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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
It Was More Than a #DeSaster  —  Ron DeSantis's botched campaign launch suggests that he's no Trump killer.  —  I've long been of the view that Donald Trump is something akin to a horror-movie monster—a Godzilla or a T. Rex, say—for the American political system.
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
DeSantis PAC adds fake fighter jets to launch video  —  The super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign altered footage to include the sound and sight of fighter jets flying over the Florida governor in its video promoting his campaign launch.  — The video by Never Back Down …
Greg Minchak / The Lincoln Project:
An Open Letter To Ron DeSantis From The Lincoln Project  —  May 24, 2023 - The following is an open letter to Ron DeSantis from the Lincoln Project regarding his announcement that he's running for President:  —  Dear Ron,  —  Congratulations on entering the 2024 Presidential primary process.
Discussion: Florida Politics, Althouse and Twitchy
Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
Now's the time to think about just how bad a DeSantis presidency would be
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Nation
Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Elon Musk's Event With Ron DeSantis Exposes Twitter's Weaknesses
Sarah Smith / BBC:
The campaign launch Ron DeSantis will want to forget
Philip Klein / National Review:
Ron DeSantis Twitter Launch Was a Disaster
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Everybody Calm Down about DeSantis's Campaign Début
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Awkward Silence: Ron DeSantis's Bold Twitter Gambit That Flopped
NBC News:
Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case  —  Stewart Rhodes, who said after the Capitol attack that the rioters “should have brought rifles,” received the longest sentence of any Jan. 6 defendant to date.  —  WASHINGTON — The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Oath Keepers Leader Is Sentenced to 18 Years in Jan. 6 Sedition Case  —  The sentence for Stewart Rhodes was the longest so far in the federal investigation of the Capitol attack and the first issued to a defendant convicted of sedition.  —  Reporting from Washington
Discussion: Associated Press
CNN:
Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison for plot to keep Trump in power  —  Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday for leading a far-reaching plot to keep then-President Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes gets 18 years for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Washington Post:
Oath Keepers leader Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Discussion: Vox
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
CPAC Is Rocked by a Resignation  —  A top leader in the organization that puts on CPAC, the highly influential conference of conservative leaders, resigned on Tuesday night citing financial mysteries surrounding the organization's leader.  —  Bob Beauprez, the longtime treasurer …
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Washington Post:
CPAC treasurer accuses chief Matt Schlapp of financial, personnel mismanagement  —  The resignation letter adds pressure on Schlapp, who is fighting a defamation lawsuit from a campaign staffer who alleges he groped him  —  Matt Schlapp, the prominent Trump ally who leads …
Washington Post:
Trump workers moved Mar-a-Lago boxes a day before Justice Dept. came for documents  —  New details, including alleged ‘dress rehearsal’ for moving sensitive papers, show a focus on Donald Trump's instructions and intent  —  Two of Donald Trump's employees moved boxes of papers …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Rolling Stone:
Trump's Lawyers Warn Him: Get Ready to Be Indicted by the Feds  —  The former president has angrily complained in response to predictions that if the Justice Department is going to charge him, then “what about Joe Biden?” … The feds have also been probing whether or not Trump tried …
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court weakens EPA power to enforce Clean Water Act
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands under Clean Water Act
Discussion: Reuters and Just The News
Politico:
House conservatives blanch at leaked details of McCarthy-Biden debt talks  —  The group was already unlikely to support a final bipartisan deal, but lingering anger with Kevin McCarthy could have lasting implications on his speakership.  —  As details leak about an emerging bipartisan debt deal …
Discussion: HuffPost
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Slimmed-down US debt ceiling deal takes shape  —  U.S. President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmaker Kevin McCarthy are edging close to a deal on the U.S. debt ceiling, with the parties just $70 billion apart on discretionary spending, according to a person familiar with the talks.
