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5:15 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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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 …
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
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.
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Politico:
Biden to name Neera Tanden as his domestic policy adviser
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: NPR and ABC News
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 …
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 …
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’
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 …
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 …
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.
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: Bloomberg and E&E News
CNBC:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill to void Disney development deals  — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation that effectively voids the development agreements struck by Disney amid a feud with the governor and his allies.  — The deals are at the center of the battle between Disney …
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
Jim Vertuno / Associated Press:
Texas investigates hospital over care for transgender minors  —  A Texas hospital's care for transgender minors is being investigated by state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who said Friday he's seeking evidence of alleged “potentially illegal activity” but did not elaborate.
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
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 …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
In Trump Probe, Special Counsel Zooms In on Possible Criminal Charges
Discussion: Raw Story and Just The News
Jesús Rodríguez / Washington Post:
The polite struggle to do something — anything — about Clarence Thomas
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Black unemployment has never before been this close to White unemployment
Discussion: NewsNation and Common Dreams
Rolling Stone:
Trump 2024: Bring Back the ‘Muslim Ban’ — and Expand It
Discussion: Roll Call and Raw Story
Alex Harris / Bloomberg:
Wall Street Is Getting More Worried About the Debt Ceiling. These Charts Show How Much
Reuters:
Russian theater director accused of ‘justifying terrorism’ remanded in custody
Discussion: Associated Press and Perild
Washington Post:
Serbia president vows to disarm nation after two mass shootings
 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
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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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

Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Neil Cavuto is leaving Fox News after 28 years at the network; source: Fox offered him a new deal that he declined to accept and ultimately decided to leave
 
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