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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
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Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
9 Theses on Putin's Fascism for 9 May — How Putin's myth of 2022 differs from the history of 1945 — How can Putin carry out obviously fascist policies, such as a genocidal war of destruction in Ukraine, while claiming the mantle of anti-fascism? As we saw again today in his Victory Day speech …
Everdeen Mason / New York Times:
A Note About Today's Wordle Game — At New York Times Games, we take our role seriously as a place to entertain and escape, and we want Wordle to remain distinct from the news. — Give this article- - - Read in app — It's been just over three months since The New York Times acquired Wordle …
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Monique Beals / The Hill:
Wordle swaps out word due to Supreme Court leak — The New York Times on Monday announced that the Wordle solution for that day was an “outdated answer” that unintentionally makes reference to the recent leaked draft Supreme Court opinion regarding abortion rights.
Regine Cabato / Washington Post:
Dictator's son Marcos takes overwhelming lead in Philippines election — MANILA — With more than 87 percent of the vote counted, the son of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos took a commanding lead Monday in the presidential election, garnering twice the votes of his nearest competitor.
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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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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Michigan's abortion ban is draconian and should be vacated, attorney general says
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Axios, Townhall and Washington Times
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.
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New York Magazine and 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 …
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POLITICUSUSA, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
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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.
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HotAir, Washington Free Beacon, The Guardian, The Hill and Raw Story
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The New York Times's Editorial Board Is Apparently Extremely Stupid — Over the weekend, the New York Times's editorial board submitted this paragraph for public consumption: … The people who wrote these words are stupid — yes, stupid — and they should all be unsurpassingly ashamed of themselves.
Joe Bukuras / Catholic News Agency:
Costumed protesters disrupt Mother's Day Mass in Los Angeles — Several protesters dressed in “huge hats” and “red, hooded gowns,” disrupted a Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles Sunday morning, a parishioner told CNA. — The description of the protesters' attire provided …
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Louder With Crowder, The Daily Caller, The Western Journal, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and TheBlaze
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Washington Post:
Twitter's top lawyer long weighed safety and free speech. Then Elon Musk called her out. — Vijaya Gadde has been targeted by the right as Elon Musk seeks to take over the company. But insiders say she's not the ‘chief censor’ critics imagine. — Vijaya Gadde came reluctantly …
Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel:
Rep. Henry Cuellar Tried to Discredit a Staffer He Fired at 28 Weeks Pregnant — Court documents show that the congressman himself requested staffers write letters about the woman's job performance after he fired her. — Alerts — In August 2018, Kristie Small was newly serving …
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Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Jake Blumgart / Governing:
Pennsylvania's Crowded Field of Republican Gubernatorial Candidates — While most of the men have taken stands on cultural issues that reflect national GOP platforms, such as guns and abortion, there are issues they back that are distinct to the Keystone State.
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Insider
Mark Esper / Politico:
‘I Want to Meet With the Taliban’: Tales of Trump's Head-Scratching Diplomacy — On Friday, Aug. 16, 2019 — just three weeks after the Senate confirmed me as secretary of Defense — the national security team met with President Donald Trump at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club.
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Insider, Raw Story, CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Beast, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Rolling Stone and Axios
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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Raw Story and Election Law Blog
BBC:
Keir Starmer: I'll quit if given Covid lockdown fine by police — Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he will quit if given a fine by Durham police for breaking lockdown rules. — But speaking to reporters, the Labour leader insisted he was “absolutely clear that no rules were broken”.
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Washington Examiner
Media Matters for America:
In segment on abortion protests, ABC News features Infowars host on trial for January 6 — Owen Shroyer has celebrated anti-abortion violence and previously said that former President Barack Obama “basically has a rope destined for his neck” … On the May 8 edition of World News Tonight …
Brad Dress / The Hill:
NPR reporter says ‘leading theory’ on SCOTUS leak is conservative clerk — A clerk for a conservative justice is the “leading theory” amid intense speculation about who released a draft opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito, showing the court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade …
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RedState, Townhall, TheBlaze, POLITICUSUSA and Breitbart
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%.
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Conor Lamb is the best choice Dems have to flip a Senate seat. | Endorsement — At the White House Correspondents' Dinner last month, President Joe Biden joked: “I came to office with an ambitious agenda, and I expected it to face stiff opposition in the Senate. I just hoped it would be from Republicans.”
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The Hill
U.S. Department of Commerce:
Raimondo Announces Temporary Suspension of 232 Tariffs on Ukraine Steel — Suspended tariffs will bolster one of Ukraine's most important industries — Today, United States Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the United States of America will be temporarily suspending 232 tariffs on Ukrainian steel for one year.
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, CBS News, Al Jazeera and National Review
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 …
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Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
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