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Robby Soave / New York Times:
Michelle Carter Didn't Kill With a Text — Can malicious speech constitute violence? No. But Friday's shocking court decision — which found Michelle Carter guilty of sending lethal text messages — is bound to confuse the issue. — Judge Lawrence Moniz, of Bristol County Juvenile Court …
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Axios, Above the Law, Gothamist, Fast Company and theGrio
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David French / National Review:
A Sad and Terrible Verdict in Massachusetts — In Massachusetts, we just saw a textbook example of how bad facts (in this case, horrific facts) can make bad law. Here's the Washington Post with the details: … There is no question that Carter behaved terrible.
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Outside the Beltway
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Assassination List Found On James Hodgkinson's Body — James T. Hodgkinson, the shooter who opened fire on dozens of Republican congressmen and staffers at a baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday, had a list of Republican names in his pocket that was recovered by the FBI, The Daily Caller has learned.
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Alexandria Gunman Carried List With Names of 3 Republican Lawmakers — WASHINGTON — The gunman who targeted Republican congressmen this week at a baseball field in suburban Washington was carrying a list with the names of at least three lawmakers, and had pictures of the ballpark stored on his cellphone …
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Business Insider and Infowars
Malcolm Gay / BostonGlobe.com:
Knives are out for theaters that bear the name ‘Shakespeare’ — The messages started pouring in earlier this week. — “Your play depicting the murder of our President is nothing but pure hatred,” read one of the tamer ones. — “[H]ope you all who did this play about Trump are the first do …
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Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Protester rushes stage at controversial ‘Julius Caesar’ production — A woman was arrested after rushing the stage at the controversial production of ‘Julius Caesar’ in Central Park Friday night during a stunt live streamed on social media. — Laura Loomer, who works for the alt-right website The Rebel …
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Raw Story, Althouse, New York Times and The Daily Caller
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BOOM!! Protesters INTERRUPT Trump Assassination Play - RUSH STAGE — Screaming “Goebbels Would Be Proud!” (VIDEO) — PROTESTER INTERRUPTS TRUMP ASSASSINATION PLAY IN CENTRAL PARK! — SCREAMING “STOP LIBERAL VIOLENCE! — GOEBBELS WOULD BE PROUD! — YOU'RE A NAZI CROWD!!!”
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Daily Wire, The Guardian, TheBlaze, Conservative News Today, Vox, Liberty Unyielding and Heat Street
Richard Elliot / WSB-TV:
6TH DISTRICT POLL: Ossoff leads Handel by less than 2 points — ATLANTA - With just a few days to go before Georgia's 6th Congressional District runoff, Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel are still very, very close. — Our latest WSB-Landmark Communications poll of 800 likely voters …
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CANNONFIRE, Political Insider blog and twitchy.com
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump reports assets of at least $1.4 billion in financial disclosure — The campaign and the early months of President Donald Trump's presidency have been good for Donald Trump. — The Trump International Hotel, which opened last year just blocks from the White House in a building leased …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Why Trump Attacked His Own Deputy Attorney General — Nearly everyone who knows him seems to agree that Rod Rosenstein, the Deputy Attorney General and the official overseeing the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of links between the Trump campaign and Russia, has a reputation for integrity.
