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ProPublica:
Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School.  Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition.  —  Crow paid for private school for a relative Thomas said he was raising “as a son.”  “This is way outside the norm,” said a former White House ethics lawyer.  —  In 2008, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas decided …
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John Fritze / USA Today:
GOP donor Harlan Crow paid private tuition for relative of Justice Clarence Thomas  —  WASHINGTON − Republican megadonor Harlan Crow paid private boarding school tuition for the grandnephew of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, according to report Thursday in ProPublica that was likely …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Emails Reveal ‘Jaw-Dropping’ Herschel Walker Money Scandal  —  Emails show Herschel Walker solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars for his own business from a billionaire donor, with the donor believing he was giving to Walker's campaign. … Pay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding.
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Brandon Gage / Alternet.org:
‘Unparalleled in its audacity and scope’: Herschel Walker implicated in ‘jaw-dropping’ wire fraud scheme  —  Failed United States Senate candidate Herschel Walker (R-Georgia) — who had the backing of former President Donald Trump — has been implicated in an “unprecedented,” “stunning,” and …
Mark Trevelyan / Reuters:
Russia says U.S. was behind Kremlin drone attack, drawing quick denial  —  Russia accused the United States on Thursday of being behind what it says was a drone attack on Moscow's Kremlin citadel intended to kill President Vladimir Putin.  —  A day after blaming Ukraine for what it called …
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Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 3, 2023  —  Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.  —  Click here to access ISW's archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
BBC:
Kremlin drone: Zelensky denies Ukraine attacked Putin or Moscow
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Judge Tosses Trump's Lawsuit Against NY Times, Orders Him to Pay All Legal Fees  —  Trump sued the paper, along with his niece Mary, alleging an “insidious plot” to grab his tax records and publish them in a Pulitzer-winning report. … A New York judge has tossed out Donald Trump's lawsuit …
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Judge Dismisses Trump's Lawsuit Against The New York Times
Jared Gans / The Hill:
North Carolina House approves measure banning abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy  —  The North Carolina state House passed a bill on Wednesday that would ban abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, sending it to the state Senate for approval.  —  The House vote came just a day after Republicans …
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Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
Florida Republicans pass pronoun, diversity bills
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
North Carolina GOP Rushes New Abortion Ban After Democrat Suddenly Switched Parties
NBC News:
Ex-FBI agent feds say urged Jan. 6 rioters to kill police worked terrorism task force  —  Jared Wise was part of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force and served as supervisory special agent in charge of the Homegrown Violent Extremism unit.  —  NEW YORK — An ex-FBI official who allegedly urged rioters to …
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New York Times:
Former F.B.I. Agent Charged in Jan. 6 Riot
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
May 3, 2023  —  “No one should assume that the Fed can really protect the economy and the financial system and our reputation globally from the damage that [a U.S. default] might inflict,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said today.  “We shouldn't even be talking about a world in which the U.S. doesn't pay its bills.
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
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Mitchell Epner / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Rape Trial Goes From One Disaster to Another  —  It goes from bad to worse for Donald Trump, which on Wednesday saw the re-emergence of the infamous ‘Access Hollywood’ tape. … May 3 was the latest very bad day for Donald Trump at his trial for allegedly raping E. Jean Carroll.
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New York Times:
Trump Will Offer No Defense in Rape Trial, His Lawyer Says
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Goodbye Twitter: Techdirt Will Soon End Our Automated Posting  —  Over the last few months we'd been wondering if it was worth pulling Techdirt posting from Twitter altogether, but had been too busy with other stuff to make a decision, and now it looks like Twitter has made the decision for us.
Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
7 people found dead in Oklahoma were shot in the head in apparent murder-suicide, authorities say  —  Jesse McFadden, 39, is believed to have gunned down five teenagers and his wife during a sleepover at his family's house.  —  A convicted rapist on trial for child pornography charges …
Tesnim Zekeria / Popular Information:
Unhappy meals  —  This week, a federal investigation found that three Kentucky-based McDonald's franchises illegally employed at least 305 children, including some as young as 10 years old.  The three franchises — Bauer Food LLC, Archways Richwood LLC, and Bell Restaurant Group I LLC …
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David Badash / Alternet.org:
Dem Senator: Scalia accepted over 70 undisclosed gifts similar to Clarence Thomas  —  U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has revealed the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia also accepted and did not disclose dozens of trips paid for by special interest advocates …
NBC News:
A debt ceiling crisis could cripple Corporate America, but so far business isn't in the fight  —  K-Street and the titans of Washington lobbying no longer enjoy the same influence in Republican circles.  —  WASHINGTON — For decades, American business leaders have been reliable standbys …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
About Half in U.S. Worry About Their Money's Safety in Banks  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amid turbulence in the U.S. banking system, nearly half of Americans are anxious about the safety of the money they have in accounts at banks or other financial institutions.
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
David Cay Johnston / The Daily Beast:
How Trump's Legal Jeopardy Will Test American Democracy  —  Donald Trump's 2024 campaign for the White House is about to collide with an 1892 Supreme Court decision and a federal criminal trial rule.  —  Donald Trump's 2024 campaign for the White House is about to collide …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Today in America  —  I have been planning on writing about gun laws all week.  There's an idea I've been working on for a while, a legal argument taken to sort of silly extremes to illustrate a point about the ridiculous construction of the Second Amendment that is currently the law in this country.
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Atlanta mass shooting live updates: 1 killed, 4 hurt; suspect at large  —  Police are looking for the suspect, identified as 24-year-old Deion Patterson.  —  Atlanta police are searching for the gunman who killed one and wounded four others in a mass shooting in a medical center waiting room on Wednesday, police said.
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Top Senate GOP recruit privately casts doubt on power of Trump endorsement  —  Frank LaRose, Ohio's Secretary of State, offered some candid assessments about the value of the Trump backing during closed door remarks.  —  Former President Donald Trump's endorsement is widely viewed among Republican candidates …
Discussion: Blue Virginia and Raw Story
 
 
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Private payrolls surged by 296,000 in April, much higher than expected, ADP says
Discussion: Leaders.com, The Hill and UPI
Jonathan Alter / New Republic:
It's All but Settled: The Reagan Campaign Delayed the Release of the Iranian Hostages
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trumps Fail To Turn Over Documents In Fraud Case, New York Attorney General Claims
 

 
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