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8:00 PM ET, April 26, 2022

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Politico:
Twitter's top lawyer reassures staff, cries during meeting about Musk takeover  —  Monday was an emotional day at Twitter — even for its executives.  —  Shortly after billionaire Elon Musk bought the powerful social media platform, top Twitter lawyer Vijaya Gadde called a virtual meeting …
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why Elon Musk Bought Twitter  —  The social network's freewheeling poster child will pay forty-four billion dollars to take it private.  What does he have in store?  —  On Monday, Elon Musk bought Twitter for forty-four billion dollars.  Musk, the C.E.O. of Tesla and the richest man on earth …
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
EU warns Elon Musk over Twitter moderation plans
Leela Stockley / Bangor Daily News:
Susan Collins thinks Elon Musk should let Donald Trump back on Twitter
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Billionaires' World  —  The world's richest person didn't like Twitter.  So he's buying it.
Shira Ovide / New York Times:
Buying Twitter, Elon Musk Will Face Reality of His Free-Speech Talk
NBC News:   Under Musk, some fear Twitter's moderation progress could unravel
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Elon Musk Buying Twitter Is Weird, Chaotic, and a Little Bit Awesome
Discussion: The Guardian and Gizmodo
WSOC-TV:
Sources: Rep. Madison Cawthorn cited for having a gun at Charlotte Douglas  —  CHARLOTTE — Rep. Madison Cawthorn was cited for having a gun at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Tuesday morning, three sources tell Channel 9.  —  According to the TSA, a 9 millimeter handgun was discovered …
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Meadows' texts reveal new details about the key role a little-known GOP congressman played in efforts to overturn election  —  Washington (CNN)Newly obtained text messages and recent court filings fill in significant gaps about the key role a little-known Pennsylvania Republican …
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CBS News:
Biden tells Congressional Hispanic Caucus he's looking at forgiving most federal student loan debt  —  President Biden is looking at different options to forgive most, if not all, federal student loan debt - a move that would thrill some of his most loyal supporters and financially strapped students nationwide …
Discussion: HotAir, Insider, POLITICUSUSA and Forbes
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Washington Post:
Biden signals he's open to canceling student loans  —  President Biden gave strong indications during a private meeting with House Democrats this week that his administration is poised to take significant action to relieve student loans in the coming months, a move that would likely include …
New York Times:
McCarthy Feared G.O.P. Lawmakers Put ‘People in Jeopardy’ After Jan. 6  —  New audio recordings reveal Kevin McCarthy worried that comments by his far-right colleagues could incite violence.  He said he would try to rein in the lawmakers, but has instead defended them.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: Kemp has strong shot to knock out Perdue without a runoff  —  Gov. Brian Kemp has a chance of landing an outright victory against former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll that shows the Republican incumbent with a hefty advantage over his Donald Trump-backed challenger.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Vance moves into top spot in Ohio GOP senate primary  —  Many primary voters remain undecided  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for April 26  —  Support for author J.D. Vance has doubled in the Ohio Republican senate primary race, catapulting him ahead of earlier frontrunners …
Discussion: Puck and ABC News
Sarah Rumpf / Law & Crime:
Florida's Contractual Obligations to Bond Holders Block Repeal of Disney's Special Taxing District, Says Reedy Creek in New Statement  —  Ever since Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed the bill repealing the Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID), the special taxing district operating …
Discussion: The Duckpin
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Jacob Schumer / Bloomberg Tax:
The Contractual Impossibility of Unwinding Disney's Reedy Creek  —  There's been a lot of talk about whether Florida lawmakers can legally dissolve Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District, but there's one basic reason why Florida can't dissolve it—it promised bond purchasers that it wouldn't …
Andrew Kerr / Washington Examiner:
Madison Cawthorn implicated in potential insider trading scheme, experts say  —  EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Madison Cawthorn may have violated federal insider trading laws as he hyped up an alleged pump-and-dump cryptocurrency scheme, multiple watchdog groups told the Washington Examiner.
Misty Severi / Washington Examiner:
Russia claims Ukraine ‘saturated’ with weapons of mass destruction  —  Russia claims Ukraine is “saturated” with catastrophic armaments as a rationale to continue its two-month invasion of its neighboring country and a former member of the Soviet Union.  —  Secretary of the Russian Security …
