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11:45 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 …
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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.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Sugar Justice: The Clarence Thomas Story
New York Times:
Dianne Feinstein Has to Act  —  Without Senator Dianne Feinstein, there might never have been an assault weapons ban in 1994.  Or the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994.  Or the revelatory report on the C.I.A.'s torture program in 2014.  She has had a distinguished career in the U.S. Senate …
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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.
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Jury convicts Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys on seditious conspiracy charge  —  Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right group have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy by a federal jury in Washington, D.C.  —  Jurors also convicted Tarrio …
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Benjamin Wittes / Dog Shirt Daily:
Boys Be Not Proud  —  I wrote a song about seditious conspiracy  —  Good Evening.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump deposition in E. Jean Carroll rape defamation case released in court  — The deposition of former President Donald Trump by a lawyer for E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accuses him in a civil lawsuit of raping and defaming her, was released in a court filing.
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New York Times:
In Rape Trial Deposition, Trump Says Vulgar Tape Simply Reflects Truth
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Says Stars Get Away With Sexual Assault—'Unfortunately or Fortunately'
Discussion: Politico
Charles Sykes / The Atlantic:
America's Lowest Standard  —  Try to imagine anyone like Trump surviving in any other segment of our society—business, entertainment, sports, the military.  —  In one of his rare moments of naivete, Alexander Hamilton imagined that the Electoral College would afford “a moral certainty” …
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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
Discussion: Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
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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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 …
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
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.
Associated Press:
WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it's no longer emergency  —  The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide …
Ali Breland / Mother Jones:
The Proud Boys Have Already Moved Onto Their Next Target: LGBTQ Events  —  Members of the group were convicted for their role in January 6.  Here's what they have been up to since then.  —  four members of the extremist group The Proud Boys were found guilty of seditious conspiracy for their role in the January 6 Capital attack.
Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
How Gov. Ron DeSantis deploys state police to enforce political agenda  —  The mission was a tightly held secret as two agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement traveled to a remote Texas town, hundreds of miles away on the U.S.-Mexico border.  —  They worked for a statewide …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Politico:
‘No other way to do it’: Biden about to go big on power plants  —  Historically strict EPA regulations on coal- and gas-fired power plants are due out next week.  They face legal and political peril.  —  The Biden administration is poised to unveil its most ambitious effort yet to roll …
Discussion: E&E News and Breitbart
Politico:
Biden to name Neera Tanden as his domestic policy adviser  —  Tanden will replace Susan Rice, who plans to leave the administration later this month.  —  President Joe Biden is set to announce Neera Tanden as the next head of his domestic policy council, according to two people familiar with the move.
Discussion: Axios and CNN
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 …
Irish Examiner:
Donald Trump departs Ireland to ‘confront’ accuser in New York case  —  Mr Trump said he would “probably attend” the hearing as he spoke to reporters while golfing at his resort outside the village of Doonbeg, Co Clare  —  Former US president Donald Trump said he cut his trip to Ireland short …
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NBC News:
Trump, looking to regain 2016 magic, moves away from the Republican brand  —  The former president is still selling an us-vs.-them brand of politics.  But, in a callback to his 2016 campaign, it's not just about the party divide.  —  Former President Donald Trump has all but dropped a key word from his vocabulary: Republican.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Cheryl Teh / Insider:
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Politico:
Former Trump campaign staffer subpoenaed by DOJ is now working for House committee on elections
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg.com:
Jill Biden Will Attend King Charles III's Coronation, Touting ‘Special Relationship’ With UK
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