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4:40 PM ET, May 8, 2024

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Susanne Craig / New York Times:
R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain  —  The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has emphasized his vitality and relative youth compared with the leading Democratic …
Luke Mullins / Politico:
FreedomWorks Is Closing — And Blaming Trump  —  The libertarian organization couldn't survive the populist shift in the Republican Party.  —  FreedomWorks, the once-swaggering conservative organization that helped turn tea party protesters into a national political force, is shutting down …
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Shameless Judge Cannon May Have Killed Trump's Classified Docs Case
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
When Trump Attacks Our Elections, We Will Have No Excuse  —  Donald Trump and his Republican allies have no intention of accepting the outcome of a free and fair election.  They are boasting about building a voter suppression war machine.  They have told us their plans to intimidate election officials and voters.
Discussion: HuffPost and New York Times
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Lawrence Andrea / Journal Sentinel:
‘Character is too important’: Paul Ryan says he'll write in a candidate, won't vote for Trump  —  WASHINGTON - Former House Speaker Paul Ryan this week doubled down on his claim that he will not vote for Donald Trump this November, reasserting his opposition to the former president just two months …
Politico:
Biden on Trump: He 'didn't build a damn thing'  —  The president's speech on Wednesday was designed to claim credit for positive economic news — but also shake voters' views that his predecessor got stuff done.  —  President Joe Biden on Wednesday cast a major new investment in battleground Wisconsin …
Discussion: WHDH-TV and WGN-TV
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden hits Trump with major Microsoft announcement in Wisconsin
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
Georgia just made it a lot easier to challenge elections — and a lot harder to vote in them  —  With the 2024 presidential election just six months away, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on has signed legislation that makes critical changes to the state's election laws, including expanding the options …
Discussion: USA Today and Raw Story
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Georgia appeals court will review decision that kept Fani Willis on Trump case  —  A Georgia appeals court agreed Wednesday to review a lower court ruling in former President Trump's 2020 state-level election case allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue overseeing it, per a filing.
NBC News:
RFK Jr.'s new hire who downplayed Jan. 6 appears to have been at the Capitol during the attack  —  Photos and videos from outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, uncovered by online sleuths and NBC News appear to show Zach Henry, a right-wing influencer now working for Kennedy's campaign.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Stormy Daniels details Trump's sleazy contempt for women  —  PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers.  Appreciate our independent journalism?  Then please sign up to support us.  —  📈 Subscribe to Public Notice 📈
Politico:
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
U.S. to empower asylum officials to reject more migrants earlier in process  —  The Biden administration is planning to announce a new regulation as early as Thursday that is designed to allow immigration officials to deport migrants who are ineligible for U.S. asylum earlier in the process …
Discussion: Axios, Politico, Bloomberg and WPR
Damian Carrington / The Guardian:
World's top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target  —  Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds  —  Hundreds of the world's leading climate scientists expect global temperatures …
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
College anti-Israel agitators could be sent to Gaza under new House GOP bill  —  'I am going to bet that these pro-Hamas supporters wouldn't last a day, but let's give them the opportunity,' says Rep Randy Weber  —  FIRST ON FOX: A new House Republican bill would send any person charged …
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Introduce Legislation To Send Hamas-Sympathizing Student Visa Holders Home
Discussion: Washington Examiner and RedState
NBC News:
U.S. pauses Israel arms shipment over Rafah assault fears as Biden pushes for a cease-fire deal  —  An Israeli official told NBC News there is deep frustration in the country's government over the decision, which comes as the Biden admin presses for a cease-fire deal that would head off …
Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism:
Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry  —  A few years back, a writer in a developing country started doing contract work for a company called AdVon Commerce, getting a few pennies per word to write online product reviews.  —  But the writer …
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Axios:
GOP campaign staffer “liked” antisemitic memes … - 21-year-old Caleb Oriet introduced himself as “deputy political director” of Sheehy's campaign at an event last month, according to audio obtained by Axios.  — The campaign has said he was a “young field staffer.”
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
McCarthy vs. Gaetz: The GOP's never-ending feud  —  Seven months after the Florida firebrand led the ouster of the former speaker, tempers are running hotter than ever — with McCarthy lauding Gaetz's new primary challenger.  —  Kevin McCarthy is escalating his revenge campaign against Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and IJR
Donald J. Trump / Washington Post:
How Trump's allies amplify his Truth Social messages to the wider world  —  On the second day of his civil fraud trial in New York last fall, Donald Trump posted a photo of a young woman, Allison Greenfield, standing next to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.).
Discussion: Raw Story, HuffPost and Fortune
Politico:
Unexpected warning signs for Trump in busy Indiana primary  —  There were a half-dozen consequential GOP primaries on Tuesday, but Nikki Haley's performance in the already concluded presidential race could be a sign of trouble for Trump in more competitive states.
Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
Trump Individual, Estate Tax Cut Renewal to Cost $4.6 Trillion  — US deficit in 2024 seen rising closer to $2 trillion, CBO says  — CBO Director Swagel sees ‘daunting’ US fiscal outlook  —  The cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts for households, small businesses and the estates …
 
 
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Politico:
Playbook: Biden's race to Trump-proof his legacy
Discussion: Breitbart
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump Super PAC to join TikTok with @MAGA handle
Reuters:
Ukraine lawmakers back bill allowing some convicts to enlist in army
Discussion: Politico
Daniella Genovese / Fox Business:
California bill could remove self-checkout lanes at grocers, certain retailers
Discussion: Twitchy and Washington Examiner
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain: Report
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's inflation bomb: How his second-term plans could make it worse
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
RFK Jr's ‘history lesson’ on Russia's invasion of Ukraine flunks the fact test
Discussion: Reuters
 Earlier Items: 
Julia Doubleday / The Gauntlet:
Does the public understand that “variant” means “vaccine resistant”?
Discussion: Global News
Reuters:
Exclusive: In Tesla Autopilot probe, US prosecutors focus on securities, wire fraud
Nadia Scharf / The Indianapolis Star:
Rep. André Carson easily wins primary, but GOP's 7th District choice died in March
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: McCormick PAC launches big ad buy in Pennsylvania Senate race
Discussion: Associated Press and Daily Kos
Key Bridge Incident:
AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY SIXTH VICTIM RECOVERED IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
New York Times editor Joe Kahn says defending democracy is a partisan act and he won't do it
Discussion: Boing Boing, Fox News and New Republic
 

 
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