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Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
A Decision That Will Live in Infamy — It will take generations for the Supreme Court to live down its approval of Trump's travel ban. — In what may be the worst decision since the infamous Korematsu case, when the Supreme Court upheld the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II …
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Talking Points Memo, AOL, BloombergQuint and The Guardian
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New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Trump's Travel Ban, Delivering Endorsement of Presidential Power — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Trump's ban on travel from mostly-Muslim nations, delivering a robust endorsement of Mr. Trump's power to control the flow of immigration …
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Leah Litman / New York Times:
Unchecked Power Is Still Dangerous No Matter What the Court Says
Unchecked Power Is Still Dangerous No Matter What the Court Says
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Take Care Blog, SCOTUSblog, Balkinization, Lawfare, Daily Kos and Power Line
Conor Beck / Washington Free Beacon:
MSNBC Analyst on Travel Ban Decision: It's 'A Fantastic Fulfillment of Osama Bin Laden's Vision by Donald J. Trump'
MSNBC Analyst on Travel Ban Decision: It's 'A Fantastic Fulfillment of Osama Bin Laden's Vision by Donald J. Trump'
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Washington Post, Rolling Stone and IJR
Sean McElwee / The Nation:
DEMOCRATS MUST STOP PRETENDING THE SUPREME COURT IS APOLITICAL
DEMOCRATS MUST STOP PRETENDING THE SUPREME COURT IS APOLITICAL
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Daily Kos, USA Today and Off the Kuff
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Backs Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Free Speech Case
Supreme Court Backs Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Free Speech Case
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NPR, Washington Post, New Republic, BuzzFeed, Outside the Beltway, NewsBusters, Splinter and Washington Free Beacon
Sam Baker / Axios:
Go deeper: Supreme Court upholds Trump's travel ban
Go deeper: Supreme Court upholds Trump's travel ban
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Politico, Washington Post, ABC News, The Daily Beast, Vox, Breitbart and The Moderate Voice
Kay Steiger / Vox:
A top House Democrat just lost his primary — to a socialist — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ran boldly to the left of Rep. Joe Crowley — and won. — Rep. Joe Crowley, one of the top Democrats in the House of Representatives, lost his New York primary in a shocking upset on Tuesday night to community organizer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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New York Times:
New York Primary Election Results — What to watch: New York will hold a series of congressional primaries on Tuesday with deep consequences for the general election battle for control of the House.
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The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
BuzzFeed:
A Young Progressive Woman Just Beat One Of The Most Powerful Democrats In Congress
A Young Progressive Woman Just Beat One Of The Most Powerful Democrats In Congress
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Daily Wire and Vox
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ousts Joe Crowley in New York stunner, CNN projects
Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ousts Joe Crowley in New York stunner, CNN projects
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Biden: European leaders reeling from Trump's hostile behavior — COPENHAGEN — European leaders see President Trump as increasingly unpredictable, antagonistic and disrespectful, both in public and private, and that is having a devastating effect on the U.S.-European relationship …
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Washington Post:
To Trump, Harley's tariff decision is a personal — and unexpected — betrayal — President Trump lashed out at Harley-Davidson on Tuesday over the company's decision to move some production outside the United States, calling it “the beginning of the end” for the iconic motorcycle maker and threatening to respond with punishing taxes.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Dems lead in Arizona and Ohio Senate races, but Florida contest remains tight — The Arizona Republican primary contest is still “wide open.” — WASHINGTON — Democrats hold double-digit leads in the U.S. Senate contests in Arizona and Ohio, while it's much closer in Florida …
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POLITICUSUSA and CNBC
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
GOP Trailing in CD10 — Trump's unpopularity hurts House incumbent — West Long Branch, NJ - The race for Virginia's 10th Congressional District starts out with the GOP Republican incumbent trailing by ten points according to the Monmouth University Poll.
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Axios
Davis Richardson / The New York Observer:
Milo Yiannopoulos Encourages Vigilantes to Start ‘Gunning Journalists Down’ — Milo Yiannopoulos has started issuing reporters threatening messages when asked to comment for stories. — “I can't wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight,” …
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New Republic, Mediaite, twitchy.com, The Week and The Daily Beast
CBS New York:
Michael Bloomberg Considering 2020 Presidential Run, Sources Tell CBS2 — NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Maybe the fourth time is the charm. — Michael Bloomberg is revving up to run for president in 2020, making him both the oldest and richest person to seek the job.
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Hot Air, Big League Politics, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Caller and Splinter
CNN:
Sarah Sanders to receive Secret Service protection — (CNN)White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is expected to receive Secret Service protection as soon as Wednesday, two sources familiar with the decision tell CNN, but they did not specify how long it will last.
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Here Is One Way Trump Spreads False Information Online — The president tweeted something untrue about Representative Maxine Waters. Outrage ensued online, but that only helped spread disinformation. — On Monday, President Trump tweeted that Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California …
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Laura Loomer / Big League Politics:
WATCH: Laura Loomer Confronts Maxine Waters
WATCH: Laura Loomer Confronts Maxine Waters
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The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
Michael Hardy / The Daily Beast:
Border Agent Threatened to Put Immigrant's Daughter Up for Adoption, ACLU Says … HOUSTON—Maria and her 12-year-old daughter surrendered to Customs and Border Protection agents immediately after crossing the Rio Grande on a raft near McAllen, Texas, in the first week of June.
