Read Glenn Thrush on the mental health crisis in America's prison system, which is now the 'largest provider of inpatient mental health treatment, with 10 times as many seriously mentally ill people now held behind bars as in hospitals.'

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Interesting from Will McDuffie: How RFK Jr. is trying to shortcut his way to the ballot via minor parties abcnews.go.com/Politics/rfk-j…

The average Logan Webb changeup leaves his hand at 88 MPH and drops 40 inches. That's totally unfair and I love it.

Story coming shortly, via Shane Goldmacher and me: Trump compares the Biden administration to the Nazi secret police the Gestapo, says he needs an attorney general with 'courage,' and says Democrats 'get welfare to vote' and then cheat, in audio obtained by NYT

Trump entered to the strains of him singing the national anthem with a group of people arrested in connection with the attack on the Capitol. He told the crowd he freed Blagojevich, who was in attendance, from his corruption sentence bc Comey was involved nytimes.com/2024/05/04/us/…

Trump, per audio: “When you are Democrat, you start off essentially at 40 percent because you have civil service, you have the unions and you have welfare And don’t underestimate welfare. They get welfare to vote.'

Trump likens Biden admin to 'Gestapo' and says Democrats use welfare for votes in profanity-laced, closed-door RNC retreat speech.
Maggie Haberman and me
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Trump team told donors at the RNC retreat it raised more than $76 million in April. Shane Goldmacher me nytimes.com/2024/05/04/us/…

New: GOP Dreaming of a red Senate wave?

McConnell says to hold your horses

“It’s important to not get too excited, because it’s noteworthy that in the last cycle, not a single incumbent lost. So what’s the message? Candidate quality,”

He just wants 51 politico.com/news/2024/05/0…

Trump is holding a fundraiser in mid May in NYC amid being in NYC for his trial, with hosts including Lutnick, Witkoff and the Kushners

NPR investigation finds federal judges failing to disclose free luxury travel - important work ⁦Tom Dreisbach⁩

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SCOOP —

Elon Musk and David Sacks had a fancy dinner party in Los Angeles earlier this month to talk politics and Joe Biden.

Guests included Rupert Murdoch, Steven Mnuchin, Peter Thiel, Travis Kalanick and Michael Milken.

Just posted at Puck.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — US drug control agency is moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a historic shift, AP sources say.

New: Although Todd Blanche has been Trump’s favorite lawyer for some time, behind closed doors and in phone calls, the former president has complained repeatedly about him in recent weeks. w Maggie Haberman -- nytimes.com/2024/04/30/us/…

Trump does not dismiss the possibility of political violence around the election. “If we don’t win, you know, it depends,” he tells TIME. “It always depends on the fairness of the election.” time.com/6972021/donald…

The MD Senate Dem primary turns negative thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

BREAKING: Netanyahu says Israel will invade Rafah with or without a hostage deal

The American Independent Party, which has ballot access in California largely due to a substantial number of voters mistakenly thinking they are registering as independents, will have RFK, Jr. as its presidential candidate on the state's 2024 general election ballot.

“What if I were to announce in three hours?” Mr. Kim said.

nytimes.com/2024/04/27/nyr…

'White House officials warned the Modi government this month that The Post was close to publishing an investigation that would reveal new details about the case. It did so without notifying The Post.' washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…