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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network — It can no longer be denied. — Twitter has long been described, even by its most ardent users, as a hellsite. But under Elon Musk, Twitter has evolved into a platform that is indistinguishable from the wastelands of alternative social-media sites such as Truth Social and Parler.
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Ron DeSantis will launch his presidential bid with Elon Musk — The Florida governor will announce he is running for president on Twitter Wednesday evening in a conversation with Musk. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will announce he is running for president during a discussion with Twitter CEO Elon Musk …
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Public Notice:
How Twitter became a haven for climate misinformation — “The intention is to create a perception that denial is far more widespread than it actually is,” Michael Mann tells us. — ∙ Paid … On World Meteorological Day in March, the UN Climate Change Twitter account posted …
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Axios:
Musk moves in on Murdoch — Elon Musk has displaced Rupert Murdoch and Fox News as the king of conservative media in recent weeks. … But the right-wing ecosystem has turned on the network, leaving Twitter as the center of media gravity for the Republican Party just as the 2024 election heats up.
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Washington Post:
Democrats angry at debt limit messaging — Good morning, Early Birds. Please send intriguing news tips and your favorite TikToks in the style of Wes Anderson to earlytips@washpost.com. Thanks for waking up with us. — Reading this online? Sign up for The Early 202 to get scoops …
New York Times:
DeSantis Set to Announce 2024 Run on Twitter With Elon Musk — The Florida governor is expected to appear on a live audio conversation with Mr. Musk, the social platform's owner. — Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is planning to announce the start of his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday …
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Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Trump Criminal Trial Scheduled for March 2024
Trump Criminal Trial Scheduled for March 2024
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Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
DeSantis-Sacks '24 — David Sacks, the PayPal Mafia scion, has ascended from mere rabble-rouser …
Anne D'Innocenzio / Associated Press:
Target removes some LGBTQ merchandise from stores ahead of June Pride month after threats to workers — Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers.
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Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal:
Target to Pull Some LGBT-Themed Merchandise After Customer Backlash — Retailer said some shoppers knocked down displays of Pride Month products and threatened store employees — Target said Tuesday it would remove some products related to Pride Month from stores after a backlash …
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Niha Masih / Washington Post:
Target removes some Pride Month products after facing threats
Target removes some Pride Month products after facing threats
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Media Runs Wild With BS Claim of ‘Tuck-Friendly’ Target Kidswear
MAGA Media Runs Wild With BS Claim of ‘Tuck-Friendly’ Target Kidswear
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Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
CNN Poll: 60% say debt ceiling increase should come with spending cuts — Sixty percent of Americans say Congress should only raise the nation's debt ceiling if it cuts spending at the same time, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, as the government's June 1 “hard deadline” …
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Politico:
White House believes up to 100 Dem votes may be needed on debt ceiling deal — The prospect of needing so many votes from within the party has begun to color Biden's negotiating strategy. — White House aides privately estimate they may need to deliver as many as 100 Democratic votes …
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New York Times:
McCarthy, Bracing for Defections, Eyes a Fraught Path to a Debt Limit Deal
McCarthy, Bracing for Defections, Eyes a Fraught Path to a Debt Limit Deal
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Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
House Republicans Pretty Much Admit They Are Taking Debt Limit ‘Hostage’
House Republicans Pretty Much Admit They Are Taking Debt Limit ‘Hostage’
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New York Post:
Unhinged NYC college professor who cursed out anti-abortion students holds machete to Post reporter's neck — The unhinged Manhattan college professor who went viral for cursing out anti-abortion students shockingly held a machete to a Post reporter's neck Tuesday — and made wild threats that she was going to “chop” him up.
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New York Post:
NYC college professor who threatened Post reporter with machete is fired as her lawsuit against NYPD emerges — The manic Manhattan college professor who threatened a Post reporter with a machete has been fired, the school said Tuesday — as it emerged she is suing the NYPD for allegedly abusing …
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ABC News:
Fearing indictment is imminent in classified docs probe, Trump team requests meeting with DOJ — The former president's attorneys requested the meeting with AG Merrick Garland. — Former President Donald Trump's legal team has formally requested a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland …
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Washington Post:
South Carolina Senate passes 6-week abortion ban, sends bill to governor — The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday voted to ban abortion at roughly six-weeks after ending a filibuster by the chamber's five female senators, who had become the bill's most outspoken opponents.
