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12:40 PM ET, May 9, 2022

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New York Times:
Putin calibrates his message to Russians, not asking for much more from them.  —  Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.  —  Against a backdrop of armored vehicles and soldiers in regalia, President Vladimir V. Putin hailed Russia's army for “fighting for the Motherland,” …
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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
Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian:
‘Paranoid dictator’: Russian journalists fill pro-Kremlin site with anti-war articles
Discussion: HotAir
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Russian ambassador to Poland hit with red paint
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Winning after Roe  —  People want the vast majority of abortions to be legal  —  I think abortion should be very broadly legal.  Without the constitutional protections offered by the Roe v. Wade decision, abortion is going to become much less broadly available, which is bad.
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Washington Post:
Miss. governor doesn't rule out banning contraception if Roe falls
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Warn of G.O.P. Effort to Restrict Abortion Nationwide
Steve Schmidt / The Warning:
No Books.  No Money.  Just the Truth.  —  This is a story about lying.  Public lying.  It is a story about Senator John McCain's lying, and the damage it has done to many people, including me.  It is also a story about my lying because, ultimately, John McCain's lie became mine.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Politico:
How the Jan. 6 panel broke through Trump allies' stonewalling  —  Donald Trump's top election-subversion wingmen have stonewalled the Jan. 6 select committee for months, but investigators have found a reliable workaround: their deputies and assistants.  —  Time and again, the panel has managed …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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: Rolling Stone and Raw Story
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Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Mark Esper details his time in President Trump's Cabinet
Tim Reid / Reuters:
Suburban Phoenix is cautionary tale for Democrats hoping to galvanize voters on abortion  —  Laura Wilson is a mother of three who lives in the sprawling suburbs of north Phoenix, a hotly contested electoral area of Arizona that could decide which party controls the U.S. Senate after November's congressional elections.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Madison Cawthorn's Campaign Gets Donation From Associate Of Sanctioned Russian Billionaire  —  Chalk up one more controversy for Rep. Madison Cawthorn, the North Carolina Republican who seems enveloped in it.  Cawthorn's cash-strapped campaign for re-election received a donation Friday …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Rolling Stone:
Even Trump Is ‘Completely Weirded Out By’ Madison Cawthorn's Antics
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Ex-porn star Lisa Ann wants Elon Musk to ban X-rated content on Twitter  —  An ex-porn star demanded that Elon Musk ban X-rated content when he takes over Twitter, accusing the social-media giant of being “the largest distributor of illegal content to minors.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Eric Greitens leads in Senate GOP primary in Missouri per internal campaign poll  —  Former Gov. Eric Greitens leads the pack in the race for the Republican nomination for Senate in Missouri, according to a poll conducted for his campaign.  —  In the survey, Greitens led Rep. Vicky Hartzler 26% to 19%.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
A.O.C. and Eric Adams Have Not Spoken in Nearly a Year  —  Mayor Adams and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who represent divergent wings of the Democratic Party, have not spoken one-on-one in nearly a year.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
New York Times:
What's Your Rate of Inflation?  —  Inflation is at the highest level in four decades.  But how you experience it can vary greatly depending on what you eat, how much you travel and your other spending habits.  Answer seven questions to estimate your personal inflation rate.
New York Post:
Hollywood lawyer paid off over $2M of Hunter Biden's delinquent taxes  —  A bigshot Hollywood lawyer reportedly paid off Hunter Biden's delinquent taxes — which a source told The Post amounted to more than $2 million — as President Joe Biden's notoriously troubled son awaits the results …
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
QAnon Joins Vigilantes at the Southern Border  —  Far-right activists are intercepting migrant children and collecting information about their families, based on an unfounded conspiracy theory that they are falling prey to sex-trafficking rings.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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