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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Are the Anti-Trump GOP Forces Starting to Implode? — A mission-control breakdown for DeSantis and smooth launch for Scott bode ill for those hoping to thwart the former president. — NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Will this go down as the week that the grand plan to deny Donald Trump the nomination fell apart?
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
DeSantis, Day One: Trump ‘turned the country over to Fauci’ — The News — MIAMI, FL - If day one of Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign showed the country anything, it's that COVID is here to stay. — At least in the Republican primaries. — On his first day in the ring …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
‘Trump has the charisma of a mortician’: Donald Jr confuses dad with DeSantis — In online show, former president's son also accidentally says father's energy ‘makes Jeb Bush look like an Olympian’ — Donald Trump Jr accidentally insulted his father on Thursday night …
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Reinventing the Sequester — The emerging deal would allow congressional Republicans to enact savage cuts to federal spending without having to ever specify them. — Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy talks with reporters about debt limit negotiations, at the Capitol in Washington, May 25, 2023.
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
Deal with it: Negotiators may be zeroing in on a debt ceiling agreement — The News — The details aren't final, and the parties are still clashing on a few major issues, but the contours of a potential debt ceiling deal are finally coming into view. — So far, it looks little …
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Washington Post:
Conservatives revolt as negotiators try to finish debt ceiling deal — Although not yet made public, the emerging agreement between McCarthy and Biden is already coming under fire from the right — Conservative lawmakers have begun mounting a campaign against the emerging deal …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Bowman on debt ceiling talks with GOP: ‘Why are we gonna negotiate with the economic terrorists’
Bowman on debt ceiling talks with GOP: ‘Why are we gonna negotiate with the economic terrorists’
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CNBC:
Debt ceiling negotiators make progress on spending, but still have ‘major issues’
Debt ceiling negotiators make progress on spending, but still have ‘major issues’
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Politico:
Where the debt talks stand six days before default deadline
Where the debt talks stand six days before default deadline
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BBC:
Twitter engineering boss Foad Dabiri quits day after DeSantis launch glitches — An engineering chief at Twitter says he is leaving the company a day after the launch of Ron DeSantis' US presidential campaign on the platform was hit with technical glitches.
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Platformer:
Inside Twitter's failed Space launch — How a decimated team and shrinking server capacity rained on Ron DeSantis' parade — Programming note: Platformer will be off Monday for Memorial Day. — At around 5PM PT on Wednesday, Elon Musk and David Sacks joined a call with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign manager, Generra Peck.
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Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
DeSantis Signs Bill Shielding Musk's SpaceX From ‘Spaceflight Entity Liability’
DeSantis Signs Bill Shielding Musk's SpaceX From ‘Spaceflight Entity Liability’
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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
‘Not a Big Social Media Guy’: DeSantis Tells Newsmax He'd Rather Watch Cable News ‘Than Be on Some App’ After Disastrous Twitter Launch
‘Not a Big Social Media Guy’: DeSantis Tells Newsmax He'd Rather Watch Cable News ‘Than Be on Some App’ After Disastrous Twitter Launch
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The DeSantis Doctrine — Column: Ron DeSantis and the battle for the New Right
The DeSantis Doctrine — Column: Ron DeSantis and the battle for the New Right
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Jessica Watkins: Oath Keepers member and Army veteran sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for January 6 — Jessica Watkins, an Army veteran and member of the far-right Oath Keepers, was sentenced Friday to 8.5 years in prison for participating in a plot to disrupt the certification …
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Self-proclaimed ‘idiot’ Oath Keeper sentenced to more than 8 years in Jan. 6 case
Self-proclaimed ‘idiot’ Oath Keeper sentenced to more than 8 years in Jan. 6 case
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Jamilah Lemieux / Slate:
My Nephew's Bathroom Habits Are a Little Unsettling — Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. — Dear Care and Feeding, — Last week, I took a road trip with my sister “Lasey” and my nephew “Bill.” Bill is 8, and his father isn't in the picture.