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Enough gradualism with the anti-Russian responses — get tougher, now.
Discussion: ABC News and National Review
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Joe's missing millions!  Financial records reveal Biden had $5.2million in unexplained income - as emails show he paid Hunter's legal bills for one megabucks Chinese deal and was tapped as ‘big guy’ to get a 10% cut in another  — Emails from Hunter's laptop reveal Joe Biden agreed …
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Most Americans have been infected with the coronavirus at least once, the C.D.C. says.  —  The common perception that nearly everyone in America seemed to have been infected with the Omicron variant last winter may not have been far from the truth.  By February 2022, nearly 60 percent …
Discussion: Slashdot and Bangor Daily News
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Cdcmmwr / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Seroprevalence of Infection-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies — United States, September 2021-February 2022
William Turton / Bloomberg:
Tech Giants Duped Into Giving Up Data Used to Sexually Extort Minors  —  Major technology companies have been duped into providing sensitive personal information about their customers in response to fraudulent legal requests, and the data has been used to harass and even sexually extort minors …
Discussion: Gizmodo and Engadget
NBC News:
U.S. intel helped Ukraine protect air defenses, shoot down Russian plane carrying hundreds of troops  —  As Russia launched its invasion, the U.S. gave Ukrainian forces detailed intelligence about exactly when and where Russian missiles and bombs were intended to strike …
Politico:
Dems grow alarmed by lack of fear over Roe's future  —  For decades, Democrats insisted that Republicans would invite a major voter backlash if they took aggressive action to curtail abortion rights.  —  Now, as a growing number of GOP-led states do just that, passing a slew …
Leah Askarinam / New York Times:
Provocateur in Pearls: Kay Ivey Races to the Right  —  The Alabama governor has a conservative track record, but in the face of a primary challenge, she is increasingly wading into divisive cultural issues.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama was never a moderate Republican.
Discussion: al.com
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
'People's Convoy' truckers driven out after youths, residents egged them  —  Eggs.  Many, many eggs.  That is what greeted a trucker convoy protesting outside the home of a Democratic state lawmaker in Oakland, Calif., last week.  —  It turns out that residents of the East Bay neighborhood …
Discussion: The Hill, Los Angeles Times and KRON4
Johnny Diaz / New York Times:
Judge Orders Man Who Defaced L.G.B.T. Pride Mural to Write Essay on Pulse Shooting  —  Alexander Jerich, who pleaded guilty to causing damage to the mural in South Florida, must write a 25-page essay about the 2016 attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Libs of TikTok tweeted fake accusations about a school teaching second graders about furries  —  The school district was harassed by her followers as a result.  —  Second graders are learning about furries in school?  —  That's what the prominent right-wing Twitter account Libs of TikTok (@LibsofTikTok) said in a tweet on Monday.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Twitchy
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House panel to explore impeachment, judicial ethics in wake of Ginni Thomas texts  —  House Democrats on Wednesday will hold a hearing on Supreme Court ethics and the possibility of impeaching justices, a move that follows the revelation of controversial text messages from Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas.
Discussion: Political Wire
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
ABC News Exclusive: Dr. Birx speaks to Trump disinfectant moment, says colleagues had resignation pact  —  White House COVID response coordinator reveals details before book release.  —  The coronavirus response coordinator for President Donald Trump's COVID task force, Dr. Deborah Birx …
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Before the Moskva, there was the Kursk: The sunken submarine that helped Putin consolidate power over Russia  —  WASHINGTON — Twenty-two years ago, a Russian nuclear submarine sank after being rocked by two explosions during a torpedo test launch gone awry.  There were 118 sailors on board the Kursk; most of them died at once.
 
 
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Matthew S. Schwartz / NPR:
Florida man asks schools to ban Bible following the state's efforts to remove books
Audrey Fahlberg / The Dispatch:
Staff Disputes, Fiery Allegations Mire Joe Kent's Congressional Campaign
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden's Net Approval Rating Is Underwater in 40 States
Discussion: RedState, Breitbart and Political Wire
Amber Coakley / One America News Network:
Rep. Biggs: Alleged Rep. McCarthy comments raise huge trust issue for me
Christopher Hooks / Texas Monthly:
Cancel Culture Comes for Beto O'Rourke
Discussion: Dallas Morning News
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Dean Baquet to Lead Local Investigative Reporting Fellowship
 

 
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