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9:25 AM ET, May 9, 2022

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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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Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Live Updates: Putin Defends His War in Ukraine  —  Putin defends his Ukraine invasion, invoking World War II, but does not signal an escalation.  —  President Vladimir V. Putin used his Victory Day speech on Monday to try to channel Russian pride in defeating Nazi Germany into support for this year's invasion of Ukraine.
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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.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
If Roe Falls, Is Same-Sex Marriage Next?
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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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  —  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
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
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: Raw Story and The Hill
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.
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
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.
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
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
 
 
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
A.O.C. and Eric Adams Have Not Spoken in Nearly a Year
Laina G. Stebbins / Michigan Advance:
Fauci tells 2020 U of M grads to challenge ‘untruths’ while anti-vaxxers protest outside
Politico:
Democrats' chance to save the House majority runs through these districts
Discussion: Battleground
Theodora Yu / Washington Post:
Beijing's security-focused candidate wins Hong Kong election unopposed
Discussion: Bloomberg, WTOP News and The Atlantic
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Biden disinfo chief Nina Jankowicz pushed Trump-Russia collusion claims
New York Post:
Hollywood lawyer paid off over $2M of Hunter Biden's delinquent taxes
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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
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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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Agence France-Presse:
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