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Javon L. Harris / The State:
SC Senate votes to send 6-week abortion ban bill to governor. Court challenge coming
SC Senate votes to send 6-week abortion ban bill to governor. Court challenge coming
Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
Male GOP Senators Ignore Women, Vote for Abortion Ban in South Carolina
Male GOP Senators Ignore Women, Vote for Abortion Ban in South Carolina
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Washington Post:
We oversaw executions as governor. We regret it. — An earlier version of this column incorrectly described the jury result for Toforest Johnson. He was convicted by a unanimous jury. A non-unanimous jury recommended death. This version has been updated.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Roberts says Supreme Court will address ethics issues — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said Tuesday night that he was “confident” that the Supreme Court will convince the public that the court “adheres to the highest standards of conduct.” — Accepting an award at the American Law Institute …
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Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Amanda Gorman says her inaugural poem has been banned by Miami-Dade school — American poet Amanda Gorman said on Tuesday that the poem she recited during President Biden's inauguration has been banned by a school in Miami-Dade County. — “I'm gutted. Because of one's parent's complaint …
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Miami Herald:
Exclusive: Developer paid Miami's mayor $170K to push his project, company records state — A developer quietly paid Miami Mayor Francis Suarez at least $170,000 over the past two years to help cut through red tape and secure critical permits for his stalled real estate project in Coconut Grove …
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Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Hillary Clinton: Dianne Feinstein Shouldn't Retire — Secretary Hillary Clinton defended her friend and former colleague Senator Dianne Feinstein, whose advanced age and failing health have prompted calls for her to resign from the Senate, saying that Feinstein's resignation would not be …
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Natalie Jackson / National Journal:
DeSantis camp puts cart before horse race — Polling on how the two Republicans might fare against Biden is very fuzzy. — The cornerstone of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination is clearly going to be that he is more electable than former President Trump.
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David Weigel / Semafor:
Rise of the ‘One percenters’: Why so many Republicans think they can crash the Trump/DeSantis party
Rise of the ‘One percenters’: Why so many Republicans think they can crash the Trump/DeSantis party
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New York Times, Florida Politics and Raw Story
Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel:
Nebraska Teen Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Self-Managed Abortion — Celeste Burgess, 18, faces up to two years in prison for taking abortion pills and burying a stillborn fetus in 2022. Her mother faces eight years. — A Nebraska teenager took a plea deal Monday in a case involving …
Washington Post:
The deepening radicalization of Donald J. Trump — Watch how the former president's positions and rhetoric have grown more confrontational and extreme as he seeks a second term — In the immediate aftermath of Jan. 6, 2021, President Donald Trump stayed mostly silent …
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Texas AG Ken Paxton calls on House Speaker Dade Phelan to resign, accusing him of being drunk in the Capitol — The attorney general's comment came after a viral video showed Phelan slurring his words while leading the House. Phelan defenders say he appeared fine before and after the clip.
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Gershom Gorenberg / Washington Post:
Ending the forever war in Gaza means looking at how it really began — Time is measured in seconds, from when a news feed announces a “red alert” — incoming missiles from Gaza aimed at Tel Aviv — to the bleat of a message in the family WhatsApp group from one of my children, “I'm OK.”
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Republicans Are Trying to Seize Control Over Voting in Texas' Largest Democratic County — The Texas legislature passed a series of bills on Monday that amounted to a sweeping power grab giving Republicans more control over how elections are run and administered in the state's …
Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
Ron DeSantis Has a Problem. It's Florida. — There's a reason the state has never sent a politician to the White House. — Ron DeSantis is set to join the 2024 campaign amid high Republican hopes that he's precisely the kind of conservative who can knock off President Joe Biden.