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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
EXCLUSIVE: Feds sought surveillance video from State Farm Arena in Trump probe  —  X  —  Subpoena shows another area of overlap between DOJ and Fulton prosecutors  —  Federal prosecutors examining former President Donald Trump's attempt to hold onto power following the 2020 election requested surveillance …
Discussion: CNBC and Talking Points Memo
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Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
CNN anchor claims Jack Smith visiting Subway is ‘a message to Donald Trump’  —  An anchor on CNN claimed on Tuesday that special counsel Jack Smith visiting a Subway was “a message to Donald Trump.”  —  The statement comes on the same day Trump announced he received a letter notifying that …
Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Maggie Haberman Reveals How Trump Reacted To Jack Smith's Letter … By Marita Vlachou  —  Breaking News Reporter, HuffPost
Charlie Sykes / Bulwark+:
“Arrest and Indictment”  —  “Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden's DOJ, sent a letter (again it was Sunday night!) stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means …
Bloomberg:
Trump Election Probe Case Crowds Active Campaign Calendar
New York Times:
Trump's Conspirators Are Facing the Music, Finally
Jana Winter / Rolling Stone:
Special Counsel's Jan. 6 Target Letter to Trump Mentions Conspiracy, Tampering
Politico:
Looming indictment wrenches open the central question of 2024: Is Trump fit to serve?
New York Times:
Republicans Shrug at New Possible Trump Indictment
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Pence: Judgment over Trump's actions on Jan 6 should be left up to American people
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Michigan attorney general charges ‘false electors’ over efforts to overturn the 2020 election
Washington Post:
2024 won't be a Trump-Biden replay.  You can thank Gen Z for that.  —  Celinda Lake, a Democratic Party strategist, was one of two lead pollsters for Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.  Mac Heller is a documentary film producer, most recently of “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook.”
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Axios:
Huckabee Sanders' 2024 neutrality frustrates Trump  —  Tensions between Donald Trump and his former press secretary, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, have grown over her neutrality in the 2024 presidential race, people familiar with the relationship tell Axios.
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CNN:   Trump's maneuvering in key states buoys Senate GOP amid feud with conservative group
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come  —  James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’  —  The world is shifting towards a superheated climate not seen in the past 1m years …
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Wesleyan University ending legacy admissions after Supreme Court ruling  —  Wesleyan University announced on Wednesday it would be ending its legacy admissions after the Supreme Court ruled last month to curtail the use of affirmative action in the college admission process.
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Love the way you lie  —  Above: at least the chyron person, unlike the interviewer, was awake  —  In the post-Dobbs era, Republican presidential candidates are going to be asked whether they support national abortion bans.  Their most common response will be to avoid the question …
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
DeVos calls latest Biden student loan move a ‘blatant vote buy’  —  Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos condemned President Biden on Tuesday for his latest plan to cancel student loans.  —  “What President Biden is trying to do is just a blatant vote buy.  The Supreme Court has ruled it's illegal.
Politico:
Why Britain's most prestigious bank canceled Nigel Farage  —  LONDON — He always said the U.K. establishment was out to get him.  Now Nigel Farage has the receipts.  —  Britain's most prominent Brexiteer has produced a 12,000-word document from the bank Coutts which, according to Farage …
David Smith / The Guardian:
Robert Kennedy Jr's racist, antisemitic and xenophobic views go back decades, report says  —  Democratic candidate's recent false claim that Covid could have been ‘ethnically targeted’ is not an aberration but fits long pattern  —  Robert Kennedy Jr, a long shot Democratic candidate for US president …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Brody Mullins / Wall Street Journal:
Senators to Propose Ban on U.S. Lawmakers, Executive Branch Members Owning Stock  —  Kirsten Gillibrand and Josh Hawley to unveil bill as new poll shows strong public support for stock ban  —  WASHINGTON—Two U.S. senators are set this week to introduce bipartisan legislation to bar members …
Discussion: CNN, The Messenger, Roll Call and Fox News
Lawrence Richard / Fox News:
IRS agent ‘Whistleblower X’ opening statement revealed: ‘The American people deserve to know the truth’  —  One IRS agent referred to as “Whistleblower X,” will have their identity revealed for the first time during the hearing  —  Two whistleblowers who alleged the Justice Department politically interfered …
Aara'L Yarber / Washington Post:
Gene variant may be why some test positive for virus with no covid symptoms  —  Scientists found a common version of an immunity gene that seems to help some people clear the coronavirus faster  —  Scientists have found a version of a particular gene that may explain why some people …
Discussion: NBC News and Los Angeles Times
Ju-min Park / Reuters:
Travis King: US soldier got in fights, damaged police car before dash to North Korea  —  Months before he fled into North Korea, U.S. soldier Travis King faced two assault allegations and was fined by a South Korean court for damaging a police car, according to a court ruling and a lawyer who represented him.
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ABC News:
US soldier in North Korean custody after crossing DMZ line
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik ‘in Talks’ With Jack Smith's Team, Lawyer Says  —  ‘NOTHING TO HIDE’  —  Former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik is in talks to be interviewed by special counsel Jack Smith's team investigating efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Tommy Tuberville pledged to ‘donate every dime’ to veterans.  He hasn't.  —  The Fact Checker … As senator, Tuberville has made veterans one of his key issues.  The former football coach serves on both the Veterans' Affairs Committee and the Armed Services Committee.
Reuters:
Donald Trump Loses Bid For New Trial In E. Jean Carroll Case  —  A federal judge said the jury did not reach a “seriously erroneous result,” and the May 9 verdict was not a “miscarriage of justice.”  —  A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's request for a new trial …
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Kyrsten Sinema Is Still Paying Tulsi Gabbard's Sister a Fortune for Security  —  After The Daily Beast revealed that Kyrsten Sinema was paying big money to Tulsi Gabbard's sister, it turns out that Sinema has continued footing those bills.  —  The revelation that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Biden administration goes after two more spyware firms  —  Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202!  Ah, “It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia” Season 16, it's bittersweet for your finale to already be upon us tonight.  I mourned you even as you lived.  —  Reading this online?
 
 
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Ian Hodgson / Tampa Bay Times:
At New College of Florida, a ‘ridiculously high’ number of faculty are gone
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Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News:
Muslim legislator attacked outside Eid-al Adha prayer in Connecticut says incident should be looked into as a hate crime
Discussion: The Hill
David Gelles / New York Times:
Al Gore on Extreme Heat and the Fight Against Fossil Fuels
Discussion: The Messenger
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump has a plan to consolidate power in a second term. It just might work.
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Woman who directed Jan. 6 rioters with bullhorn convicted on federal charges
Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Housing starts fall 8% despite other signs of a warming housing market
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Lawmakers cool on sci-fi climate fix
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US Suspends Wuhan Institute Funds Over Covid Stonewalling
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FBI told Hunter Biden investigator to duck Committee questions, bombshell letter shows
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Jack Smith Gives Trump Until Thursday to Explain Himself to the January 6 Grand Jury
 

 
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