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Brynn Tannehill / New Republic:
The Court Just Sealed Everyone's Fate, Including Its Own — This week, the Supreme Court managed to fail to meet the already extremely low expectations most sane people already had for it. First, during the Idaho EMTALA case on whether hospitals receiving federal funding can refuse …
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The Daily Beast, Alternet.org, New York Times, JONATHAN TURLEY, The Federalist and The Guardian
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:NEW!
Is Supreme Court just winging it in Trump immunity fight? — “It sure ain't originalism,” one critic said. — The Supreme Court's conservatives often accuse liberals of inventing provisions nowhere to be found in the Constitution. Now, the fingers are pointed in the other direction.
Dennis Aftergut / Salon:
SCOTUS majority abandons conservative principles to mount bizarre defense of Trump's immunity claim
SCOTUS majority abandons conservative principles to mount bizarre defense of Trump's immunity claim
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Robert Reich, The Hartmann Report and The Bulwark
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Trumpification of the Supreme Court
The Trumpification of the Supreme Court
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The Bulwark, The Moderate Voice, The Dispatch, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, NBC News, Reuters, Civil Discourse …, HuffPost, The Guardian, PBS NewsHour and UPI
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida GOP Rep. Posey abruptly announces retirement — He first won his deep-red seat in 2008. — TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) abruptly announced on Friday that he will not seek reelection, after initially planning to run for another term.
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The Capitolist, Washington Examiner, Florida Politics and RedState
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Anjali Huynh / New York Times:
'Where's Cricket?' Don't Ask. Kristi Noem Defends Killing Her Dog. — In a forthcoming book, the South Dakota governor, seen as a potential vice-presidential pick, tells of shooting her hunting dog. And a goat. — Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota on Friday defended a story included …
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Potential Trump VP Pick Brags That She Murdered a Puppy She Hated
Potential Trump VP Pick Brags That She Murdered a Puppy She Hated
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New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, Awkward On Land and Crooks and Liars
Gil Duran / New Republic:
The Tech Baron Seeking to “Ethnically Cleanse” San Francisco … To fully grasp the current situation in San Francisco, where venture capitalists are trying to take control of City Hall, you must listen to Balaji Srinivasan. Before you do, steel yourself for what's to come …
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Biden Taunts Trump, Calling Him a ‘Loser,’ Trying to Get Under His Skin — President Biden has been trying to hit his opponent where it hurts, critiquing everything from his hairstyle to his energy levels in court. — This week, one presidential candidate has called the other a loser …
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New York Times:
Biden, Asked if He's Planning to Debate Trump, Says ‘I Am’
Biden, Asked if He's Planning to Debate Trump, Says ‘I Am’
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Sam Stein / Politico:
Maine Dems say they'll consider cutting off Trump's path, if Nebraska moves to hurt Biden — Converting the state's electoral votes to winner-take-all would likely erase any gains Trump would make in Nebraska. — If Nebraska Republicans changed their electoral college rules to help Donald Trump …
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Washington Examiner, Nebraska Examiner, PoliticusUSA, ABC News, The Hill and Raw Story
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
G.O.P. Asks Secret Service to Move Protesters Away From Convention Venue — The Republican National Committee said moving protesters farther away from the venue in Milwaukee would reduce the risk of confrontations. — The Republican Party sent a letter to the Secret Service on Friday urging …
The Dispatch:
After RNC Shakeup, Trump Ground Game Could Be Compromised — Plus: A look at the Washington GOP's unconventional gubernatorial endorsement. — Happy Friday! And we better not bury the lead on the biggest political story of the day: Babydog, the English bulldog owned by Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia …
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Letters from an American, Raw Story and Democrats
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Court upholds New York law that says ISPs must offer $15 broadband — New York obtains significant win for states' ability to regulate broadband. — A federal appeals court today reversed a ruling that prevented New York from enforcing a law requiring Internet service providers to sell $15 broadband plans to low-income consumers.
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Alaska Public Media, Fox News, New York Times and Reuters, more at Techmeme »
Dharna Noor / The Guardian:
Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear — Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts — Climate experts fear Donald Trump will follow a blueprint created by his allies …
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Samuel Alito's Resentment Goes Full Tilt on a Black Day for the Court — On the day Donald Trump took office in January 2017, pondering what he might do to the country's democratic norms and institutions, I wrote these words: “Trump will destroy them, if keeping Trump on top requires it. Or try to.
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Refusing To Go After David Pecker Raises Questions — Speculation has risen as to why Donald Trump has not risked violating his gag order to attack former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker following his damning testimony in the hush money trial.
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Forbes, Al Jazeera, New Republic, The Federalist, Los Angeles Times, RTÉ, UPI, FOX 7 Austin and Fox News
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
RNC's ‘election integrity’ lawyer charged with election crimes — Christina Bobb is the lawyer overseeing the RNC's “election integrity” efforts. She was also just indicted by a grand jury for election-related crimes. — A total of 18 Republicans were indicted in Arizona yesterday as part …
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The Moderate Voice, Alaska Beacon, Washington Post, New York Times, The Guardian, Election Law Blog, Salon and The National Pulse
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The dishonest — and ironic — push to blame campus protests on George Soros — There is very obviously an element of opposition to the ongoing protests on college campuses that is rooted in familiar partisan rhetoric. The political right's hostility to college professors and insistences …
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New York Post, New Republic and Clayton Cramer
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