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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
‘Stop the Steal’ Organizer Apologizes After Being Accused of Asking Teen Boys for D*ck Pics — “I apologize for any inappropriate messages sent over the years,” said Ali Alexander, an ally of former President Trump and white nationalist Nick Fuentes. — A key figure in the pro-Trump …
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Joe.My.God., Mediaite, Jezebel and Political Wire
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Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
The Far Right Is Roiled by an Underage-Sex Scandal — Over the past month or so, the far right has been embroiled in a scandal involving the alleged grooming practices that its loudest voices have claimed are rampant among liberals. According to two accusers who have come forward …
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Rolling Stone and Digby's Hullabaloo
CNN:
Accused shooter in Kansas City shooting of Black teen who went to the wrong house is White man in his 80s — A white man in his 80s is the individual who apparently shot and seriously wounded Ralph Yarl, a Black teen, on April 13 in Kansas City, Missouri, according to a CNN review of property records …
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New York Times:
84-Year-Old Is Charged in Shooting of Black Teenager Who Went to Wrong House — Lawyers for the family of Ralph Yarl, 16, said he was critically injured when he was shot twice in Kansas City, Mo. — The errand that nearly cost Ralph Yarl his life was of the sort that falls to older brothers everywhere.
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HuffPost, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, The Western Journal, Kansas City Star and Associated Press
Washington Post:
White Kansas City man, 85, charged in shooting of Black teen — Sixteen-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot twice — once in the head — after knocking on the wrong door after being sent by his parents to retrieve his siblings from a friend's house. — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 85-year-old White Kansas City man …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Disney announces LGBTQ event night at its California resort immediately after DeSantis threats — The Disneyland resort in California will hold a new LGBTQ-themed event night, according to the company in a tweeted statement on Monday. — “The first-ever Disneyland After Dark …
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New Republic and Insider
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
DeSantis's Thuggish Threats Against Disney … Last year, Florida governor Ron DeSantis retaliated against the Walt Disney Company for criticizing his ban on gender instruction in the state (a law DeSantis has advertised as merely restricting sexualized instruction but in fact is driving …
Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
DeSantis announces new round of actions against Disney through Legislature, new board — The Disney versus DeSantis fight headed into round three on Monday as Florida's governor announced that the Legislature will revoke development agreements that undercut the authority of the new local board …
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CNN, Breitbart, Sputnik News, Boston Herald, Fox News, New York Post, Florida Phoenix, Deseret News and Diane Ravitch's blog
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
DeSantis, in Latest Volley Against Disney, Suggests Punitive Steps
DeSantis, in Latest Volley Against Disney, Suggests Punitive Steps
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The Moderate Voice and Florida Politics
Austin Linfante / Heartland Signal:
FBI investigating GOP Oklahoma officials caught on tape talking about lynching Black people, murdering newspaper reporters — GOP officials from McCurtain County, Okla. are being investigated by the FBI after they were caught on tape expressing their frustration about it not being socially acceptable beat …
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Raw Story, KXII-TV, Tulsa World, Mediaite, HuffPost, Public Radio Tulsa and Political Wire
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Josh Dulaney / The Oklahoman:
Oklahoma sheriff, commissioner, accused of discussing killing a reporter and returning to Black hangings — In southeast Oklahoma, the sheriff of McCurtain County, one of his investigators and a county commissioner are accused by a newspaper of discussing killing a local reporter and lamenting …
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The Black Wall Street Times, The Daily Caller and This is a developing story …
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Oklahoma officials accused of talk of killing journalists
Oklahoma officials accused of talk of killing journalists
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NBC News, Joe.My.God. and The Hill
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
What Dominion Has to Prove in Its Case Against Fox News — Did the hosts of the country's most popular cable news network know that Trump's lies about the election were untrue? — Downtown Wilmington was already lousy with reporters when the news broke, on Sunday evening, that the Dominion v. Fox trial would be delayed by a day.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
GOP governor says he's urged Fox News to break out of its ‘echo chamber’
GOP governor says he's urged Fox News to break out of its ‘echo chamber’
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Mediaite
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Here's Why You Likely Won't See Images of Fox News Stars Entering Court
Here's Why You Likely Won't See Images of Fox News Stars Entering Court
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The Wrap, Joe.My.God., Deseret News and Raw Story
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump urges Murdoch to embrace false 2020 election claims in Dominion trial
Trump urges Murdoch to embrace false 2020 election claims in Dominion trial
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Mediaite, USA Today, New York Times, Raw Story, BizPac Review, Washington Examiner, BuzzFeed News, CNN and NBC New York
Steve Hughes / Albany Times Union:
Saratoga County woman killed after turning into wrong driveway — Kaylin Gillis of Saratoga County was shot Saturday evening; a 65-year-old stands charged with second-degree murder — HEBRON — A 65-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after he allegedly shot and killed …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Fiscal crisis nears as McCarthy takes debt ceiling plan to Wall Street — The House speaker is set to outline the party's new proposal at the New York Stock Exchange, more than a decade after a similar GOP-led standoff hammered U.S. markets — NEW YORK — Nearly 40 years ago …
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New York Times:
McCarthy Proposes One-Year Debt Ceiling Increase Tied to Spending Cuts — Clashing with President Biden, who has called for a debt limit hike with no conditions, the Republican speaker went to Wall Street to pitch what he called a “responsible, sensible” solution.
