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3:25 PM ET, May 23, 2023

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NBC News:
Ron DeSantis will launch his presidential bid with Elon Musk  —  The Florida governor will announce he is running for president on Twitter Wednesday evening in a conversation with Musk.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will announce he is running for president during a discussion with Twitter CEO Elon Musk …
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New York Times:
DeSantis Set to Announce 2024 Run on Twitter With Elon Musk  —  The Florida governor is expected to appear on a live audio conversation with Mr. Musk, the social platform's owner.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is planning to announce the start of his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court sets legal showdown on debt limit 14th Amendment argument  —  Justice Department lawyers declined to say whether Biden has the power to defy a debt cap.  —  A judge in Boston has ordered a hearing next week on one of the key arguments that President Joe Biden has the legal authority …
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Washington Post:
GOP extortion has backed Biden into a corner.  He still has a way out.  —  As America hurtles toward default on its debts and the subsequent economic cataclysm, it's looking as if President Biden is running out of options.  He still has a way out — remaining prepared to invoke the 14th Amendment …
Matt Bruenig / People's Policy Project:   The Debt Limit Situation
Neil H. Buchanan / Verdict:
Will the Democrats Unilaterally Disarm on the Debt Ceiling in the Name of Being “Normal”?
Discussion: FIRST DRAFT
Patrick Smith / NBC News:
Driver arrested and Nazi flag seized after truck crashes into security barriers near the White House  —  The driver of the U-Haul truck faces multiple charges after the Monday night incident, which the Secret Service said may have been intentional.  —  A driver was arrested and a Nazi flag …
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Nathan Howard / Reuters:
Driver detained as truck crashes near White House; Nazi flag found  —  The U.S. Secret Service said it had detained the driver of a rented box truck that crashed into security barriers near the White House on Monday night, perhaps intentionally, but that there were no injuries or ongoing danger.
CNN:
U-Haul driver faces multiple charges after crashing into a security barrier near White House in Lafayette Square, police say
ABC News:
Man who wanted to seize power struck White House barrier with truck, law enforcement says
Troy Pope / wusa9.com:
U-Haul truck smashes into security barrier near White House, driver arrested
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Here's How Bad CNN's Post-Trump Town Hall Ratings Have Been  —  This reporting is featured in this week's edition of Confider, The Daily Beast's media newsletter.  Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here.  —  More than a week after CNN's disastrous town hall …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The looming existential crisis for cable news  —  The number of cable subscribers, dropping for years, just took a record-breaking plunge.  Sooner or later, it will hurt news channels' bottom line.  —  After a week of promotion and controversy, CNN staged a live town hall telecast …
Peter Kafka / Vox:   Do Americans really want “unbiased” news?
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Florida school bans poem read at Biden inauguration after objection of just one parent  —  The poem that was read by poet Amanda Gorman at President Joe Biden's inauguration has been banned from elementary schools in Miami-Dade County, Florida after the objections of just one parent.
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Sommer Brugal / Miami Herald:
Miami-Dade K-8 bars elementary students from 4 library titles following parent complaint  —  A K-8 school in Miami-Dade County last month issued restrictions for elementary-aged students on three books and one poem after a parent objected to five titles, claiming they included topics …
Discussion: New Republic and Joe.My.God.
Ruth Graham / New York Times:
Sex Abuse in Catholic Church: Over 1,900 Minors Abused in Illinois, State Says  —  A new report by the attorney general of Illinois covering decades names more than 450 credibly accused sexual abusers, including priests and lay religious brothers.  —  The Latest
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Associated Press:
Illinois AG probe: Catholic clergy sexual abuse of kids was far more common than church acknowledged
Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
UT-Austin tried to hire a game theorist for its new free-enterprise think tank.  He turned down the job because of fights over tenure.  —  Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to eliminate tenure, but his attempts have impacted the institute he helped create.  —  It was going to take Keith Schnakenberg …
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Target CEO defends ‘woke’ capitalism during calls to boycott kids ‘tuck friendly’ swimwear  —  Target's top executive dismissed the social media uproar over the retailer's new line of LGBTQ-friendly clothing, including “tuck-friendly” swimwear for children, saying that marketing the products are good for business.
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Wall Street Journal:
Special Counsel Is Wrapping Up Trump Mar-a-Lago Probe  —  Some Trump associates anticipate an indictment—and raising funds off it  —  WASHINGTON—Special counsel Jack Smith has all but finished obtaining testimony and other evidence in his criminal investigation into whether former President …
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg:
Harlan Crow's Lawyers Say Congress Doesn't Have Authority to Investigate Supreme Court  —  Harlan Crow, the Texas billionaire and GOP megadonor with close ties to Clarence Thomas, refused to answer questions from a Senate committee about his years of gifts to the Supreme Court justice.
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
7 news outlets reimagining political journalism in smart ways  —  Political journalism is in crisis.  Over the past few months, BuzzFeed News, FiveThirtyEight, Vice and a number of other outlets that specialize in political news have substantially cut staffing and coverage.