Discussion: New York Times and New Republic
Andrew Lapin / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
The Florida mom who sought to ban Amanda Gorman's poem says she's sorry for promoting the Protocols of the Elders of Zion  —  (JTA) - Months before a Miami-area mother persuaded a local school to restrict access to an Amanda Gorman poem, she was posting antisemitic memes on her Facebook page.
Discussion: Raw Story and NPR
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Eric Lutz / Vanity Fair:
The Head of the Republican Party Literally Said a Default Could Bode “Very Well” for the GOP  —  It's easy to see why debt ceiling negotiations haven't gone anywhere.  —  With just over a week to go before an unprecedented default, the White House and Republicans still don't have an agreement to raise the debt limit.
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Washington Post
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Ronna McDaniel Says Possible U.S. Default ‘Bodes Very Well for the Republican Field’ in 2024
Discussion: Democrats
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz / Insider:
Lauren Boebert's son called 911 in tears to report his father was ‘throwing’ him around the house.  Then she took the phone.  — In December, Lauren Boebert's teen son called 911 to report his dad was “throwing me” in the house.  — The teen sobbed throughout the two-minute call, saying he didn't understand why his dad was mad.
Chris Stokel-Walker / The i Paper:
Twitter is making researchers delete data it gave them unless they pay $42,000  —  EXCLUSIVEMove to hike price of academic access compared to ‘book burning’ amid fears it will harm fight against misinformation online  —  Academic researchers have been set a deadline of the end of the month …
Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
Tennessee Speaker appoints conspiracy theorist to develop state social studies standards  —  Last week, Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) announced that he had appointed Laurie Cardoza-Moore to serve on the Tennessee Standards Recommendation Committee to oversee …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Target's surrender to MAGA rage shows how anti-wokeness really works  —  It is sometimes said that corporate America is a battleground in the culture wars.  This has taken on ugly new meaning in the case of Target, which just announced that it will pull some LBGTQ-friendly merchandise …
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
CNN Is Tanking After Its Unforgivable Trump Town Hall  —  CNN's brass defended its disastrous early-May town hall with Donald Trump on journalistic grounds, arguing that while he may present unique challenges as an interview subject—serial lying, general incoherence, a literal attempted coup …
Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Brian Laundrie's mother offered him a shovel and garbage bags in ‘burn after reading’ letter  —  The letter was released to Gabby Petito's parents Wednesday after a Florida judge denied a request from Laundrie's parents to withhold it from them as part of a civil lawsuit.
The Guardian:
Dutch prosecutors seize land owned by Vladimir Putin's former son-in-law  —  Exclusive: Jorrit Faassen, previously married to Putin's elder daughter, is said to have been questioned over sanctions evasion  —  Dutch prosecutors have seized a plot of land near Amsterdam that belongs …
Michael Peregrine / Forbes:
Gym Shoes In The Oval Office Is A Sartorial Wake-Up Call For Leaders  —  It was, to borrow a Sports Illustrated phrase, a sign that the apocalypse is near.  —  Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries …
 
 
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Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Jim Jordan To Try To Defund The FBI To Protect Trump
Discussion: Resolute Square
Allison Santorelli / National Oceanic …:
NOAA predicts a near-normal 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
Alex Traub / New York Times:
Nicholas Gray, 86, Dies; Paired Hot Dogs With Papaya to Make a Landmark
Discussion: New York Post
Matt Berg / Politico:
Zelenskyy thanks Biden, Congress for war aid in Johns Hopkins commencement speech
Discussion: Associated Press and The Messenger
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Target loses $9B in week following boycott calls over LGBTQ-friendly kids clothing
Microsoft Security Blog:
Volt Typhoon targets US critical infrastructure with living-off-the-land techniques
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Henry Kissinger at 100: Still a War Criminal
Discussion: Progressive.org and Raw Story
John Fritze / USA Today:
Supreme Court sides with grandmother who lost home, equity because of back taxes
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Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Democrats Need to Get Over Their Pathetic Fear of the Supreme Court
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