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12:35 PM 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: Fortune, 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  —  The News  —  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.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sen. Mitt Romney draws a GOP primary challenger in Utah
New York Times:
McCarthy, Bracing for Defections, Eyes a Fraught Path to a Debt Limit Deal
Discussion: Just The News
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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Rolling Stone:
Trump's Secret Weapon to ‘Ratf-ck’ DeSantis  —  The ex-president has joked about “anti-woke” entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy running for president as a way to audition for a slot in a potential second Trump term: “Does he want a job?”  —  IN HIS BATTLE against Ron DeSantis for the 2024 nomination …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and NBC News
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 …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ron DeSantis: A Strongman Who Isn't Dumb
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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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Meatball's Musk Moment  —  Well, we have our soundtrack for the day. … -Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody”  —  Happy Wednesday.  —  Morning Shots is a reader-supported newsletter.  To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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 …
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.
Al Jazeera:
Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges
Discussion: Raw Story and Quartz
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
G.O.P. Split in Texas Breaks Wide Open With Drunkenness Accusation  —  Attorney General Ken Paxton's accusation against the House speaker came as the House investigated Mr. Paxton's request for $3.3 million to settle a suit accusing him of corruption.  —  Reporting from Houston
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The Texas Tribune:
Investigators detail years of alleged misconduct by Texas AG Ken Paxton in stunning House committee hearing  —  Many allegations against Paxton were already known, but the airing of them revealed the scope of the investigation by the committee, which has the power to recommend censure or impeachment.
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times:
As staff shield Feinstein from the press, a picture really is worth a thousand words  —  Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter.  It's Wednesday, May 24.  I'm Kent Nishimura, a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times based out of Washington.  I cover politics and national news.
Discussion: Insider
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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Niha Masih / Washington Post:
Target removes some Pride Month products after facing threats
Associated Press:
Target's Pride collection features ‘tuck-friendly’ swimsuits for adults, not kids
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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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 …
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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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
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Trump's worst judge will hear a $1.8 billion attack on Planned Parenthood  —  Remember that guy who tried to ban mifepristone?  He's back.  —  Remember Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk?  Last month, Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee to a federal court in Texas, tried to remove mifepristone …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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.
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 …
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
New York Times:
Driver's Licenses, Addresses, Photos: Inside How TikTok Shares User Data  —  Employees of the Chinese-owned video app have regularly posted user information on a messaging and collaboration tool called Lark, according to internal documents.  —  In August 2021, TikTok received a complaint …
Ned Oliver / Axios:
Scoop: Myrna Morrissey files for divorce  —  Myrna Morrissey initiated divorce proceedings against Sen. Joe Morrissey last week. … - Joe Morrissey denied the allegations in the filing. … - He was 55, and she was 17 when they met.  — Former Gov. Ralph Northam pardoned him last year before leaving office.
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Marist Poll:
Gun Violence in the United States  —  NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll  —  More Americans Say Local Schools are Not Safe from Gun Violence... Six in Ten Prioritize Controlling Gun Violence Over Protecting Gun Rights  —  One year after the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas …
Discussion: The Hill, PBS NewsHour and NPR
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
 
 
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Jonathan Turley / The Messenger:
A ‘Rollins Defense’ for Trump? Justice Department Again Declines to Prosecute One of Its Own
Washington Post:
A year after Uvalde, officers who botched response face few consequences
Discussion: The Texas Tribune and KTLA
Shimon Prokupecz / CNN:
Uvalde school massacre: The story and the year that changed me
 Earlier Items: 
Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
How conservative activists worked to kill an effort to protect Florida election workers from harassment
Discussion: Raw Story
Gershom Gorenberg / Washington Post:
Ending the forever war in Gaza means looking at how it really began
Miami Herald:
Exclusive: Developer paid Miami's mayor $170K to push his project, company records state
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Jim Avila / Barrett News Media:
Returning CNN to Its No-Nonsense Roots Is Mission Impossible
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Roberts says Supreme Court will address ethics issues
Washington Post:
South Carolina Senate passes 6-week abortion ban, sends bill to governor
New York Times:
Lessons From a Renters' Utopia
Discussion: Breitbart
Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel:
Nebraska Teen Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Self-Managed Abortion
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