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12:30 PM ET, June 24, 2018

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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Trump Leaves His Mark on a Presidential Keepsake  —  Under President Trump, once stately medallions have gotten glitzier, and at least one featured a Trump property.  Ethics watchdogs are worried.  —  WASHINGTON — Since Bill Clinton occupied the White House, the commemorative medallions known …
CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker: Sharp divides over immigration, separation  —  The issue of family separation reveals deep divisions over not just immigration as an issue, but over views of immigrants, themselves - and over what their treatment signals about America.
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CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker: Arizona, Florida, Texas - immigration and key Senate races  —  The latest CBS News Battleground Tracker dives into how the issue of immigration and the separation of families at the border is playing in the key states of Arizona, Texas and Florida.
Mike Godwin / Los Angeles Times:
Do we need to update Godwin's Law about the probability of comparison to Nazis?  —  Does Godwin's Law need to be updated?  Suspended?  Repealed?  I get asked this question from time to time because I'm the guy who came up with it more than a quarter century ago.
Ilan Ben Zion / Associated Press:
Kushner rips Abbas, says Mideast peace plan due ‘soon’  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser said in an interview published Sunday that the administration will soon present its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, with or without input from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Business Insider:
America's closest allies are furious about Trump's tariffs, and now an unorthodox idea to go after him is gaining steam  —  President Donald Trump's headlong push toward a trade war is prompting unprecedented responses from countries around the world and blowback from top US allies.
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Condemned Trump in Reno.  He Answered in Las Vegas With a Slur.  —  HENDERSON, Nev. — The clash began Saturday morning with a populist denunciation of President Trump's policies, delivered in Reno, Nev., by a Democratic senator who is one of his most ferocious critics.
Discussion: Politico
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
In Nevada, Trump goes after ‘Wacky Jacky’
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Appeals to Republicans in Las Vegas, Leaving Behind Washington's Legislative Chaos
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Trump advocates depriving undocumented immigrants of due-process rights  —  President Trump on Sunday explicitly advocated depriving undocumented immigrants of their due-process rights, arguing that people who cross the border into the United States illegally must immediately be deported without trial …
Discussion: Political Wire
Axios:
What we're watching: How Trump's Democrat-blaming plays with the GOP  —  As pressure builds for Congress to pass legislation that would keep migrant families together at the border, President Trump continues to tweet, blaming Democrats for lawmakers' failure to act and forcing fellow Republicans to contend with his statements.
Discussion: ABC News and The Daily Beast
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
Poop.  Needles.  Rats.  Homeless camp pushes SF neighborhood to the edge  —  One awful experience on one unremarkable city block represent the hellscape that has infuriated many San Francisco residents  —  The Chronicle receives a deluge of email every day, but one message sent …
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
This Was the Week That Finally Broke Trump's Spell … Donald Trump can't define or pronounce the word Manichaean, but he knows it when he sees it.  For Trump, there are two types of people; Donald Trump, and losers, and the one thing Donald Trump can't abide is a loser.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the lost art of shunning  —  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders — whose lies are piling up at a furious rate and whose defense of the child-separation policy prompted a reporter to exclaim, “Come on, Sarah, you're a parent” — was reportedly asked …
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Why a small-town restaurant owner asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave — and would do it again
Department of Homeland Security:
Fact Sheet: Zero-Tolerance Prosecution and Family Reunification  —  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Health and Human Services (HHS) have a process established to ensure that family members know the location of their children and have regular communication after separation to ensure …
Thomas Lifson / American Thinker:
Facing humiliation, Mueller backs away from prosecution of Russian entities  —  The Mueller special counsel investigation purportedly was instigated to discover possible illicit Russian influence on the 2016 presidential election but now is backing away from the only indictments aimed at Russian entities …
Paul Demko / Politico:
Reversal of fortune: Obamacare rate hikes pose headache for Republicans  —  Unlike recent campaign cycles, when Republicans capitalized on Obamacare sticker shock, they're now likely to be the ones feeling the wrath of voters.  —  Obamacare premiums are once again poised to spike by double digits in 2019 …
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:
DHS employees warned about safety amid backlash over family separations  —  Tapper fact-checks DHS on family separations  —  Washington (CNN)Amid the furor over the policy that resulted in thousands of families separated at the border, Department of Homeland Security employees have been warned …
Dan Spinelli / Mother Jones:
She Spoke out About Climate Change—and They Tried to Make Her Pay for It  —  Oceanographer Sarah Myhre believes “science has never been apolitical.”  —  In 2015, a University of California, Davis researcher named Sarah Moffit appeared in a four-and-a-half-minute video detailing her work studying ancient ocean ecosystems.
Tampa Bay Times:
Pam Bondi confronted by protesters outside Mister Rogers movie  —  When asked whether Mister Rogers would have approached the situation the same way the activists did, one of the protesters said, “I'm not Mister Rogers.”  —  A group of protesters accosted Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi outside …
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
White Woman Threatened To Call Cops On 8-Year-Old Girl Selling Water  —  Alison Ettel told HuffPost she was only “pretending” to call the police.  —  An apparent competition over who can threaten to call the police on people of color for no good reason is really ramping up.
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Yesha Callahan / The Root:   PermitPatty: White Woman Calls Police on 8-Year-Old Black Girl Selling Water, Says She Was Tired of the Noise [Update]
 
 
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
U.S. officials separated him from his child. Then he was deported to El Salvador.
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
Paul Chisholm / NPR:
Analysis Finds Geographic Overlap In Opioid Use And Trump Support In 2016
Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
‘Not knowing anything about my daughter is torture’: Immigrants separated from children …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
‘Get so close — and nothing happens’: Congress's record on immigration is repeated failures
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Trump's China crackdown enjoys wide support. Here's why that could be a problem for him.
Discussion: Raw Story
Francis Whittaker / NBC News:
The end of memes? Campaigners dismayed at European internet ruling
John Verhovek / ABC News:
Intra-party squabbles color Tuesday's slate of primaries
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Ismaeel Naar / Al Arabiya:
Historic day as Saudi women get behind the wheel to drive
Discussion: Breitbart
Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Republicans prepare bill allowing migrant children to be detained more than 20 days
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
The New York Times keeps confusing die-hard Republicans with persuadable voters.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
miamiherald:
Babies separated from parents are in immigrant shelters near Miami, lawmaker says
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
On Family Separation, Federal Workers Often Agonized Over Enforcement
BostonGlobe.com:
Boston Schools head to step down as Walsh signals lack of support
Discussion: New York Daily News
New York Times:
Is the Border in Crisis? 'We're Doing Fine, Quite Frankly,' a Border City Mayor Says
Bud Kennedy / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
'I think it's funny': Republican prankster booted from Texas Democratic convention
Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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