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5:55 PM ET, May 17, 2024

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CNN:
Exclusive: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seen physically assaulting Cassie Ventura in 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN  —  A 2016 surveillance video obtained exclusively by CNN shows Sean “Diddy” Combs grab, shove, drag and kick his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura during an altercation …
NBC News:
Body shaming, IQ insults and cross talk: House committee meeting devolves into chaos amid personal insults  —  The hearing was derailed when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., responded to a question from Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, by saying, “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you're reading.”
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Cameron Manley / Business Insider:
House committee hearing disrupted as Marjorie Taylor Greene and AOC clash over ‘fake eyelashes’ jibe  — House committee hearing disrupted as Rep. Taylor Greene and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez clashed.  — Greene criticized Jasmine Crockett's appearance, prompting AOC to demand her words be struck.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
MAGA Rage at Trump's Trial Just Got Darker and More Dangerous  —  In recent days, a parade of Republicans have shown up at the Manhattan courthouse where Donald Trump faces criminal charges related to the hush-money scheme he concocted to deceive American voters during the 2016 election.
Olga R. Rodriguez / Associated Press:
Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years  —  The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Nancy Pelosi asks for “very long” sentence for David DePape, who attacked husband Paul Pelosi with hammer  —  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is asking the court for a “very long” sentence for the man who attacked her husband in their home over a year ago, and Paul Pelosi …
Dana Liebelson / Politico:
'A Governor Who Doesn't Seem to Have Much Interest in Governing Arkansas'  —  Sarah Huckabee Sanders' increasing number of critics think she's too worried about her national profile.  —  Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders assumed a podium on a recent spring morning in Arkansas …
Discussion: ArkansasTimes and Raw Story
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Jon Michael Raasch / Daily Mail:
Glamorous GOP Rep. Beth Van Duyne breaks her silence on love affair with married Georgia Republican Rich McCormick  — McCormick was seen stroking Van Duyne's arm during the State of the Union  —  By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, POLITICAL REPORTER ON CAPITOL HILL, FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and MORGAN PHILLIPS, CONGRESS REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden's team had a few demands for a Trump debate.  A major one: No crowd.  —  “Trump feeds off the crowd, they give him life.  We wanted to take that away.”  —  When Donald Trump took the stage at a CNN town hall in Manchester, New Hampshire, one year ago, a crowd of his supporters roared …
Discussion: The Bulwark, The Hill and CNN
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: U.S., Iran held talks this week on avoiding more attacks … - The talks occurred just over a month after Iran's unprecedented missile assault on Israel on April 13.  — The attack put the Middle East on the cusp of a regional war. … - It was the first-ever direct attack on Israel that had been launched from Iranian soil.
Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
Why Is N.Y.U. Forcing Protesters to Write Apology Letters?  —  The university calls it a “restorative practice”; the students call it a coerced confession.  —  At one point during the demonstrations at Columbia University in 1968, protesters took the acting dean of the liberal arts college hostage.
Discussion: Althouse
Politico:
Why Trump keeps dreaming he can flip Minnesota  —  The state hasn't gone for a Republican nominee for president since Richard Nixon in 1972.  —  Donald Trump has fixated on the idea he can expand the map in a general election that's likely to be decided in six swing states.
The Guardian:
Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show  —  Revealed: Citizens for Sanity was one of top political spenders last election cycle and is back for 2024 with more extreme messaging  —  A dark money group with ties to Trump's inner circle dropped …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jack Ewing / New York Times:
UAW Loses Unionization Vote at Mercedes Factories in Alabama  —  The election, fiercely opposed by the state's political leaders, was seen as a test of the United Automobile Workers' ability to unionize factories in the South.  —  Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa …
Media Matters for America:
Trump's corrupt offer to Big Oil executives almost entirely ignored in top local newspapers and TV markets in battleground states  —  Trump's promise to repeal climate action and solicitation of campaign donations from oil executives is vital information for voters
Discussion: Greensboro
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Wokeness Is Dying.  We Might Miss It.  —  A protester at an encampment at U.C.L.A. this month.Philip Cheung for The New York Times  —  In her new book “Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches From the Wrong Side of History,” Nellie Bowles, a former New York Times journalist grown disillusioned …
Discussion: Althouse
NBC News:
Sen. Dick Durbin says Justice Alito should recuse in Trump cases because of upside-down flag  —  Durbin's statement came after a report said an upside-down American flag flew outside Alito's home days after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and before Biden's inauguration.
 
 
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Politico:
France riles allies by inviting Russia to D-Day commemoration
Discussion: Politico and The Sun
Financial Times:
Nuclear industry brings back ‘silver tsunami’ of retirees
Peter Tonguette / Washington Examiner:
The loony language of the Left: Newspeak intended to conceal rather than clarify or explain
Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
Obama World's Fingerprints Are All Over Campus Chaos
Washington Post:
Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show
Politico:
The most powerful pro-Israel group in American politics isn't... talking about Israel
Discussion: Fargo | KFGO and Jewish Insider
The Daily Beast:
SCOTUS Silently Grinds Democracy Into Powder as Trump Distracts America
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Reuters:
Insight: Donald Trump wants to control the Justice Department and FBI. His allies have a plan
Discussion: New Republic, HotAir and Raw Story
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Lincoln's warning  —  PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers.
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Anybody? Kamala? California's biggest race awaits a giant
Discussion: RedState
Brett Bachman / The Daily Beast:
Upside-Down Flag Flew at Alito's Home After Biden Won: NYT
Julia Doubleday / The Gauntlet:
Biden, CDC silent as North Carolina lawmakers vote to ban masks
Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:
West Virginia secretary of state candidate loses primary and gets bitten by snake while removing campaign signs