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12:10 PM ET, May 2, 2022

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Esper says Trump wanted to shoot protesters  —  Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper charges in a memoir out May 10 that former President Trump said when demonstrators were filling the streets around the White House following the death of George Floyd: “Can't you just shoot them?
New York Times:
Russian Tycoon Criticized Putin's War.  Retribution Was Swift.  —  Oleg Y. Tinkov was worth more than $9 billion in November, renowned as one of Russia's few self-made business tycoons after building his fortune outside the energy and minerals industries that were the playgrounds of Russian kleptocracy.
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BBC:
Israel outrage at Sergei Lavrov's claim that Hitler was part Jewish  —  Israel has reacted with fury after Russia's foreign minister claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood”.  —  Sergei Lavrov made the comments to try to justify Russia's portrayal of Ukraine as “Nazi” despite the fact that its president is Jewish.
CNN:
Russians plunder $5M farm vehicles from Ukraine — to find they've been remotely disabled
New York Times:
Russia's top officer visited the front line to change the offensive's course, U.S. and Ukraine officials say.
New York Times:
Long lines at Ukrainian gas stations reveal just the tip of a looming crisis.
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Bidenworld wants to make the midterms more about Trump and hopes Elon Musk helps  —  President Joe Biden and fellow Democrats have struggled to overcome historical headwinds and worrisome economic trends in the lead-up to the midterms.  —  So aides are scheming up something else …
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Scott Dworkin / Newsweek:
There's No Choice in the Midterms.  The Democrats Are the Only Side Defending Democracy  —  , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC COALITION  —  As we get closer and closer to November's midterm elections, doomsday predictions about a bloodbath for Democrats have come to dominate the news.
Discussion: Salon
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
This Is How America's Culture War Death Spirals  —  Sign up for Derek's newsletter here.  —  The drama in Florida between Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company has taken so many unusual turns in so little time that providing a truly straightforward account of what's transpired is not easy.
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Based and Reformed
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
DeSantis eyes big Florida win in November as a White House springboard
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
Israel wants apology after Russia's Lavrov compares Zelensky to Hitler  —  ‘So what if Zelensky is Jewish,’ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a television interview.  —  JERUSALEM — Israeli officials reacted with fury Monday after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused …
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Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Israel summons Russia envoy over minister's Hitler comments
Discussion: HotAir and Raw Story
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Jan. 6 panel wants testimony from GOP lawmakers Brooks, Biggs, Jackson  —  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is seeking voluntary testimony from three additional members of Congress who appeared to have some coordination with rioters and efforts …
Discussion: CNBC and Political Wire
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge rejects RNC bid to block email, fundraising data from Jan. 6 panel
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
The next frontier for the antiabortion movement: A nationwide ban  —  Advocates and some GOP lawmakers have started mobilizing around potential federal legislation to outlaw abortion after six weeks of pregnancy  —  Leading antiabortion groups and their allies in Congress have been meeting behind …
John Fritze / USA Today:
Supreme Court: Boston can't deny Christian flag if it flies other flags on City Hall flagpole  —  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Boston may not deny a Christian group the ability to raise a flag at City Hall alongside secular organizations that are encouraged to do so to celebrate the city's diversity.
The Daily Beast:
Trump Organization Accused of Hiding Witness Who Knew if Trump Lied  —  There's a new witness in a civil case against the Trump Organization.  And this witness could help show that Trump was lying.  —  Of all Donald Trump's legal problems, the lawsuit over the way his company's security guards beat …
Discussion: Raw Story
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Pro-abortion rights groups to spend $150M on midterms  —  The groups — Planned Parenthood Action Fund, NARAL Pro-Choice America and EMILY's List — have targeted nine states in this year's elections.  —  A trio of pro-abortion rights groups is rolling out a $150 million spending plan ahead of the 2022 midterms.
Discussion: Townhall
David Siders / Politico:
Trumpworld braces for ‘a couple of ugly nights’ in May  —  The first big test of former President Donald Trump's clout comes Tuesday in Ohio's bitterly fought Senate primary, where J.D. Vance surged into the lead after winning Trump's endorsement.  —  A Vance victory would remind his party that Trump is still king.
Mike Allen / Axios:
First look: Jared Kushner to publish White House memoir in August  —  Jared Kushner will be out Aug. 8 with “Breaking History: A White House Memoir,” with the publisher promising never-before-reported tales from the 2016 campaign, the Russia investigation, impeachment and COVID.
Discussion: The Hill
Trafalgar Group:
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Discussion: HotAir and Political Wire
Chris Palmer / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The ex-Philly Police officer who fatally shot TJ Siderio, 12, has been charged with murder  —  The former Philadelphia Police officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old boy in the back in March has been charged with murder.Edsaul Mendoza, who was fired over the shooting of Thomas “TJ” Siderio …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
The Tennessean:
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee suspends 2022 executions for independent review of lethal injections  —  Rachel Wegner Mariah Timms Natalie Neysa AlundNashville Tennessean  —  Gov. Bill Lee has paused all Tennessee executions through 2022 after granting a temporary reprieve for death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith …
Discussion: TN.gov and USA Today
New York Times:
What Democrats Don't Understand About Rural America  —  Ms. Maxmin, 29, is the youngest female state senator in Maine's history.  Mr. Woodward ran her two campaigns.  They are the authors of the forthcoming book “Dirt Road Revival,” from which this essay is adapted.
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Internal poll: GOP candidate ahead in Texas special election  —  House Republicans might not have to wait until November to chip away at Democrats' majority.  —  Internal party polling conducted this month shows the GOP has a real shot at flipping former Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela's South Texas seat …
Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
Parodying conspiracy theories with the Birds Aren't Real movement  —  There have always been conspiracy theories: the moon landings were fake, Elvis is alive, Paul is dead.  But as disinformation has sprouted across the internet, more malicious conspiracy theories have entered our homes, workplaces and even the halls of Congress.
Discussion: Freddie deBoer
Jacob Anbinder / The Atlantic:
What Historic Preservation Is Doing to American Cities  —  When news broke earlier this year that the modest but attractive house on Long Island known as Geller I was going to be demolished, the outcry was immediate.  The home's significance in architectural history was beyond question.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Manchinwatch: Cuts ad for Republican as Dems “grimace” at fading chances for climate-change bill  —  Joe Manchin cut an ad for a Republican?  Eeenteresting, but ask yourself this.  What Democrat would ask Manchin to cut an ad this cycle?  The man has to do something to keep himself occupied in the midterms, no?
 
 
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