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10:05 AM ET, May 10, 2024

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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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Alexander Ward / Politico:
‘We would need to make choices’: Why Biden is threatening Israel now
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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Politico:
Greene's rebellion sparks new talk of consequences for House GOP rebels
Discussion: New Republic
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: The Guardian and 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.
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
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.
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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Politico:
Playbook: MAGA Mike vs. Speaker Johnson  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  PROTEST-PROOFING THE DNC — In a newsy column just posted, Jonathan Martin looks at the quiet effort to engineer this summer's Democratic National Convention …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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
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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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 …
Mike Wendling / BBC:
Gaza war: Netanyahu vows to defeat Hamas in Rafah despite US arms threat  —  Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed Israel can “stand alone”, after the US warned arms shipments could be stopped if he orders a full-scale invasion of Rafah in Gaza.  —  Thousands of people have already fled the southern city …
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Reuters:
Cease-Fire Talks Stall as Anger Flares Over Israel's Incursion Into Rafah
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 …
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
 
 
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
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CBO Publications:
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Discussion: Semafor
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Discussion: Raw Story
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
House GOP drafting Biden impeachment articles over Israel aid cutoff threat
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Two top Border Patrol officials who partied with Mexican tequila mogul are now under investigation
Discussion: New York Post and NBC Bay Area
Reuters:
Exclusive: Jared Kushner pitching donors on father-in-law Trump, sources say
David Strom / HotAir:
‘Therapy With Hillary’  —  If you want to understand the twisted minds of the Left …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
There's A GOP Plan For An Execution Spree If Trump Wins The White House
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From Mediagazer:

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B est., amid its push to insert ads into Prime Video, and subscription sales up 11% YoY to $11.3B

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

 
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