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1:30 PM ET, April 25, 2022

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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Mark Meadows' 2,319 text messages reveal Trump's inner circle communications before and after Jan 6  —  Washington (CNN)CNN has obtained 2,319 text messages that former President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent and received between Election Day 2020 …
Greg Roumeliotis / Reuters:
Twitter set to accept Musk's original $43 bln offer  —  Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is poised to agree a sale to Elon Musk for around $43 billion in cash, the price the chief executive of Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has called his “best and final” offer for the social media company, people familiar with the matter said.
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Bloomberg:
Twitter on Track to Reach Deal With Musk as Soon as Monday  —  Twitter is in the final stretch of negotiations about a sale to Elon Musk, a person with knowledge of the matter said, Bloomberg News reports.  The social media company is working to hammer out terms of a transaction and could reach …
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Biden to nominate Bridget Brink as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine  —  President Biden announced on Monday that he intends to nominate Bridget Brink to serve as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. … - Blinken announced during the visit that U.S. diplomats would return to Ukraine this week, the State Department said in a statement.
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Lorenzo Tondo / The Guardian:
Russia bombs five railway stations in central and western Ukraine
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
In Kyiv, Blinken and Austin announce aid, diplomatic surge
Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
U.S. to send diplomats back to Ukraine, pledges support in protracted war
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Joe Manchin's Approach to Biden's Presidency Is Paying Off in West Virginia  —  Over the past year, Manchin has seen the largest job approval rating improvement of any senator  — 57% of West Virginia voters approve of Manchin's job performance, up from 40% during the first quarter of 2021.
New York Times:
Judge Holds Trump in Contempt Over Documents in New York A.G.'s Inquiry  —  Former President Donald J. Trump was ordered to turn over materials sought by Letitia James, the New York attorney general, and will be fined $10,000 per day until he does so.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't remember anything and you can't prove she does  —  Greene's painful, day-long effort to avoid perjuring herself, explained to me by Ron Filipkowski.  —  On Friday, Marjorie Taylor Greene gave sworn testimony in a case seeking to remove her from the ballot later this year.
Vulture:
The 101 Best Movie Sequels of All Time  —  Whether they come after, before, or between their predecessors, these films have their own indelible legacies.  —  Presented by  —  You loved the movie and you want more.  The studio loves money, and they want more too.
Discussion: Althouse
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Political Correctness Is Losing  —  It's been seven or eight years since a wave of illiberal norms around the discussion of race and gender began to hit an expanding array of progressive institutions.  The name for this phenomenon kept changing, from political correctness to call-out culture …
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Kansas Congressional Map Is a Gerrymander, State Court Rules  —  The Republican-drawn map intentionally split strongholds of Democratic and Black voters, a judge ruled.  The State Supreme Court will review the decision.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Joshua Douglas / Washington Monthly:
Ohio Voters Shafted by Conservative Judicial Activism
Discussion: Associated Press and The Dispatch
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun-Times:
Sen. Duckworth's pushback after Biden rejected her for VP covered in new book  —  WASHINGTON — A new book, making headlines for catching House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in a lie, also details Sen. Tammy Duckworth's strong pushback to the Biden team rejecting her for vice president …
Discussion: Insider
Associated Press:
Hunter Biden is prime target if Republicans win Congress  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Intelligence officials had gathered to brief select members of Congress on future threats to U.S. elections when a key lawmaker in the room, No. 3 House Republican Elise Stefanik of New York …
Discussion: Wide World of News
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Takeaways from the brawl between Brian Kemp and David Perdue  —  It was less a debate and more of a barroom brawl.  But we still learned plenty from the first Republican showdown between Gov. Brian Kemp and former U.S. Sen. David Perdue in their first debate on Channel 2 Action News …
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Mitch McConnell's Nightmare Scenario  —  The names Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock, Sharron Angle, and Christine O'Donnell have been lost to history, consigned to the dustbin of Beltway barroom trivia.  For Mitch McConnell, however, they remain an all-too-fresh reminder of opportunities squandered.
Discussion: Raw Story
John Judis / Talking Points Memo:
The Inconclusiveness of the French Election  —  Commentators are alternatively seeing the French election as a victory for Marine Le Pen, who exceeded her 2017 showing by eight percentage points, or as a death knell for right-wing populism.  I'd say it was neither.
Discussion: Politico and Jacobin
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Rachel Cohrs / STAT:
White House's Jen Psaki offered a binder full of Covid spending details.  Taking a peek was a process  —  WASHINGTON — It was a striking visual for the television cameras.  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki took to the lectern, waving a thick, 385-page binder as evidence that contrary …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
In San Francisco, Revenge of the Obama Democrats  —  A political vibe shift in the nation's bluest city.  —  MAYOR LONDON BREED DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT CITY HALL IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16, 2022.  (BULWARK EDIT / GABRIELLE LURIE/THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE VIA GETTY IMAGES)
The White House:
FACT SHEET: The Domestic Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems National Action Plan  —  Over the last decade, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or “drones") have become a regular feature of American life.  We use them for recreation, for research, and for commerce.
Discussion: Bloomberg and UPI
Washington Examiner:
How this economist championed the free market in Africa  —  As a young man growing up in colonial-era Ghana, George Ayittey would confirm what he observed or how he felt with his mother.  What he noticed was an intrinsic connection between women like his mother and the marketplace.
Discussion: National Review
Sara Dogan / Front Page Magazine:
The Top Ten Jew-Hating Colleges and Universities  —  De-Fund the pro-terrorist movement on campus.  —  On college campuses across America, hatred and bigotry directed against Jews is at an all-time high.  It is now almost commonplace for swastikas to appear in university halls and restrooms or scrawled on Jewish fraternity houses.
Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
John Fetterman vs. Every Predatory Financier in America  —  Wall Street money rains on the Pennsylvania Senate race.  —  Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks with guests during a rally at the UFCW Local 1776 headquarters in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, April 16, 2022.
BuzzFeed News:
Private Equity Giant KKR Bought Up Hundreds Of Group Homes.  Some People In Its Care Paid A Steep Price.  —  BrightSpring Health Services, which KKR bought in 2019, says it helps thousands of people with disabilities “live their best lives.”  But a BuzzFeed News investigation found conditions …
Discussion: GitHub
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Hawley endorses Thiel-backed Arizona Senate candidate  —  Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is endorsing Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters, flexing his muscle in a high-profile Republican primary and cementing a new ideological alliance shaping the midterm election.
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Utah Democrats back independent McMullin in Senate race against Lee  —  Utah Democrats have taken the unusual step of endorsing independent candidate Evan McMullin in his race against Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), who has faced questions about his furious efforts to overturn the 2020 election to keep former president Donald Trump in power.
Mark Penn / New York Times:
American Voters Haven't Been Afraid Like This in a Long Time  —  He is chairman of the Harris Poll and C.E.O. of Stagwell Inc.  —  In a rare convergence, America's voters are not merely unhappy with their political leadership, but awash in fears about economic security, border security …
Discussion: NPR, National Review, Vox, Daily Kos, UPI and The Hill
 