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Vox, Weekly Standard, Boing Boing and Taylor Marsh
Manu Raju / CNN:
Steve King says retweet of Nazi sympathizer's message was unintentional, won't delete tweet — (CNN)Rep. Steve King, the anti-immigration hardliner, said Tuesday he didn't realize he retweeted a message from a self-described Nazi sympathizer who has expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler.
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ThinkProgress, Vox, The Week and Mediaite
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
U.S. cruises toward record-breaking debt on Trump's watch — The nation's fiscal outlook looks ever bleaker, thanks in part to deficit spending during President Donald Trump's first term, Congress' nonpartisan budget scorekeeper projected Tuesday. — Within 16 years, the federal deficit …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Immigration Attorney Says ICE Broke Her Foot, Locked Her Up … An immigration attorney said an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer broke her foot and locked her in a room early Tuesday morning in Kansas City, Missouri. — Andrea Martinez told The Daily Beast she was dropping off …
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Shakesville and Splinter
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
Largest US nail manufacturer ‘on the brink of extinction’ because of the steel tariffs — US nail company on ‘brink of extinction’ because of tariffs — Steel tariffs could force the nation's largest nail manufacturer to close or move to Mexico. — The Mid-Continent Nail plant in Poplar Bluff …
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The Onion:
Tips For Staying Civil While Debating Child Prisons — Recent incidents of Trump officials being confronted in public for their role in the administration's separation and imprisonment of immigrant families have driven renewed concern about the lack of civility in U.S. politics.
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Balloon Juice
38 North:
Infrastructure Improvements at North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Research Facility — A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Frank V. Pabian, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. and Jack Liu. — Commercial satellite imagery from June 21 indicates that improvements to the infrastructure …
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
‘You leave my husband alone!’: Elaine Chao, Mitch McConnell confronted over family separations — Protesters confronted Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday over migrant family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border …
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Did Justice Anthony Kennedy Just Signal His Retirement? — For Anthony Kennedy, America's most powerful jurist, this term has brought unexpected and surprising expressions of powerlessness. After Tuesday's ruling in the Trump travel ban case, it's starting to feel like the end of his time on the court is near.
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Baltimore Sun:
Jealous wins Maryland Democratic primary race for governor — Al Redmer, declares that he has won the Republican Baltimore County Executive race. (Nicholas Bogel-Buroughs, Baltimore Sun video) — Voters encounter mice, fleas and flies at their polling place at Patapsco Elementary/Middle School …
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Political Wire
The Smoking Gun:
Cops: Woman Forced Ex To Have Sex At Machete-Point — Montanan, 19, facing assault, burglary raps for bizarre attack — A machete-wielding Montana woman broke into her ex-boyfriend's home, directed him to disrobe, and then forced him to have sex with her, according to police.
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Jeff Sessions: People on ‘the other side’ are immigration radicals — Sessions defends Trump on immigration policy — Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions accused the Trump administration's critics on immigration of being radicals and hypocrites as he railed against his opponents in pointed remarks on Tuesday.
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TalkLeft, Axios and Little Green Footballs
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Bloomberg:
Mueller Poised to Zero In on Trump-Russia Collusion Allegations — Special counsel to focus once he resolves obstruction inquiry — The meetings with Russians stretched as far back as 2015 — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is preparing to accelerate his probe …
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BloombergQuint, IJR, Hullabaloo, Talking Points Memo and Tickle The Wire
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
This Business Will Get Out of Control — There's always an undercurrent of political violence. Is it too late for our norms and institutions to save us now? — My favorite scene in my favorite Tom Clancy movie is a little throwaway moment in The Hunt for Red October.
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The American Conservative and The Mahablog
Politico:
Trump to GOP: Dump the filibuster before Schumer does — The president shares some gossip during a meeting at the White House Tuesday. — President Donald Trump had a simple message for Senate Republicans during a meeting at the White House Tuesday: Kill the filibuster now, before Chuck Schumer and the Democrats do.
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Washington Post and CNBC
Pavel Polityuk / Reuters:
Exclusive: Ukraine says Russian hackers preparing massive strike — (Reuters) - Hackers from Russia are infecting Ukrainian companies with malicious software to create “back doors” for a large, coordinated attack, Ukraine's cyber police chief told Reuters on Tuesday.
William Cummings / USA Today:
Iowa Rep. Steve King says America is heading toward another civil war — The beginning of America's bloody Civil War is generally remembered as the opening shot on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861. — And Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, fears another Fort Sumter is in our near future.
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Daily Wire
Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo:
California Has 48 Hours to Pass This Privacy Bill or Else — Recent headlines have suggested that California lawmakers are considering a bill that would give Californians “unprecedented control over their data.” This is true but that is not the whole story.
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