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9:55 AM ET, May 5, 2023

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Washington Post:
Judicial activist directed fees to Clarence Thomas's wife, urged ‘no mention of Ginni’  —  Leonard Leo told GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway to bill nonprofit, then use money to pay spouse of Supreme Court justice  —  Conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo arranged for the wife …
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Says Stars Get Away With Sexual Assault—'Unfortunately or Fortunately'  —  He keeps denying that he raped E. Jean Carroll.  But Donald Trump says stars like him do indeed get away with sexual assault.  —  The Manhattan jury that will decide whether Donald Trump raped journalist E …
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Times:
In Rape Trial Deposition, Trump Says Vulgar Tape Simply Reflects Truth
Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
Things Keep Looking Worse for Justice Thomas and his Billionaire Buddy  —  Another blockbuster story has thrust embattled Justice Clarence Thomas back in the national spotlight.  ProPublica reported on Thursday morning that billionaire Harlan Crow had paid the hefty private school tuition bill for Thomas's great nephew, Mark Martin.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Sugar Justice: The Clarence Thomas Story
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Intensifying Efforts to Determine if Trump Hid Documents  —  Prosecutors investigating the former president's handling of classified material have issued a wave of new subpoenas and obtained the confidential cooperation of a witness who worked at Mar-a-Lago.
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
DOJ finds ‘insider witness’ in Trump Mar-a-Lago documents probe: report
ProPublica:
How Rep. James Clyburn Protected His District at a Cost to Black Democrats  —  The meeting was arranged in secret.  On Nov. 19, 2021, the chief of staff for South Carolina's Senate Judiciary Committee texted Dalton Tresvant, a key aide to Rep. Jim Clyburn, the state's most powerful Democrat.
Discussion: Political Wire
Emily Guskin / Washington Post:
Americans split on who they'd blame if U.S. defaults, Post-ABC poll finds  —  As the debate over raising the debt ceiling continues, 39 percent say they would blame congressional Republicans, while 36 percent say they would blame President Biden  —  A Washington Post-ABC News poll finds Americans divided …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Blame breaks evenly if government defaults on debt, despite preference for Biden's position: POLL  —  Thirty-nine percent would blame the GOP, while 36% would blame the president.  —  Americans divide closely on whom they'd blame if the federal government defaults on its debts …
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Wagner chief says mercenaries will leave Bakhmut, blasts Moscow  —  Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said he will withdraw his mercenaries from the embattled town of Bakhmut, Ukraine, saying his fighters are “doomed to senseless death” because Russia's Defense Ministry is depriving them of ammunition.
Discussion: The Guardian and Perild
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Sylvia Westall / Bloomberg:
Wagner Chief Again Threatens Bakhmut Pullout Over Supplies  —  In an expletive-laden video filmed in front of a field of corpses, Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin accused Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the head of the army Valery Gerasimov of failing to supply his troops in Ukraine with enough ammunition.
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Feinstein should resign, New York Times Editorial Board says  —  The New York Times Editorial Board called on Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to resign from the upper chamber on Friday if she continues to remain sidelined from Senate business, having been away from Washington since late February due to illness.
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Biden to Name Air Force Chief to Top Military Post, Officials Say  —  The appointment of Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. would mean that the top two Pentagon leadership positions would be inhabited by Black men for the first time in American history.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden is expected …
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:   Biden expected to tap Air Force general as next Joint Chiefs chairman
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Hunter Biden's clash with the White House  —  Top aides to President Biden have clashed with Hunter Biden's team over strategies for dealing with the legal battles and Republican attacks that surround the president's son. … - Hunter's team also is moving toward creating a legal defense fund …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Kari Lake's lawyers slapped with $2,000 sanction for pushing election conspiracy theories in court  —  Lawyers for failed pro-Trump Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake have been hit with sanctions by the Supreme Court of Arizona for pushing a conspiracy theory that 35,000 extra ballots …
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David Pierce / The Verge:
Mozilla's setting up shop on Mastodon and trying to reinvent content moderation … If you want to be a member of Mozilla.Social, Mozilla's new Mastodon instance, you're not allowed to harass other users.  You're also not allowed to use derogatory language about gender, sex, sexual orientation …
Politico:
DeSantis courts evangelicals with strict abortion law; opponents counterpunch in his backyard  —  A multi-million-dollar initiative would roll back one of DeSantis' signature policies by allowing abortion until a fetus is viable at about 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Florida lawmakers pass pair of extreme anti-trans bills  —  Over the past two days, Florida lawmakers passed two of the most extreme anti-transgender bills in the nation — bills that would criminalize providing gender-affirming medical care to minors as a felony and criminalize trans people …
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Jordan Weissmann / Semafor:
How Washington underestimated Biden's big climate law  —  The News  —  Washington's budget wonks may have underestimated the size of Joe Biden's signature climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act, when it passed last year — and by a lot.  —  At the time, Capitol Hill's official …
Politico:
Former Trump campaign staffer subpoenaed by DOJ is now working for House committee on elections  —  Thomas Lane's home was searched by the FBI.  He now works on the House Administration Committee.  —  A former Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the Department of Justice as part …
Discussion: Raw Story
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Fox's Gutfeld Somehow Blames George Floyd for Deadly NYC Subway Chokehold  —  “If anybody says this is like George Floyd, no. It's because of George Floyd,” he said.  —  Fox News host Greg Gutfeld placed responsibility for the death of homeless man Jordan Neely not on the ex-Marine …
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Karl Salzmann / Washington Free Beacon:
AOC Slams NY Mayor Over Death of Homeless Man Caught on Video
Cheryl Teh / Insider:
Someone needs to tell MTG that Biden can't be both a criminal mastermind and completely senile  — Greene baselessly claimed this week that Biden is the mastermind of a criminal empire.  — But Greene has also hammered Biden on his age and called him “mentally incompetent.”
Discussion: Rumble and Raw Story
 
 
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NBC News:
Trump, looking to regain 2016 magic, moves away from the Republican brand
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
How Gov. Ron DeSantis deploys state police to enforce political agenda
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Rolling Stone:
Producer Tells All: How Tucker Carlson Became the GOP's MAGA Puppeteer
FOX 2:
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner resigns, effective June 1
CNN:
North Carolina advances likely veto-proof abortion ban to governor's desk
Associated Press:
Official: Gunman kills 3, then self in rural Georgia town
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Enrique Tarrio was not just a random seditionist
 

 
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Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder

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