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5:15 PM ET, May 6, 2023

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's affair was huge tabloid news.  Now it's apparently news to him.  —  Trump claimed in a deposition that he couldn't remember if he was seeing Marla Maples before his divorce.  It would be quite a thing to forget.  —  Even for a former president known to tell the occasional whopper or 30,000, it's hard to top this one.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter in pink beret identified after ex spotted her in a viral FBI tweet  —  “It's just going to be one of those things for me.  I dated this girl that was on the FBI's most wanted list.”  —  WASHINGTON — The breakthrough in the FBI investigation started inside a Joann Fabric and Crafts store.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
GOP moderates privately panic over debt ceiling deal  —  Some House Republicans are fretting about whether they'd be able to pass a watered-down version of their debt ceiling bill once the terms are negotiated with Senate Democrats and the White House, Axios has learned.
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Jan Wolfe / Wall Street Journal:
Proud Boys Step Up Activity After Jan. 6 Attack, Despite Criminal Convictions  —  Far-right group flourishes as it pivots from denying 2020 election toward cultural issues  —  WASHINGTON—The Proud Boys organization has expanded its reach since Jan. 6, 2021, researchers say …
Discussion: Truthout and Washington Post
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Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
DOJ secures longest sentence yet for convicted Jan. 6 defendant  —  Peter Schwartz has been sentenced to 14 years behind bars.  —  The Department of Justice secured its most severe sentence for a convicted Jan. 6 defendant yet — a marked victory for the government as it pursues those accused of attempting an insurrection.
Politico:
DOJ cites threats to democracy on Jan. 6 in push for steep Oath Keepers sentences
Dan Petegorsky / Common Dreams:
How Does Leonard Leo Hide All His Right-Wing Dark Money?  Here's One Way  —  Newly released tax filings by Schwab Charitable—one of the nation's largest sponsors of what are called donor-advised funds—offers another major piece of information on how this “dark money” moves.  —  Inequality.Org
Discussion: Raw Story
BBC:
Dozens of protesters arrested during Coronation  —  Dozens of people have been arrested during the King's Coronation, including the leader of a prominent anti-monarchy group.  —  London's Metropolitan Police said 52 arrests were made for a range of reasons, and all remain in custody.
Maya Boddie / Alternet.org:
‘Broken moral compass’:Twitter slams Mike Pence for Clarence Thomas praise  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence wants the world to know he stands with United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.  —  The possible 2024 hopeful's public support comes one month after ProPublica revealed …
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Arizona official targeted by election deniers now struggles with PTSD … PHOENIX — Anger and resentment welled inside the local leader as he surveyed the mourners at his friend's funeral reception last year.  —  Bill Gates, 51, a lifelong Republican elected to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
James Herron / Bloomberg:
Russian Pro-War Novelist Zakhar Prilepin Injured in Car Bombing  —  Russian pro-war novelist and politician Zakhar Prilepin was injured and his driver killed in a car bombing as he was returning from Ukraine's occupied territories, according to media reports.
David Rising / Associated Press:
Ukraine downs Russian hypersonic missile with US Patriot  —  Ukraine's air force claimed Saturday to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defense systems, the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow's most modern missiles.
New York Times:
War, Weapons and Conspiracy Theories: Inside Airman Teixeira's Online World  —  A review of more than 9,500 messages obtained by The New York Times offers important clues about the mind-set of a young airman implicated in a vast leak of government secrets.  —  Jack Teixeira …
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Bracing for impact: Biden world preps for Hunter Biden fallout  —  Biden aides are more worried about the personal toll it will take on the president as a father.  —  The White House is bracing for the political fallout from the charging decision in the Hunter Biden case.
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Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Biden defends son Hunter ahead of possible federal tax, gun charges
David Mark / Washington Examiner:
Donald Trump steals Iowa spotlight from would-be 2024 rival Ron DeSantis  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) was set to dominate Iowa — and national — political news coverage with his appearances at Republican fundraising events on May 13.  But former President Donald Trump was never going to let that happen.
Discussion: Alternet.org, Raw Story and Fox News
 
 
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Jasmine Wright / CNN:
Biden to deliver Howard University commencement speech later this month
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Trio of Texas churches donated to political candidate despite clear IRS prohibition
Laura Ungar / Associated Press:
Abortion pill legal challenge threatens miscarriage care
Julia Harte / Reuters:
New York protesters demand criminal charges in chokehold killing on subway
 Earlier Items: 
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
May 5, 2023  —  Today's job numbers came in higher than expected, with the U.S. adding 253,000 nonfarm jobs in April.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Eight false Trump electors have accepted immunity deals, lawyer says
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
E. Jean Carroll Must Be Going Through Hell
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
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