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3:35 PM ET, May 9, 2021

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Wall Street Journal:
Melinda Gates Was Meeting With Divorce Lawyers Since 2019 to End Marriage With Bill Gates  —  Melinda Gates had discussions with divorce lawyers in October 2019 around when Bill Gates's ties to Jeffrey Epstein became public  —  The split between Bill and Melinda Gates, announced last week, has been in the works for a long time.
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Kinzinger compares Republican Party to the Titanic  —  Share to Facebook Share to Twitter  —  GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) on Sunday compared the Republican Party to the Titanic amid an internal battle surrounding Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and the push to oust her from her GOP leadership position.
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Sandra Tan / Buffalo News:
Free beer offer results in more vaccinations than all Erie County first-dose clinics last week  —  The idea of getting vaccinated had been rolling around in the back of Tyler Morsch's mind for weeks.  As a 28-year-old, he didn't feel in any particular danger, but he finally decided …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
Schools Are Open, but Many Families Remain Hesitant to Return  —  Even as fears of the coronavirus abate, many students are continuing to opt out of in-person learning.  Some school leaders are trying to woo — or push — them back.  —  Pauline Rojas's high school in San Antonio is open.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Twitchy
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
The next political battleground: school boards  —  The debate over coronavirus precautions and school reopening has fueled a surge of new candidates for school boards across the country.  —  Why it matters: What was traditionally a nonpartisan, hyper-local role is now at center of a swirling national political debate.
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
GOP governors slash jobless aid to try to force more Americans to return to work  —  Arkansas, Montana and South Carolina have acted in recent days to end extra $300 weekly payments to unemployed Americans, even as the Biden administration maintains generous benefits are not deterring people from seeking work
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Larry Krasner deserves a second term as Philly district attorney |  Endorsement  —  The Democratic primary for Philadelphia district attorney has been drawing national attention, and understandably so.  Aside from its colorful main characters — an incumbent DA who's a national icon in progressive circles …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:   Police robbed these Black men of their lives, too, but we're not talking about this
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Tory lessons for Republicans  —  Opinion by  —  Local and regional election results across Britain last week hold lessons for American politicians.  Not least is this: A Trumpist Republican Party that had taken the coronavirus pandemic more seriously and had delivered tangible benefits …
Discussion: BBC
Jesse Naranjo / Politico:
Fauci predicts ‘dramatic difference’ in pandemic outlook if more are vaccinated  —  Top Biden health adviser Anthony Fauci on Sunday predicted that the country's coronavirus situation will be dramatically different a year from now if larger proportions of the population are vaccinated.
Discussion: CNN and National Review
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Davone Morales / ABC News:
Vaccinations are the ‘end game’ to the COVID-19 crisis in India: Fauci
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
2 Oklahoma Boys Pulled From Class for ‘Black Lives Matter’ T-Shirts  —  In addition to the disciplinary action they have faced, the boys' mother said that at least one of her three sons has been bullied because of the shirts.  —  Two brothers, 8 and 5, were removed from their Oklahoma …
Discussion: The Hill
Associated Press:
Former Delaware Governor Pierre ‘Pete’ Du Pont IV Dies  —  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (The Associated Press)  —  Wilmington, Del. (AP) — Pierre S.  “Pete” du Pont IV, a former Delaware governor and congressman who sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, has died.  He was 86.
Discussion: The Hill, New York Times and USA Today
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: The Obamas unbound, on race  —  Share to Facebook Share to Twitter  —  Former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are more willing than ever to speak frankly about race.  —  At one time, political risk — and a guaranteed storm of criticism …
Amity Shlaes / The Hill:
Biden as the new FDR: It's the same old bad deal for jobs  —  Share to Facebook Share to Twitter  —  President Biden doesn't want merely to showcase Franklin Roosevelt.  He wants to replicate him.  As President Roosevelt once did with the New Deal, Biden intends to spend to spur growth …
Washington Post:
As convention ends, Virginia Republicans wait for governor nominee to emerge  —  Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly labeled a list of candidates running for the Republican nomination for attorney general of Virginia as lieutenant governor candidates.  The article has been corrected.
Discussion: Blue Virginia
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Graham Moomaw / Virginia Mercury:   ‘Tired of getting whupped’: GOP convention voters offer competing visions for a red Virginia
Ted Cruz / Wall Street Journal:
Your Woke Money Is No Good Here  —  Corporations have taken advantage of Republicans for too long.  I won't take their PAC dollars anymore.  —  Georgia's new election law runs 98 generously spaced pages.  A fast reader can get through it in one sitting.  If you're the CEO of a major corporation …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Democrats renew effort to get Donald Trump's financial records  —  House committee is arguing to federal judge that with Trump out of office, he no longer has a viable claim to withhold materials  —  A powerful Democrat-led House committee is pushing a federal judge to order Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
Christina Zhao / MSN:
Birthing People's Day?  Cori Bush Debate Rages Into Mother's Day Weekend  —  An online debate sparked by Missouri Democratic Congresswoman Cori Bush calling women “birthing people” has raged on into Mother's Day weekend.  —  On Thursday, Bush drew praise and criticism after she used the term …
Discussion: Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Push to electrify mail trucks gains wide support, an unlikely win for both DeJoy and Biden  —  USPS had long spurned EVs over cost, but sustainability goals from the White House and top House Democrats could transform the agency's fleet  —  House Democratic leaders are lining up behind …
Discussion: Insider
New York Times:
‘Will I Recognize You?’  She Traveled 2,500 Miles to Reach Her Mother.  —  Migrant children are crossing the southwestern border by the thousands each week.  They are often rejoining parents who immigrated to the United States years ago.  —  LOS ANGELES — Ana Paredes paced back and forth …
Emily Peck / New York Times:
Policymakers Used to Ignore Child Care.  Then Came the Pandemic.  —  Experts who sounded the alarm about the care economy were often shunted to the side of policy discussions.  Not anymore.  —  When the economist Nancy Folbre got a call from the MacArthur Foundation in 1998 …
Bloomberg:
Colonial Hackers Stole Data Thursday Ahead of Shutdown  — Attackers stole nearly 100GB of data in two hours on Thursday  — Theft followed by locking of computers and ransom demand  —  The hackers who caused Colonial Pipeline to shut down the biggest U.S. gasoline pipeline …
Washington Post:
South Carolina may bring back electric chair, once used to execute a 14-year-old boy later exonerated  —  Barely 5 feet tall and not yet 100 pounds, George Stinney Jr. sat so small in the electric chair that the straps were too big to contain him.  —  The 14-year-old had to sit on books for his head to reach the headpiece.
 
 
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Israel's Active COVID Cases Fall Below 1,000 for the First Time in Over a Year
Cameron Jenkins / The Hill:
Cuomo's communications director resigns
Erwin Chemerinsky / Washington Post:
Justice Breyer should learn from Justice Ginsburg's mistake — and retire now
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NBC News:
Terry McAuliffe's popularity in Virginia dims some Democrats' hopes for first Black female governor
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Free Speech Inc.: The Democratic Party finds a new but shaky faith in corporate free speech
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The DOJ's Abusive Indictment of the Police Who Killed George Floyd
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