Reading archive 2023-05-12

Opinion  What does the GOP have on Biden? A whole lot of nothin’. - "It is also apparently true, as Comer revealed with great fanfare, that Hunter Biden, 'other Bidens' and 'Biden associates' at various times formed more than 20 companies to conduct business transactions — akin, on a much smaller scale, to the roughly 500 such business entities established by Trump. ...

"Comer vows to continue the so-far fruitless hunt. I have an idea: Why doesn’t he examine how President Donald Trump protected Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from meaningful international censure following the murder of Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi — and how the Saudis later invested $2 billion in the start-up hedge fund launched by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner?"

Opinion  U.K. Conservatives head right for the exit

Anderson Cooper scolds critics of CNN’s town hall with Trump: "Do you think staying in your silo ... is going to make that person go away?” Anderson Cooper asked his viewers the day after CNN’s widely reviled town hall with Donald Trump.

CNN leadership under fire after ‘disastrous’ Trump town hall: A furious backlash raised questions about the future of chief executive Chris Licht and the larger challenges facing the news media going into the 2024 election

Ukraine’s cultural counteroffensive: The rush to erase Russia’s imprint