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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
DeSantis, in Latest Volley Against Disney, Suggests Punitive Steps — The Florida governor also described proposed legislation he said would override the company's effort to sidestep oversight of its theme parks. — In what has taken on the trappings of a grudge match …
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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 …
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
DeSantis Suggests Building A Prison Next To Disney On Land Now Controlled By State
DeSantis Suggests Building A Prison Next To Disney On Land Now Controlled By State
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Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
DeSantis announces new round of actions against Disney through Legislature, new board
DeSantis announces new round of actions against Disney through Legislature, new board
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Orlando Sentinel:
DeSantis says lawmakers will reassert control of Reedy Creek, jokes about building prison
DeSantis says lawmakers will reassert control of Reedy Creek, jokes about building prison
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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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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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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 …
Associated Press:
Man charged in front-door shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl
Man charged in front-door shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl
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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’ — At the Republican National Committee's spring retreat in Tennessee over the weekend, a swing-state GOP governor told major donors the party's future political success depended in part on Fox News.
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Associated Press, Joe.My.God., Mediaite and NH Journal
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fired Fox News producer says she found more evidence relevant to Dominion case
Fired Fox News producer says she found more evidence relevant to Dominion case
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Washington Post:
House GOP puts on united front as conflict brews behind the scenes — After 100 days in control, House Republicans have not reached consensus on how they will handle a vote on raising the debt ceiling — a critical piece of legislation that, if not passed, has global economic implications.
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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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Robert Reich, The Hill, One America News Network, Breitbart, CBS News and Financial Times
New York Times:
McCarthy Proposes One-Year Debt Ceiling Increase Tied to Spending Cuts
McCarthy Proposes One-Year Debt Ceiling Increase Tied to Spending Cuts
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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., Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mediaite and Jezebel
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Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
The Far Right Is Roiled by an Underage-Sex Scandal
The Far Right Is Roiled by an Underage-Sex Scandal
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Rolling Stone, Joe.My.God. and Digby's Hullabaloo
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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Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Court Upholds WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich's Detention — Journalist to remain in pretrial detention at Moscow's Lefortovo prison — A Moscow court upheld the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich at the prison where he has been held since his arrest last month.
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Clarence Thomas's explanations fail the laugh test — During his much-too-long tenure on the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas has been totally, tragically wrong about almost everything. But for a long time, I tried to convince myself that he was at least sincere in his deplorable ideology.
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Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Oklahoma officials accused of talk of killing journalists — Oklahoma's governor is seeking the resignation of four county officials after a newspaper's audio recording apparently captured some of them complaining about two of the paper's journalists and knowing hit men and where two holes are dug.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
George Santos' Mysterious Campaign Loans Somehow Get Even More Mysterious — A central question about George Santos' campaign has been how did he come up with hundreds of thousands of dollars to loan to it. The story is changing again. — Rep. George Santos (R-NY) announced Monday that he would …
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Associated Press:
No charges for officers in Jayland Walker police shooting — An Ohio grand jury declined to indict eight police officers who fired 94 shots in the death of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who fired at least one round at officers during a car and foot chase last summer, the state's attorney general announced Monday.
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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CBS News:
CBS News poll: Most say congressional Republicans should let Trump investigations run their course — Americans by and large don't want Republicans in Congress interfering with law enforcement's investigations into former President Donald Trump. But that's different for a majority of rank …
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RedState, Opinion Today and The Hill
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Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Two-thirds say Congress shouldn't interfere with Trump legal probes: poll
Two-thirds say Congress shouldn't interfere with Trump legal probes: poll
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Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
Politico:
Joint Chiefs shuffle: Biden's top contenders to replace Trump's military leaders — Besides the chair, the Pentagon could also see new leaders for the Army, Navy, Marines and possibly the Air Force this year. — An illustration featuring President Joe Biden and the potential members of his Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Outside the Beltway and Gizmodo
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Here's Why You Likely Won't See Images of Fox News Stars Entering Court — It looks as though Fox News will be spared having its employees seen entering and exiting a courthouse in Delaware in its upcoming defamation trial. — Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Jim Jordan Brought His Cabaret Act to New York City — At a ridiculous field hearing on crime in New York, the one thing the visitors didn't want to talk about was this country's insane attraction to its firearms. — Years ago, Republican senator Everett Dirksen moved heaven and earth to make the marigold the national flower.
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Victoria Bekiempis / Rolling Stone:
Jim Jordan Tried to Pull Some D.C. Bullshit on New Yorkers
Jim Jordan Tried to Pull Some D.C. Bullshit on New Yorkers
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Adam Pemble / Associated Press:
Putin visits Russian troops in occupied Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday visited command posts of the Kremlin's forces fighting in Ukraine in an apparent effort to rally his troops as the war approaches its 14th month and Kyiv readies a possible counteroffensive with Western-supplied weapons.
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Washington Post:
An Iranian hacking group went on the offensive against U.S. targets, Microsoft says — Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202! Just when I think I've seen every amazing octopus video, I stumble across something like this. I will probably never catch up because octopuses are bound to come up with more cool stuff to do.
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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 …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The one thing Trump and McConnell agree on: A hatred for this group — The anti-tax group wants to pick Senate candidates. Republicans see a 2022 repeat. — Former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell don't agree on much, but there's still one thing that unites them: A disdain for the Club for Growth.