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Gideon Rubin / Raw Story:
Lincoln Project lampoons Kevin McCarthy in brutal debt crisis how-to video
Lincoln Project lampoons Kevin McCarthy in brutal debt crisis how-to video
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Insider, The Hill, Washington Times, The Daily Signal and Washington Examiner
Colin Kinniburgh / New York Focus:
Hochul's Top Court Pick Represented Chevron in Climate Case Against Steven Donziger … CAITLIN HALLIGAN, the private attorney Governor Kathy Hochul selected for nomination to the New York Court of Appeals last week, represented Chevron in its pursuit of racketeering charges …
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Politico:
Senate Dems weighing a Clarence Thomas invite to future Supreme Court ethics hearing — If he's asked to appear, the justice is likely to face questions about reports on his relationship with a billionaire GOP donor. — Senate Democrats are eyeing an invitation to Justice Clarence Thomas …
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Insider
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NBC News:
Republicans reject Feinstein committee swap, putting Democrats in a bind
Republicans reject Feinstein committee swap, putting Democrats in a bind
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Insider, Politico, HuffPost, CNN, ABC News, Washington Times, Associated Press, Washington Examiner and CBS News
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Senate GOP poised to block Feinstein's Judiciary Committee replacement
Senate GOP poised to block Feinstein's Judiciary Committee replacement
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Fox News, The Hill, Bloomberg, Breitbart, Roll Call, Joe.My.God., Talking Points Memo, Politico, New York Magazine and Alternet.org
New York Times:
F.B.I. Arrests Two on Charges Tied to Chinese Police Outpost in New York — Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged the men with conspiring with the People's Republic of China and destroying evidence in connection with a Chinese police outpost in Lower Manhattan.
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Victoria Bekiempis / Rolling Stone:
Jim Jordan Tried to Pull Some D.C. Bullshit on New Yorkers — It went over exactly as well as you'd expect … It didn't get better from there. — As the hearing began, members of the public who were denied access shouted at cops and sundry congressional staffers outside the meeting room, demanding admittance.
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Hannah Dreier / New York Times:
As Migrant Children Were Put to Work, U.S. Ignored Warnings — The White House and federal agencies were repeatedly alerted to signs of children at risk. The warnings were ignored or missed. — In the spring of 2021, Linda Brandmiller was working at an arena in San Antonio that had been converted …
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The Hill, Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate COVID origins report details lab leak theory — The coronavirus pandemic appeared to originate from a laboratory accident, based on biosafety issues in the epicenter in Wuhan, China, and factors observed in the nature and early spread of the virus, according to a 302-page Senate report obtained by Axios.
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RealityChek, Wall Street Journal, HotAir, New York Post and Washington Free Beacon
David Millward / Telegraph:
Pro-Russia propagandist unmasked as New Jersey tropical fish seller — Sarah Bils identified as the woman behind ‘Donbas Devushka’ social media accounts, notorious for spreading disinformation about the war — To her devoted followers, “Donbas Devushka” - or Donbas Girl …
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US Department of Justice:
Construction Company Owner Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison and Ordered to Pay Nearly $1 Million in Restitution for Rigging Bids and Bribing a Public Official — Case Involved Public Works for the California Department of Transportation — A construction company owner in California …
US Department of Justice:
40 Officers of China's National Police Charged in Transnational Repression Schemes Targeting U.S. Residents — Defendants Accused of Creating Fake Social Media Accounts to Harass PRC Dissidents, and Working with Employees of a U.S. Telecommunications Company to Remove Dissidents from Company's Platform
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The Pew Charitable Trusts:
More Flexible Zoning Helps Contain Rising Rents — New data from 4 jurisdictions that are allowing more housing shows sharply slowed rent growth — A national housing shortage has driven up rents, leaving a record share of Americans spending more than 30% of their income on rent and making them what is known as rent-burdened.
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
A War Crimes Team Investigated the Portland Police. The Results Are Damning — A forensic investigation found the police used dangerous amounts of tear gas in an attempt to put down Black Lives Matter protests — A BRITISH RESEARCH group that typically investigates war crimes …
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Raw Story
Natalia Contreras / The Texas Tribune:
Tarrant County's lauded elections chief resigns, citing differences with new county executive — Heider Garcia, like many other election officials across the country, faced death threats that stemmed from lies about the outcome of the 2020 election. — A North Texas elections official …
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Egypt nearly supplied rockets to Russia, agreed to arm Ukraine instead, leak shows — Egypt made detailed plans to export rockets at Moscow's request, but after a diplomatic offensive from Washington, later approved artillery production for Kyiv — Egypt paused a plan to secretly supply rockets …
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Political Wire
Verdict:
The So-Called Platinum Coin Option is Illegal, Even on Its Own Terms — Conventional wisdom holds that the 2022 midterm elections went surprisingly well for Democrats. They defended all of their US Senate seats and even picked up Pennsylvania's vacant seat, won back some governors' mansions …