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3:40 PM ET, May 5, 2023

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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 …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
After latest Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy convictions, Trump says Justice Dept. is ‘destroying lives’
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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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
New York Times:
In Rape Trial Deposition, Trump Says Vulgar Tape Simply Reflects Truth  —  The former president did not disavow the “Access Hollywood” video when questioned by lawyers for E. Jean Carroll, who has accused him of attacking her.  They rested their case Thursday.
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
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: ABC News
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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Cheryl Teh / Insider:
Someone needs to tell MTG that Biden can't be both a criminal mastermind and completely senile
Discussion: Rumble and Raw 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 …
Discussion: RedState, Insider, HotAir, IJR, Reuters and Althouse
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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
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
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 …
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.
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 …
Rebekah Riess / CNN:
Madison Cawthorn pleads guilty in case over bringing a loaded handgun through TSA checkpoint  —  Former North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn pleaded guilty Friday to bringing a loaded handgun through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport last year, according to his attorney.
Alex Harris / Bloomberg:
Wall Street Is Getting More Worried About the Debt Ceiling.  These Charts Show How Much  —  Investors and politicians are zeroing in on whether or not the US government can avoid crashing into its statutory debt ceiling and a potentially catastrophic technical default that could follow.
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 …
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 …
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
Kelsey Snell / NPR:
Republican legislatures look to put local issues in liberal areas under state control  —  Lawmakers in statehouses across the country have spent the past several weeks debating bills that would bring local issues like zoning, education and police powers under state control.
Discussion: STLPR
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 …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Black unemployment has never before been this close to White unemployment
Discussion: Common Dreams
Rolling Stone:
Trump 2024: Bring Back the ‘Muslim Ban’ — and Expand It
Discussion: Raw Story
Reuters:
Russian theater director accused of ‘justifying terrorism’ remanded in custody
Discussion: Associated Press and Perild
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’
Politico:
‘No other way to do it’: Biden about to go big on power plants
Discussion: E&E News and Breitbart
Tara Palmeri / Puck:
No Labels Leaks & Manchin '24 Dreams
 Earlier Items: 
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:
Wagner chief says mercenaries will leave Bakhmut, blasts Moscow
NBC News:
Trump, looking to regain 2016 magic, moves away from the Republican brand
Discussion: RedState and Washington Examiner
Jordan Weissmann / Semafor:
How Washington underestimated Biden's big climate law
Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
How Gov. Ron DeSantis deploys state police to enforce political agenda
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Politico:
Former Trump campaign staffer subpoenaed by DOJ is now working for House committee on elections
Discussion: Raw Story
 

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

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Semafor plans to launch an invite-only newsletter for CEOs, The CEO Signal, in January 2025, written by former FT US News Editor Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

Joe Easton / Bloomberg:
Canal+ shares sink 15%+ as UBS says the stock is fairly valued after its London listing on December 16; CAN is down 32%+ since its listing
 
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