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
As funds run short, Treasury asks agencies if payments can be made later  —  Senior Biden aides are rummaging through the nation's books, looking for new ways to conserve cash while Washington battles over the debt ceiling  —  The Treasury Department has asked federal agencies whether …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Reality is an endlessly useful political opponent  —  Kari Lake lost the Arizona gubernatorial election by about 17,000 of the votes cast by Nov. 8, 2022.  —  She lost the election in the mind of the public when it was called by the Associated Press on Nov. 14.  She lost officially when the election was certified on Dec. 5.
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Joe Duhownik / Courthouse News Service:
Kari Lake loses election challenge
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
CNN needs a new chief.  Here's the ideal candidate.  —  The calamitous and widely panned CNN town hall with disgraced former president Donald Trump personified much of what is wrong with the mainstream media: the insatiable desire for sensationalism, the dereliction of duty to pursue the truth …
Clara Duhon / The Hill:
Disney's reputation jumps among Democrats, drops among Republicans: poll  —  Sentiments toward the Walt Disney Company have become increasingly divided along partisan lines amid a public relations and legal battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).  —  The company dropped a dozen spots …
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Trump Organization finishes last in brand reputation survey for second straight year  —  The Trump Organization, the company led by former President Trump and his family, finished last in an Axios Harris survey of brand reputations for the second year in a row.
Discussion: Axios
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
How Vivek Ramaswamy helped make Martin Shkreli the ‘pharma bro’  —  Ramaswamy's hedge fund firm invested with the since-infamous Shkreli.  Later, he would say he was “pathologically incapable of telling the truth.”  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican presidential candidate who made a fortune in biotech …
Discussion: Raw Story
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Guess who just bid $100K for McCarthy's used chapstick  —  The fundraiser, which Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) won with a $100,000 bid, is set to benefit Republicans' campaign arm.  —  House Republicans are bidding for steep spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling.
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Texas pushes church into state with bills on school chaplains, Ten Commandments  —  The bills, and others around the country, come in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent ruling for a high school football coach who prayed with players  —  AUSTIN — Texas lawmakers are scheduled to vote Tuesday …
Drew Hawkins / The Guardian:
Republican John Kennedy: southern plain-talk or Foghorn Leghorn shtick?  —  The Louisiana senator, once a Democrat, trots out folksy, at times racist lines in an exaggerated accent - but is it a put-on?  —  enator John Neely Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, offended Mexicans across the world …
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Charlie Kirk's ‘Turning Point’ Pivots to Christian Nationalism  —  The organization founded to promote the free market sure is spending a lot of time promoting attacks on the separation of church and state … Its mission, as recorded with the IRS since 2012, is to enlighten students about …
Shan Wu / The Daily Beast:
AG Merrick Garland Needs to Get Out of the Business of Defending Trump  —  E. Jean Carroll wants to add Trump's latest insults to a pending defamation case.  The attorney general still allows the federal government to help Trump's defense. … E. Jean Carroll's latest legal move …
Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Appeals court upholds admissions policy at elite Virginia high school  —  A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia that critics say discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.
Rotimi Adeoye / The Daily Beast:
Tim Scott's Vision for America Isn't for Black People  —  His personal story is inspiring, but his record as a U.S. Senator is one that doesn't place much concern for Black Americans' needs. … Sen. Tim Scott's life story is inspiring.  Hailing from a black family with humble beginnings in South Carolina …
Discussion: Politico
Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Court Extends Evan Gershkovich's Pretrial Detention by Three Months  —  WSJ reporter was detained on March 29 while on a reporting trip in the Urals  —  A Russian court extended until at least Aug. 30 the pretrial detention of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter deemed …
 
 
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Judge sets 2024 date for Trump's criminal trial in Stormy Daniels case
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
DHS unveils body camera guidance for agencies
Discussion: Fox News, ABC News and GovExec.com
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Trump defends refusal to back abortion ban: ‘Exceptions are very important’
Discussion: Just The News and The Messenger
Christina Hughes Babb / Oak Cliff:
DISD parents concerned about ‘run, hide, fight’ Winnie-the-Pooh book
Katherine Hempstead / The Hill:
Work requirements are a policy failure: Why are they still an option?
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
Black Lives Matter Hemorrhaged Cash in 2022, Tax Documents Show
Sam Sutton / Politico:
Moody's: U.S. downgrade, default unlikely as X-Date approaches
Discussion: Semafor
Char Adams / NBC News:
A Black professor has long said what the IRS now admits: The tax system is biased
Discussion: Politico
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Axios:
Biden campaign spends big to close digital deficit
Discussion: Just The News
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
Objection to sexual, LGBTQ content propels spike in book challenges
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert J. Shapiro / Washington Monthly:
Why Don't Americans Recognize that Inflation is Down and Incomes Are Up?
Discussion: New York Times
Rachel Aviv / New Yorker:
The Tortured Bond of Alice Sebold and the Man Wrongfully Convicted of Her Rape
Rich Lowry / National Review:
The Busing of Migrants Has Worked
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Draft Tucker PAC ceases activities after legal threat from Carlson