Rachel Olding / The Daily Beast:
FBI Raid on Journo's Home Reportedly Related to Embarrassing Tucker Carlson Vids — Tampa journalist Tim Burke's home was turned upside down in relation to a probe of illegal computer hacking at Fox News, according to a bombshell new report. — When the FBI raided Tampa journalist Tim Burke's home earlier …
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Dan Sullivan / Tampa Bay Times:
Tucker Carlson, Fox News hacks tied to FBI search of Tampa council member's home — The search at City Council member Lynn Hurtak and Tim Burke's home was part of a probe into computer hacks at Fox News. — TAMPA — An FBI search earlier this month at the home of media consultant Tim Burke and his wife …
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Jeffrey Collins / Associated Press:
Judge halts South Carolina's new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review — A judge on Friday put a temporary halt to South Carolina's new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy until the state Supreme Court can review the measure.
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Dianne Gallagher / CNN:
State judge temporarily blocks South Carolina's 6-week abortion ban
State judge temporarily blocks South Carolina's 6-week abortion ban
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Evidence grows that Trump hoarded documents — and showed them to people — We have reached one of those points in reporting on Donald Trump's post-presidency retention of documents when it's useful to take a step back. — On Thursday, The Washington Post teased out another aspect of this complicated situation.
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Boebert dismisses antisemitism push as effort to target conservatives — Aftter White House announces effort to combat hatred of Jews, GOP congresswoman says it's a way to ‘go after conservatives’ — President Biden on Thursday released the country's first national strategy for combating antisemitism …
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Meet the ex-food writer advising Tommy Tuberville on national security — As a former college football coach, Tuberville (R-Ala.) is an improbable power player in Washington. But the story of how his top military adviser got here is even stranger. — When Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) …
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Bob Zeidman / Politico:
How I Won $5 Million From the MyPillow Guy and Saved Democracy — A software forensics expert investigated Mike Lindell's claims that China hacked the 2020 election. He was stunned by what he found. — If you watch TV, especially conservative TV, you know Mike Lindell.
Washington Post:
How Supreme Court's EPA ruling will affect U.S. wetlands, clean water — The decision could affect tens of thousands of acres of wetlands, including in the Everglades and the Mississippi River basin — Bogs. Marshes. Swamps. Fens. All are examples of wetlands.
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Brute force and the reactionary SCOTUS majority's assault on clean water
Brute force and the reactionary SCOTUS majority's assault on clean water
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John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum Poised to Enter GOP Presidential Race — Wealthy former software entrepreneur is planning a June 7 announcement in Fargo — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is poised to enter the Republican presidential nomination race and is planning a June 7 event in Fargo …
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Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
Doctor in 10-year-old rape victim's abortion could lose license — Indiana's medical licensing board will determine as soon as Thursday whether to take any disciplinary action against a doctor who made headlines last year for performing an abortion for a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim …
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Wajahat Ali / The Daily Beast:
CNN Can Never Wash Away the Trump Disaster Stench — Try as it might to move on from the Trump town hall debacle by inviting Haley and Pence to do similar events, CNN can never undo the damage. … Some people decide to climb out after falling into a hole, and then there's CNN.
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Push to Make an Obscure Congressman Trump's VP Pick
Washington Post:
Israeli agents conducted targeted killings in civilian area, killing a child — Videos from a March 16 raid in Jenin show increasingly deadly tactics by Israeli officers — The traffic was barely moving on March 16 in central Jenin, an unusually busy Thursday afternoon in the West Bank.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Members of a No Labels-allied caucus erupt at No Labels — The group is under fire for its unity presidential bid and for an attack on a Problem Solvers Caucus member. — A group of House Democrats with ties to No Labels is turning on the centrist group after it attacked one of their founding members.
Joe Daniels / Financial Times:
Drug wars threaten Ecuador's stability ahead of election — Violence has exploded in past two years, terrifying Andean nation's citizens and dominating politics — On a recent spring morning in the city of Esmeraldas on Ecuador's Pacific coast, the sound of gunfire filled the air.
Hannah Grossman / Fox News:
Target partners with org pushing for kids' genders to be secretly changed in schools without parental consent — ‘We... continue to support their mission,’ Target Corporation said about GLSEN — Target Corporation is partnering with a K-12 education group for which focuses on getting districts …
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