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11:20 PM ET, June 2, 2022

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Journal Times:
Multiple people shot at Graceland Cemetery; Ascension All Saints Hospital on lockdown  —  RACINE — Multiple people were shot Thursday afternoon during a burial in Graceland Cemetery.  —  The public is being asked to avoid the area in West Racine.  —  In an alert at 3:47 p.m. Thursday …
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Des Moines Register:
A man shot and killed two women, then himself, outside of Ames' Cornerstone Church, sheriff says  —  Police say an adult man shot and killed two female victims, then took his own life, in a parking lot outside Ames' Cornerstone Church Thursday night.  —  The suspected shooter appeared …
Discussion: KCCI-TV, WHO 13, KTVX-TV and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Biden urges Congress to act on guns in rare prime-time address  —  Following the third mass shooting in as many weeks, the president says the time has come to confront the carnage.  He praised Senate negotiations and said voters should punish Republicans who block action.
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New York Times:
New York Tightens Its Strict Gun Laws in Democratic Show of Force
Discussion: Washington Post
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
Will Steakin / ABC News:
Uvalde teacher who officials mistakenly said left door open is traumatized and heartbroken, attorney says  —  Officials have determined that she did close the door, but it failed to lock.  —  Law enforcement is seen outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022, in an image taken from a video made by a bystander.
Discussion: CNN
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Julian Gill / Houston Chronicle:   Funerals for children killed in mass shooting continue in grieving Uvalde as police, bikers barricade press
Axios:
Scoop: Trumpworld plots Jan. 6 counterprogramming blitz  —  Former President Trump and his allies, in conjunction with top House GOP leadership and conservative groups, have begun pulling documents and coordinating a behind-the-scenes effort to counterprogram the Jan. 6 committee's televised hearings this month, Axios has learned.
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
Trump Is Finally Boring
Discussion: Raw Story and The Moderate Voice
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
‘There Are a Lot of People Very Close to the President Who Privately Understand That This Is a Complete Disaster’  —  So says the Washington Post's James Hohmann, in a conversation with The Bulwark's Charlie Sykes about the Biden administration's inexplicable desire to force taxpayers to pay off rich people's student loans.
Discussion: The Bulwark
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
‘Never Again’ Happens Again (And Again)
Discussion: The Bulwark and Reason
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.
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The Daily Beast:
Tulsa Gunman Ranted to His Surgeon Then Bought a Rifle 3 Hours Before Hospital Massacre
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.
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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
Discussion: Politico, CNN and National Review
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.”
Discussion: Higher Thinking and The Daily Wire
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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
Wall Street Journal:
Why Sheryl Sandberg Quit Facebook's Meta  —  One of the world's most powerful executives became increasingly burned out and disconnected from the mega-business she was instrumental in building.  That dovetailed with a company investigation into her activities.
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
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 …
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Bill Barr says Trump should not run for president again in 2024  —  Former Attorney General Bill Barr says Donald Trump should not attempt a Grover Cleveland and run for president again after losing his reelection campaign in 2020 .  —  “I'm all for restoring America .
Discussion: RedState
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Trump expected to upend Wisconsin GOP governor primary by endorsing Tim Michels  —  Former President Donald Trump is expected to endorse Republican Tim Michels in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary, snubbing the state's former lieutenant governor and injecting a new level of chaos into the race …
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Trump endorses Blake Masters in crowded Arizona Republican Senate primary
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
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.
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
 
 
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Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Ilya Shapiro's Reinstatement Is a Win for the Political Power of Free Speech, But a Loss for the Value of Academic Freedom
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Southern Poverty Law Center:
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