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3:45 PM ET, May 9, 2023

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Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
Harlan Crow refuses to hand over gift records to Senate Finance  —  Wyden has previously said he would “explore using other tools at the committee's disposal” should Crow not cooperate with the request.  —  Billionaire Harlan Crow has refused to comply with a request by Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Clarence Thomas's 2011 Ethics Complaints Are Under Senate Scrutiny  —  The federal judiciary's handling of ethics complaints over Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's failure to disclose his wife's income more than a decade ago is getting fresh scrutiny in the Senate.
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Senate Judiciary Committee asks GOP megadonor for full accounting of gifts to Thomas
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's weird weapon: Bad news  —  Call it the Trump Law of Inverse Reactions: Everything that would seem to hurt the former president only makes him stronger. … - This dynamic is similar to the stunning election of 2016.  —  Former President Trump, in the past few months, has:
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's Fifth Avenue strategy for 2024  —  It was perhaps not the venue one might have expected for Donald Trump to offer his most famous assessment of the sturdiness of his support.  —  He was standing beneath the enormous pipe organ at the front of the B.J. Haan Auditorium at Iowa's Dordt College in January 2016.
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Cheney launches New Hampshire TV ad slashing Trump  —  First on NBC News: The former House member previously said she would do everything in her power to prevent Trump from becoming president again.  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Liz Cheney isn't a presidential candidate — at least not yet.
Steve Cortes / Newsweek:
Ron DeSantis for President  —  Governor Ron DeSantis represents the best possible option to win the presidency in 2024 and to govern as a highly capable, patriotic populist leader.  —  I have worked as a dedicated spokesman and advocate for Donald Trump for much of the last seven years …
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Politico:
DeSantis takes major step ahead of expected presidential bid  —  It comes as DeSantis ratchets up plans to start stumping for his 2024 run.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis severed his connection to his long-standing state political committee and the tens of millions …
Seth Masket / Politico:
The Trendlines DeSantis Doesn't Want to See  —  A new survey of Republican grassroots leaders shows Trump making real gains.
Discussion: Tusk and Alternet.org
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Melania fully behind Trump's 2024 campaign, says it would be a ‘privilege’ to serve as first lady again  —  Melania Trump would focus on ‘Be Best’ initiatives focused on children if first lady for a second term  —  EXCLUSIVE: Melania Trump supports her husband's re-election campaign …
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Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Nabs the Critical Endorsement of His Wife
Discussion: Fox News and The Independent
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Milo Yiannopoulos Caught in Marjorie Taylor Greene-Kanye West Campaign Cash Scandal  —  In the middle of the Venn Diagram between Kanye West and Marjorie Taylor Greene is alt-right influencer Milo Yiannopoulos and a campaign credit card.  —  Alt-right agitator Milo Yiannopoulos used …
CNBC:
Jury says Trump is liable in sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit by E. Jean Carroll  — A jury has reached a verdict at the civil trial where former President Donald Trump is accused of raping and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.  — Deliberations by the nine-member jury began …
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Lauren del Valle / CNN:
What E. Jean Carroll has to prove to win her case against Donald Trump
Erica Orden / Politico:
The Trump rape trial is headed to the jury. Here are the questions jurors will weigh.
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Pentagon officially renames Fort Hood to honor first 4-star Hispanic general  —  The Defense Department on Tuesday officially renamed Fort Hood to Fort Cavazos, honoring the nation's first Hispanic four-star general who served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars.
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
DOJ disrupts Russian-controlled global malware network  —  The operation is codenamed “MEDUSA.”  —  The Justice Department on Tuesday announced the dismantling of a global network of computers infected by malware that Russia's state security services have allegedly used for nearly 20 years …
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Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
FBI disrupts Russian hacking tool used to steal information from foreign governments
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Michael Cohen accuses Trump of using $500m lawsuit for witness intimidation  —  Trump's former fixer is being sued by ex-president for allegedly spreading false information and breaching contractual obligations  —  Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen on Monday asked a federal judge …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Elon Musk's obsession with anti-white bias  —  On May 1, Jordan Neely, an unhoused subway busker and Michael Jackson impersonator with a history of mental illness, was killed on the F train in New York City.  At about 2:30 in the afternoon, Neely entered a subway car and began screaming that he was hungry and thirsty.
NBC News:
Dianne Feinstein set to return to Senate after nearly 3-month absence  —  The California Democrat has missed 91 floor votes while recovering from shingles.  —  WASHINGTON — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is returning to the Senate after a nearly three-month absence due to health problems …
Alex Sundby / CBS News:
Texas mall shooting victims include 2 young sisters, a 3-year-old boy and his parents  —  Families and officials are releasing the names of the eight people killed in a mass shooting at a Texas mall on Saturday.  They include two young sisters, Daniela and Sofia Mendoza …
Discussion: CNN, The Dispatch and Associated Press
Washington Post:
Biden no longer does press conferences.  That's not acceptable.  —  President Biden hasn't dropped the microphone; he appears to have lost it.  Mr. Biden is turning into a news media evader, and it's harmful to his presidency and the nation.  In the past 100 years, only Presidents Richard M. Nixon …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Lack Confidence in Major Economic Leaders  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the U.S. facing a deadline to increase the nation's debt limit and the threat of an economic recession looming, Americans lack confidence in a variety of key U.S. leaders on economic matters.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
McCarthy shoots down short-term debt ceiling hike  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday shot down the idea of moving a short-term debt ceiling hike to prevent a government default.  —  Just hours before McCarthy is scheduled to meet with President Biden on the issue …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Far-right faction pushes to oust ‘traitors’ from Georgia GOP  —  A far-right faction that has gained clout in the Georgia GOP wants to give the state party new powers to block candidates from qualifying to run as Republicans if they're deemed to be insufficiently conservative or a “traitor” to the party.
Associated Press:
Imran Khan, ex-Pakistani PM, is arrested, his party says  —  Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested Tuesday as he appeared in a court in the country's capital, Islamabad, to face charges in multiple graft cases.  Security agents dragged Khan outside and shoved him into an armored car before whisking him away.
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New York Times:
Imran Khan, Pakistan's Ex-Leader, Is Arrested
Discussion: CBS News, Associated Press and Amu TV
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Florida lawmakers want to use radioactive material to pave roads  —  Roads in Florida could soon include phosphogypsum — a radioactive waste material from the fertilizer industry — under a bill lawmakers have sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis.  —  Conservation groups are urging DeSantis to veto the bill …
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
The Guardian:
Republican who called drag shows a threat to kids quits after sex with intern  —  Texas lawmaker gave alcohol to intern, 19, and another young staffer, and had sex with intern when she was intoxicated  —  A Republican Texas state lawmaker who once proposed banning children from attending drag shows …
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Texas Shooter's ‘White Power’ Social Media Posts Revealed After Right-Wing Pundits Cast Doubt on White Supremacist Links  —  The gunman who killed eight people at an Allen, Texas shopping mall over the weekend posted to a social media account discovered by the New York Times, which included …
 
 
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
May 8, 2023 (Monday)  —  The man authorities have identified as the shooter who murdered eight people …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Maddow highlights the Nazi speakers welcomed to Trump Doral Miami event this week
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
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John Koblin / New York Times:
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