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9:20 PM ET, June 2, 2022

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NBC News:
Multiple people injured in shooting at Wisconsin cemetery during funeral  —  Multiple people were shot during a funeral in southeast Wisconsin on Thursday, police said, as loved ones were paying their final respects to a 37-year-old man.  —  The Racine Police Department told residents …
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Washington Post:
Gunman who killed 4 at Tulsa hospital was patient of doctor who is among the dead  —  The gunman who killed four people at a Tulsa hospital on Wednesday blamed a doctor at the facility for ongoing pain after back surgery and vowed to kill him and anyone who got in his way, police said Thursday.
NBC News:
Tulsa gunman bought AR-15-style rifle hours before using it to kill his former doctor, 3 others  —  Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said the shooter “blamed” the doctor for his pain.  The doctor, Preston Phillips, was killed in the attack.  —  Tulsa police: Gunman was disgruntled hospital patient who targeted former doctor
The Daily Beast:
Tulsa Gunman Ranted to His Surgeon Then Bought a Rifle 3 Hours Before Hospital Massacre  —  Michael Louis, 45, killed four people and himself after complaining repeatedly about back pain following surgery, police said.  —  Last month, Michael Louis had an operation on his back.
CNN:
Assault-style weapon in deadly Tulsa medical facility shooting was bought that day, sources say
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden to Travel to Saudi Arabia, Ending Its ‘Pariah’ Status  —  As a candidate, President Biden vowed to punish the kingdom for the brutal assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.  But now he wants to rebuild relations as he seeks to lower gas prices and isolate Russia.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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New York Times:
House Panel Examining Jared Kushner Over Saudi Investment in New Firm  —  The House Oversight Committee is seeking documents related to the $2 billion investment by a Saudi fund in the private equity firm started by Mr. Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and former adviser.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Beneath Biden's struggle to break through is a deeper dysfunction among White House aides  —  (CNN)Being familiar never makes the feeling less dreadful: White House aides emailing each other during one of President Joe Biden's stops on the road, tracking who's covering what he's saying …
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
“Why are we doing this?”: Biden to speak on guns at 7:30 p.m. as staff point fingers over messaging problems
Washington Post:
Biden calls for Congress to ban assault weapons, high-capacity magazines
Michael Hobbes / The Present Age:
The bleak spectacle of the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial  —  How a washed-up celebrity, men's rights activists and true crime stans convinced millions of Americans to buy into a conspiracy theory … Content warning for vulgar language and descriptions of abuse.
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:   Who won the Depp-Heard trial? Content creators that went all-in.
Bobby Burack / OutKick:
Exclusive: Gov. Ron DeSantis to Veto $35 Million Tampa Bay Rays Facility Amid Polarization of Shootings  —  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to veto a $35 million legislation for a Pasco County facility that's earmarked for the Tampa Bay Rays' spring training, OutKick has learned.
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Republicans who texted Meadows with urgent pleas on January 6 say Trump could have stopped the violence  —  Washington (CNN)Within minutes of the US Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, messages began pouring into the cell phone of White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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CNN:
READ: The Meadows text messages from January 6
Discussion: Raw Story
Jon Schuppe / NBC News:
Federal review of Uvalde shooting likely to focus on delay in confronting gunman  —  Funerals begin in Uvalde as Justice Department reviews delayed police response  —  The Justice Department review of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde, Texas, shooting is likely to focus …
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Dennis Aftergut / Verdict:
Justice Comes to John Durham's and Bill Barr's Political Prosecution  —  Former Trump Attorney General William Barr's 18-month campaign to rehabilitate his reputation just dove into an empty pool.  What's worse, his special counsel-appointee, John Durham, the one-time U.S. Attorney from Connecticut, is the man who drained the water.
