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5:45 PM ET, May 30, 2022

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Katie Balevic / Insider:
Biden insists McConnell is a ‘rational Republican’ who may come around on gun control, even as the GOP blocks legislation  — President Biden said Sen. McConnell is “rational” on gun control after the Texas school shooting.  — Biden called on Congress to pass restrictions on assault weapons following the attack in Uvalde.
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Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Biden not yet ‘negotiating’ with GOP despite calls for immediate gun control reform  —  President Joe Biden said he has yet to hold serious talks with Republican lawmakers about a gun control bill, despite calling on Congress to pass legislation immediately in the wake of the Buffalo and Ulvade mass shootings.
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Biden points to assault weapons ban as ‘rational’ option for gun control
Discussion: The Daily Caller and MSNBC
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Biden says gun control up to Congress: 'I can't dictate this stuff'
Discussion: ABC News and National Review
Washington Post:
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
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James A. Gagliano / City Journal:
Police Must Rush to the Sound of the Guns
Discussion: Off the Kuff and The Texas Tribune
Annabelle Timsit / Washington Post:
U.S. marks Memorial Day weekend with at least 11 mass shootings  —  Since the Uvalde, Tex., elementary school tragedy, there have been at least 14 other shootings that had at least four victims  —  After a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., that claimed the lives of 19 children …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Kansas police shoot pregnant Black woman five times despite having her hands up: witness  —  A Black pregnant woman was shot five times by Kansas City police despite having her hands up, according to a witness.  —  KCTV first reported that Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating …
Discussion: Kansas City Star and KCTV
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
First she documented the alt-right.  Now she's coming for crypto.  —  Molly White, a veteran Wikipedia editor, is fast becoming the cryptocurrency world's biggest critic  —  In a strange, animated YouTube video, Cryptoland paints itself as the ultimate utopia, featuring luxurious villas …
Eric Kaufmann / CSPI Center:
Born This Way?  The Rise of LGBT as a Social and Political Identity  —  CSPI Report No. 6  — The last decade has seen a precipitous rise in the share of Americans identifying as LGBT, particularly among the youngest adults.  Today, among those under 30, a wide range of surveys converge on a number of around 20%.
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
Tyler O'Neil / Fox News:
Memorial Day: Veterans launch Green Beret PAC to prevent another Afghanistan-style ‘travesty’  —  Jason Bacon is launching the PAC to support former Green Berets and a Navy SEAL running for Congress in the midterm elections  —  Former Green Berets run for Congress
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
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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
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 …
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.
Punchbowl News:
5/30/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM. … NO ONE ELSE COMES CLOSE TO JEFFRIES IN THIS POLL.  NOTABLE HERE - ONLY 3% OF OUR RESPONDENTS BELIEVE MAJORITY LEADER STENY HOYER, THE CURRENT NO. 2 HOUSE DEMOCRAT, WILL REPLACE PELOSI. … THE MRA IS USED FOR EVERYTHING FROM OFFICE SUPPLIES TO TRAVEL COSTS.
Discussion: The Boston Globe
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
The folly of “off-ramps”  —  When Ukraine wins the war, Putin will build his own  —  Some observers of the Russo-Ukrainian war seem to think that its greatest danger is that Ukraine will win, or win too quickly, and that this will be uncomfortable for Putin, and that we should care.
Discussion: Martin Curt and Al Jazeera
Richard Raycraft / CBC News:
Government tables bill to freeze sale, imports of handguns  —  Legislation stops short of full ban but sets hard limit on handguns in Canada  —  Liberals introduce firearms control bill  —  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, Minister of Justice …
Steve Holland / Reuters:
U.S. will not send Ukraine rocket systems that can reach Russia, says Biden  —  The United States will not send Ukraine rocket systems that can reach into Russia, President Joe Biden said on Monday, as Ukraine pushes for longer-range weapons system to help in its fight.
 
 
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
New bid to spin Hunter Biden's laptop
Discussion: Power Line
Alister Bull / Bloomberg:
Biden to Meet Powell to Discuss Economy as Inflation Bites
Discussion: The Hill
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Stop scolding people for worrying about monkeypox
Brett Sokol / New York Times:
F.B.I. Investigates Basquiat Paintings Shown at Orlando Museum of Art
Discussion: Newslit Daily and The Hill
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Friends with Benefits: Sussmann Trial Further Exposes the FBI and Washington Establishment
Discussion: RedState
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Megan Messerly / Politico:
Austin pushing to effectively decriminalize abortion ahead of ruling on Roe
Julia Shapero / Axios:
Merrick Garland warns of democracy under threat in Harvard speech