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3:05 PM ET, May 12, 2023

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump supporters are neither underrecognized nor half the country  —  The morning after the channel's widely pilloried “town hall” with former president Donald Trump, CNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht defended the program in a call with staffers.  —  “While we all may have been uncomfortable …
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS News
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Republican at Trump Town Hall Says Many in Audience Were ‘Disgusted’ or ‘Bewildered’ By Ex-President  —  Many audience members at CNN's town hall with former President Donald Trump on Wednesday were “disgusted” and “bewildered” by the spectacle, but were told to be respectful and not to boo, according to a report.
Discussion: Raw Story, Political Wire and Puck
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.
Barbara Rodriguez / The 19th:
CNN aired Trump's election lies this week.  For election workers, it has consequences.  —  Election workers, a predominantly women-led workforce, have had little respite from the effects of conspiracy theories. … Lisa Deeley did not watch the CNN town hall this week where Donald Trump …
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Lessons for Chris Licht's successor at CNN
Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
The Worst Thing to Come Out of Trump's Town Hall Didn't Come From Trump
Politico:
Biden is stuck in a no-win political mess after ending Title 42
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Why the DeSantis Braintrust Thinks It Can Actually Beat Trump  —  Donors, governors and plenty of GOP voters are just waiting for the Florida governor to enter the race before they ditch the former president, according to DeSantis' growing team of political pros.
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Joshua Glanzer / Florida Atlantic University:
Poll: Florida Republicans Strongly Support Donald Trump for 2024 Run  —  2024 election cycle will be here very soon.  —  Amidst massive legal battles involving former U.S. President Donald Trump and jockeying for control of the GOP that puts Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the public light …
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Cat and dog torture videos litter Twitter, adding to concerns about moderation  —  Twitter's search function suggested searches for animal abuse, leading some viewers to the video.  As of Friday afternoon, Twitter appeared to have turned off all suggestions.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
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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.”
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ABC News:
Congressional Budget Office warns of US debt default ‘in first two weeks of June’
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
CIA had ‘no evidence’ Biden laptop was Russian disinformation, says top intel officer during 2020 election  —  Official says President Biden's allies lacked ‘clear and compelling evidence’ to claim Russian involvement  —  EXCLUSIVE: A former top intelligence officer with oversight …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Biden's CIA Assist in the 2020 Presidential Election
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
GOP lawmaker: Former Trump prosecutor declined to provide details on hush-money investigation  —  An ex-prosecutor who once oversaw Manhattan's yearslong investigation of former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined to substantively answer questions at a closed-door meeting Friday …
Discussion: New York Times
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
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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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
No Labels taking next steps in search for presidential candidates for third-party ticket
Discussion: Political Wire
Seth Wickersham / ESPN:
Sources: Dan Snyder seeks to limit release of inquiry report  —  Dan Snyder and his lawyers are lobbying the NFL to limit the release of attorney Mary Jo White's report into sexual misconduct allegations and financial improprieties against the embattled Washington Commanders owner, sources told ESPN.
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 …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Clarence Thomas Can't Undermine the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court Fast Enough  —  For Republicans, the investigations into Clarence Thomas and his friendship with Harlan Crow, a Texas billionaire, are just pretexts for an attack on the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Hodding Carter III, State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88  —  Hodding Carter III, a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who updated Americans on the Iran hostage crisis as U.S. State Department spokesman and won awards for his televised documentaries, has died.
NBC News:
Biden and McCarthy spoke by phone ahead of debt ceiling meeting  —  The previously unreported conversation between the president and GOP House speaker on Sunday was initiated by McCarthy, two sources told NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. …
Discussion: UPI, Political Wire and CNBC
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.
 
 
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