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10:45 AM ET, May 24, 2023

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Washington Post:
GOP unites in brinkmanship over default, rejecting Biden compromises  —  Several House Republican lawmakers have begun casting doubt on the Treasury Department's deadline for averting a financial crisis  —  During a closed meeting Tuesday morning at a GOP hangout a block from the U.S. Capitol …
Discussion: Washington Examiner, CNN and CNBC
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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 …
Discussion: The Dispatch
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
Matt Gaetz embraces role as hostage taker as House leaders brace for debt limit fallout  —  Republicans have often bristled at accusations that they are resorting to hostage tactics by refusing to raise the federal debt ceiling without securing spending cuts.
Washington Post:   Democrats angry at debt limit messaging
New York Times:
McCarthy, Bracing for Defections, Eyes a Fraught Path to a Debt Limit Deal
Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
CNN Poll: 60% say debt ceiling increase should come with spending cuts
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.
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New York Times:
DeSantis Allies' $200 Million Plan for Beating Trump  —  As the Florida governor prepares to enter the 2024 race, his allies are building an army of organizers to flood the states with the first nominating contests.  —  A key political group supporting Ron DeSantis's presidential run …
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
Rolling Stone:
Trump's Secret Weapon to ‘Ratf-ck’ DeSantis
Discussion: NBC News
David Weigel / Semafor:
Rise of the ‘One percenters’: Why so many Republicans think they can crash the Trump/DeSantis party
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
DeSantis-Sacks '24  —  David Sacks, the PayPal Mafia scion, has ascended from mere rabble-rouser …
Discussion: HotAir
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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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.
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 …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Raw Story
NBC News:
Ron DeSantis will launch his presidential bid with Elon Musk
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 …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Media Runs Wild With BS Claim of ‘Tuck-Friendly’ Target Kidswear
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Republicans' Wacky Ten Commandments School Bill Fails  —  THOU SHALT NOT  —  A bill that would have forced Texas public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom failed to advance in the Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday.  The bill, which passed the state Senate in April …
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Bill to Force Texas Public Schools to Display Ten Commandments Fails  —  A Republican effort to bring religion into classrooms faltered, though lawmakers were poised to allow chaplains to act as school counselors.  —  Reporting from Houston  —  A push to inject religion …
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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Politico:
Trump legal team seeks meeting with Garland as documents probe nears conclusion
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 …
National Review:
The Dodgers Promote Anti-Catholicism  —  When businesses celebrate various identity groups among their customers and employees, it can easily descend into cloying and opportunistic pandering.  But it is mostly harmless, in the way that drinking green beer on St. Patrick's Day or wearing plastic sombreros on Cinco de Mayo is harmless.
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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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Roberts says he's “committed” to highest standards for Supreme Court
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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New York Post:
Unhinged NYC college professor who cursed out anti-abortion students holds machete to Post reporter's neck
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Beware Elon Musk's warped libertarianism  —  The billionaire entrepreneur's AI initiative is disturbing in light of his selective approach to political and civic freedoms  —  Future generations might say that the big event of 2023 was when Elon Musk thought of TruthGPT — the “maximum truth-seeking AI” he plans to launch.
Discussion: Forbes
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and PolitiFact
Brady Leonard / Washington Examiner:
Tim Scott is not the man for the moment  —  The junior senator from the Palmetto State, Tim Scott, entered the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Monday.  Scott laid out an optimistic message filled with faith and patriotism, a message that the lion's share of the GOP base surely agrees with.
Discussion: BizPac Review
Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
How conservative activists worked to kill an effort to protect Florida election workers from harassment  —  Florida lawmakers were poised this year to protect election workers from harassment.  Then, conservative “election integrity” activists worked to kill the effort.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Wall Street Journal:
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CNN:
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Mark Alesia / Raw Story:
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New York Times:
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Discussion: Breitbart
Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel:
Nebraska Teen Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Self-Managed Abortion
Discussion: Associated Press
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Harlan Crow thinks he is the law
NBC News:
Driver who crashed near White House told officials he was prepared to kill Biden and ‘seize power’
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