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8:45 AM ET, May 9, 2022

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Steven Rosenberg / BBC:
Putin blames West for war in Ukraine  —  Updates from BBC correspondents: Jenny Hill and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow, Sarah Rainsford and James Waterhouse in Kyiv, Andrew Harding in Donbas, Laura Bicker in Zaporizhzhia, Lyse Doucet and Hugo Bachega in Dnipro, Joe Inwood and Sophie Williams in Lviv, and Caroline Davies in Odesa
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Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Mark Esper details his time in President Trump's Cabinet  —  Mark Esper is a Washington insider who spent his whole career flying below the radar - until he became President Donald Trump's second secretary of defense.  A West Point graduate and paratrooper, Esper spent 10 years as a by-the-book Army officer.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO PLAYBOOK: Democrats go on offense over abortion  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Happy Monday.  Get ready for yet another week dominated by the debate over abortion rights, as the impending decision expected to overturn Roe v. Wade sucks up all the oxygen in Washington.
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Esper: We had to stop Trump team ideas for military action in Venezuela, Iran  —  Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CBS in an interview broadcast Sunday he helped prevent a series of “dangerous things that could have taken the country in a dark direction” during his time in the Trump administration.
Alexander Shur / madison.com:
Watch now: Madison anti-abortion headquarters hit by apparent Molotov cocktail, vandalism, graffiti  —  Vandals set a fire inside the Madison headquarters of the anti-abortion group Wisconsin Family Action late Saturday or early Sunday, police and an official with the group said Sunday.
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New York Times:
Anti-Abortion Group in Wisconsin Is Hit by Arson, Authorities Say  —  A Molotov cocktail was used against Wisconsin Family Action in Madison and did not ignite, but another fire was set, the police said.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  The headquarters of an anti-abortion group in Madison …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
If Roe Falls, Is Same-Sex Marriage Next?
YouTube:
Roe v. Wade Cold Open - SNL
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Inside Mark Meadows's final push to keep Trump in power  —  The former congressman played a key role in Trump's effort to overturn the election, according to his texts, congressional investigations and interviews  —  Behind closed doors in a civic center outside Atlanta …
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Politico:
How the Jan. 6 panel broke through Trump allies' stonewalling
Discussion: Raw Story
Rolling Stone:
Even Trump Is ‘Completely Weirded Out By’ Madison Cawthorn's Antics  —  You just can't pretend to be horny on cam  —  Donald Trump helped make Rep. Madison Cawthorn a star of the MAGA movement, but now the lawmaker risks falling out of The Donald's good graces.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
YouTube:
Zelensky releases video on day of remembrance: ‘We hear “never again” differently’  —  Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky released a video statement on May 8, the UN's designated “Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Th...
Discussion: Reason
CNN:
Oath Keepers sharing with January 6 investigators their efforts to find election fraud, communications with Trump allies  —  Top leaders in the Oath Keepers, the far-right extremist group, have been turning over phones and digital files and sitting for interviews with the FBI …
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Meet the Press - May 8, 2022  —  Gov. Tate Reeves (R-Miss.), Michigan AG Dana Nessel, Neal Katyal, Jennifer Mascott, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Sara Fagen, Josh Gerstein and Ali Vitali  —  CHUCK TODD:  —  This Sunday: The fate of Roe v. Wade.  —  VICE PRES. KAMALA HARRIS:
Washington Post:
Lawyers are nearing a settlement deal for the infamous 2015 OPM hack  —  Welcome to the Cybersecurity 202!  HBO's Julia Child biopic “Julia” is fantastic and I give it my strongest recommendation.  The only drawback is it looks as if Jacques Pepin won't be introduced until Season 2 at the earliest.
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Biden disinfo chief Nina Jankowicz pushed Trump-Russia collusion claims  —  The head of the Department of Homeland Security's Disinformation Governance Board has an extensive history of promoting baseless Trump-Russia collusion claims from Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign …
NBC News:
Manchin says he'd pass parts of Biden's agenda.  But Democrats may have to write the bill for him.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin says he's still interested in passing major pieces of President Joe Biden's agenda — but sources close to the West Virginia senator say Democrats may be making …
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Eleanor Mueller / Politico:
Senate Democrats shop revamped child care reconciliation proposal
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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New York Post:
Hollywood lawyer paid off over $2M of Hunter Biden's delinquent taxes
Discussion: Power Line and CBS News
Ross Barkan / Political Currents:
The New York Times Ignores Its 20th Century Homophobia
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden targets GOP on inflation as prices skyrocket
Discussion: CNN
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
J.R. Majewski, an Ohio GOP congressional candidate, was a January 6 participant and has repeatedly shared pro-QAnon material
Discussion: Mediaite
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Maria Bartiromo: Supreme Court leaker's identity will be revealed in ‘short order’
Discussion: The Hill and Power Line
New York Times:
A U.N. Agency Gave $61 Million to One Family. It Didn't Go Well.
 

 
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