 
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
House Democratic campaign arm targets GOP candidate over gas prices
Discussion: Twitchy
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Public school coach asks Supreme Court to OK post-game prayers
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Pelosi on watching ‘Bridgerton’ and having COVID: ‘All I did was stay home and raise money’
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Pa. GOP Senate front-runners will debate for the first time. How to watch and what to watch for.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Groundhog Day on the Hill, hangover week in Washington
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Biden wades into the midterms by endorsing Oregon Democratic congressman facing progressive challenger
Discussion: Washington Examiner and ABC News
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Jurors reject array of defenses at Capitol riot trials
Discussion: Raw Story
Patrick Sawer / Telegraph:
Big Brother (sorry, Big Person) is correcting you on Google
Discussion: Breitbart and Daily Mail
 Earlier Items: 
Joe Hernandez / NPR:
NLRB sues Starbucks for retaliating against 3 workers involved in unionizing
Discussion: Who Gets the Bird?, CBS News and CNBC
Reeves Wiedeman / Curbed:
Who's Afraid of the Subway?
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why Americans Are Leaving Downtowns in Droves
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Toyota's second U-turn
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Kellyanne Conway Knew Of ‘Sexual Allegations’ Against Nebraska Candidate Months Ago
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Biden's decline is obvious to everyone but the press
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Wire
 

 
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