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12:25 AM ET, May 30, 2024

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Jamie Raskin / New York Times:
How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases  —  Many people have gloomily accepted the conventional wisdom that because there is no binding Supreme Court ethics code, there is no way to force Associate Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas to recuse themselves …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Alito Refuses to Recuse: ‘My Wife Is Fond of Flying Flags’  —  The Supreme Court justice threw his wife under the bus after far-right flags were seen flying outside of his homes  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has finally responded to concerns about his ability to remain impartial …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump congratulates Alito for rejecting recusal calls amid flag flap  —  He said the justice showed “INTELLIGENCE, COURAGE, and ‘GUTS.’”  —  Donald Trump praised Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for rejecting calls to recuse himself from two pending cases involving the former president …
roanoke.edu:
Roanoke College Poll: Biden and Trump tied in Virginia  —  President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied (42%-42%) in a head-to-head matchup in Virginia, while Biden holds a two-point lead (40%-38%) when other candidates are included, according to the Roanoke College Poll.
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Ernest Luning / Gazette:
Lauren Boebert lags challenger Ike McCorkle by double digits, Democrat's internal poll shows
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The unusual turnout dynamic that could decide the 2024 election
Wall Street Journal:
Inside Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Growing Alliance  —  Donald Trump is weighing an advisory role for the Tesla leader in the event the former president reclaims the White House
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Jordan Hart / Business Insider:
Donald Trump is reportedly considering an advisory role for Elon Musk
Discussion: Reuters
Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
Texas GOP Platform Endorses Death Penalty for Abortion Patients  —  We need to talk about Plank 35 in the Texas GOP platform.  Because while there's been lots of coverage about how extremist the state's Republican convention was, people seem to have missed the fact that delegates adopted …
Discussion: HuffPost and Digby's Hullabaloo
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Once a Sheriff's Deputy in Florida, Now a Source of Disinformation From Russia  —  In 2016, Russia used an army of trolls to interfere in the U.S. presidential election.  This year, an American given asylum in Moscow may be accomplishing much the same thing all by himself.
Andrew Atterbury / Politico:
Florida sticks by social studies standard teaching ‘benefit’ of slavery  —  The updated standards include new required instruction surrounding the Sept. 11 attacks and the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, as well as several other more subtle changes.
Discussion: Action News Jax
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Trump Boasted About Sex With Stormy in Tahoe, Athlete Says  —  SUB PAR  —  The athlete also told The Daily Beast that in the run-up to the 2016 election he received anonymous calls from strangers asking what he remembered of the weekend. … Donald Trump boasted about having sex …
ACLU of Louisiana:
ACLU of Louisiana Denounces Governor Jeff Landry's Signing of Bill Restricting Public Observation of Police  —  NEW ORLEANS—Alanah Odoms, Executive Director of the ACLU of Louisiana, has released the following statement in response to Governor Jeff Landry's signing of HB 173.
Discussion: The Advocate and New Republic
New York Times:
Live Updates: Jury Begins Deciding Trump's Fate in Hush-Money Case  —  Twelve New Yorkers have begun deliberations on the 34 felony counts against Donald Trump in the first criminal trial of an American president.  He is accused of falsifying business records in connection with a payment to a porn star.
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
What you need to know about Trump's trial before the verdict
NBC News:
Jury deliberations set to begin in Donald Trump's criminal trial
Reuters:
Fourteen Hong Kong democrats found guilty in landmark subversion trial  —  Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were found guilty and two were acquitted on Thursday in a landmark subversion trial that critics say could deal another blow to the city's rule of law and its reputation as a global financial hub.
Discussion: Axios, Bloomberg and Al Jazeera
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Google won't comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation … Google's search algorithm is perhaps the most consequential system on the internet, dictating what sites live and die and what content on the web looks like.  But how exactly Google ranks websites …
Myah Ward / Politico:
Biden: If Black Americans stormed the Capitol, Trump wouldn't be ‘talking about pardons’  —  The remarks came as the campaign launched a new Black voter outreach strategy in Philadelphia.  —  President Joe Biden tore into Donald Trump over his record on race on Wednesday …
Politico:
Top Biden aides signal openness to letting Ukraine strike Russia with US weapons  —  No final decision has been made, but the consideration comes amid mounting pressure from allies and Democrats.  —  Two senior Biden administration officials Wednesday opened the door to allowing Ukraine …
Aaron Pellish / CNN:
RFK Jr. files complaint with Federal Election Commission over CNN debate criteria  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday alleging President Joe Biden's campaign, former President Donald Trump's campaign and CNN violated federal campaign laws …
US Department of Justice:
911 S5 Botnet Dismantled and Its Administrator Arrested in Coordinated International Operation  —  For Immediate Release  —  Botnet Infected Over 19M IP Addresses to Enable Billions of Dollars in Pandemic and Unemployment Fraud, and Access to Child Exploitation Materials
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Jenna Ellis, ex-Trump campaign legal adviser, has Colorado law license suspended for 3 years  —  Washington — Jenna Ellis, who served as a legal adviser to former President Donald Trump during the 2020 election, is barred from practicing law in the state of Colorado for three years …
 
 
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Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters:
Blinken urges Israel to craft post-war Gaza plan, warns of chaos
Discussion: The Times of Israel and USA Today
Walter E. Block / Wall Street Journal:
Libertarians Should Vote for Trump
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
Building the wall, opening ANWR: The GOP starts mapping its reconciliation game plan
Smithsonian's National Zoo …:
Two New Giant Pandas Coming to Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute From China by End of the Year
Mari Saito / Reuters:
Life on Ukraine's front line: ‘Worse than hell’ as Russia advances
Discussion: The Bulwark
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Discussion: HuffPost, Newsbusters and Raw Story
Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
As Civil War Consumes Black Lives Matter, $8.7 Million Goes Missing
Discussion: HotAir
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Gun-Obsessed YouTuber Narrowly Defeated in Texas GOP Runoff
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD sues the NBA over the league's “unjustified” decision to sell a package of media rights to Amazon, to which WBD claims to have a “contractual right”

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Mail Online, The Independent, Daily Mirror, and Daily Express roll out “consent or pay” walls charging users £1.99 to £4 per month for cookie-less access

Bloomberg:
A look at Joe Rogan's comedy club in Austin, called The Mothership, and the network of comedians and podcast hosts he has supported and attracted to the city
 
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