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3:30 PM ET, May 22, 2023

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Washington Post:
Concerns about Biden's reelection swamped by fear of Trump in swing voter focus groups  —  “Whatever the step above panicked is, that is what I feel about Trump,” said one of the voters, who picked Trump in 2016 then Biden in 2020  —  Nearly all of the 15 gathered swing state voters described …
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Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Why Trump Wants U.S. to Default on Debt  —  And why Biden now says he's “looking at” invoking the Fourteenth Amendment.  —  Late last week, amid the on-again/off-again White House negotiations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on raising the debt ceiling, Donald Trump lobbed a grenade.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. James Comer Implies Biden Family Probe Is Really About Helping Trump In 2024  —  Oops!  —  Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday inadvertently implied that House Republicans' high-profile investigation into President Joe Biden's family members and their finances is actually about helping Donald Trump win the presidency in 2024.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Politico:
Key Republican recruits hesitate to jump in if Trump is the nominee  —  Potential Republican candidates in swing states and districts are reluctant to throw hats into ring.  —  Less than a month after the midterms, Republican recruiters were already plotting how to persuade …
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Fox's Latest Hoax
Discussion: RedState, The Daily Beast and Jezebel
A.B. Stoddard / Bulwark+:   Why Are “Former Administration Officials” Still Not Speaking Up About Trump?
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump was warned about retaining classified documents, notes reveal  —  Exclusive: Unreported warning contained in notes taken by lawyer Evan Corcoran that prosecutors have viewed in recent months  —  Federal prosecutors have evidence Donald Trump was put on notice that he could not retain …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Texts tie DeSantis closely to Trump insider Lev Parnas in 2018 race  —  Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas and his business partner were arrested in 2019, accused by the U.S. government of funneling a Russian oligarch's money into American political campaigns.
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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis is learning that not every state wants to be Florida  —  As the Florida governor pushes his “Make America Florida” agenda, states start to (politely) push back.  —  Wherever Gov. Ron DeSantis goes, he brings greetings from “the free state of Florida.”  He heralds his “Florida Blueprint.”
Alex Roarty / Miami Herald:
'We've got a real dilemma': How ‘Never Trump’ Republicans view DeSantis vs Trump  —  Fergus Cullen is wary of Ron DeSantis' conflict with Disney, dislikes how the governor once used his kids in a campaign ad, and doubts he'd support the Florida Republican's presidential candidacy if it were any other election.
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Why Can't Progressive Writers Defend the Law?  —  Rich points to a column by Ezra Klein in the New York Times, in which Klein objects to President Biden taking the “14th Amendment option.”  Rich notes that Klein has a practical objection to the idea — namely that “if the administration declares …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Political Wire
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New York Times:
Bakhmut Is Gone: An Aerial Look at the War's Destruction  —  Drone footage taken by The New York Times captured the scorched buildings, destroyed schools and cratered parks that now define the city in eastern Ukraine.  —  Photographs and Video by Tyler HicksText by Marc Santora
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Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
N.A.A.C.P. Issues Florida Travel Advisory, Joining Latino and L.G.B.T.Q. Groups  —  The N.A.A.C.P. urged people to consider Florida's policies on diversity and race under Gov. Ron DeSantis when thinking of traveling there.  —  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People …
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
NAACP president on Florida warning: We shouldn't use race to ‘weaponize against people’
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Marianne Williamson loses top two campaign officials in a matter of days  —  The campaign director and deputy director for the longshot Democratic presidential candidate quit over the weekend.  —  The top two campaign officials for longshot Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson resigned over the weekend.
Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Signal:
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Policy Exposes Fox News Stances on Woke Ideology  —  FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Fox News employees are allowed to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity, rather than their biological sex, and permitted to dress in alignment with their preferred gender.
Christopher Rowland / Washington Post:
Seniors are flooding homeless shelters that can't care for them  —  Cities are building special shelters for the old, and shelters are hiring trained staff to handle a wave of aging baby boomers  —  PHOENIX — Beatrice Herron, 73, clutched a flier offering low-cost cable TV …
Discussion: Associated Press
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Bob Woodward roasts Trump's ‘everything is mine’ take in ‘unprecedented’ copyright suit: Interview tapes ‘belong to the People’  —  From George Washington to Joe Biden, U.S. presidents have harnessed the power of the press to reach the populace.  Investigative journalist Bob Woodward argues …
Discussion: Raw Story
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Bowman says he will ‘stay as far away’ from Greene as possible  —  Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) says he will “stay as far away...as possible” from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after a contentious exchange between the two stemming from an encounter outside the Capitol last week.
