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3:25 PM ET, May 18, 2022

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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Election Deniers Thrive Even as Trumpism Drifts: 5 Primary Takeaways  —  Pennsylvania's Republican Senate contest, the biggest and most expensive race of a five-state primary night, is a photo finish between David McCormick, a former hedge fund executive, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity surgeon.
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J. Miles Coleman / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Notes on the State of Politics: May 18, 2022  —  Dear Readers: This is the latest edition of Notes on the State of Politics, which features short updates on elections and politics.  — The Editors  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — The race for the Pennsylvania Republican Senate …
Discussion: NBC News and The Dispatch
Cook Political Report:
Post-Primary Update: Something For Everyone; PA GOV Moves To Lean Dem  —  There was something for everyone in the primary contests held in five states on Tuesday night.  Trump-backed candidates had a mixed record of success, as did those from the GOP's more centrist or ‘establishment’ wings.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Doug Mastriano does not plan to run from the middle  —  Can a DeSantis-style base play win a statewide election in Pennsylvania?  —  When Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano was declared the victor in Tuesday night's Republican gubernatorial nominating contest, he gave the customary speech to mark the occasion.
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
What the Primaries Reveal About the Future of Trumpism  —  For all the talk about how Donald Trump's endorsed candidates would fare in the Republican primaries this year, the results in this week's races made clear: Whatever happens to Trump's personal influence, Trumpism is consolidating its dominance of the GOP.
New York Times:
Primaries Show Limits, and Depths, of Trump's Power Over G.O.P. Base
Discussion: Washington Examiner and NPR
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Primary Election Results
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Don't Read Too Much Into Madison Cawthorn's Defeat
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Are Republicans Now Going to Endorse Doug Mastriano?
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
How the Biden administration let right-wing attacks derail its disinformation efforts  —  A ‘pause’ of the Department of Homeland Security's newly created board comes after its head, Nina Jankowicz, was the victim of coordinated online attacks as the administration struggled to respond
Kansas City Star:
Kansas Supreme Court upholds congressional map that splits diverse Wyandotte County  —  The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a Republican-drawn congressional map that divides racially diverse Wyandotte County for the first time in 40 years, finding the boundary lines don't violate the state constitution.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Juliegrace Brufke / Washington Examiner:   A new New York rivalry: Reps. Maloney vs. Nadler in House Democratic primary
Axios:
Scoop: DHS preparing for violence following abortion ruling  —  The U.S. government is bracing for a potential surge in political violence once the Supreme Court hands down the ruling that's expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by Axios.
The Economist:
The Putin Show  —  How the war in Ukraine appears to Russians  —  When vladimir putin was first elected president of Russia in 2000, he changed little in the office he inherited from Boris Yeltsin.  Yet in place of a pen on the desk, Mr Putin put a television remote control, one visitor noted.
Discussion: New York Times
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Brian Stewart / The Bulwark:
Pope Francis Is Dangerously Wrong About Ukraine
Discussion: Reuters and Rational Exuberance
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Chinese Foreign Ministry sticks up for accused foreign agent Steve Wynn  —  Add embattled casino titan Steve Wynn to the list of irritants in the rivalry between the United States and China.  —  Justice Department officials sued to force Wynn to register as an agent of the Chinese government under …
Discussion: Uniic Media, Townhall and POLITICUSUSA
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Analysts: Risk of Chinese invasion of Taiwan may be increasing
Rami Ayyub / Reuters:
U.S. accuses casino tycoon Wynn of acting as Chinese agent
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Warnock says he's meeting with Biden to push for student loan forgiveness  —  Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Wednesday said he'll be meeting with President Biden to push for student loan debt forgiveness that will be enough “to actually make a difference.”  —  “I'm meeting with the president …
Discussion: The Root
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Axios:   Scoop: White House tries to soothe solar probe fallout
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Nearly 7 In 10 Favor A Limit On How Long SCOTUS Justices Can Serve, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 85 Percent Of Americans Expect Economic Recession In Next Year  — mail_outline  —  With all eyes on the Supreme Court following the leak of a draft opinion regarding abortion …
Philippe Naughton / The Daily Beast:
Knife-Edge Pennsylania GOP Senate Race May Come Down to Party-Despised Mail-In Votes  —  FULL CIRCLE  —  When 2 million mail-in ballots carried Joe Biden over the line in Pennsylvania in the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump was the first to cry foul.
