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6:25 PM ET, May 14, 2023

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David Edwards / Raw Story:
'We can't track down the informant': James Comer says he lost top witness in Biden investigation  —  Rep. James Comer (R-KY) revealed on Sunday that Republicans had lost track of a top witness in the investigation of President Joe Biden and his family.  —  During an interview on Fox News …
David Roth / Defector:
Burning Down The House  —  Because Twitter is so big and open-ended, and because it is a product of the grandiose and impatient and deliriously shallow world of Silicon Valley, the ways in which it has been talked about by the people who talk about it most have mostly been ridiculous.
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Michael W. McConnell / New York Times:
The Case for Violating the Debt Limit Is Dangerous Nonsense  —  Mr. McConnell is a professor and the director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.  He was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit from 2002 to 2009.
Discussion: Balkinization
New York Times:
How to Raise $89 Million in Small Donations — And Make It Disappear  —  A group of conservative operatives using sophisticated robocalls raised millions of dollars from donors using pro-police and pro-veteran messages.  But instead of using the money to promote issues and candidates …
Discussion: The Mahablog
New York Times:
The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History Is Here, With Familiar (Rich) Winners  —  In an era of surging home and stock values, U.S. family wealth has soared.  The trillions of dollars going to heirs will largely reinforce inequality.  —  An intergenerational transfer of wealth is in motion in America …
Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
US senator denounced as ‘profoundly ignorant man’ over remarks on Mexico  —  John Kennedy's comments about Mexicans ‘eating cat food’ came as he urged the US military to enter country to ‘stop the cartels’  —  Mexicans “would be eating cat food out of a can and living in a tent behind an Outback” …
President Joe Biden / USA Today:
President Biden: I'm doing everything I can to reduce gun violence, but Congress must do more  —  One year ago today, an individual who had posted a white supremacist manifesto, armed with an AR-15 style firearm, killed 10 Black Americans and injured three others at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
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New York Times:
DeSantis Impresses in Iowa, Showing Up an Absent Trump  —  The former president canceled a rally in Des Moines, citing a storm warning.  The Florida governor made the most of his rival's absence, as DeSantis allies taunted Mr. Trump.  —  For the first time in months, Gov. Ron DeSantis …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
7 doomsday scenarios if the U.S. crashes through the debt ceiling  —  Economists warn of worst-case outcomes should Congress fail to raise the federal borrowing limit by the “X-date” deadline  —  Federal workers furloughed.  Social Security checks for seniors on hold.  Soaring mortgage rates.
Discussion: The Hill and NBC New York
Francisco Guzman / USA Today:
Video shows brawl between supporters of two Minneapolis City Council candidates  —  An apparent brawl broke out between supporters of two Minneapolis City Council candidates Saturday over nominations.  —  The brawl, which left two people injured, happened at the Democratic-Farmer-Labor …
Ryan Burge / Politico:
The Religious Landscape is Undergoing Massive Change.  It Could Decide the 2024 Election.  —  The new decennial Religion Census offers cause for hope — and alarm — for both parties.  —  One of the most significant shifts in American politics and religion just took place over the past decade …
Discussion: Raw Story
Pat Leahy / The Irish Times:
Ireland likely to join Nato project to protect undersea cables  —  Ireland has little if any means of protecting undersea cables which carry internet traffic between US and Europe and pass through Irish waters off south and west coasts  —  Ireland is likely to join a new Nato initiative …
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
This Neo-Nazi Gets Paid to Groom Children.  Who's Supporting This?  —  A man calling himself “AMERICAS #1 ANTI SEMITE!” is targeting child-users of a video platform called Omegle for indoctrination and verbal abuse — and live-streaming the encounters to his hateful fans for money
CBS News:
Transcript: Nikki Haley on “Face the Nation,” May 14, 2023  —  The following is the transcript of an interview with former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, that aired on “Face the Nation” on May 14, 2023.  —  MARGARET BRENNAN …
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Eric Adams Says He's a Progressive.  Democrats Beg to Differ.  —  Left-leaning New Yorkers say the mayor is moving the city in a more conservative direction on issues like policing, rent and providing shelter to those in need.  —  When a homeless man was choked to death on the New York City subway earlier …
Discussion: FOX8 WGHP, New York Post and Jacobin
Fox News:
Border agents arrest man on FBI terror watchlist amid migrant influx: CBP sources  —  Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., blames Biden's ‘open invitation’ border policies for terrorists coming to United States  —  Border Patrol agents arrested an Afghan national on the FBI's terror watchlist …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Free speech or federal crime?  Protesters are still marching outside conservative Supreme Court justices' homes  —  Some senators want a federal law used to charge those who continue to picket — even though it could be on shaky constitutional grounds.  —  CHEVY CHASE, Md. …
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
From Rahmbo to Rahm-bassador: How an unlikely diplomat has wooed Japan  —  TOKYO — Tokyo's Pride Parade is about to begin and Rahm Emanuel, the American ambassador to Japan who's supposed to be kicking off the march, is buried somewhere inside the crowd.  —  LGBTQ rights activists are greeting him like a celebrity.
 
 
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Leo Rocha / CBS News:
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Associated Press:
AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters
Lewis Kamb / NBC News:
How a rural Arkansas prosecutor advocated for her pedophile uncle
Discussion: Political Wire and HotAir
Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Biden calls white supremacy greatest terrorism threat as 2024 race heats up
Patrick Gillespie / Bloomberg:
Argentina to Hike Rates in Bid to Stem Inflation Crisis
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New York Daily News:
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 Earlier Items: 
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Spike in illegal border entries does not materialize in immediate aftermath of Title 42's end
Discussion: Political Wire and The Guardian
Stephanie Bazzle / Washington Press:
CORROBORATION: More women come forward about Trump's sexual predation during presidency
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Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Biden world goes to the mat to get Julie Su confirmed
John Kennedy / Tallahassee Democrat:
DeSantis gets millions in taxpayer money to fight lawsuits over hard-right policies
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Times
 

 
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Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
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Yifan Yu / Nikkei Asia:
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
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