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8:30 AM ET, May 18, 2024

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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
‘Political Malpractice’: The Debate Commission Chief Thinks Trump Blew It  —  Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. lets loose on the potentially mortal wound to the Commission on Presidential Debates, and why Biden got the better of Trump.  —  Despite all the talk that Joe Biden killed the Commission …
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NBC News:
‘No more games’: Biden rejects additional debates against Trump  —  Both campaigns agreed to two debates this week.  The Biden campaign said it wasn't interested in two additional face-offs that Trump has accepted.  —  President Joe Biden's campaign rejected two additional debates on Friday …
Washington Post:
Biden and Trump cut a deal on debates.  Then the fighting started.  —  Inside the ongoing feud over who came out on top when two candidates decided to upend the nation's presidential debate tradition.  —  Less than two hours after President Biden made his move Wednesday to upend …
Slate:
Alito's Explanation for the Upside-Down American Flag Honestly Makes It Worse  —  We have known for some time now that the current Supreme Court is not comprised of “conservatives” and “liberals,” or even “jurists” and “reactionaries.”  It has split into those who care about the future …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Justice Sam Alito Blames His Wife for Flying a Very Sedition-y Flag Outside Their House in 2021  —  Seems like a great thing for someone who is currently deliberating the concept of sweeping presidential immunity to have lying around.  —  Sometimes, there is no place else to go except deep …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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.
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 …
The Daily Beast:
GOP, Dems Round on MTG After Outburst: ‘Her Brand Is Chaos’  —  ‘ABSOLUTELY A RACIST THING’  —  Rep. Jasmine Crockett said Greene mentioning her eyelashes was an attempt to make her look “ghetto,” while even Rep. Lauren Boebert said she was embarrassed by her GOP colleague.
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NBC News:
Body shaming, IQ insults and cross talk: House committee meeting devolves into chaos amid personal insults
Cameron Manley / Business Insider:
House committee hearing disrupted as Marjorie Taylor Greene and AOC clash over ‘fake eyelashes’ jibe
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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Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Bridget and Christian Ziegler ‘Prowled’ Florida Bars for Women, Police Memo Says  —  PREDATORY  —  “Don't come home until your d*ck is wet,” Moms For Liberty founder Bridget Ziegler allegedly told her husband.  —  Newly released documents say Moms For Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
New Star Wars Plan: Pentagon Rushes to Counter Threats in Orbit  —  Citing rapid advances by China and Russia, the United States is building an extensive capacity to fight battles in space.  —  The Pentagon is rushing to expand its capacity to wage war in space, convinced that rapid advances …
Discussion: Gizmodo
Ryan Hernández / NOTUS:
Senior Mike Johnson Staffer Resigns Over Behavioral Complaints … A senior communications staffer in Speaker Mike Johnson's office abruptly resigned this week after he was presented with complaints about his behavior, sources confirmed to NOTUS.  —  Anang Mittal, who was Johnson's head of digital …
Discussion: Breitbart
David Shepardson / Reuters:
US, TikTok seek fast-track schedule, ruling by Dec. 6 on potential ban  —  The U.S. Justice Department and TikTok on Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.
 
 
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France riles allies by inviting Russia to D-Day ceremony
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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