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National parks open free of charge for Gaza border residents

Jerusalem Post People living within 40 km of the Gaza Strip will be granted free entry into the country’s national parks and gardens, including the night parking lots, starting from Thursday. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-742831

Vulnerable Republicans Caught in the Middle in Debt Limit Fight

New York Times House G.O.P. lawmakers in competitive seats who could be crucial to averting a catastrophic default are being fawned over by Democrats one minute and pummeled the next. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/vulnerable-republicans-debt-limit-fight.html

Sudan’s Clashing Forces Agree to Allow Aid In, but Not to a Truce, U.S. Says

New York Times Officials hope the agreement will allow the delivery of lifesaving aid and ease conditions for the millions of Sudanese suffering after nearly four weeks of fighting between rival generals. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/world/africa/sudan-fighting-negotiations.html

Writer Shenderovich doused with ketchup in Lithuania by political migrant from Russia

Pravda Ukraine Pro-Ukrainian activists have picketed a speech by Russian opposition writer and publicist Viktor Shenderovich in Vilnius, Lithuania. One of them, Vladimir Shipitsyn, a political migrant from the Russian Federation, doused the writer with ketchup. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/12/7401806/

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bills prohibiting vaccine, mask mandates in state

Fox News Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation to prohibit vaccine and mask mandates on Thursday. DeSantis’ announced his four new “Prescribe Freedom” bills during an event in Destin. Senate Bill 252 prohibits workplaces, government agencies and schools from requiring COVID-19 vaccination or masks. The governor began his speech by referencing the intense criticism that…

An EPA Death Sentence for Fossil-Fuel Power Plants

Wall Street Journal The Biden agency’s new rule means the end of natural gas-fueled electricity. https://www.wsj.com/articles/power-plants-environmental-protection-agency-rule-epa-biden-administration-fossil-fuels-60f06bd0

The Biden-Trump Default Dependency

Wall Street Journal They play a game of mutual assured destruction on the debt ceiling. https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-donald-trump-debt-default-cnn-townhall-kevin-mccarthy-congress-fa67dfa

Racial-Affinity Calculus

Wall Street Journal Progressives return to the days of ‘separate but equal’ education. https://www.wsj.com/articles/evanston-township-high-school-equity-calculus-brown-v-board-of-education-progressives-chicago-education-c0650a21

Time Off to Early Vote? Georgia Says Yes

Wall Street Journal If this is what ‘voter suppression’ looks like, Biden should be for it. https://www.wsj.com/articles/georgia-early-voting-time-off-joe-biden-jim-crow-brian-kemp-bc84c12c

Calpers Looks to Expand Beyond Sacramento

Wall Street Journal The largest public pension system in the U.S. aims to open additional offices to help attract investment talent, with an office in San Francisco expected to open by year-end. https://www.wsj.com/articles/calpers-looks-to-expand-beyond-sacramento-370665e