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9:05 PM ET, May 6, 2022

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CNN:
CNN poll: The Supreme Court's draft opinion on Roe v. Wade hasn't shaken the midterm landscape  —  (CNN)Americans remain broadly opposed to overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, following the leak …
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Rich Mckay / Reuters:
After abortion leak, Justice Thomas warns Supreme Court can't be ‘bullied’  —  Following protests sparked by the leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision indicating the justices are poised to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, Justice Clarence Thomas said on Friday that the court cannot be “bullied.”
Discussion: CNN
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
PR giant advising corporate clients to stay silent on abortion rights  —  A massive public relations firm, Zeno, is privately advising its high-profile corporate clients to avoid commenting on the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, according to an internal communication obtained by Popular Information.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Business leaders helped to bankroll the anti-abortion groups who could soon see Roe v. Wade overturned
David French / The Atlantic:
Why Justice Alito's Draft Opinion in Dobbs Doesn't Threaten Gay Marriage
Discussion: New York Times, Vox and Raw Story
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit seeking to lift Twitter ban  — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by former President Donald Trump seeking to lift his ban from Twitter.  — The social media giant had banned Trump in January 2021, citing the risk of the incitement of further violence …
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
A federal judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit seeking to reinstate his Twitter account.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CourtListener:
25 BACKGROUND  —  26 As alleged in the amended complaint, which the Court accepts as true for Rule 12(b)(6)
Discussion: The Hill
Pew Research Center:
America's Abortion Quandary  —  A majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, but many are open to restrictions; many opponents of legal abortion say it should be legal in some circumstances  —  A majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Death of Roe Is Going to Tear America Apart
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Man who stormed Capitol in caveman costume gets prison  —  A New York City judge's son who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a furry “caveman” costume was sentenced on Friday to eight months in prison.  —  U.S. District Judge James Boasberg told Aaron Mostofsky that he was “literally on the front lines” …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:   Jan. 6 rioters who stormed Capitol in gladiator, caveman costumes sentenced to prison
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Starbucks Broke Law By Firing And Threatening Pro-Union Workers, Labor Board Alleges  —  An official with the National Labor Relations Board filed a wide-ranging complaint accusing the coffee chain of violating workers' rights.  —  Updated a few seconds ago
Discussion: Fortune, VICE and Jacobin
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New York Times:
Amazon Abruptly Fires Senior Managers Tied to Unionized Warehouse
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Judge: Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified for reelection  —  ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Georgia on Friday found that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified to run for reelection, finding that a group of voters who had challenged her eligibility failed to prove she engaged in insurrection after taking office.
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Hannah Demissie / ABC News:
Judge rules GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene can stay on ballot
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Esper: Trump Wanted To Activate Retired Four-Stars To Court-Martial Them For Disloyalty  —  Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's new book recounts the episode.  —  President Donald Trump demanded that the military recall two retired four-star officers who criticized him so they could be court-martialed, a new book says.
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
How Dare They!  —  The left's attitude problem when it comes to democracy.  —  To say that a leaked draft of a Supreme Court ruling prompted an elite meltdown would be a gross understatement.  This was a culture war 9/11.  “I have typed and deleted a great many comments,” Roxane Gay tweeted.
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
The quid pro quos of Gordon D. Sondland  —  Long after his turn as a key witness at Donald Trump's first impeachment, the former E.U. ambassador wants another kind of public hearing  —  Gordon Sondland is a walking asterisk, a footnote that was once a headline, a man who made some history without really changing the course of it.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Inside Elon Musk's Big Plans for Twitter  —  Here's what Mr. Musk is projecting for Twitter's finances over the next few years, according to a pitch deck he presented to investors.  —  Elon Musk has never been accused of dreaming small.  He has reinvented at least two industries with Tesla …
Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast:
‘I Simply Refuse’: Wiretaps Catch Putin's Troops Breaking Own Tanks in Sabotage Scheme  —  Russian troops have begun sharing tips with one another on how to deliberately damage Russian tanks and disobey orders, according to Ukrainian intelligence.  —  Russian fighters have been sharing tips …
Ken Armstrong / ProPublica:
Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape  —  Justice Alito's leaked opinion cites Sir Matthew Hale, a 17th-century jurist who conceived the notion that husbands can't be prosecuted for raping their wives, who sentenced women to death as …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Reuters:
U.S. police trainers with far-right ties are teaching hundreds of cops  —  One police instructor who has taught 560 officers in recent years has joined one extremist group and supported other far-right movements.  Others have echoed QAnon and other fringe conspiracy theories on social media, a Reuters examination found.
