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11:50 AM ET, May 12, 2023

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Washington Post:
CNN leadership under fire after ‘disastrous’ Trump town hall  —  A furious backlash raised questions about the future of chief executive Chris Licht and the larger challenges facing the news media going into the 2024 election  —  CNN's prime-time broadcast of a raucous town hall …
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Ian Haworth / Washington Examiner:
Trump destroyed CNN.  But CNN still won  —  Donald Trump destroyed CNN.  At least, that's what his campaign team will take away from last night's town hall event, hosted by Trump-certified “nasty person” Kaitlan Collins.  —  Now, it must be said that the former president had several fantastic moments.
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Lessons for Chris Licht's successor at CNN  —  There is no evidence that CNN President Chris Licht is capable of learning anything.  Nevertheless, his own journalists gave him a hell of a lesson during and after the totally predictable disaster that was the “town hall” with Donald Trump Wednesday night.
New York Times:
Trump Suggests He Knowingly Took Documents From White House  —  The former president, in his appearance on CNN, misstated the law governing presidential records, saying he was allowed to take the material now at the heart of a Justice Department investigation.
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump's team revels in town hall victory as CNN staff rages at ‘spectacle of lies’  —  Questions also linger over what the network offered the ex-president in exchange for what some called a Trump infomercial  —  Donald Trump and his circle believe he got everything that he wanted …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
CNN's Trump town hall was a fascist ritual  —  Trump calls his supporters to their worst selves. … On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump was found liable for sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll and defaming her.  The $5 million dollar fine didn't deter Trump for even a day, though.
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
Anderson Cooper, company man  —  CNN's response to critics of its Trump rally makes one thing clear: The cable channel hates its viewers  —  After CNN produced and aired a Republican-voters-only Trump rally,1 drawing criticism for giving live airtime to a congenital liar, inciter-of-armed-insurrection …
Washington Post:
Sununu on Trump: 'He's like a shell of himself'  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  To all the moms, may you get to sleep in on Sunday.  Happy Mother's Day.  Moms are the best, especially ours.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  Reading this online?
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Politico
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
CNN Brings Donald Trump Back  —  What a disaster.  But maybe he can be defeated in a big, needed brawl for the GOP nomination.  —  Well, that was a disaster, a politically historic one.  It situated Donald Trump as the central figure of the 2024 presidential cycle, certainly more compelling …
Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
The Worst Thing to Come Out of Trump's Town Hall Didn't Come From Trump
Rolling Stone:
They Helped Trump Plan a Coup. He Wants Them Back for a Second Term.
New York Times:
E. Jean Carroll May Sue Trump a Third Time After ‘Vile’ Comments on CNN
New York Times:
Trump's Second-Term Goal: Shattering the Norms He Didn't Already Break
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
CNN Went Full Jerry Springer
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Don't Say You Haven't Been Warned About Trump and 2024  —  CNN's awful town hall …
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New poll: Is DeSantis's war on ‘woke’ Disney falling flat?  —  Disney is suing the Florida governor, saying it was subjected to “a targeted campaign of government retaliation.”  —  A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that most Americans care far less about the so-called war on woke than Florida …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
DeSantis Team To Trump: Wait and See
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
The GOP Is the Party of ‘Fuck You’  —  It was once a political party, now it's a nihilistic, corrupt, fake populist scam. … There is an apocryphal belief that among the Indigenous people of the north there are more than 30 words for snow.  Well, I'm from New Jersey and I can tell …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Why on Earth Would Joe Manchin Run for President?  —  In the course of just a week, West Virginia senator Joe Manchin has managed to make news twice in connection with a possible 2024 independent bid for the presidency.  First, Puck published some leaked communications from the bowels …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:   Joe Manchin weighs challenging today's stagnant party duopoly
Wall Street Journal:
NBCUniversal's Linda Yaccarino Is in Talks to Become Twitter CEO  —  Twitter owner Elon Musk said earlier he had picked a new chief executive, without naming the person  —  NBCUniversal's head of advertising Linda Yaccarino is in talks to become the new CEO of Twitter, according to people familiar with the situation.
Washington Post:
George Santos confesses to theft in Brazil to avoid prosecution  —  A day earlier, the New York congressman pleaded not guilty to wide-ranging charges brought by federal prosecutors in his state  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — Rep. George Santos signed a deal with Brazilian prosecutors Thursday …
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
U.S. can avoid default in July if Treasury can make it through June cash crunch, Congressional Budget Office says  —  WASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office on Friday said that tax revenues and emergency measures after June 15 “will probably allow the government to continue financing operations through at least the end of July.”
Reuters:
Biden, McCarthy debt ceiling meeting postponed, spending cuts on table  —  A debt limit meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and top lawmakers that had been scheduled for Friday has been postponed, and the leaders agreed to meet early next week, a White House spokesperson said on Thursday.
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New York Times:
Daniel Penny Will Be Charged in Subway Chokehold Killing of Jordan Neely  —  Mr. Penny choked Mr. Neely for several minutes on the floor of an F train.  He is expected to surrender on Friday and be charged with manslaughter.  —  Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old Marine veteran who choked …
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Associated Press:
Man who choked NYC subway rider to death will face manslaughter charge, prosecutors say
Associated Press:
Trump to get schooled on judge's rules barring him from using evidence to slam witnesses  —  The judge overseeing the Manhattan criminal case against Trump set the hearing for later this month to make clear that if the former president violates a prohibition on using evidence to attack witnesses, he risks being held in contempt.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
As the border heats up, Dems fracture over a migration solution  —  There's a deep ideological split in the party as Title 42 expires, with some demanding a quick border solution and others glad to be rid of the Trump-era policy.  —  Sherrod Brown is a stalwart progressive who doesn't often partner …
Kathy Gilsinan / Politico:
She Stole $54 Million From Her Town.  Then Something Unexpected Happened.  —  The search for accountability didn't stop when Rita Crundwell went to prison.  —  DIXON, Illinois —  “You have not been doing your job,” said a gray-ponytailed man in flannel once he got to the microphone.
Kit O'Connell / The Texas Observer:
Documents Reveal ‘How to Defund Trans Pediatrics’ in Texas  —  A recently released trove of documents from the American College of Pediatricians (ACPEDs) reveals how a Republican donor used veiled threats implying legal action against a Dallas-area children's hospital as part …
Paul Rosenzweig / The Bulwark:
How Is George Santos Different from Donald Trump?  —  Some of the behavior that got Santos indicted looks a lot like Trump's.  —  How does George Santos lie?  Let us count the ways.  —  It is far too easy to mock Santos.  His serial fantasies seem, in some ways, more amusing and frivolous than serious and dangerous.
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Group Tied to Influential Conservative Activist Spent $183 Million in a Year  —  The activist, Leonard Leo, has been instrumental in pushing the federal judiciary to the right.  A new tax filing offers a glimpse of the deep pool of money flowing into conservative causes.
Discussion: Accountable US
Bill Lueders / The Bulwark:
The GOP's Failing Politics of Retribution  —  Heavy-handed attempts to punish dissent are producing unexpected and unwelcome outcomes for Republicans in power across the country.  —  As is so often the case, Donald Trump set the template.  He told the MAGA faithful gathered on March 4 …
Amanda Moore / The Daily Dot:
How the New York Young Republicans alienated the Big Apple—but took over the far-right youth movement  —  Earlier this month, in Budapest, New York Young Republican Club President Gavin Wax gave a speech at CPAC Hungary expressing his admiration for Viktor Orban—and his discontent with America.
 
 
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Frank Konkel / Nextgov:
The IRS Answered 2.4M More Taxpayer Phone Calls During 2023 Filing Season
Discussion: Associated Press
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Wendy Sherman, U.S. Diplomat Known for ‘Hard Conversations in Hard Places,’ to Retire
Discussion: Associated Press, Reuters and CNN
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Federal judge blocks Biden move to release migrants on ‘parole’
Terry Castleman / Los Angeles Times:
YouTuber pilot admits he intentionally crashed plane in Santa Barbara County, destroyed evidence
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Criminal investigation into Sen. Bob Menendez expands with new subpoenas
Discussion: Politico and NBC New York
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BBC:
Ukraine claims gains in Bakhmut after Russia denials
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Scoop: Kari Lake meets with 6 GOP senators amid 2024 speculation
Discussion: IJR
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Clarence Thomas Can't Undermine the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court Fast Enough
CNN:
Republican front-runner for North Carolina governor attacked Civil Rights Movement: ‘So many freedoms were lost’
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Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder

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