memeorandum: Biden to Meet Powell to Discuss Economy as Inflation Bites (Alister Bull/Bloomberg)

1:20 PM ET, May 30, 2022

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The Uvalde shooting ‘stirred something’ in him. So he gave up his gun. — UVALDE, Tex. — For years, even as mass shootings swept the country, Richard Small bristled at any talk of tighter gun restrictions, viewing it as nothing more than politically driven finger-pointing that would do little …

Discussion: Raw Story and KSAT-TV

James A. Gagliano / City Journal:

Police Must Rush to the Sound of the Guns — Reflections on law enforcement's failure in Uvalde — The aftermath of yet another soul-rending attack on an elementary school, this time in Uvalde, Texas, has left little time for reflection on just why these horrific incidents continue to proliferate in the United States.

Discussion: Off the Kuff and The Texas Tribune

Travis Caldwell / CNN:

9-year-old describes escaping out a window during the Uvalde school shooting as anger mounts over law enforcement's response — (CNN)As a gunman entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last week and began firing, one student says his teacher — wounded by bullets — had to text 911 for help after a phone call did not go through.

Discussion: Vanity Fair, New York Times, KDFX-TV, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, The French Press and New York Times

Katherine Huggins / Mediaite:
Fox News Anchor Makes Impassioned Call for Gun Control, Cuts Off Colleague Who Said Biden 'Isn't Uniting': 'He Can't Do It Alone'

Discussion: HuffPost, Axios, ABC News and Raw Story

Scott Pelley / CBS News:
What makes the AR-15 style rifle the weapon of choice for mass shooters?

Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and Fox News

Saul Loeb / ABC News:

Biden to mark Memorial Day with wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery — Later, he and families of the fallen plant a magnolia tree at the White House. — President Joe Biden was headed to Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day to take part in the traditional wreath-laying …

Discussion: NBC News, Washington Examiner, New York Post, The Hill, NBC Boston and CBS News

Tyler O'Neil / Fox News:
Memorial Day: Veterans launch Green Beret PAC to prevent another Afghanistan-style ‘travesty’

Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller

Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Arlington National Cemetery to conduct 154th Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony

Discussion: TODAY.com and The Moderate Voice

Theodore R. Johnson / The Bulwark: Memorial Day—for All Americans

Alexandra Berzon / New York Times:

Lawyer Who Plotted to Overturn Trump Loss Recruits Election Deniers to Watch Over the Vote — A central figure in the scheme to reverse the 2020 election is mobilizing grass-roots activists into an “army of citizens” trained to aggressively monitor elections. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: Raw Story, Election Law Blog and Rolling Stone

Lee Brown / New York Post:

Nancy Pelosi's husband was in car crash before his DUI arrest: cops — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Porsche-driving husband was involved in a two-vehicle crash in California before his weekend arrest for drunken driving, police have since revealed. — Paul Pelosi, 82, was attempting …

Discussion: RedState, Al Jazeera, Conservative Review, Washington Examiner, The Western Journal and CNN

TMZ.com:
Nancy Pelosi's Husband Paul Arrested for DUI in Napa (UPDATE)

Washington Post:

Ukraine suffers on battlefield while pleading for U.S. arms — 'They're just raining down metal on us,' said a soldier fresh from the front line where Russia is advancing — DONETSK OBLAST, Ukraine — The ambulances hurtled into the parking lot one after the other, each carrying wounded troops directly from the nearby front line.

Discussion: Associated Press, Michael's Newsletter and nationalinterest.org

Alister Bull / Bloomberg:

Biden to Meet Powell to Discuss Economy as Inflation Bites — President Joe Biden will hold a rare Oval office meeting on Tuesday with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell amid the highest inflation in decades, which has angered Americans and hurt his standing with voters.

Discussion: The Hill

Megan Messerly / Politico:

Austin pushing to effectively decriminalize abortion ahead of ruling on Roe — The city of Austin is attempting to shield its residents from prosecution under a Texas law that would criminalize almost all abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned — the first push by a major city in a red state to try to circumvent state abortion policy.

JONATHAN TURLEY:

Friends with Benefits: Sussmann Trial Further Exposes the FBI and Washington Establishment — Below is a slightly expanded version of my column in the Hill on Sussmann trial and what it revealed about the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the combined Russian collusion investigations.

Discussion: RedState

Julia Shapero / Axios:

Merrick Garland warns of democracy under threat in Harvard speech — Attorney General Merrick Garland warned about threats to democracy in the U.S. and abroad in a commencement speech at Harvard University on Sunday. … - Garland also urged the students, members of the 2020 and 2021 graduating classes …

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill and U.S. Department of Justice

Kelsey Piper / Vox:

Stop scolding people for worrying about monkeypox — The obsession with managing public opinion gets in the way of managing public health. — This story is part of a group of stories called — In the past few weeks, more than 350 cases of monkeypox — a viral disease that's …

Nahal Toosi / Politico:

The Putinologist: CIA chief's long history with Putin gives him special insight — Half of Washington, D.C., is in the business of analyzing Vladimir Putin's every word and move these days. But when CIA Director William Burns speaks of the Russian leader, an autocrat waging a brutal war on Ukraine, his words carry unusual weight.

Discussion: AbsurdTimes's Newsletter, The Bismarck Cables and Wall Street Journal

Brett Sokol / New York Times:

F.B.I. Investigates Basquiat Paintings Shown at Orlando Museum of Art — A subpoena raises questions about an exhibition of works “purported to be by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.” — Give this article- - - Read in app — The ongoing cultural fascination with the life and work …

Discussion: Newslit Daily and The Hill