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12:50 PM ET, May 20, 2023

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Jason Linkins / New Republic:
The Beltway Media Is Spreading Debt Limit Misinformation … Having watched Capitol Hill fall into chaotic convulsions over the debt ceiling a million times before, I've come to the conclusion that the only way to properly negotiate your way through a debt ceiling crisis is to not negotiate at all.
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Politico:
How Dems ended up where they swore they wouldn't be: Negotiating on the debt limit  —  President Joe Biden's party slowly relented on its insistence that any hike be clean.  And progressives are aghast at the concessions the GOP is poised to extract.  —  Looking back on the first two years …
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden's 14th Amendment message to progressives: It ain't gonna happen
Carl Hulse / New York Times:   Finger-Pointing Won't Save Anyone if Default Leads to Economic Collapse
The Hill:
Debt ceiling talks resume despite GOP frustrations
ABC News:
Debt ceiling talks will resume after ‘pause’
Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Nebraska passes abortion and transgender treatment bill into law  —  The Nebraska legislature passed a bill on Friday that prohibits abortions after 12 weeks as well as gender-related treatment for minors.  —  When Nebraska attempted to ban abortions after six weeks previously, the measure failed to pass by one vote.
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CNN:
‘Reap the whirlwind’: Biden and North Carolina Democrats see 2024 edge in GOP abortion ban
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Washington Post:
Nebraska passes 12-week abortion, gender-affirming care for minors ban
Sascha Pare / LiveScience:
Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same.  But why?  —  Scientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a “critical moment of agony” and that the behavior is spreading among the population through social learning.
Discussion: RedState, TheBlaze and BGR
Barbara Mcmahon / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Ex Playboy model Karen McDougal shares intimate details of her ‘ten-month affair’ with Donald Trump, claiming he told her he loved her and SHE ended it - moving on with Bruce Willis - in explosive interview with Daily Mail  — Karen McDougal, an ex-Playboy model who claims …
Discussion: New York Post and Raw Story
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Kwame Anthony Appiah / New York Times:
My Husband Flies First Class and Puts Me in Coach.  Is That Fair?  —  The magazine's Ethicist columnist on who deserves what in a marriage. … — Name Withheld  —  From the Ethicist:  —  The institution of marriage has always taken on characteristics of the society in which it arises.
New York Times:
Air DeSantis: The Private Jets and Secret Donors Flying Him Around  —  As the Florida governor hopscotched the country preparing to run for president, a Michigan nonprofit paid the bills.  It won't say where it got the money.  —  For Ron DeSantis, Sunday, Feb. 19, was the start …
Discussion: Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and The Hill
Ian Ward / Politico:
The Supreme Court Is Hiding Important Decisions From You  —  A new book argues the court is undermining its credibility by rendering so many unsigned and unexplained decisions on its so-called ‘shadow docket.’  —  As the Supreme Court begins to release its written opinions from its most recent term …
Discussion: PBS NewsHour and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Durham Exposes Robert Mueller's Failure  —  The new report exposes how the original Russia probe covered up the FBI's offenses.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Special counsel John Durham's report on the Russia collusion fiasco deserves more attention than it is getting …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Durham on Comey's Culpability
Discussion: Power Line and spiked
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema hit with complaint of lavish campaign spending  —  A group seeking to oust U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has filed a formal complaint with election authorities about her campaign spending habits, accusing her of “living a lifestyle of luxury financed by her special interest donors …
Valerie Gonzalez / Associated Press:
Mother of 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody says pleas for hospital care were denied  —  The mother of an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody said Friday that agents repeatedly ignored pleas to hospitalize her medically fragile daughter as she felt pain in her bones …
Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
DeSantis' weakness as Trump slayer has GOP rivals smelling blood  —  PAPER TIGER?  — Next week is poised to be one of the most eventful of the 2024 presidential campaign.  Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) today filed his official paperwork to run, in advance of his home state launch event Monday.
Discussion: HotAir and Vanity Fair
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge orders Rudy Giuliani to detail finances in election defamation suit  —  The order comes amid disputes about access to Giuliani's evidence related to a suit filed by 2020 election poll workers.  —  A federal judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani to provide a detailed accounting of his finances …
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
‘Live laugh lesbian’: Target's cheeky Pride collection strikes again  —  While much of the Pride merchandise that debuts around June falls flat, Target's has managed to break through the noise — and spark an onslaught of memes.  —  As queer Americans face a historic onslaught of anti-LGBTQ legislation …
Discussion: TheBlaze, New York Post and Daily Mail
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justice Gorsuch says COVID emergency orders among ‘greatest intrusions on civil liberties’  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court got rid of a pandemic-related immigration case with a single sentence.  —  Justice Neil Gorsuch had a lot more to say, leveling harsh criticism of how governments …
Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:
Sarah Comrie Deserves Her Good Name Back  —  By now, you may have heard about the story of the newest New York City “Karen” (the term refers to an officious or panicky white woman freaking out in public, usually in a supposed expression of racial bias or generalized “white privilege").
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Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
NYC hospital employee seen in viral video appearing to take bike from young Black men has receipts showing she rented it, lawyer says
Washington Post:
Man with AR-15-style rifle by bus stop says he wasn't out to terrify kids  —  The man stood in a red Make America Great Again baseball cap pointing his AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle toward the sidewalk.  —  An elementary school student ran home crying.  Parents were terrified.  Neighbors called the police.
Discussion: BizPac Review
Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 19, 2023  —  Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.  —  Click here to access ISW's archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Discussion: Human Events and The Dispatch
 
 
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Strange alliances emerge in Tennessee as the GOP governor pushes for gun reform
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Associated Press:
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Sarah Chaney Cambon / Wall Street Journal:
Debt-Ceiling Standoff Could Start a Recession, But Default Would Be Worse
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NBC News:
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Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
California Cops Probing Insane Video of Driver's N-Word Meltdown
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
In a Sharp Reversal, Biden Opens a Path for Ukraine to Get Fighter Jets
Politico:
Georgetown invited Navalny's kid to commencement. ‘Chaos’ followed.
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