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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Bill Barr says Trump should not run for president again in 2024
Discussion: RedState
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Manchin's bipartisan energy talks crumble, paving way for Democrat-only deal  —  Bipartisan Senate energy talks led by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) are essentially over, with Republican senators convinced that Manchin is close to a reconciliation deal with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer …
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Florida Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to Voting Map DeSantis Drew  —  The court's refusal means that the November elections will most likely be based on legislative maps a lower court said illegally diluted the power of Black voters.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: UPI, The Root and Political Wire
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William M. Arkin / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Putin Treated for Cancer in April, U.S. Intelligence Report Says  —  Vladimir Putin's health is a subject of intense conversation inside the Biden administration after the intelligence community produced its fourth comprehensive assessment at the end of May. The classified U.S. report …
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
EXPLAINER: Can Pa. GOP candidate make voters re-register?  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania's Republican candidate for governor, is perhaps the state's most prominent peddler of former President Donald Trump's lie that widespread fraud cost him the 2020 election.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion Doug Mastriano's unhinged ‘Nazi’ claim signals deeper danger ahead
Jonathan Randles / Wall Street Journal:
Alex Jones's Infowars Ends Bankruptcy After Sandy Hook Families' Exit  —  To resume defamation litigation against Mr. Jones, the families agreed last month to drop legal claims against Infowars properties in chapter 11  —  Infowars is jettisoning its bankruptcy case after families …
Associated Press:
Go-broke dates pushed back for Social Security, Medicare  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A stronger than expected economic recovery from the pandemic has pushed back the go-broke dates for Social Security and Medicare, but officials warn that the current economic turbulence is putting additional pressures on the bedrock retirement programs.
Discussion: Politico
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Neil Irwin / Axios:
Social Security and Medicare finances bolstered by growing economy
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and CNN
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
DeSantis moves to ban transition care for transgender youths, Medicaid recipients  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration Thursday asked the state board regulating doctors to essentially ban transition-related care for transgender minors, according to a letter obtained by NBC News.
Discussion: Fox News
William Saletan / The Bulwark:
What Makes a Republican a “RINO”?  —  When the ideology is not the orthodoxy.  —  (SHUTTERSTOCK)  —  On Saturday, Donald Trump went to Wyoming to campaign against Republican Rep. Liz Cheney.  He repeatedly called her a “RINO” and urged the state's voters to elect her challenger, Harriet Hageman.
Discussion: Fox News and Overtime
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The New MAGA Establishment  —  Trumpism will outlast Trump.  Possibly for a very long time.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Molly Roberts / Washington Post:
Opinion Susan Collins confronts a moment of truth  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has never been known for being angry, or animated, or really any adjective more charged than “concerned.”  Once or twice, she has gone so far as to declare herself “disappointed.”
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Michael Avenatti sentenced to 4 years for stealing nearly $300K from Stormy Daniels  —  New York (CNN)Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced to four years in prison for stealing nearly $300,000 from his former client, adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
NBC News:
Fetterman's health, return to campaign trail a mystery as some Democrats grow ‘very nervous’ about Pa. Senate race  —  WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman does not have a timetable for returning to the campaign trail, sparking some worries in the party nearly three weeks …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
CNN cutting back on over-hyping everything as “breaking news”  —  CNN's new boss Chris Licht says that beginning today, CNN has added a “Breaking News” guideline to its stylebook, to address overuse of the breaking news banner across its network and cable news writ-large.
Washington Post:
There have been over 200 mass shootings so far in 2022  —  Before a man killed at least four people Wednesday at a hospital in Tulsa, there had already been 231 mass shootings this year in the United States, according to the Gun Violence Archive.  It is the twentieth since last week's shooting …
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WMTW-TV:
New Hampshire boy, 8, killed in shooting during family vacation in South Carolina
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Trump expected to upend Wisconsin GOP governor primary by endorsing Tim Michels
Kristin Fisher / CNN:
Watchdog report says Trump-era Space Command decision fell short on transparency
Discussion: WTOP News and Raw Story
Matt Sepic / MPR News:
Minneapolis judge sentences ‘Boogaloo’ member to 4 years on terrorism charge
Discussion: Raw Story
Julian Gill / Houston Chronicle:
Funerals for children killed in mass shooting continue in grieving Uvalde as police, bikers barricade press
David Gilbert / VICE:
Connecticut Is Paying Someone $150,000 to Search 4chan for Election Misinformation
Discussion: Raw Story
Southern Poverty Law Center:
Pro-Trump White Nationalist Group Facing Key Desertions
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Washington ‘election integrity’ group and lawyer fined for meritless vote fraud lawsuit
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Trump Is Finally Boring
Discussion: Raw Story and The Moderate Voice
Elliot Ackerman / The Atlantic:
Our Narrative of Mass Shootings Is Killing Us
Discussion: HotAir and Statisfied?
Nate Hochman / New York Times:
Republicans Are Now the Party of the Nonreligious Right
Dani Blum / New York Times:
Coffee Drinking Linked to Lower Mortality Risk, New Study Finds
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
‘Pro-Choice’ Identification Rises to Near Record High in U.S.
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
A look at the rise in video podcasts, as YouTube leads in podcast consumption in the US and companies invest in video to gain new audiences and boost ad revenue

 
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