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5:20 AM ET, June 2, 2015

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Vanity Fair:
Introducing Caitlyn Jenner  —  See Vanity Fair's July 2015 cover.  Shot by Annie Leibovitz, the cover features the first photo of Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce.  —  Meet Caitlyn Jenner, Vanity Fair's July cover star.  Pulitzer Prize-winning contributing editor and author …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Repeatedly Mocks And Misgenders Caitlyn Jenner  —  A segment on Fox Business' Cavuto repeatedly mocked Caitlyn Jenner, who debuted her new identity Monday on the cover of Vanity Fair, and misidentified her with male pronouns.  —  Neil Cavuto introduced the segment by asking in an exaggerated voice …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Caitlyn Jenner becomes fastest to 1M Twitter followers, besting Obama
Discussion: The Verge and Deadline
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Meet The Man Pushing SCOTUS For A Monumental Change To Voting Laws  —  Edward Blum has been trying to take down “one person, one vote” — a tenet of modern voting rights law — since 1997.  Last week brought him his biggest breakthrough yet, with the Supreme Court surprising many election law experts …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court throws out conviction for violent Facebook postings
Julian Zelizer / CNN:   Obamacare ruling a time bomb for Democrats?
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:   Court sides with Muslim woman in workplace discrimination case
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Supreme Court rules against Abercrombie in hijab case
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Balloon Juice
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Let's Put Bernie Sanders's “Momentum” in Perspective  —  It's in the nature of campaign trail reporting to become tedious and devoid of news for long stretches of time, which in turn creates incentives for news outlets to sex up dispatches from campaign events with gauzy claims, like …
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Sam Frizell / TIME:
Hillary Clinton Will Officially Launch Her Campaign on June 13  —  Hillary Clinton will officially launch her campaign for president on June 13 with a rally on New York City's Roosevelt Island, ending the gradual ramp-up phase of her bid for president.  —  The former Secretary of State …
Dylan StablefordSenior / Yahoo Politics:
LIVE: Bernie Sanders talks to Katie Couric
Discussion: Politico
Dylan StablefordSenior / Yahoo Politics:
Bernie Sanders on Hillary Clinton: ‘Would she be interested in being my vice president?’
Discussion: Politico
Nick Gass / Politico:
The Clintons' go-to historical reference: The Roosevelts
Discussion: Bloomberg Politics
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham has a plan to win the GOP nomination.  If it works, it'd be a first.  —  As a native South Carolinian, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham's candidacy could shake up that early-voting state's primary.  —  But that's not the same thing as shaking up the presidential race.
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Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Republicans want experience as well as electability
Discussion: Hot Air, The Week and The PJ Tatler
Jonathan Heaf / GQ:
True Detective's Vince Vaughn covers British GQ  —  Forget the Frat Pack's fast-talking “so money” man: instead, he's America's plain-speaking superstar.  From calling time on the “assembly-line comedies” to his career-redefining role in TV's darker-than-noir detective thriller, True Detective …
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Madeleine Morgenstern / TheBlaze.com:
Vince Vaughn Goes Off on Gun Rights in a Way That Will Make 2nd Amendment Advocates Smile …
Politico:
GOP hits another roadblock on Obamacare repeal  —  After winning both chambers of Congress, they thought they could get a repeal bill to the president's desk.  It's turning out to be more complicated than that.  —  Yislaine Diaz sits with Amaury Garcia an insurance agent from Sunshine Life …
Science:
Editor's note  —  The Ask Alice article, “Help!  My adviser won't stop looking down my shirt,” on this website has been removed by Science because it did not meet our editorial standards, was inconsistent with our extensive institutional efforts to promote the role of women in science …
Discussion: Mashable, Fusion and The Week
ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Undercover DHS Tests Find Security Failures at US Airports … An internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration revealed security failures at dozens of the nation's busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able to smuggle mock explosives …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
4 Pieces of Conservative Advice For Young Conservative Men  —  So, though no fault of your own, you are a young conservative male coming of age in a time when the deck is so heavily stacked against you that it's like Michael Moore was leaning on it.  Sure, it's entirely the fault …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
For Germany, Demography Is Doom  —  Germany's economy dominates the EU, but if demography is destiny-and it is-then, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard argues in the Telegraph, Germany is doomed.  I had not realized that the numbers are so grim: … That is appalling. … This chart shows the problem visually.
Discussion: Telegraph
New York Times:
Blatter's Top FIFA Deputy Is Said to Have Transferred Money Central to Bribery Case  —  Federal authorities believe that Sepp Blatter's top lieutenant at FIFA made $10 million in bank transactions that are central elements of the bribery scandal engulfing international soccer …
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Today's college feminists are too fragile to read  —  When a professor criticizes equal rights law, it is not a violation of equal rights.  —  They told me that if I voted for Mitt Romney, campus witch hunts would leave professors afraid to write about feminism.  And they were right!
Washington Post:
American journalist held by rebels in Yemen is freed  —  An American freelance journalist who was detained last month by rebel forces in Yemen has been freed, a family member said Monday.  —  Casey L. Coombs, who wrote for The Intercept among other publications, was one of at least four U.S. citizens …
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New York Times:
American Journalist Is Freed by Yemen's Houthi Rebels
Discussion: NPR
 
 
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Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Arizona Anti-Muslim Activist Tries To Raise $10M As He Goes Into Hiding
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Zachary T. Sampson / Tampa Bay Times:
Ten years since its last hurricane, Florida more vulnerable to catastrophe than ever, experts say
Discussion: Progress Pond and Booman Tribune
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Gov. Walker backs 20-week abortion ban regardless of exemptions for rape, incest
Discussion: Daily Kos and Bloomberg Business
USA Today:
Advice to take the bite out of bug season
Elise Labott / CNN:
Qatar extends travel ban for ‘Taliban 5’
Discussion: mrctv.org/videos and Truth Revolt
 Earlier Items: 
Dustin Volz / National Journal:
Rand Paul Won't Get Amendments on NSA Reform Bill—But Mitch McConnell Will
Discussion: Daily Kos
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
What We Know About the Dennis Hastert Scandal
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Hastert judge also donated to his campaigns
Discussion: Daily Mail, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Garth Kant / WND:
WHY AMERICA IS MOVING LEFT
Discussion: Raw Story and Right Wing Watch
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Once Taboo, Some Behaviors Now More Acceptable in U.S.
Discussion: Politico and The Week