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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
The simple reason Republican Sunday show hits are disasters  —  It's hard to defend the indefensible. … Not so long ago, the Sunday morning news shows were a vital part of the political ecosphere.  Politicians and government officials clamored for the mainstream platform provided by ABC's This Week …
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Rubio Wants to Go From ‘Little Marco’ to Trump's VP  —  BIG GULP  —  Eight years after feuding with Trump about their relative penis sizes, Rubio is trying to glad-hand his way into The Donald's veep slot. … FROM ‘LITTLE MARCO’ TO VP CONTENDER  —  At Donald Trump's donor retreat …
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Doug Burgum emerges as an unlikely candidate to be Trump VP
Discussion: Fargo | KFGO and Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
House Democrats' Surprise Campaign Play: Embracing Border Security  —  Republicans blamed Biden for surge in illegal crossings but blocked bipartisan deal  —  WASHINGTON—Some House Democrats are leaning into border security on the campaign trail after years of playing defense against Republican criticism …
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Alexander Ward / Politico:
‘We would need to make choices’: Why Biden is threatening Israel now  —  Biden's announcement is an unintentional admission that his efforts to privately sway Netanyahu have had limited effects.  —  After watching Israel flatten much of Gaza, President Joe Biden decided to draw the line at the city of Rafah.
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Mike Wendling / BBC:   Gaza war: Netanyahu vows to defeat Hamas in Rafah despite US arms threat
Reuters:
Cease-Fire Talks Stall as Anger Flares Over Israel's Incursion Into Rafah
Axios:
Biden's big donors fume over Israel criticism … - “Bad, Bad, Bad, decision, on all levels, Pls reconsider,” he wrote in a message obtained by Axios and other news outlets.  — He added: “Let's not forget that there are more Jewish voters, who care about Israel, than Muslim voters that care about Hamas.”
Discussion: New York Times, VINnews and IJR
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
House GOP drafting Biden impeachment articles over Israel aid cutoff threat
Washington Post:
Trump team throws out GOP plan and builds a ‘leaner’ 2024 operation  —  The new plan calls for fewer offices, less staff and a focus on new partnerships with outside groups — raising concerns among some Republicans.  —  Donald Trump's 2020 campaign called itself a “juggernaut” …
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to two schools  —  School board members in Virginia's Shenandoah County voted early Friday to restore the names of two schools that previously honored Confederate leaders - four years after those names had been removed.
Discussion: Reuters, SWAMY WORLD, Axios, UPI and USA Today
Axios:
Jim Jordan's quiet power play for 2025 … - Jordan privately told colleagues what he would be doing differently than Johnson during the recent fight over foreign aid funding, multiple sources told Axios.  — The Ohio Republican has been noticed handing out more campaign checks to colleagues, multiple lawmakers told Axios.
Discussion: Salon, Raw Story and Associated Press
Axios:
Trump's trial trap: Voters to be his most important jury … - “It really is an all-or-nothing strategy in the sense that the delaying tactic could be a complete victory if he were to be elected president,” said Robert Mintz, a former federal prosecutor.  — Judges have latitude in sentencing …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump loses second bid for mistrial in hush money case
Max Greenwood / Yahoo News:
Rick Scott tries to rewrite history on $1.7 billion Medicare fraud controversy  —  Conventional political wisdom would typically advise candidates to steer clear of mentioning their past controversies.  —  But U.S. Sen. Rick Scott went out of his way, quite literally, on Thursday …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
New York Times:
At a Dinner, Trump Assailed Climate Rules and Asked $1 Billion From Big Oil  —  At a private meeting at Mar-a-Lago, the former president said fossil fuel companies should donate to help him beat President Biden.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump told a group of oil executives …
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NPR:
Medical residents are starting to avoid states with abortion bans, data shows  —  Isabella Rosario Blum was wrapping up medical school and considering residency programs to become a family practice physician when she got some frank advice: If she wanted to be trained to provide abortions, she shouldn't stay in Arizona.
Jacob Sullum / Reason:
California Students Get $1 Million After They Were Expelled for Wearing Supposedly Racist Acne Masks  —  During a sleepover in August 2017, three 14-year-old boys, two of whom were about to start attending St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California, took a picture of themselves wearing dark green acne masks.
The Cornell Daily Sun:
BREAKING: President Pollack to Retire After Seven Years of Leadership  —  President Martha Pollack announced that she will retire from her position on June 30, in an email sent to the Cornell community on Thursday, May 9.  —  Provost Michael Kotlikoff will serve as interim president …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Jared Kushner pitching donors on father-in-law Trump, sources say  —  Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been making calls to encourage donors to attend a Trump fundraiser in New York, two sources told Reuters, in one of the first indications of Kushner working to help re-elect his father-in-law.
Bloomberg:
Islamic State Stages Boldest Attack in Mozambique in Three Years  — Militants raided town of Macomia in Cabo Delgado province  — The insurgency has held up giant natural gas projects  —  Islamic State-linked insurgents attacked the town of Macomia in Mozambique's gas-rich Cabo Delgado province …
Discussion: Reuters
Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:
The Students Have Never Been the Enemy  —  Student protest movements have historically functioned as an indispensable corrective for America and the West.  That is the legacy of 1968 we should be talking about  —  Has there ever been a student protest movement that wasn't immediately derided …
 
 
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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
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Jimmy Cloutier / OpenSecrets.org:
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NBC News:
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Discussion: Daily Kos
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
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Politico:
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