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Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Republican Praises Protest Hecklers, Including 1 Who Made Monkey Noises At Black Woman — A clip from the University of Mississippi shows a white counter-protester making the noises and gestures amid students' pro-Palestinian protest on campus. — LOADING
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Twitchy, The Daily Mississippian, Raw Story, MeidasTouch and The Daily Beast
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Cameron Manley / Business Insider:
Congressman appears to praise University of Mississippi students, including one making monkey gestures, who taunted a lone Black Gaza protester — Rep. Mike Collins appeared to praise University of Mississippi students for racist chants. — A video on X showed students engaging in racial taunts towards a Black war protester.
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The Hill, Washington Times, TMZ.com, New Republic and Raw Story
The Markup:
How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest? (Updated 2024) — Simple steps to take before hitting the streets — This article is an updated version of The Markup's original article on how to prepare your phone for a protest, published in 2020. — Gaza solidarity encampments have appeared …
Charles Homans / New York Times:
Politics Without Trump? His Youngest Fans Barely Remember It. — Democrats call Donald J. Trump dangerous. Republicans see him as revolutionary. For young Trump voters, he is just normal. — When Donald J. Trump held a rally in Rome, Ga., in March, his audience included …
Discussion:
Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Winning the super-haters — President Biden and former President Trump are in hot pursuit of a big — and possibly determinative — group of voters who loathe both men. … - That makes 2024 more similar to 2016 — when exit polls showed 18% of voters disliked both Trump and Hillary Clinton …
Discussion:
Digby's Hullabaloo
Associated Press:
Senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in ‘full-blown famine’ — WASHINGTON — A top U.N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory.
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New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Al Jazeera, NBC News, The Hill, Associated Press, Reuters, Al-Monitor and Twitchy
Emily Anderson Stern / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah trolled with 4,000 hoax reports of trans bathroom ban violations within days of reporting form launch — HB257, which took full effect Wednesday, requires the Utah auditor's office to receive and investigate complaints when government entities don't comply with the law.
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404 Media
Wall Street Journal:
Activist Groups Trained Students for Months Before Campus Protests — Left-wing groups and veteran demonstrators provided guidance and support before rise of pro-Palestinian encampments
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Breitbart, The Times of Israel and The Daily Caller
Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press:
A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them — It was Election Day last November, and one of Georgia's top election officials saw that reports of a voting machine problem in an eastern Pennsylvania county were gaining traction online.
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PoliticusUSA
New York Times:
How Counterprotesters at U.C.L.A. Provoked Violence, Unchecked for Hours — The New York Times used videos filmed by journalists, witnesses and protesters to analyze hours of clashes — and a delayed police response — at a pro-Palestinian encampment on Tuesday.
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Los Angeles Times, Althouse, Agence France-Presse, Mediaite and Democracy Now
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Crenshaw becomes latest Republican to hit Greene over Johnson ouster plan — Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) became the latest Republican to hit Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over her plan to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). — “She needs her time in the spotlight, you know …
Discussion:
Mediaite and Washington Examiner
emptywheel:
The Cuellar Indictment: DOJ Moves to Make 219 FARA a Thing — DOJ indicted Henry Cuellar and his spouse Imelda last Monday on charges that they laundered almost $600K in bribes through sham consulting contracts to Imelda in return for policies favorable to a state-owned Azerbaijani oil company and a Mexican bank.
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money, Rolling Stone, US Department of Justice and Semafor
Justin Peters / Slate:
A Great American Con Led to the Mess on College Campuses. Everyone Fell for It—Again. — A time-honored tactic by right-wing agitators brought on the “crisis” on American campuses. Everyone fell for it—again. — In 2001, a Vietnam-era student radical named David Horowitz decided to once again start causing trouble on campus.
Madeleine Greenberg / Democracy Docket:
Trump Campaign Files First Election Lawsuit of the Cycle, Targets Nevada Mail-in Voting — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump campaign is challenging Nevada's mail-in ballot receipt deadline in its first election lawsuit of the year with the help of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Nevada Republican Party.
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