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4:35 PM ET, May 5, 2023

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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump says in Carroll rape case deposition that stars have ‘historically’ grabbed women  — 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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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: driftglass and Raw Story
Erica Orden / Politico:
11 witnesses testified in Donald Trump's rape trial.  Here's what they said.  —  E. Jean Carroll is suing him in Manhattan federal court for battery over the alleged rape and for defamation over social media comments.  —  E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump rested their cases Thursday …
New York Times:
In Rape Trial Deposition, Trump Says Vulgar Tape Simply Reflects Truth
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Proud Boys juror says group's deleted messages weighed on jury  —  The new interview is the first insight into the jury's deliberations in the historic Jan. 6 trial.  —  Jurors who convicted four Proud Boys leaders of seditious conspiracy reviewed thousands upon thousands of text messages …
Discussion: The Guardian
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Todd Zwillich / VICE:
Inside the Proud Boys Jury  —  More than a dozen right-wing extremists have now been convicted of seditious conspiracy against the United States for their role in Jan. 6. … With yesterday's Proud Boys verdicts, 14 right-wing extremists have now been convicted of seditious conspiracy …
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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Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: ‘Draft Kemp’ chatter begins as Trump dominates GOP field
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Supreme Court halts execution of Richard Glossip  —  The US Supreme Court on Friday put on hold the execution of Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate whose capital conviction the state attorney general has said he could no longer support.  —  The latest round of litigation was brought …
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Walensky to Resign as C.D.C. Director  —  In an announcement on Friday, the head of the beleaguered agency said she would step down in June.  —  Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will step down from her position on June 30, she announced on Friday.
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Politico:
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is leaving, White House says
Discussion: NPR and ABC News
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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The White House:
President Biden Announces Key White House Personnel  —  Today, President Biden announced that Neera Tanden will serve as Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor.  The President also announced that Stefanie Feldman will serve as Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary.
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Martin Sheil / The Daily Beast:
Harlan Crow and Clarence Thomas Are About to Learn About Gift Taxes  —  The billionaire's generosity to the Supreme Court justice and his family raise a whole lot of questions about whether the “gifts” were declared properly. … Gift taxes were probably not a topic discussed on the yacht …
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Kelsey Vlamis / Insider:
Clarence Thomas — who let a GOP megadonor foot bills for him for years — said being a Supreme Court justice ‘is not worth doing for what they pay’
Washington Post:
Most Americans support anti-trans policies favored by GOP, poll shows  —  Clear majorities of Americans support restrictions affecting transgender children, a Washington Post-KFF poll finds, offering political jet fuel for Republicans in statehouses and Congress who are pushing measures …
Washington Post:
Serbia president vows to disarm nation after two mass shootings  —  Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic pledged to disarm the country, proposing gun-control measures on Friday after two shootings, one of them at a school, killed at least 16 people.  —  The rampages this week shook the Balkan nation …
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New York Times:
8 Are Dead in Shooting in Serbia, a Day After School Massacre
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 …
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
The Smooth-Talking Republican Who Would Rule by Fiat  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, a long-shot 2024 contender, is lavishly wealthy and astoundingly confident.  He also promises to exert breathtaking power in ways that Donald Trump never did.  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican wunderkind running …
Discussion: HuffPost and Political Wire
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.
CNN:
Georgia's GOP governor signs bill that could remove local prosecutors and DAs from their jobs  —  Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia signed legislation Friday that will create an oversight commission with the power to remove local prosecutors and district attorneys from their jobs.
Discussion: Washington Post
The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson's ‘C-Word’ Use on Display in Unredacted Dominion Docs  —  Previously unreported text messages show Carlson dropping the misogynist slur again, and elsewhere scheming with newsman Bret Baier on how to win MAGA viewers back. … Following Tucker Carlson's shock firing …
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
Reuters:
U.K.'s ruling Conservatives punished by voters on ‘terrible’ night  —  A bleak set of local election results were emerging for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Friday after a year of political scandals, surging inflation and stagnant economic growth.  —  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives …
Wall Street Journal:
In Trump Probe, Special Counsel Zooms In on Possible Criminal Charges  —  Prosecutors' revisiting of earlier witness testimony points to effort to tie up loose ends  —  WASHINGTON—Special counsel Jack Smith is racing through a roster of interviews in his wide-ranging investigations related …
Discussion: Raw Story and Just The News
 
 
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Jesús Rodríguez / Washington Post:
The polite struggle to do something — anything — about Clarence Thomas
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
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Rolling Stone:
Trump 2024: Bring Back the ‘Muslim Ban’ — and Expand It
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Alex Harris / Bloomberg:
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Reuters:
Russian theater director accused of ‘justifying terrorism’ remanded in custody
Discussion: Associated Press and Perild
Kelsey Snell / NPR:
Republican legislatures look to put local issues in liberal areas under state control
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Ali Breland / Mother Jones:
The Proud Boys Have Already Moved Onto Their Next Target: LGBTQ Events
Discussion: New York Times
Associated Press:
WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it's no longer emergency
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Kari Lake's lawyers slapped with $2,000 sanction for pushing election conspiracy theories in court
Brad Dress / The Hill:
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NBC News:
Trump, looking to regain 2016 magic, moves away from the Republican brand
Discussion: RedState and Washington Examiner
Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
How Gov. Ron DeSantis deploys state police to enforce political agenda
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
 

 
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