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12:45 PM ET, May 8, 2024

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Susanne Craig / New York Times:
R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain  —  The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has emphasized his vitality and relative youth compared with the leading Democratic …
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Washington Post:
Stormy Daniels testifies, Trump curses in an angry day in court
Associated Press:
Trump faces jail threat over gag order as prosecutors zero in on transactions at heart of the case
Washington Post:
Judge indefinitely delays Trump's classified documents trial in Florida  —  U.S. Judge Aileen M. Cannon said there are too many pre-trial issues to address to set a new trial date now  —  Donald Trump's Florida trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents and obstructing government efforts …
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emptywheel:
How We Got to a Place Where Right Wingers Cheer Stealing Nuclear Documents  —  When Aileen Cannon issued her order delaying Trump's stolen documents trial indefinitely, I posted this on Xitter.  —  The post was factual.  Trump nominated Judge Cannon on 21, 2020.
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Georgia appeals court will review decision that kept Fani Willis on Trump case  —  A Georgia appeals court agreed Wednesday to review a lower court ruling in former President Trump's 2020 state-level election case allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue overseeing it, per a filing.
Politico:
Unexpected warning signs for Trump in busy Indiana primary  —  There were a half-dozen consequential GOP primaries on Tuesday, but Nikki Haley's performance in the already concluded presidential race could be a sign of trouble for Trump in more competitive states.
Damian Carrington / The Guardian:
World's top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target  —  Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds  —  Hundreds of the world's leading climate scientists expect global temperatures …
NBC News:
RFK Jr.'s new hire who downplayed Jan. 6 appears to have been at the Capitol during the attack  —  Photos and videos from outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, uncovered by online sleuths and NBC News appear to show Zach Henry, a right-wing influencer now working for Kennedy's campaign.
NBC News:
U.S. pauses Israel arms shipment over Rafah assault fears as Biden pushes for a cease-fire deal  —  An Israeli official told NBC News there is deep frustration in the country's government over the decision, which comes as the Biden admin presses for a cease-fire deal that would head off …
Julia Doubleday / The Gauntlet:
Does the public understand that “variant” means “vaccine resistant”?  —  Getting boosted is critical because the virus is changing.  Other forms of mitigation are critical to slow the rate of change.  —  Last week, the WHO announced that it will recommend creation of a new booster for the JN.1 variant of COVID-19.
Discussion: Global News
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain: Report  —  YIKES  —  He said in a deposition that clinicians believed the parasite “got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died.”  —  FAUX PAS  —  Macron had seemed to support the actor amid allegations of sexual assault.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
RFK Jr's ‘history lesson’ on Russia's invasion of Ukraine flunks the fact test  —  A line-by-line dissection shows he's often echoing Russian talking points.  —  The Fact Checker  —  A reader asked us to fact-check a four-minute “history lesson” posted by presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on YouTube.
Discussion: Reuters
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
New York Times editor Joe Kahn says defending democracy is a partisan act and he won't do it  —  He had an extraordinary opportunity, upon taking over from Dean Baquet, to right the ship: to recognize that the Times was not warning sufficiently of the threat to democracy presented by a second Trump presidency.
Discussion: Boing Boing, Fox News and New Republic
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Accountants Don't Want To Help Rudy Giuliani In Bankruptcy Case, His Lawyers Say  —  The former attorney for Donald Trump has hit a snag in his bankruptcy filing.  —  LOADING  —  Rudy Giuliani is struggling to find an accountant to assist in his bankruptcy case after the previous one left, his lawyers said.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden hits Trump with major Microsoft announcement in Wisconsin … - He'll be taking a not-so-subtle shot at former President Trump in the same location where Trump touted a $10 billion Foxconn facility, which he called the “eighth wonder of the world” seven years ago.
Reuters:
Exclusive: In Tesla Autopilot probe, US prosecutors focus on securities, wire fraud  —  U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla (TSLA.O) committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles' self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Key Bridge Incident:
AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY SIXTH VICTIM RECOVERED IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE  —  BALTIMORE - Today, Unified Command salvage teams located the sixth victim and promptly notified the Maryland Department of State Police.  —  Maryland State Police investigators along with officers …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Congressman Collins feels the heat  —  Last Friday, Congressman Mike Collins (R-GA) endorsed the conduct of student counterprotesters at the University of Mississippi.  Collins posted a video on X showing a counterprotester heckling a Black woman by imitating a monkey.
Discussion: NAACP, Mediaite and USA Today
Nadia Scharf / The Indianapolis Star:
Rep. André Carson easily wins primary, but GOP's 7th District choice died in March  —  In Indiana's 7th Congressional District, incumbent André Carson easily won the Democratic nomination Tuesday.  —  Carson had 91% of the vote with all ballots counted.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Daniella Genovese / Fox Business:
California bill could remove self-checkout lanes at grocers, certain retailers
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Lawrence Andrea / Journal Sentinel:
‘Character is too important’: Paul Ryan says he'll write in a candidate, won't vote for Trump
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's inflation bomb: How his second-term plans could make it worse
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
Jim Nelles / Human Events:
No one would tolerate what is happening to Jews on college campuses if it were any other minority group
The White House:
Remarks by President Biden at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance Ceremony
The GW Hatchet:
Live coverage: MPD arrests more than 30 protesters, D.C. officials say
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: McCormick PAC launches big ad buy in Pennsylvania Senate race
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Lidia Kelly / Reuters:
Russian court says US soldier charged with theft causing ‘significant’ damage
Associated Press:
Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado's Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress
Discussion: Associated Press
NBC News:
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