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1:45 PM ET, May 16, 2023

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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Sometimes Back Down: Key DeSantis allies viewed anti-Trump tweet as a “massive mistake”  —  The News  —  The leading pro-DeSantis PAC surprised the political world with a single tweet after Donald Trump's CNN town hall last week.  It bluntly called out the former president for his answers on January 6th …
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NBC News:
4 New Hampshire Republicans who endorsed Trump 19 days ago are now backing Ron DeSantis  —  The Florida governor rolled out a list of more than 50 endorsements from New Hampshire GOP state legislators ahead of his expected presidential bid.  —  In late April, Juliet Harvey-Bolia …
Matthew Cunningham-Cook / The Lever:
DeSantis Allows Anti-"Woke" Giveaway To Big Wall Street Donors  —  Florida governor and Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has been crusading against “woke” investments for allegedly threatening his state employees' retirement funds.  But the most imminent threat …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Pence Looks Toward 2024 Run, Using Reagan's Playbook, Not Trump's  —  A pro-Pence super PAC is being formed, and so is a plan to barnstorm Iowa.  “This campaign is going to reintroduce Mike Pence to the country as his own man,” a G.O.P. operative said.  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence …
Steve Clemons / Semafor:   Principals  —  The pro-Ron DeSantis PAC Never Back Down criticized Donald Trump …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
The Worst Part Of The Durham Report Is What's Not In It  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  —  Bill Barr's Trusty Stooge  —  Special Counsel John Durham got spun so many different ways by Bill Barr that by the time he released …
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Shan Wu / The Daily Beast:
John Durham Owes the American People an Apology for Wasting Their Money
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Trump reacts to Durham report: “The American Public was scammed”
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Trump claimed the Durham probe would uncover the ‘crime of the century.’ Here's what it really found
Wall Street Journal:
FBI Faulted for Its Probe of Russian Meddling in 2016 Campaign
John Knefel / Media Matters for America:
Conservative pundits are increasingly open about who they think should be killed  —  Right-wing media cheer DeSantis' expansion of the death penalty and try to justify the extrajudicial homicide of Jordan Neely  —  Right-wing media figures are celebrating both Florida's expansion …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
DeSantis's celebration of vigilantism is a new low in MAGA extremism  —  When Ron DeSantis defended Daniel Penny, the former Marine accused of killing a man suffering from mental illness on a New York City subway, the Florida governor didn't just laud Penny as a hero.
William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
Free Daniel Penny
Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
A Bombshell Sexual Abuse Complaint Against Rudy Giuliani Contains Some Big, Buried Ledes  —  We need to talk about Rudy.  —  Honestly, I wish we didn't, at least not under these lurid and frankly gross circumstances.  Rudy Giuliani, the former attorney to ex-president Trump …
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Woman sues Rudy Giuliani, saying he coerced her into sex, owes her $2 million in unpaid wages
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Giuliani accused of offering to sell Trump pardons for $2 million each in new lawsuit
Politico:
Centrist Dems are plotting a save-McCarthy strategy for the debt fight  —  If the speaker cuts a deal that alienates conservatives, some Democrats are willing to help save his gavel.  —  Kevin McCarthy faces a clear challenge as he tries to strike a debt limit deal: Any compromise he makes …
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Washington Post:
Liberals grow fearful Biden may reward GOP for weaponizing debt ceiling
Discussion: Roll Call and Politico
Reuters:
Biden maintains edge over Trump in 2024 US election -Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  President Joe Biden continues to hold an edge over potential Republican challengers Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis as the 2024 U.S. presidential election draws closer, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Discussion: The National, NBC News and HuffPost
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Katy Blakey / NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth:
12-Year-Old Charged With Murder, Accused of Killing Sonic Employee  —  A 12-year-old and a 20-year-old are both facing a murder charge after a restaurant employee was gunned down during an altercation with a customer Saturday night in Keene.  —  Flowers and a cross now stand outside the Sonic Drive-In on Old Betsy Road in Keene.
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Bipartisan group calls for investigation into Comer's remarks about missing whistleblower  —  A bipartisan organization is calling for an investigation into Rep. James Comer's (R-Ky.) comments about a missing whistleblower connected to the House GOP's ongoing investigation of President Biden and his family.
