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6:55 PM ET, May 30, 2022

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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.
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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.
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Biden points to assault weapons ban as ‘rational’ option for gun control
Discussion: MSNBC
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Biden says gun control up to Congress: 'I can't dictate this stuff'
Discussion: ABC News and National Review
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 …
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Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
REVEALED: Nancy Pelosi's drunk husband Paul was five miles from his Napa home when he blew a stop sign while crossing highway at 10:22pm and crashed his new Porsche into Jeep, arrest report reveals  — Paul Pelosi, 82, pulled out onto a highway on Saturday while drunk, into the path of another driver
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Punchbowl News:
5/30/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM.
Discussion: The Boston Globe
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
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
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 …
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
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%.
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  —  New gun control legislation the federal government tabled today includes a national freeze on the purchase, sale, importation and transfer of handguns in Canada …
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 …
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Tyler O'Neil / Fox News:
Memorial Day: Veterans launch Green Beret PAC to prevent another Afghanistan-style ‘travesty’
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
Joseph R. Biden Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden: My Plan for Fighting Inflation  —  I won't meddle with the Fed, but I will tackle high prices while guiding the economy's transition to stable and steady growth.  —  1x  —  The global economy faces serious challenges.  Inflation is elevated, exacerbated by Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.
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
Quinn Yeargain / Bolts:
“A Systematic Assault”: GOP Rushes to Change Election Rules to Block Medicaid in South Dakota  —  The latest Republican effort to weaken direct democracy faces a key test next week in South Dakota, the first state in the nation to set-up a popular initiative process.
Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
A Son Was Lost, a Daughter Saved  —  In Uvalde, Texas, where many children were killed, one family grieves the death of a small boy and holds his sister close.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  UVALDE, Texas — Jose Flores and Andrea Herrera, inseparable siblings both in the fourth grade …
 
 
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
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