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4:30 PM ET, June 2, 2022

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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.
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The Daily Beast:
Tulsa Mass Shooter Complained to His Surgeon Hours Before Killing Him  —  Michael Louis, 45, killed four people and himself after complaining repeatedly about back pain following surgery, police said.  —  A 45-year-old man killed four people and himself at a medical office in Tulsa, Oklahoma …
CNN:
Assault-style weapon in deadly Tulsa medical facility shooting was bought that day, sources say  —  An assault-style weapon found at the scene of Wednesday's deadly shooting in an Oklahoma medical building had been bought that day, according to three federal sources briefed on the investigation.
Tulsa World:   Victims of Tulsa mass shooting identified in breaking news update from Saint Francis
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 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
House jumpstarts action on guns
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
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
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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
CNN:
A dying Uvalde teacher was on the phone with her husband — a school police officer whose boss decided not to enter her classroom, report says  —  ‘An honor’: Trooper describes last moments with slain teacher 03:20  —  (CNN)In the 77 minutes of bloodshed at a Texas elementary school …
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Washington Post:
Uvalde mayor recounts frantic attempt to call shooter during massacre
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
‘Pro-Choice’ Identification Rises to Near Record High in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Gallup poll conducted mostly after the draft of a Supreme Court decision addressing abortion rights was leaked finds a marked shift in public attitudes over the past year.
Discussion: CNBC, Townhall, The Hill and Opinion Today
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:   Talk Me Down Here: Can This Country Be Saved?
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: Mediaite and Raw Story
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CNN:   READ: The Meadows text messages from January 6
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The New MAGA Establishment  —  Trumpism will outlast Trump.  Possibly for a very long time.  —  A couple of weeks ago, looking at the Republican primaries so far this year, Tim Miller discerned the rise of “the new MAGA establishment”: … Since Miller wrote those words …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
What Makes a Republican a “RINO”?
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Trump's Raffensperger call is ‘incredibly strong evidence’ to support criminal charges: former US attorney
Discussion: Daily Mail
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Pa. GOP gubernatorial nominee shares documents with Jan. 6 panel, agrees to interview  —  The Jan. 6 select committee received materials this week from Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano — and with them, perhaps, a new dilemma.  —  Mastriano's previously unreported cooperation …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Retire These Gun Myths  —  The aftermath of a horrific mass shooting is not the time one would usually turn to a humor site, and yet, the Onion had an insightful take on Uvalde.  The headline: “'No Way to Prevent This' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Occurs.”
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Trump Is Finally Boring  —  Donald Trump recently sent out a press release linking to a half-baked conspiracy theory about the outcome of the Georgia Republican primaries, and it's not as though no one noticed, but it didn't have the impact one might have expected.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Moderate Voice
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.  —  The Florida Supreme Court refused on Thursday …
Discussion: Politico, UPI, The Root and Political Wire
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.
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.
Chase Peterson-Withorn / Forbes:
LeBron James Is Officially A Billionaire  —  He missed the playoffs for just the fourth time in 19 seasons but LeBron still scores as the first active NBA player to make our list.  —  LeBron James-18-time NBA all-star, 4-time NBA champion, 2-time Olympic gold medalist-has hit yet another milestone …
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 …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
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: Axios and CNN
Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Washington ‘election integrity’ group and lawyer fined for meritless vote fraud lawsuit  —  A Washington state nonprofit group and its attorney have been fined more than $28,000 by the state Supreme Court for making legally meritless claims alleging widespread vote fraud.
Dani Blum / New York Times:
Coffee Drinking Linked to Lower Mortality Risk, New Study Finds  —  The research found that those who drank moderate amounts of coffee, even with a little sugar, were up to 30 percent less likely to die during the study period than those who didn't drink coffee.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
New York Times:
How the Proud Boys Gripped the Miami-Dade Republican Party  —  It was once Jeb Bush's base of power.  But an influx of far-right activists and the radicalization of other members brought turmoil.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  MIAMI — At the iconic Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach …
Ro Khanna / New York Times:
There Is Way More Biden Can Do to Lower Prices  —  Lupe Lopez, a grocery store owner in my district in California, recently showed me how devastating inflation has been for her and her customers.  Milk cost $4.95 a gallon, an increase of 38 percent since 2019, and tortilla packets were $3.07, up by 24 percent.
 
 
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Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC:
The Amazon, Starbucks, Apple union push is capturing what a majority of all American workers now say they want
Discussion: The Intercept
ABC News:
Gun suicide soars as cause of death among youth: Report
Emmanuel Felton / Washington Post:
California calls for ‘comprehensive reparations’ for Black Americans
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