story, Mediaite, Insider and Washington Post
Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel:
Dr. Oz Stood in Front of One of Hitler's Cars at a Fundraiser and Had Jordan Peterson Call In — Matt Gaetz's in-laws hosted the high-dollar dinner from hell. What is this campaign doing? — Alerts — In what continues to be an incredibly puzzling campaign, Dr. Mehmet Oz attended …
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Political Wire
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
‘We Are F**KED’: New Book Reveals How GOP Senators Bailed Out Trump During 1st Impeachment Trial — The ineptitude of Trump's legal team reportedly forced GOP senators to take matters into their own hands by choreographing his Ukraine trial defense. — Republican senators were more deeply involved …
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Politico, Raw Story, Alternet.org, Just The News and The Hill
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Politico:
How Influential Senate Democrats Shut Down a Bid to Call Witnesses Against Trump — Jamie Raskin's eyes bulged as he skimmed the CNN story on his phone. Huddled with his team in the impeachment managers' holding room after the Senate trial proceedings had finished on Friday evening …
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Raw Story
John Leland / New York Times:
How a Dog's Killing Turned Brooklyn Progressives Against One Another — After a sudden confrontation that left a golden retriever dead, neighbors came together online to support the owner of the dog. But then things changed. — Real-world ethics question: In a well-used city park …
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Twitchy and The American Conservative
CNN:
Republicans called Biden's infrastructure program ‘socialism.’ Then they asked for money. — Last November, GOP Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota released a statement slamming the passage of the freshly approved infrastructure law he referred to as “President Biden's multi-trillion dollar socialist wish list.”
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National Review, PoliticusUSA, Alternet.org and Raw Story
ABC News:
Uvalde school district suspends entire police force, superintendent to retire amid fallout from shooting — The district has faced withering criticism over its police department's actions. — An officer walks outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Quit dragging Maggie Haberman — A traitor is defined as someone who “betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty,” according to Merriam-Webster. The dictionary people, however, might soon have to add an emerging variation: “A journalist who doesn't give me my juicy tidbits …
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New York Magazine, Mediaite and Slate
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Mayor Adams Declares State of Emergency to Respond to Migrant Crisis — The number of people in the New York City main shelter system has exceeded 61,000, nearing a record for the city. — Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency for New York City on Friday as the city struggles …
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Politico, CBS News, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Fox News, BizPac Review, Forbes, Reuters, IJR, NBC New York, NewsNation, New York Post and Gothamist
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Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
At the Athletic and New York Times, a marriage with promise and tension — Not long after the New York Times bought the Athletic earlier this year, the founders of the popular sports website held an all-staff call. — Most Athletic staffers were pleased with the purchase.
Grid News:
Mark Finchem says Google and the ‘deep state’ are blocking his campaign site. The truth is simpler — and implicates his own team. — If he wins in November, the Trump-backed “Stop the Steal” proponent would run Arizona's elections as secretary of state. — The Trump-endorsed …
CNN:
Mandela Barnes has signaled support for removing police funding and abolishing ICE - despite ad claiming otherwise — Wisconsin Democratic Senate nominee Mandela Barnes has previously signaled his support for removing police funding and abolishing ICE according to a review by CNN's KFile …
Associated Press:
Michael Flynn's ReAwaken roadshow recruits ‘Army of God’ — By the time the red, white and blue-colored microphone had been switched off, the crowd of 3,000 had listened to hours of invective and grievance. “We're under warfare,” one speaker told them. Another said she would …
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Political Wire
Steve Feinstein / American Thinker:
The Democrats Wrecked My Retirement — If you're fortunate enough to lead a reasonably normal American life, things go something like this: you go through school and graduate from either high school or college, somewhere in the middle of the class. You get a job, move out on your own, and meet your eventual spouse.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The Astronaut and the Alien — In an uneventful debate, Mark Kelly has an encounter of the GOP kind. — Arizona's Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, an honest-to-goodness astronaut, must have felt like he was talking to an alien tonight. — No, not in space.
Leor Sapir / Reality's Last Stand:
The Distortions in Jack Turban's Psychology Today Article on ‘Gender Affirming Care’ — Turban's public statements on pediatric gender medicine have been less than honest. — Writes Leor Sapir · Subscribe — Reality's Last Stand is a reader-supported publication.
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RedState, Newsbusters, GC News, The Daily Wire, Reuters and The Daily Caller
Fox News:
BLOWING SMOKE: Kellyanne Conway and Mark Penn on Biden's weed pardon being ‘timed for the election’ — Conway claimed that Kamala Harris' office “handled more than 1,900 marijuana convictions” while she was a prosecutor — Dr Russell Kamer: America's youth need to be educated on marijuana
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NewsOne, InDepthNH.org, New Statesman, Off the Kuff, Power Line, 77 WABC, The Right Scoop, KOLR, Raw Story, Insider, TMZ.com, Washington Times, TheBlaze and UPI
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace praises Biden on marijuana pardons: ‘Credit where credit is due’
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace praises Biden on marijuana pardons: ‘Credit where credit is due’
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Office of the Governor, The Gateway Pundit, Reason, The Guardian and VICE
Timothy Shenk / New York Times:
A Lost Manuscript Shows the Fire Barack Obama Couldn't Reveal on the Campaign Trail — At Harvard Law, he wrote a blistering manifesto he never published. Its searing advice could help Democrats escape their current political quagmire.