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5:45 PM ET, May 4, 2024

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Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Republican Praises Protest Hecklers, Including 1 Who Made Monkey Noises At Black Woman  —  A clip from the University of Mississippi shows a white counter-protester making the noises and gestures amid students' pro-Palestinian protest on campus.  —  LOADING
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Cameron Manley / Business Insider:
Congressman appears to praise University of Mississippi students, including one making monkey gestures, who taunted a lone Black Gaza protester  — Rep. Mike Collins appeared to praise University of Mississippi students for racist chants.  — A video on X showed students engaging in racial taunts towards a Black war protester.
The Markup:
How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest?  (Updated 2024)  —  Simple steps to take before hitting the streets  —  This article is an updated version of The Markup's original article on how to prepare your phone for a protest, published in 2020.  —  Gaza solidarity encampments have appeared …
Charles Homans / New York Times:
Politics Without Trump?  His Youngest Fans Barely Remember It.  —  Democrats call Donald J. Trump dangerous.  Republicans see him as revolutionary.  For young Trump voters, he is just normal.  —  When Donald J. Trump held a rally in Rome, Ga., in March, his audience included …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Winning the super-haters  —  President Biden and former President Trump are in hot pursuit of a big — and possibly determinative — group of voters who loathe both men. … - That makes 2024 more similar to 2016 — when exit polls showed 18% of voters disliked both Trump and Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Associated Press:
Senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in ‘full-blown famine’  —  WASHINGTON — A top U.N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory.
Emily Anderson Stern / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah trolled with 4,000 hoax reports of trans bathroom ban violations within days of reporting form launch  —  HB257, which took full effect Wednesday, requires the Utah auditor's office to receive and investigate complaints when government entities don't comply with the law.
Discussion: 404 Media
Wall Street Journal:
Activist Groups Trained Students for Months Before Campus Protests  —  Left-wing groups and veteran demonstrators provided guidance and support before rise of pro-Palestinian encampments
Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press:
A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them  —  It was Election Day last November, and one of Georgia's top election officials saw that reports of a voting machine problem in an eastern Pennsylvania county were gaining traction online.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
New York Times:
How Counterprotesters at U.C.L.A. Provoked Violence, Unchecked for Hours  —  The New York Times used videos filmed by journalists, witnesses and protesters to analyze hours of clashes — and a delayed police response — at a pro-Palestinian encampment on Tuesday.
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Crenshaw becomes latest Republican to hit Greene over Johnson ouster plan  —  Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) became the latest Republican to hit Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over her plan to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).  —  “She needs her time in the spotlight, you know …
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Examiner
emptywheel:
The Cuellar Indictment: DOJ Moves to Make 219 FARA a Thing  —  DOJ indicted Henry Cuellar and his spouse Imelda last Monday on charges that they laundered almost $600K in bribes through sham consulting contracts to Imelda in return for policies favorable to a state-owned Azerbaijani oil company and a Mexican bank.
Justin Peters / Slate:
A Great American Con Led to the Mess on College Campuses.  Everyone Fell for It—Again.  —  A time-honored tactic by right-wing agitators brought on the “crisis” on American campuses.  Everyone fell for it—again.  —  In 2001, a Vietnam-era student radical named David Horowitz decided to once again start causing trouble on campus.
Madeleine Greenberg / Democracy Docket:
Trump Campaign Files First Election Lawsuit of the Cycle, Targets Nevada Mail-in Voting  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump campaign is challenging Nevada's mail-in ballot receipt deadline in its first election lawsuit of the year with the help of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Nevada Republican Party.
 
 
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Politico:
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Matt Egan / CNN:
Truth Social keeps shrinking despite the Trump trial and looming election
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Democrats bracing for massive protests at party's August convention
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Firebrand Ted Cruz Now Courts Democrats to Win Re-Election
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
US diplomat who quit over Biden administration's Gaza policy speaks out
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Branko Marcetic / Jacobin:
Liberals Must Resist the New McCarthyism Over Israel Criticism
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Prosecutors: Docs in boxes seized from Mar-a-Lago were inadvertently jumbled
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