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6:45 PM ET, May 20, 2023

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Jason Linkins / New Republic:
The Beltway Media Is Spreading Debt Limit Misinformation  —  Having watched Capitol Hill fall into chaotic convulsions over the debt ceiling a million times before, I've come to the conclusion that the only way to properly negotiate your way through a debt ceiling crisis is to not negotiate at all.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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Politico:
How Dems ended up where they swore they wouldn't be: Negotiating on the debt limit  —  President Joe Biden's party slowly relented on its insistence that any hike be clean.  And progressives are aghast at the concessions the GOP is poised to extract.  —  Looking back on the first two years …
AP-NORC:
Few are following the debate closely, but most want Congress to increase the debt limit with deficit reduction conditions
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Mitch McConnell Stays in Back Seat as Kevin McCarthy Drives Debt-Limit Deal
Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73  —  In books like “Money” and “The Information,” he created “a high style to describe low things,” as he put it.  He found more renown as a critic, and a measure of unease as his famous father's son.
Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:
Republicans deploy new playbook for abortion bans, citing political backlash  —  GOP lawmakers in North Carolina and Nebraska are casting new 12-week bans as “mainstream,” while Democrats say they are “cruel and extreme”  —  Nebraska antiabortion groups and GOP lawmakers were stunned.
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Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Nebraska passes abortion and transgender treatment bill into law
Nicole Carr / ProPublica:
He Became Convinced the School Board Was Pushing “Transgender Bullshit.”  He Ended Up Arrested — and Emboldened.  —  An image of a shooting target — with two bullet holes to the head and five scattered around the chest — serves as a warning to visitors who climb the brick steps and pass …
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
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Politico:
Prosecutor connected to Jan. 6 probe takes on lawyer for tech companies in mystery appeals court fight  —  Lawyers for prominent firm WilmerHale were spotted leaving the courthouse Friday after sealed oral arguments in the special counsel-connected matter.  —  A Justice Department attorney …
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Susie Blann / Associated Press:
Russia says Wagner private army, with help from Russian troops, seized Bakhmut  —  Russia's defense ministry said early Sunday that forces of the Wagner private army, with the support of Russian troops, seized the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.  The ministry statement on the Telegram channel came …
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 19, 2023
Discussion: The Dispatch
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Trump Is Up In The Middle Of The Night Obsessing Over Jack Smith  —  Trump was posting in the middle of the night on Friday/early Saturday about Special Counsel Jack Smith.  —  Trump wrote on Truth Social: … The poll that Trump referred to didn't show him way up on Biden.
Discussion: Raw Story
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Colorado GOP fears it's ceding ground to Democrats  —  Republican worries are growing that Colorado is slipping further into the hands of Democrats after recent defeats and close calls in the most conservative parts of the state.  —  The latest blow to the GOP in the Centennial State came …
Discussion: Insider and Political Wire
David Sims / The Atlantic:
Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon Is a Triumph  —  The highly anticipated adaptation of David Grann's book is extraordinary filmmaking—and a big win for Apple TV+.  —  David Grann's nonfiction book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI …
Washington Post:
Man with AR-15-style rifle by bus stop says he wasn't out to terrify kids  —  The man stood in a red Make America Great Again baseball cap pointing his AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle toward the sidewalk.  —  An elementary school student ran home crying.  Parents were terrified.  Neighbors called the police.
New York Times:
Air DeSantis: The Private Jets and Secret Donors Flying Him Around  —  As the Florida governor hopscotched the country preparing to run for president, a Michigan nonprofit paid the bills.  It won't say where it got the money.  —  For Ron DeSantis, Sunday, Feb. 19, was the start …
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Did Donald Trump Seriously Sell Pardons?  —  It's established fact that Donald Trump is deep in the legal soup.  The Trump Organization was found guilty of criminal tax fraud.  Trump was indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over the payment to Stormy Daniels and those …
Discussion: emptywheel
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Barbara Mcmahon / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Ex Playboy model Karen McDougal shares intimate details of her ‘ten-month affair’ …
Associated Press:
A look inside the playbook on transgender health bills  —  Aaron and Lacey Jennen's roots in Arkansas run deep.  They've spent their entire lives there, attended the flagship state university, and are raising a family.  So they're heartbroken at the prospect of perhaps having to move …
Ian Ward / Politico:
The Supreme Court Is Hiding Important Decisions From You  —  A new book argues the court is undermining its credibility by rendering so many unsigned and unexplained decisions on its so-called ‘shadow docket.’  —  As the Supreme Court begins to release its written opinions from its most recent term …
Discussion: PBS NewsHour and Raw Story
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Mark Walker launches North Carolina gubernatorial bid  —  He's beginning a longshot bid against Republican favorite Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.  —  Former Republican Rep. Mark Walker launched a campaign for North Carolina governor Saturday, pitching himself as the best chance Republicans …
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Jon Levine / New York Post:
Hunter Biden cried poverty but still flew to his child-support hearing on a private jet for at least $55K  —  Fly me a river.  —  Hunter Biden cried poverty at his Arkansas child-support hearing earlier this month — despite flying to and from the courthouse aboard a luxury private jet owned by his close friend Kevin Morris.
Discussion: The Post Millennial and Twitchy
 
 
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Why Ron DeSantis should hope he's the second coming of John McCain
Jason Burke / The Guardian:
Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in Mali village, UN report finds
Jessica Gresko / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tells law students ‘Survivor’ offers helpful lessons
Discussion: CNN
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Rice Gets Reimagined, From the Mississippi to the Mekong
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema hit with complaint of lavish campaign spending
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Strange alliances emerge in Tennessee as the GOP governor pushes for gun reform
Discussion: Political Wire
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Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
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New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ its revenue is from ads
 
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