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3:40 PM ET, May 26, 2023

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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 …
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
DeSantis Signs Bill Shielding Musk's SpaceX From ‘Spaceflight Entity Liability’  —  The Florida governor's signature comes a day after his 2024 presidential campaign announcement on Twitter … The law exempts “spaceflight entity from liability for injury to or death of a crew resulting …
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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.
Public Notice:
The (many) perils of a debt default, explained by an economist
Discussion: Associated Press
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.
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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NBC News:
Self-proclaimed ‘idiot’ Oath Keeper sentenced to more than 8 years in Jan. 6 case
Dennis Aftergut / Bulwark+:
Four Messages in the Big Sentence for Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes
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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Rachel Olding / The Daily Beast:   FBI Raid on Journo's Home Reportedly Related to Embarrassing Tucker Carlson Vids
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.) …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Hackwhackers
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
What Does It Mean to be a “Supporter” of a Candidate?  —  No Triad on Monday—have a great Memorial Day weekend.  And please read Will Selber's magnificent, heartrending piece in which he remembers some of his comrades.  —  Warning: Today's edition is fairly self-indulgent.  I hope you'll forgive me.
Discussion: Mediaite, Jezebel and Joe.My.God.
Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Trump and the Saudis: Is Jack Smith finally looking at this clear-cut corruption?  —  Trump's links to the Saudi regime and its LIV Golf tour reek of obvious corruption.  Maybe Jack Smith has noticed  —  There's a lot of Trump legal news these days, what with the E. Jean Carroll verdict …
Discussion: Raw Story, USA Today and New York Times
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.
Discussion: UPROXX and Raw Story
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.
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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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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Unprecedented ruling about releasing evidence in Nashville school shooting could lead to ‘slippery slope’: Experts  —  “There's no roadmap on this,” one expert said.  —  A Tennessee judge's unprecedented ruling granting parents the legal right to object to the release of police evidence …
Discussion: New York Times
Michael Gartland / New York Daily News:
NYC Council's Italian-American caucus lodges ethics complaint against Councilman Chi Ossé, cites ethnic slights  —  The New York City Council's Italian-American caucus has filed a formal complaint with the lawmaking body's Standards and Ethics Committee over remarks made by Councilman Chi Ossé …
Discussion: Fox News
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.
BBC:
Ukraine war: Russia destroys hospital in latest missile attack  —  At least two people have been killed and 23 injured in a missile strike on a medical clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the regional governor says.  —  Of the 23 injured, 21 are in hospital and three are in a serious condition.
 
 
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Howard Stutz / The Nevada Independent:
A's stadium bill language arrives, caps public financing at $380M
Discussion: Mercury News, ABC7 and Associated Press
Joe Daniels / Financial Times:
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Tpray / The Hill:
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Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Fox's Tucker Carlson firing is boosting Newsmax's ratings. Will it last?
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Fox News:
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David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
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Hyung-Jin Kim / ABC News:
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David Kissinger / Washington Post:
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NBC News:
Ron DeSantis administration officials solicit campaign cash from lobbyists