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9:55 AM ET, May 8, 2022

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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
First lady Jill Biden visits Ukraine in rare trip to war zone  —  The U.S. president's wife celebrated Mother's Day with the Ukrainian first lady as Russia continued to wage war in the country  —  UZHHOROD, Ukraine — First lady Jill Biden crossed the border into Ukraine on Sunday …
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New York Times:
All women, children and elderly people have been evacuated from Mariupol's steel plant, Ukraine and Russia say.  —  The first lady met with the wife of President Volodymyr Zelensky, as Russia's offensive in eastern Ukraine continued.  Officials said they feared dozens of people sheltering …
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Russia's Grave Miscalculation: Ukrainians Would Collaborate
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Airstrike Kills Villagers Taking Shelter at School, Ukraine Says  —  Attack in Luhansk comes as Mariupol defenders remain holed up in Azovstal plant and Ukraine warns of heavy bombing on Russia's Victory Day  —  KHARKIV, Ukraine—A Russian airstrike is believed to have killed …
Dara Horn / Common Sense:
At Harvard, Facts Are For Losers  —  It turns out that nobody's SAT scores can provide immunity to propaganda. … Twenty-five years later, I still remember the theatrics involved with becoming an editor at the Harvard Crimson, the newspaper produced by Harvard undergraduates every day for the past century and a half.
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Midterms' Biggest Abortion Battleground: Pennsylvania  —  The leading Republicans running for governor in the state want to outlaw abortion.  The presumptive Democratic nominee promises to veto any ban.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Jan Downey …
Discussion: NPR, The Federalist, Breitbart and Politico
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Dean Kirby / The i Paper:
Putin sends Mariupol survivors to remote corners of Russia as investigation reveals network of 66 camps  —  Thousands of Ukrainians have been sent to remote camps up to 5,500 miles from their homes as Vladimir Putin's officials follow Kremlin orders to disperse them across Russia, i can reveal.
Sky News:
Only disabled actors should play Richard III, says outgoing Royal Shakespeare Company boss Gregory Doran  —  Gregory Doran's late husband Sir Antony Sher played the notorious English king in a 1984 production of Richard III but the outgoing artistic director said that would “probably not be acceptable” now.
James Politi / Financial Times:
CIA director says China ‘unsettled’ by Ukraine war  —  Bill Burns tells FT conference that invasion may have affected Xi Jinping's calculations over Taiwan  —  The director of the CIA said that Chinese president Xi Jinping has been “unsettled” by the war in Ukraine, which had demonstrated …
Susannah George / Washington Post:
Taliban orders head-to-toe coverings for Afghan women in public  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Muslim women in Afghanistan must cover from head to toe in public, according to a Taliban ruling announced Saturday, its latest move to constrain the lives of women since taking control of the country last year.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Associated Press:   Afghanistan's Taliban order women to cover up head to toe
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
There Is a TikTok Challenge We All Need to Face Up To  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  At the core of the frenzied interest in Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter is an intuition that I think is right: The major social media platforms are, in some hard-to-define way, essential to modern life.
Discussion: Althouse
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A South Philly GOP ward leader has been ousted over ‘ballot harvesting’ concerns  —  GOP ward leaders voted to oust one of their own Saturday, hours after an Inquirer story highlighted his role in diverting dozens of mail ballots for Republican voters in South Philadelphia to a P.O. box under his control …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Melley / Associated Press:
Judge rejects Trump lawsuit challenging ban from Twitter  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A San Francisco judge tossed out former President Donald Trump's lawsuit challenging his permanent ban from Twitter.  —  U.S. District Judge James Donato said Friday that Trump failed to show Twitter violated his First Amendment right to free speech.
Politico:
Judge spares Clinton camp in Sussmann ruling  —  A federal judge has turned down a request from Special Counsel John Durham for a ruling that a lawyer facing trial on a false statement charge was part of a wide-ranging “joint venture” involving Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign …
Discussion: Raw Story
Aria Bendix / NBC News:
Oklahoma abortion clinics turn patients away under new ban — a glimpse into a post-Roe future  —  On Wednesday morning, Andrea Gallegos answered a call from a patient who was running late for her appointment at the Tulsa Women's Clinic, one of four abortion clinics in Oklahoma.
Nick Cohen / The Guardian:
Fox News deals in Kremlin propaganda.  So why not freeze Rupert Murdoch's assets?  —  If NewsCorp's owner were Russian, there would be no hesitation in applying sanctions  —  f the west could find the courage, it would order an immediate freeze of Rupert Murdoch's assets.
Associated Press:
Sinn Fein hails ‘new era’ as it wins Northern Ireland vote  —  BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — The Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein, which seeks unification with Ireland, hailed a “new era” Saturday for Northern Ireland as it captured the largest number of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time in a historic win.
Discussion: Bloomberg, WTOP News and Joe.My.God.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Irish reunification? Sinn Féin win in Northern Ireland shakes up UK
 
 
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Margaret Atwood / The Guardian:
‘Enforced childbirth is slavery’: Margaret Atwood on the right to abortion
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Less immigrant labor in US contributing to price hikes
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David Siders / Politico:
Ohio was a test case for 2024. The GOP establishment looks screwed.
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