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8:40 PM ET, May 12, 2024

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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Trump praises fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter during rally speech  —  Ex-president calls Hopkins' cannibalistic Lecter ‘late, great’ while condemning ‘people who are being released into our country’  —  Donald Trump on Saturday praised fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter …
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Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Trump insults prosecutor at Jersey Shore rally filled with vulgar jabs  —  The presumptive Republican nominee spoke at a large rally where there were plenty of personal attacks and vulgar expressions from Trump and his supporters.  —  WILDWOOD, N.J. — Donald Trump on Saturday insulted …
New York Post:
Trump blasts Biden as ‘total moron’ before crowd of 100K at NJ rally: ‘Whole world is laughing at him’  —  WILDWOOD, NJ — Donald Trump recited all his greatest hits at a massive Saturday evening rally in Wildwood, NJ — but managed to avoid violating his court-imposed gag order by focusing …
Fox News:
Trump supporters flock to massive New Jersey campaign rally to hear former president speak amid ongoing trials
Michael Peck / Business Insider:
A wargame simulated a 2nd Trump presidency.  It concluded NATO would collapse.  — Trump has threatened to quit NATO.  A wargame examined the possible ramifications.  — The US player abandoned Ukraine and ceased NATO participation, triggering crisis in Europe.
Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Kristi Noem Banned From Tribal Lands By a SIXTH Sioux Tribe  —  SEE YA!  —  Days after the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate banned South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem from setting foot on tribal land, a sixth Sioux tribe joined in the banishment of the Trump-loving, puppy-killing Republican.
emptywheel:
Another Maggie Haberman NYT Story Covers Up Oleg Deripaska's Role  —  The reason it matters that Trump brought in Paul Manafort to work on his campaign again for “free” this year is that in 2016, Manafort shared the campaign's strategy with his long-time business associate Konstantin Kilimnik …
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Washington Post:   Manafort will no longer take on Republican convention role
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Trump appointee blasts Fifth Circuit over “landmines” in its recent decisions  —  “Parties should not be allowed to manipulate the court system to order trial judges ‘how’, ‘what’, and ‘when’ to rule,” Judge Mark Pittman wrote.  —  In a case that has already ping-ponged around the federal court system …
Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Sen. Lindsey Graham Suggests Nuking Gaza, Calls Hiroshima ‘the Right Decision’  —  GOING ATOMIC  —  Graham argued Israel would be justified in obliterating Gaza because America did it to Japan 80 years ago.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) offered a baffling comparison of Israel's war on Gaza …
NBC News:
Biden taps Obama, George Clooney, Julia Roberts and the Clintons for mega fundraisers  —  One high-profile event will feature a contest with Clooney and Roberts on social media platforms to engage grassroots donors, according to details first shared with NBC News.
Associated Press:
More US parents than ever have paid leave this Mother's Day - but most still don't  —  More working U.S. parents than ever are celebrating their first Mother's Day with hard-fought access to paid time off to care for newborns.  But the majority still must forego pay to care for new babies …
Samantha Waldenberg / CNN:
Biden calls Trump ‘unhinged’ and says ‘something snapped’ in former president after he lost 2020 election  —  President Joe Biden on Saturday called Donald Trump “clearly unhinged” and claimed that “something snapped” in the former president after he lost the 2020 election.
New York Times:
He's Running for Senate With an Immigrant's Origin Story.  Here's the Rest.  —  Bernie Moreno, the Republican challenging Senator Sherrod Brown in Ohio, tells a riches-to-rags-to-riches tale.  But the reality isn't so tidy.  —  He is running for the Senate as an immigrant who made good …
 
 
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