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2:20 PM ET, May 12, 2022

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New York Times:
Prosecutors Pursue Inquiry Into Trump's Handling of Classified Material  —  A federal grand jury has issued at least one subpoena, and investigators are seeking interviews in the case of sensitive documents that ended up at the former president's Florida home.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Presidentti:
Joint statement by the President of the Republic and Prime Minister of Finland on Finland's NATO membership  —  Office of the President of the Republic of Finland  —  Prime Minister's Office Press release 30/2022  —  During this spring, an important discussion on Finland's possible NATO membership has taken place.
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Jamie McIntyre / Washington Examiner:
Putin's latest defeat: Failing to curb the eastward expansion of NATO  —  INVASIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES: One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's stated aims of his so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine was to stop the eastern expansion of the NATO alliance.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Finland's leaders declare support for joining NATO
Athena Thorne / pjmedia.com:
Riots Are Now an Establishment Industry and Will Happen Every Summer  —  Looks like a pretty safe bet that the summer riots of 2022 will be about women's “rights,” complete with marching vulvas and Handmaid cosplay platoons.  But you never know.  Polls have been showing that minorities …
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Lisa Respers France / CNN:
Naomi Judd died of self-inflicted firearm wound, Ashley Judd reveals  —  If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 to connect with a trained counselor or visit the NSPL site.
Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
The Bankruptcy of the Democratic Party Left  —  You'd Think They'd Get Tired of Losing  —  How much is the Democratic Left losing?  Let us count the ways.  —  1. Build Back Better.  This was the vessel into which all the hopes and priorities of the Democratic Left were poured.
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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas five House Republicans, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy  —  The committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob has subpoenaed five Republican members of Congress, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) …
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Taylor Telford / Washington Post:
Meatpackers hyped ‘baseless’ shortage to keep plants open despite covid risks: report  —  A House panel alleges that Tyson and other meat processors heavily influenced Trump's executive order that compelled plants to stay open.  —  The biggest players in the U.S. meat industry pressed …
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Nina Lakhani / The Guardian:   Trump officials and meat industry blocked life-saving Covid controls, investigation finds
Washington Post:
As Roe v. Wade repeal looms, video game industry stays mostly silent  —  In the wake of a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion essentially confirmed that Roe v. Wade's days are numbered, most of the video game industry's biggest companies have remained conspicuously quiet — though not all.
Discussion: The Daily Wire and National Review
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
A Son's Eulogy for Midge Decter (1927-2022)  —  Where did she come from?  —  That's what we were asking ourselves, my sister and my father and I, after she left us and this world on the morning of May 9, 2022.  Of course, we know where she came from in the strictest sense.
Discussion: National Review
Axios:
GOP panics over ‘ultra-MAGA’ Pennsylvania Senate wild card  —  Influential Republicans in Washington and among the nationwide party elite are having a belated “oh s—t” moment over the previously unimaginable prospect that Kathy Barnette could win their party's nomination for the open Senate seat in Pennsylvania.
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LancasterOnline:
Meet Kathy Barnette, the GOP Senate candidate who could win next week's primary, thanks in part to the Oz-McCormick slugfest
Jason Wilson / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Exclusive: Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes' Children Speak  —  Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the antigovernment Oath Keepers organization, was, at the time of publication, in federal custody awaiting trial for his alleged role in orchestrating events at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Kinds of Seats that Flip in Midterms  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — While increasingly salient issues like abortion could change the political environment, Republicans still appear on track for a strong showing in the U.S. House.  — Recent midterms have hollowed …
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Barbara McQuade / New York Times:
Five Key Midterms Races to Pay Attention To
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Carrie Campbell Severino / National Review:
Akhil Amar Calls Out Post-Roe Fearmongering  —  No one would mistake Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School for a pro-life activist or any sort of enthusiast for overturning Roe v. Wade.  But the prominent constitutional law scholar is known for being a straight shooter willing to call out those on his own side …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Senate Republicans Want to Save Money by Skimping on Vaccines … An ominous sign for continued funding of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics came this week when the Biden administration decided to split off these funds from a bill supplying Ukraine with military aid.
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:   Biden administration and GOP clash over vaccine strategy