Douglas MacMillan / Washington Post:
Eyes on the poor: Cameras, facial recognition watch over public housing  —  Surveillance cameras purchased with federal crime-fighting grants are being used to punish and evict public housing residents, sometimes for minor rule violations, a Washington Post investigation found
Arian Campo-Flores / Wall Street Journal:
Kentucky Republicans to Pick Challenger to Popular Democratic Governor  —  Parties to scrutinize race for voter sentiment ahead of 2024 presidential election  —  Kentucky Republicans are heading to the polls Tuesday to pick the party's nominee to take on incumbent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear …
Mediaite:
Cable News Ratings Friday May 12: CNN Prime Time Viewership Drops Below Newsmax  —  CNN prime time dropped on Friday to 335,000 average total viewers from 8 to 11 p.m, coming below right-wing channel Newsmax, which scored 357,000 average prime time viewers.  —  The ratings-beleaguered network landed …
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Elizabeth Wolfe / CNN:
Florida teacher under investigation for showing Disney movie with gay character says she didn't know LGBTQ restriction applied to her class  —  A Florida teacher under a state investigation for showing a Disney movie featuring a gay character said she wasn't aware the state's controversial …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
13-Year-Olds Charged With Taxi Driver's Murder  —  TRAGIC  —  Three teenage boys have been charged with robbing and killing a taxi driver in New Jersey, authorities said Tuesday.  The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said the three juveniles—aged 13, 13, and 14—were arrested Friday …
Pew Research Center:
Americans' Largely Positive Views of Childhood Vaccines Hold Steady  —  Fewer than half in U.S. rate COVID-19 vaccines as having high health benefits, low risk of side effects  —  Fewer than half in U.S. rate COVID-19 vaccines as having high health benefits, low risk of side effects  —  How we did this
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
A high-schooler filmed her teacher using the n-word, then got suspended  —  The geometry teacher said the n-word twice in a 55-second video captured by the 15-year-old  —  Mary Walton thought her teacher repeatedly saying a racist slur in class last week was wrong, so the 15-year-old sophomore …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Tim Miller / Bulwark+:
Here Comes the “Biden Kill List”  —  JAMES COMER, THE REPUBLICAN WHO CHAIRS the House Oversight Committee, has been widely mocked for claiming during a Sunday interview with not-yet-fired Fox anchor Maria Bartiromo that the “informant” in his committee's investigation of the Biden family's …
Discussion: BizPac Review and HuffPost
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
IRS removes investigative team from Hunter Biden probe in move whistleblower claims is ‘clearly retaliatory’  —  WASHINGTON — The IRS on Monday removed the “entire investigative team” from its long-running tax fraud probe of first son Hunter Biden in alleged retaliation against the whistleblower …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House GOP pushes Senate to cancel recess over debt ceiling  —  A group of more than a dozen House Republicans is urging the Senate to cancel its upcoming recess in the absence of a debt ceiling bill, Axios has learned. … - Key senators told Axios cancelling the recess is not out of the question.
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
OpenAI CEO wows lawmakers at closed dinner: ‘Fantastic...forthcoming’  — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke to an engaged crowd of around 60 lawmakers at a dinner Monday about the advanced artificial technology his company produces and the challenges of regulating it.
Shawna Mizelle / CNN:
Sarah Hughes, Olympic gold medalist, now running for Congress  —  Sarah Hughes, who won an Olympic gold medal for figure skating in the 2002 Winter Olympics, is now leaping into the political world as she starts a bid for Congress.  —  Hughes, who was a high school student in Long Island …
Discussion: Associated Press and NBCSports.com
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Abortion laws triggered dozens of health complications, new report says  —  The research is an effort to capture an expansive picture of how health care has been affected by abortion bans  —  A new report has identified dozens of examples in which medical providers say pregnant patients received care …
Discussion: The Hill, FOX8 WGHP and The Nation
 
 
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
With a Softball Interview of Trump, “The Messenger” Launches by Legitimizing Extremism
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Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
Progressive organization Justice Democrats adopts four-day work week
Nick Grube / Honolulu Civil Beat:
Former Hawaii Executives Plead Guilty To Sending Illegal Donations To US Sen. Susan Collins
Bill Press / The Hill:
Bad deal — how did CNN get rolled by Trump?
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Michael Warren / The Dispatch:
Pence Allies Launch Super PAC Ahead of White House Bid
CNN:
Mayorkas impeachment pressure builds inside the House GOP
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
It Cost Steve Bannon $601,000 to Ignore the Jan. 6 Committee
Sarah Lynch Baldwin / CBS News:
Barack Obama on his relationship with Michelle: “It sure helps to be out of the White House”
Discussion: Insider and The Hill
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
After breaking itself, Congress tries to break the rest of government, too
Samya Kullab / Associated Press:
Russia launches ‘exceptional’ air attack on Kyiv as Europe, China look to exert influence
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
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