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CNN, Bloomberg, Townhall.com, Snopes.com and The New Civil Rights Movement
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Rosenstein friends say he won't be influenced by Trump tweets
Rosenstein friends say he won't be influenced by Trump tweets
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Breitbart, Death and Taxes, Mediaite, Bloomberg, RedState, ABC News and Daily Wire
Media Matters for America:
What Megyn Kelly says in leaked audio from Alex Jones — Just days ahead of Megyn Kelly's June 18 interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the Infowars founder leaked purported audio of him and the NBC anchor. Jones was seeking to defend himself because he believed that Kelly …
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Hartford Courant, Daily Kos, twitchy.com, New York Times, Infowars, BuzzFeed, National Review, Page Six, YouTube and Business Insider, more at Mediagazer »
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Connecticut NBC Station Won't Air Megyn Kelly Interview with Alex Jones
Connecticut NBC Station Won't Air Megyn Kelly Interview with Alex Jones
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Raw Story, Death and Taxes, Politicus USA and Liberty Unyielding, more at Mediagazer »
Foreign Policy:
White House Officials Push For Widening War in Syria Over Pentagon Objections — Two Trump officials want to confront Iranian-backed fighters, but Defense Secretary James Mattis has balked at the idea. — A pair of top White House officials is pushing to broaden the war in Syria …
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Middle East Eye and The National Interest
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
How Jason Kander Won by Losing — MANCHESTER, N.H.—Jason Kander was wearing a mic pack here as he wandered around the Puritan Backroom, chatting with local activists and politicians at the Manchester Democratic Club chicken dinner. A videographer, who followed him around as he moved from table to table …
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Political Wire
BuzzFeed:
The FBI Won't Release Comey's Trump Memos Because They're Part Of “Law Enforcement Proceedings” — BuzzFeed News requested the memos written by former FBI Director James Comey on his interactions with the president via the Freedom of Information Act. — The FBI will not release memos written …
CNN:
Money stolen by Russian mob linked to man sanctioned for supporting Syria's chemical weapons program — An investment group that U.S. authorities say is run by Russian mobsters and linked to the Russian government sent at least $900,000 to a company owned by a businessman tied …
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Coulter on Trump: ‘This Jackass is Really Ticking Me Off’ — Ann Coulter is furious with President Trump today, and she's not holding back. — Earlier today, Mediaite took notice of how the conservative commentator launched a brutal tweetstorm, blasting Trump for not making more progress …
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Hot Air, twitchy.com, Fox News Insider, Daily Wire and Liberty Unyielding
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Here's How Pence Could Pay for a Personal Lawyer in Special Counsel Russia Probe — Vice President Mike Pence's hiring of a personal lawyer to represent him in the special counsel's Russia probe prompted some in Washington to ponder how the former governor, whose financial disclosure …
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Raw Story
Daily Kos:
LEADING OFF — Pennsylvania: A group of Pennsylvania voters and the League of Women Voters filed a lawsuit in state court Thursday arguing that the congressional map Republican legislators passed in 2011 amounted to a partisan gerrymander in violation of the state constitution's guarantees of free speech and equal protection.
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Associated Press, New York Times and electionlawblog.org
Elana Schor / Politico:
'Somebody's Trying to Kill Me' — Mass shootings often take on an identity, a characteristic shared by the victims or the scene that gives an increasingly commonplace horror something singular by which it can be remembered—nightclub partiers, gap-toothed schoolchildren, perplexed moviegoers.
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CBS News and Political Wire
James DeWolf Perry / Associated Press:
7 US Navy sailors missing, 1 injured after warship collision … SEE ALSO — Seven crew members are reportedly missing and one injured after a U.S. Navy destroyer collided early Saturday morning with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the country's coast guard reported.
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Daily Mail, The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com
Alex Lockie / Business Insider:
Defense Secretary Mattis explains what war with North Korea would look like — Asked on Thursday by Rep. Tim Ryan of the House Appropriations Committee to explain why the US doesn't just go to war to stop North Korea from developing the capability to hit the US, Secretary of Defense James Mattis painted a grim scenario.
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IJR, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and AOL
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
First on CNN: House Russia investigators want to bring in Trump digital director — Trump: Russia investigation a witch hunt — (CNN)House Russia investigators are planning to call on Brad Parscale, the digital director of President Donald Trump's campaign, as the congressional …
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Talking Points Memo
The Washington / Denver Post:
Environmental watchdog group warns of lead in baby food — When parents think about the dangers of lead, it's paint and water that most come to mind as potential sources. But a report published Thursday by the Environmental Defense Fund raises questions about another, surprising possibility: food.
Jana Jones / WFLA-TV:
VIDEO: Machete-wielding homeowner holds armed robbery suspect until officials arrive, 5 arrested — SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) - A terrifying armed robbery in Sarasota was captured on surveillance video, showing the homeowner fighting back. — Three suspects in dark clothing jumped the fence …
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Conservative News Today and The Gateway Pundit
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Minnesota Officer Acquitted in Killing of Philando Castile — ST. PAUL — A Minnesota police officer, whose fatal shooting of a black motorist transfixed the nation when his girlfriend livestreamed the aftermath, was acquitted of all charges on Friday. — The officer, Jeronimo Yanez …
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Daily Kos, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Balloon Juice