David Ingram / NBC News:
Conservative parents take aim at library apps meant to expand access to books  —  E-reader apps that became a lifeline for students during the pandemic are now in the crossfire of a culture war raging over books in schools and public libraries.  —  In several states, apps and the companies …
Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Abortion, Economy Top Midterm Issues  —  Difficulty paying for groceries, other bills inches up  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The American public is divided as to which party they want in control of Congress, and the issue picture has shifted since the last midterm - with the economy …
Discussion: The Hill and RedState
National Review:
America's Crisis of Self-Doubt  —  W  —  e live in an age of increasing national self-doubt.  —  The American project, as such, is under assault.  Our history is the subject of a revisionist critique that is all-encompassing, unsparing, and very often flatly inaccurate.
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Psaki: Threats to family were ‘most personally difficult’ part of press secretary job  —  Outgoing White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday described in personal terms her 16-month tenure as President Joe Biden's top spokesperson and the strains of the job, telling a group of reporters …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Townhall
Zac Kriegman / Common Sense:
I Criticized BLM.  Then I Was Fired.  —  The data about police shootings just didn't add up, but no one at Thomson Reuters wanted to hear it.  —  Writes Zac Kriegman  · Subscribe … Common Sense is a reader-supported publication.  If you appreciate our work, please become a subscriber today.
Project Veritas:
BREAKING: FBI Whistleblower Leaks Document Showing Bureau Targeting ‘News Media’  — Document reveals the FBI labeled Project Veritas as “news media,” and categorized the probe as a “Sensitive Investigative Matter” due to Veritas being journalists.  This is a direct contradiction …
Pew Research Center:
By a wide margin, Americans view inflation as the top problem facing the country today  —  The public views inflation as the top problem facing the United States - and no other concern comes close.  —  Seven-in-ten Americans view inflation as a very big problem for the country …
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Chuck Schumer's Political Malpractice  —  Pennsylvania's GOP discovers the downside of crazy  —  Before we get to Chuck Schumer's latest episode of legislative bumf***ery, I want to call your attention to what's happening in Pennsylvania, where the GOP is belatedly discovering the downside of sleeping with the crazy.
Dan Newman / San Francisco Chronicle:
Six ways Democrats need to start talking — and thinking — about crime  —  In politics, what people feel is what's real.  —  Democrats have a dangerous predilection for getting bogged down in statistics, defensively pointing at facts — treating political disagreements like Oxford-style debates.
Discussion: Toledo Blade
Jonah Goldberg / The Dispatch:
Hypocrisy All the Way Down  —  If hypocrisy were helium, everyone would have a funny voice and some people would just float away.  —  For the last seven years or so, I've often said that I've never felt more ideologically grounded but more politically homeless.
Jon Ward / Christianity Today:
Being a Political Journalist Made Me a Better Christian  —  While many Christians are hostile towards news media, my faith grew deeper because of it.  —  One question I'm often asked is “Is it hard to be a Christian and a journalist?”  —  Whenever I speak to young people about my job, this inquiry pops up almost every time.
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Ukrainian Forces Hold the Line in Donbas as Western Heavy Weapons Join the Battle  —  With Russia failing to achieve a strategic breakthrough, a long and bloody battle for eastern Ukraine looms  —  MARYINKA, Ukraine—The front line between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed forces has skirted …
Discussion: The Hill, Vox and The Conversation
 
 
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Auxin's Immediate Impact, By the Numbers
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Biden's American Rescue Plan worsened inflation. The question is how much.
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Where are Russia's barrels of oil going?
Discussion: naftogaz.com and РЕН …
Sonny Bunch / The Bulwark:
Traipsing Through the Vaster Wasteland
Lacie Pierson / Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Ten incumbent lawmakers facing ouster from Legislature after primary election
Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
The NBA flaunts its social justice hypocrisy with games in the UAE
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Republicans reserve $53M in TV ads in bid to win Senate
Discussion: Politico
Punchbowl News:
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Discussion: HotAir
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Illegal migrants first to get ‘pallets’ of hard-to-find baby formula
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Starbucks Baristas Are Unionizing, and Even Howard Schultz Can't Make Them Stop
Discussion: Slate, Discourse Blog and Newslit Daily
Jane Bradley / New York Times:
U.K. Donor Said to Have Funneled Russian Money to Tories
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden Marking One Million American Lives Lost to COVID-19
CBS News:
Biden administration cancels Alaska oil and gas lease sale
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
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Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
Filing: FTC says Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy, and other Amazon execs used Signal's disappearing messages to conceal evidence in FTC's antitrust case against Amazon

 
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