memeorandum: Winnie the Pooh ‘Run, Hide, Fight’ Book Draws Parents' Ire (Jesus Jiménez/New York Times)

5:30 PM ET, May 27, 2023

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Donald Trump, Ted Cruz stand with Texas AG Ken Paxton as impeachment vote about to begin — The former president weighed in on the Trump-backed website Truth Social less than 20 minutes before lawmakers took up impeachment on Saturday. — AUSTIN — Former President Donald Trump …

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Christopher Hooks / Texas Monthly:

The Texas Legislature Finally Comes for Ken Paxton — The Texas attorney general has spent nearly eight years—and won two elections—under indictment. So why a vote to impeach now? — At the start of this week, the Texas Legislature was sliding toward the conclusion of yet another underwhelming, but basically normal, session.

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Ken Paxton Impeachment / The Texas Tribune:

Ken Paxton updates: Texas House impeachment vote will be an intra-GOP showdown — The embattled attorney general has criticized a Republican-led push that could remove him from office. The Texas House is set to debate 20 articles of impeachment at 1 p.m. — Watch the impeachment proceedings at 1 p.m.

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New York Times:
Impeachment Vote Set for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: What to Know

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Gideon Rubin / Raw Story:
Embattled Texas AG Ken Paxton calls for protest at the state Capitol

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Associated Press:
Why Texas' GOP-controlled House wants to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton

NBC News:

‘Trump Bucks’ promise wealth for MAGA loyalty. Some lose thousands. — The products are advertised online as a kind of golden ticket that will help propel Trump's 2024 bid and make the “real patriots” who support him rich when cashed in. — In the recesses of the internet …

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Christine Fernando / USA Today:

‘The time has come to take back what is ours’: Ukraine signals counteroffensive is coming — Ukrainian officials are fueling speculations about when a massive, much-anticipated counteroffensive against Russia may begin. — “The time has come to take back what is ours,” General Valerii Zaluzhnyi …

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James Landale / BBC:
Oleksiy Danilov interview: Ukraine counter-offensive ‘ready to begin’

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New York Times:
Ukraine's Top Commander Signals Counteroffensive Could Be Imminent

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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:

Charlie Kirk's TPUSA Teamed Up With a Registered Sex Offender — Kirk decried the sexualization of kids at his Pastors Summit. The founder of one of its sponsors was convicted of attempted “coercion and enticement” of a minor — TURNING POINT USA CEO Charlie Kirk is cheerleading …

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Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:

Winnie the Pooh ‘Run, Hide, Fight’ Book Draws Parents' Ire — The Dallas school district apologized for not providing guidance to parents when it sent students home with a book that teaches how to respond to dangerous situations at school. — The school district in Dallas has drawn backlash …

Discussion: Al Jazeera and Associated Press

NBC News:

The ugly proxy war over Feinstein's Senate seat — The California senator's health and a promise Gov. Gavin Newsom made two years ago is complicating the state's first real Democratic primary in decades. — LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom may soon earn the rare distinction …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Steven Shepard / Politico:
How Republicans in California could decide Dianne Feinstein's successor

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Axios:

Scoop: Sinema enters debt ceiling negotiations — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) has inserted herself into the debt ceiling negotiations, working with both sides to try to bridge differences on permitting reform, according to people familiar with the matter.

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David Cox / The Guardian:

Immunologist Akiko Iwasaki: ‘We are not done with Covid, not even close’ — The Yale professor and long Covid expert on why the virus is causing ongoing illness for so many, and the challenges she faces as a woman of colour in science — ccording to the most recent estimates …

Discussion: NPR

Kyle Morris / Fox News:

DeSantis says he would welcome bill to abolish ‘corrupt’ IRS: ‘We need something totally different’ — DeSantis has repeteadly taken aim at the Biden administration's efforts to expand the IRS — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would be “welcoming” of a measure from Congress to defund …

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Jim Defede / CBS News:
Lev Parnas claims text messages show close ties to Ron DeSantis

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Steve Benen / MSNBC:

Kevin McCarthy's Freedom Caucus headache is just getting started — In the debt ceiling fight, House Freedom Caucus members thought they were running the show. Now they're learning otherwise. They're not taking it well. — As far as the far-right House Freedom Caucus was concerned …

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Mattea Bubalo / BBC:

India official drains entire dam to retrieve phone — A government official in India has been suspended after he ordered a reservoir to be drained to retrieve his phone. — It took three days to pump millions of litres of water out of the dam, after Rajesh Vishwas dropped the device while taking a selfie.

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Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Washington Post:

Scientists find way to make energy from air using nearly any material — Nearly any material can be used to turn the energy in air humidity into electricity, scientists found in a discovery that could lead to continuously producing clean energy with little pollution.

Sarah Arnold / Townhall:

AOC Heckled and Shouted Off Stage by NYC Voters: ‘Put America First’ — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) was booed off stage during a New York City town hall by attendees who were frustrated by the Democrat's position on the looming debt ceiling issue, the border crisis, and the millions of dollars being funneled to Ukraine.

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Erin Allday / San Francisco Chronicle:

Attacks on trans athletes have little basis in science — Experts say a paucity of research on transgender athletes makes it difficult to determine if trans women actually are faster or stronger. The science is even murkier for young athletes. — Two female runners competing …

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David J. Lynch / Washington Post:

U.S. leaders gamble with world's most trusted asset in debt showdown — Episode could mean higher borrowing costs for government, companies and consumers — Hundreds of banks, hedge funds and investment managers as soon as early June could begin holding multiple daily conference calls …

Discussion: Just The News, New York Times and Public Notice

Nate Carlisle / FOX 13 News Utah:

Patriot Front member pleads guilty to child pornography charges in Utah — SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man arrested last year in Idaho with members of a white nationalist group has admitted to possessing child pornography. — Jared M. Boyce, 28, of Springville, pleaded guilty in a Utah court …

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Docket updates for Mata v. Avianca …:

Mata v. Avianca, Inc. (1:22-cv-01461) — District Court, S.D. New York — Citation: Mata v. Avianca, Inc., 1:22-cv-01461, (S.D.N.Y.) — Cause: 28:1331 Fed. Question — Nature of Suit: 310 Airplane — Jurisdiction Type: Federal Question … Document Number — Date Filed

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