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11:45 AM ET, June 3, 2022

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Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Putin thinks West will blink first in war of attrition, Russian elites say  —  The Kremlin is seeking to ramp up economic pressure to erode foreign support for Ukraine  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is digging in for a long war of attrition over Ukraine and will be relentless in trying …
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Reuters:
Russia summons heads of U.S. media outlets, warns of ‘stringent measures’  —  Russia's Foreign Ministry said it was summoning the heads of U.S. media outlets in Moscow to a meeting next Monday to notify them of tough measures in response to U.S. restrictions against Russian media.
Washington Post:
Beijing chafes at Moscow's requests for support, Chinese officials say  —  China's leadership wants to expand assistance for Russia without running afoul of Western sanctions and has set limits on what it will do  —  Russian officials have raised increasingly frustrated requests …
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Private groups work to bring specialized combat gear to Ukraine
Discussion: Russian Dissent and Task & Purpose
BBC:
The Russian soldiers refusing to fight in Ukraine
Discussion: Al Jazeera
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:   How Biden Can Help Ukraine Win the Long War
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Opinion A Democratic ‘Contract With America’ for 2022  —  Ahead of November's midterm elections, Democrats should offer a straightforward, comprehensive agenda and commit to passing it if they keep control of Congress (or, in the case of the Senate, gain true control).
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Washington Post:
Biden urges Congress to act on guns in rare prime-time address
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
Little Martyrs  —  A nihilistic religion worships the gun.  —  When I was 11 years old, I thought I was going to be a martyr.  The mass shooting at Columbine High School was so shocking it penetrated the walls of my school, which was, until sixth grade, also my home.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:   Voters Say They Want Gun Control. Their Votes Say Something Different.
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Two states aim to arm teachers despite opposition from educators and experts
Discussion: HotAir and Ohio Capital Journal
Patrick Skinner / Washington Post:
Our ‘best case scenario’ in school shootings is badly misguided
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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 …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Uvalde Police Scandal  —  Students inside were calling 911 and begging for help.  The officers stayed outside for almost an hour during the mass shooting.  —  1x  —  The great sin in what happened in Texas is that an 18-year-old with murder in his heart walked into a public school and shot to death 19 kids and two teachers.
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Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
Why Are Police So Bad at Their Jobs?
Jake Bittle / Grist:
Is Nebraska building a $500 million ‘canal to nowhere’ just to own the libs?  —  Earlier this spring, Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill authorizing construction of a canal that would siphon water from neighboring Colorado, igniting a war of words between the two states' leaders.
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.
Rolling Stone:
How Trump's Team Conned Susan Collins Into Dooming Roe v. Wade  —  Trump officials privately mocked the Maine Republican in the run-up to Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing, predicting it'd be easy to get the pro-choice senator to vote for a seemingly anti-choice nominee
Talmon Joseph Smith / New York Times:
The key numbers in the jobs report and how to interpret them.  —  The number of people working or looking for work rose, while wage gains eased slightly — two encouraging signs as the Federal Reserve tries to combat stubbornly high inflation.  —  RIGHT NOW The key numbers in the jobs report and how to interpret them.
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David Harrison / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Employers Added 390,000 Jobs in May
Discussion: CNBC and The Daily Caller
Chris Matthews / Daily Mail:
Elon Musk now tells execs Tesla needs to ‘pause all hiring worldwide’ and cut staff by 10% because he has a ‘super bad feeling’ about the economy in latest internal email to execs  — Elon Musk told top managers he had a ‘super bad feeling’ about the economy
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David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
How New York's Redistricting Became a Civil War for Democrats  —  “It was mass hysteria.  Everyone assumed the whole thing was a plot.”  —  Bill de Blasio was having lunch at Caffè Reggio in the West Village on the third Monday in May, sinking in to what he assumed would be a post-mayoral life …
Bill Lueders / The Bulwark:
My Friend, Donald Trump  —  What it's like being so special to the former president that he constantly reaches out to you for help.  —  Donald Trump writes to me often, usually several times a day.  The president, as he calls himself—none of that “former” business—wants me to know how much he values me as a “trusted ally.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Democrats Face Pressure on Crime From a New Front: Their Base  —  Not long ago, the party was focused on police reform, but rising fears of violence, especially among communities of color, have led candidates to change course.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: HotAir
Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Barry Sussman, Washington Post editor who oversaw Watergate reporting, dies at 87  —  Barry Sussman, the Washington Post editor who directly oversaw the Watergate investigation by reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, providing invaluable — if at times unheralded …
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Many Reporters Think Kevin McCarthy Is Dumb.  Why Can't They Say So?  —  Is Kevin McCarthy a great big dummy?  —  That's not a rhetorical question.  Read between the lines of some of the coverage during McCarthy's 15 years in Congress and you start to suspect that many folks who pay close attention …
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
NY prosecutors are moving closer to charging Steve Bannon in border wall effort Trump pardoned him for  —  (CNN)Several close allies of Steve Bannon have been subpoenaed to testify before a New York state grand jury investigating his fundraising for a private border wall effort, people familiar with the investigation tell CNN.
Laura Meckler / Washington Post:
Gender identity lessons, banned in some schools, are rising in others  —  Students are told that dolls aren't just for girls, and that there are no ‘boy colors’ or ‘girl colors’  —  Some lessons are direct: “Who can describe what transgender means?”  In other classes, the discussion is more subtle …
Discussion: Althouse
Fabiola Santiago / Miami Herald:
Proud Boys couldn't have infiltrated Miami-Dade's GOP if racism were unacceptable  —  Welcome to your evolving Miami-Dade GOP — from spying Watergate burglars in the 1970s to racist Proud Boys in 2022.  —  How low can today's Florida Republicans go?  —  Pretty far down the road of normalizing racism …
Discussion: Alternet.org, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Tom Krisher / Associated Press:
US has over 750 complaints that Teslas brake for no reason  —  DETROIT (AP) — More than 750 Tesla owners have complained to U.S. safety regulators that cars operating on the automaker's partially automated driving systems have suddenly stopped on roadways for no apparent reason.
Discussion: Bloomberg and WTOP News
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Associated Press
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Manchin's bipartisan energy talks crumble, paving way for Democrat-only deal
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Biden to Travel to Saudi Arabia, Ending Its ‘Pariah’ Status