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Politico:
'It's stupid, it's unnecessary'  —  With help from Lee Hudson, Lara Seligman and Daniel Lippman  —  Yesterday, the talk of the town was breaking news of the U.S. providing intelligence to Ukraine to kill Russian generals.  Now there's another firestorm over reports on American-provided …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The War Is Getting More Dangerous for America, and Biden Knows It  —  If you just followed news reports on Ukraine, you might think that the war has settled into a long, grinding and somewhat boring slog.  You would be wrong.  —  Things are actually getting more dangerous by the day.
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Fauci privately miffed about the message sent by the WHCA dinner  —  Anthony Fauci this week privately criticized the decision to hold the White House Correspondents' Dinner, singling it out as a troubling sign that many Americans no longer view Covid as a serious threat, four people who heard his remarks told POLITICO.
Wall Street Journal:
TikTok's Work Culture: Anxiety, Secrecy and Relentless Pressure  —  Former U.S. staffers tell of sleep deprivation, work on weekends and mandatory meetings with colleagues on the other side of the globe  —  Former TikTok employee Chloe Shih in front of her camera set up at home where she films her YouTube videos.
Byline Times:
‘Wipe Jews Off the Face of the Earth’: Racism and Antisemitic Slurs of Viral YouTuber Exposed  —  A recording exclusively obtained by Byline Times exposes YouTuber and Infowars alumnus Paul Joseph Watson using racist, homophobic and antisemitic slurs  —  GET THE CURRENT EDITION OF BYLINE TIMES NOW
MEF:
Adopted the freezing decree of the boat Scheherazade  —  Pursuant to Article 11 of Legislative Decree n. 109/2007, the investigations conducted by the Nucleo Speciale di Polizia Valutaria (Guardia di Finanza) highlighted the presence of significant economic and business links of the beneficial owner …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Rolling Stone
Mark Landler / New York Times:
U.K. Live Updates: Sinn Fein Is on Track to Win in Northern Ireland  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  In a seismic shift, the pro-unity Sinn Fein bloc is emerging as the largest in the North.  —  LONDON — The Irish nationalist party, Sinn Fein, was on track Friday night to emerge …
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
In Pennsylvania, a Doug Mastriano win would cost the GOP the House and Senate in that state  —  Democrat Josh Shapiro wants Doug Mastriano to win the Pennsylvania Republican primary for governor on May 17.  That is not mere speculation — the well-funded Democratic gubernatorial candidate …
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
My Story: How I Was “Groomed” by My Elementary School Teachers … Anyone following the news knows the U.S. right is now obsessively accusing public school teachers, especially ones who are LGBTQ+, of being “groomers” — i.e., pedophiles.  It's both astonishingly vile and horrifyingly cynical.
Associated Press:
Tesla covers travel costs for workers seeking abortions  —  Tesla is covering travel costs for employees seeking out-of-state abortions, joining the ranks of major companies who've introduced a similar policy to benefit workers affected by new restrictions in the past few months.
Kipp Jones / Mediaite:
Meghan McCain's New Memoir ‘Bad Republican’ Flops With Fewer Than 300 Copies Sold  —  Meghan McCain's new book has flopped with fewer than 300 copies sold since its release, according to a report.  —  McCain dropped Bad Republican: A Memoir on April 26.  —  According to a listing …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Dozens of mail ballots are going to a GOP ward leader's South Philly P.O. box, raising ‘ballot harvesting’ concerns  —  A mail ballot mystery is unfolding at an otherwise unremarkable post office box in South Philadelphia.City elections officials last week received applications …
 
 
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Lee Brown / New York Post:
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CNN:
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University of Chicago Press:
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Discussion: New York Times
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Giuliani Pulls Out of Interview With Jan. 6 Committee
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
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