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New York Times:
U.S. health officials say a third of people live in areas with so much virus they should consider masks indoors.  —  Federal health officials on Wednesday warned that one third of Americans live in areas where the threat of infection from the coronavirus is now so high that they should consider wearing …
Grace Panetta / Insider:
Sarah Palin earned more from making Cameo video messages than she would in Congress  — Sarah Palin earned more from making videos on Cameo in 2021 than she would in Congress.  — Palin made $211,000+ from Cameo alone.  That's $37,529 more than the annual salary of a House member.
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Great Replacement Theory Is a Grand Delusion  —  When a killer expounds on his derangements, it poses a special challenge.  We have to take his words seriously without, at the same time, taking them seriously; to understand their import without paying them respect.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Progressives hoped for big 2022 primary gains, but the results have been mixed  —  WASHINGTON — Progressives are blaming a flood of super PAC money for the disappointing showing of several of their candidates in Tuesday's primaries, though they remain confident about two races where NBC News has yet to declare a winner.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The Time to Prevent the Next Coup Attempt Is Now  —  Down-ballot, unsexy races at the state and local level will determine if there's a free and fair election in 2024.  —  (SHUTTERSTOCK)  —  In 1980, because I was an idealistic conservative eager to do my bit for democracy, I volunteered for my local Republican party.
U.S. Department of Justice:
U.S. Citizen and Four Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged with Spying on Prominent Dissidents, Human Rights Leaders and Pro-Democracy Activists  —  The Defendants Allegedly Conspired to Silence Critics of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the United States and Abroad
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Stefanik joins House resolution to expunge second Trump impeachment  —  Rep. Mullin's resolution won't pass Dem-controlled House, but underscores GOP support for Trump  —  Biden brands ‘MAGA crowd’ the ‘most extreme political organization’  —  FIRST ON FOX: House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik …
Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
Idaho Secretary of State Primary Election Results  —  Republican Primary  —  Phil McGrane wins the Republican primary.  —  Race called by The Associated Press. … Candidate Votes Pct.  114,347  —  43.1%  —  109,898  —  41.4%  —  41,201  —  15.5%  —  Total reported  —  265,446
 
 
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Coral Murphy Marcos / New York Times:
Big Tech asks the Supreme Court to block a Texas law limiting content moderation.
Discussion: HotAir and TechCrunch
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Netflix Scraps Several Animated Projects, Including Ava DuVernay's ‘Wings of Fire’ and ‘Antiracist Baby’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Discussion: The Root and Breitbart
Heather Hamilton / Washington Examiner:
New South Carolina law bans biological males from women's sports
Colin Moynihan / New York Times:
A Central Park Birder Has a New TV Show
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Supreme Court's History of Protecting the Powerful
Discussion: Reason
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israeli military to hold wide-ranging drill simulating strike on Iran
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U.S. Soccer Official Website:
U.S. Soccer Federation, Women's And Men's National Team Unions Agree To Historic Collective Bargaining Agreements
Helen Branswell / STAT:
CDC expresses concern about possibility of undetected monkeypox spread in U.K.
Discussion: The Hill, The Guardian and Insider
New York Times:
As Adams Praised a New Police Tool, a Close Ally Had a Stake in the Maker
Discussion: HotAir
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
All Those Celebrities Pushing Crypto Are Not So Vocal Now
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The MAGA Formula Is Getting Darker and Darker
Discussion: Raw Story and News & Views …
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Inside a Widow's Scorched-Earth Bid for Her Husband's Old Seat in Congress
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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