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1:25 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
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Clean Debt Deal Preferred by 2:1  —  Few say dire predictions from default are exaggerated  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Half of Americans say the debt ceiling issue should be dealt with cleanly, while just 1 in 4 want to tie it to federal spending negotiations, according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Debt Limit Update: The GOP Admits to Extortion  —  The media continues to normalize dangerously abnormal GOP behavior.  —  Kevin McCarthy is not known for much.  Sure, he became Speaker, but he got there by being morally pliable and shameless enough to debase himself into a job no one else wanted.
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 Republican primary challenger in Utah
New York Times:
McCarthy, Bracing for Defections, Eyes a Fraught Path to a Debt Limit Deal
Discussion: Just The News
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.
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
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump leads 2024 GOP primary field, but many voters are open to supporting other candidates
Discussion: Political Wire, Breitbart and Reuters
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ron DeSantis: A Strongman Who Isn't Dumb
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
Niha Masih / Washington Post:
Target removes some Pride Month products after facing threats  —  Target will remove some of its LGBTQ+ merchandise from its Pride Month collection after facing customer backlash that threatened the safety of its workers, the company said.  —  The company's website features hundreds …
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Anne D'innocenzio / Associated Press:
Target removes some LGBTQ merchandise from stores ahead of June Pride month after threats to workers
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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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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Al Jazeera:
Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges
Discussion: Raw Story and Quartz
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 …
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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network
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 and Political Wire
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Republicans' Wacky Ten Commandments School Bill Fails
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
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 …
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.
Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Alex Murdaugh indicted on federal fraud charges  —  A grand jury returned a 22-count indictment against the disgraced lawyer.  —  A grand jury has indicted convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney, on federal fraud charges, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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
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
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.
Jonathan Turley / The Messenger:
A ‘Rollins Defense’ for Trump?  Justice Department Again Declines to Prosecute One of Its Own  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing an external link to share the article on Twitter.An Email icon that opens an email …
Bobbi Dempsey / The Guardian:
Republican debt ceiling plans could see most vulnerable Americans lose aid  —  GOP attempt to add work requirements to safety net programs such as Medicaid and Snap could harm families already struggling  —  As debt ceiling negotiations come down to the wire with the 1 June deadline looming …
Discussion: The Hill
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
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 …
Washington Post:
While you weren't looking, Minnesota Dems won big  —  Welcome to The Daily 202!  Tell your friends to sign up here.  On this day in 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse inaugurated America's first telegraph line, sending the message “What hath God wrought” from Washington to Baltimore.  —  The big idea
Discussion: Minnesota Reformer
 
 
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Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Seeking asylum and work, migrants bused out of NYC find hostility
Patrick Reilly / New York Post:
Disturbing video shows machete-wielding NYC professor Shellyne Rodriguez chase Post staffers down street
Washington Post:
A year after Uvalde, officers who botched response face few consequences
Discussion: The Texas Tribune and KTLA
Brady Leonard / Washington Examiner:
Tim Scott is not the man for the moment
Discussion: BizPac Review
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Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
How conservative activists worked to kill an effort to protect Florida election workers from harassment
Discussion: Raw Story
Miami Herald:
Exclusive: Developer paid Miami's mayor $170K to push his project, company records state
Discussion: Politico and Joe.My.God.
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
ABC News:
Fearing indictment is imminent in classified docs probe, Trump team requests meeting with DOJ
Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel:
Nebraska Teen Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Self-Managed Abortion
Discussion: Associated Press
 

 
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Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK
 
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