Discussion: Salon and New York Magazine
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
I Know One Way the Supreme Court Got to How It Is.  I Watched It Happen for Years.  —  This is a part of Disorder in the Court, a weeklong series on the legal press and the most explosive Supreme Court in generations: how we cover it, how we've failed, and how we can do better.
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Reporter Asks Tim Scott If He's a Virgin  —  It's interesting which details and interviews re-emerge about a presidential candidate as they announce their run for office.  —  Washington Post reporter Ben Terris remains in the process of writing his soon-to-be released book The Big Break …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Daily Caller
Randall Chase / Associated Press:
Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware won't seek reelection, opening up seat in liberal state  —  Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware announced Monday that he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate.  Carper's announcement paves the way for a wide-open contest …
Li Cohen / CBS News:
Trevi Fountain water turned black by climate activists protesting fossil fuels  —  Rome's historic and iconic Trevi Fountain became the site of a protest Sunday when climate activists turned its water black in protest of the fossil fuel industry.  —  Activist group Ultima Generazione …
The Daily Dot:
EXCLUSIVE: Murder, kidnapping, brutality charges: These are the cops Ron DeSantis paid to come to Florida  —  Florida's police recruitment bonus appears to have attracted a certain kind of cop.  —  In July 2021, the son of a high-ranking New York Police Department (NYPD) …
The Nib:
The Future of The Nib  —  I'm afraid I have some bad news.  After ten years of publishing, The Nib is going to close down this summer.  The new issue of our magazine, the Future issue, will be our last.  We will continue to publish online every weekday through August and then shut down.
Discussion: Graphic Policy
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Uber suspends diversity chief over 'Don't Call Me Karen' events  —  Bo Young Lee faced criticism for Zoom sessions that focused on white women's experience of ‘Karen’ stereotype of entitlement  —  Uber has suspended its head of diversity, equity and inclusion after Black and Hispanic employees complained …
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Investigated Clinton Foundation Until Trump's Final Days  —  President Donald J. Trump and his allies tried to cast the Clinton Foundation as corrupt.  But the yearslong investigation sputtered to its conclusion without charges.  —  Reporting from Washington
Rebecca Cohen / Insider:
An apparently AI-generated hoax of an explosion at the Pentagon went viral online — and markets briefly dipped  — An apparently AI-generated photo faking an explosion near the Pentagon in D.C. went viral.  — The Arlington Police Department confirmed that the image and accompanying reports were fake.
Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
What it would mean for the global economy if the US defaults on its debt  —  If the debt crisis roiling Washington were eventually to send the United States crashing into recession, America's economy would hardly sink alone.  The repercussions of a first-ever default on the federal debt would quickly reverberate around the world.
Discussion: CNN and Cyprus Mail
Public Notice:
The Democratic upset in Jacksonville is a product of the GOP's war on cities  —  Republican big city mayors are a highly endangered species.  That's not a fluke.  —  ∙ Paid … Last week, Democrat Donna Deegan won an upset mayoral election victory in Jacksonville, Florida …
Discussion: American Prospect
 
 
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Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
DeSantis wants to ‘make America Florida.’ That could mean many more uninsured
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
Texas Forced This Woman to Give Birth to a Stillborn Son. She's Suing
Discussion: Raw Story
Meduza.io:
Belgorod governor: ‘A majority of the population has left’ the Grayvoron area
Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Daniel Penny Says He Can't Be Racist Because He Was Planning a Road Trip in Africa
Discussion: Yahoo News
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Sidney Powell's Tossed Ethics Case Appealed by Texas Bar Panel
Politico:
How Tuberville's blockade of Pentagon nominees could end
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Aliza Chasan / CBS News:
How the Pentagon falls victim to price gouging by military contractors
Discussion: Raw Story
Employ America:
14th Amendment, Debt Ceiling & Perpetual Bonds: The Treasury Department is Hiding Political Failure In Technocratic Excuses
Discussion: Vox
Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
One state just became a national leader on child care. Here's how they did it.
Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
A Breakthrough Deal to Keep the Colorado River From Going Dry, for Now
New York Times:
Spying in Mexico Strikes a New Victim: the President's Ally