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4:25 PM ET, May 21, 2023

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Wall Street Journal:
Jeffrey Epstein Appeared to Threaten Bill Gates Over Microsoft Co-Founder's Affair With Russian Bridge Player  —  The disgraced financier was trying to set up a philanthropic fund that he hoped would include the billionaire as an anchor donor  —  Jeffrey Epstein discovered that Bill Gates …
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden ratchets up the pressure as the debt ceiling fight strains his presidency  —  The White House believes it can build consensus and be rewarded for it.  But with the economy on the line, it's not looking like a sure thing.  —  The nation stands on the precipice of an unprecedented financial calamity …
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Biden and McCarthy set to meet again to try to close distance on debt
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Associated Press:
Biden, McCarthy to meet Monday for debt ceiling talks after ‘productive’ call
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden says he thinks he has authority to use 14th Amendment on debt ceiling
ABC News:
Biden to call McCarthy to discuss debt ceiling after G7 summit
CNN:
NAACP issues travel advisory for Florida, saying the state is ‘openly hostile toward African Americans’ under Gov. DeSantis' administration  —  Another advocacy group is warning people of color about traveling to Florida - but for different reasons.  —  The NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state …
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NAACP:
NAACP Issues Travel Advisory in Florida
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump's 2025 vision, revealed  —  Former President Trump's second-term governing plans are coming into clearer focus, as he lays out a vision for a dramatic expansion of federal power — particularly the presidency. … - Such pardons would effectively nullify what Attorney General Merrick Garland …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Federal inquiry details abuses of power by Trump's CEO over Voice of America  —  On the day after his confirmation as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media in June 2020, Michael Pack met with a career employee to discuss which senior leaders at the agency and the Voice of America …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Charlotte Lytton / Washington Post:
Long-hidden ruins of vast network of Maya cities could recast history  —  In Guatemala, scientists map well-organized network of 417 cities dating to circa 1,000 B.C.  —  Beneath 1,350 square miles of dense jungle in northern Guatemala, scientists have discovered 417 cities that date …
CNN:
A transgender girl misses her high school graduation after Mississippi judge denies emergency plea to permit her to go in a dress and heels  —  A Mississippi federal judge denied a motion Friday, filed by the family of a transgender high school student requesting she be allowed to wear a dress …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Thune, No. 2 Senate Republican, set to endorse Tim Scott's presidential bid  —  The minority whip will appear when Scott launches his campaign on Monday, and is making good on his hopes of turning the party away from former President Donald Trump.  —  Sen. John Thune, the Senate's No. 2 Republican …
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Post:
Zelensky says destroyed Bakhmut now lives ‘only in our hearts’  —  Visiting Hiroshima, another city devastated by war, he implores world leaders to continue aid and support  —  HIROSHIMA, Japan — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, imploring the world's wealthy democracies …
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Jennifer Maloney / Wall Street Journal:
How Bud Light Blew It  —  With one blunder after another, the brewing giant behind the brand became a case study in how not to handle a culture-war storm  —  Budweiser's famous Clydesdale horses still live in St. Louis, Mo., where its brewer, Anheuser-Busch, has been making beer since the 1850s.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Russia's Latest Sanctions on U.S. Officials Turn to Trump Enemies  —  Among the 500 people singled out for travel and financial restrictions were Americans seen as adversaries by former President Donald J. Trump.  —  Russia has expanded its list of sanctioned Americans in a tit-for-tat retaliation …
Samuel Braslow / Rolling Stone:
The ‘Beverly Hills Insurrectionist’ and the Big Myth About Jan. 6  —  Gina Bisignano became famous for participating in the Capitol riot clad in a Louis Vuitton sweater and Chanel boots, but her insurrection story reveals a deeper truth  —  THE FIRST TIME Gina Bisignano ran afoul of the law in Washington …
Susan Stubson / New York Times:
What Christian Nationalism Has Done to My State and My Faith Is a Sin  —  CASPER, Wyo. — I first saw it while working the rope line at a monster-truck rally during the 2016 campaign by my husband, Tim, for Wyoming's lone congressional seat.  As Tim and I and our boys made our way down the line …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Raw Story
Sharon Danquah / WSMV-TV:
Dickson County parents question why more than half of 3rd graders fail portion of TCAP test  —  55% of third graders fail a portion of TCAP tests  —  DICKSON, Tenn. (WSMV) - The TCAP results are in and more than half of third graders in Dickson County are officially at risk of being held back.
William S. Becker / The Hill:
A call to arms: Defending America's soul in an age of extremism  —  In a speech before last fall's midterm elections, President Biden warned we are engaged in a battle for the nation's soul.  “As I stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault,” he said.  “We do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise.”
Discussion: The Week
Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Ron DeSantis Is About To Run For President.  Andrew Warren Has A Warning.  —  The Democratic prosecutor for a Florida county was suspended by DeSantis, a move he believes has been chilling for democracy.  “No one else should have to adjust their behavior to the whims of the dictator,” he said.
 
 
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Biden bets DeSantis' ‘Florida blueprint’ will help him flip the Sunshine State and win reelection
Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:
Brittney Griner Has the Right to Change Her Mind
Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost:
Fox News Axes Investigative Unit Following Dominion Voting Systems Settlement: Report
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Small businesses are beginning to panic about a government default
Discussion: The Guardian
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
If Trump ‘Finished’ His Wall Like He Claims, How Are So Many Migrants Still Crossing?
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Steve Bousquet / Sun-Sentinel:
We're all hostage to one man's ambitions
Discussion: Florida Politics
Dana Kennedy / New York Post:
Daniel Penny, charged in NYC subway chokehold death, breaks silence: ‘I am not a white supremacist’
David Axelrod / CNN:
After Barack Obama, America will never be the same