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4:45 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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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: The Hill, Raw Story and CBS News
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.
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 …
Samantha Chery / Washington Post:
Anderson Cooper scolds critics of CNN's town hall with Trump  —  “Do you think staying in your silo ... is going to make that person go away?”  Anderson Cooper asked his viewers the day after CNN's widely reviled town hall with Donald Trump.  —  CNN star Anderson Cooper defended …
Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
The Worst Thing to Come Out of Trump's Town Hall Didn't Come From Trump
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Lessons for Chris Licht's successor at CNN
CNBC:
DeSantis allies could shift $86 million to help him run for president as watchdogs cry foul  — Allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are reportedly planning to move nearly $86 million of state campaign money to support his expected 2024 presidential campaign.
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
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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.
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 …
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
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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?
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Jim Geraghty / Washington Post:
The primaries haven't started, and Biden has a problem: New Hampshire
Discussion: Maryland Matters
Politico:
Biden is stuck in a no-win political mess after ending Title 42
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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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.
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Associated Press:
Hodding Carter III, State Department spokesperson during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
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 …
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
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.”
New York Times:
Ex-ByteDance Executive Accuses Company of ‘Lawlessness’  —  The former executive sued ByteDance, which owns TikTok, for wrongful termination and accused the company of lifting content from rivals and “supreme access” by the Chinese Communist Party.  —  A former executive at ByteDance …
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: New Republic and Raw Story
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 …
Eric Russell / Press Herald:
Group trying to gain official party status warned against misleading voters  —  Maine's secretary of state has sent a cease-and-desist letter to national organization No Labels, expressing concerns that it has confused voters who think they are signing a petition but instead are enrolling in a new party.
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
Jared Gans / The Hill:
McCarthy's chief of staff retiring  —  Dan Meyer, the chief of staff to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), will be retiring from his role next month after four years in the position.  —  McCarthy's office announced Meyer's retirement in a release on Friday, praising him for his work …
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 …
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 …
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.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Herschel Walker mum on massive campaign cash request  —  During his ill-fated run for U.S. Senate last year, Herschel Walker repeatedly declined to answer even simple questions about his policy stances, his background and how he would vote if elected.He appears to be taking …
 
 
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Casey Michel / New Republic:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
NBC News:
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Paul Rosenzweig / The Bulwark:
How Is George Santos Different from Donald Trump?
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