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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Why Anthony Kennedy Gave Up  —  In his last year on the bench, the lifelong devotee of dignity and the rule of law joined Team Trump.  What happened?  —  It was always more fan fiction than reality that Justice Anthony Kennedy was a moderate centrist.  Democrats liked to soothe themselves …
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Mitch McConnell Has Already Won  —  Mitch McConnell has just one goal: to preserve and extend Republicans' advantage in Washington and beyond.  He'll do anything to achieve that goal, indifferent to everything but the will to power.  We see this most clearly in McConnell's approach to the Supreme Court.
Discussion: HuffPost, OpenSecrets.org and Fox News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Republican Court and the Era of Minority Rule  —  Democrats have won the national vote in six of the last seven presidential elections, which, with the retirement of Anthony Kennedy, will have resulted in the appointment of eight of its nine justices.  And yet four of those justices …
Yascha Mounk / Slate:
So Much For the Institutions  —  Kennedy's retirement proves we can't count on elites to constrain Trump's worst excesses  —  When he heard that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy was retiring on Wednesday, a friend in his twenties told me: “Today is the darkest political moment my generation has experienced.”
Politico:
GOP plans to steamroll Dems on Supreme Court pick  —  Senate Republicans will move quickly to replace Anthony Kennedy before the midterm elections.  —  Senate Republicans plan to confirm a new Supreme Court justice to replace retiring Anthony Kennedy before the midterm elections …
Weekly Standard:
Exit Kennedy  —  Yes, elections have consequences.  —  Justice Anthony Kennedy's announcement on June 27 that he will retire from the Supreme Court came as a bracing relief for conservatives and a prophecy of woe for liberals.  —  Kennedy, though nominated in 1988 by Ronald Reagan …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump takes over America
Discussion: The Week, Mediaite and Chuck Grassley
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Justice Kennedy deserves this nasty, unflinching sendoff
BostonGlobe.com:   Kennedy's retirement gives Trump another chance to make long-term impact
Jeffrey Rosen / The Atlantic:
The Justice Who Believed in America
Discussion: Refinery29, CNN and KTLA
Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Here are 25 names Trump could nominate to replace Justice Kennedy
CNBC:
Anthony Kennedy retiring from Supreme Court
Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
With Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Gone, Abortion and LGBT Rights Are Next
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Was Gorsuch Worth A Trump Presidency? It's Starting To Look That Way
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
An Upset in the Making: Why Joe Crowley Never Saw Defeat Coming  —  It was less than three weeks until Primary Day and, on first blush, the poll that Representative Joseph Crowley had been shown by his team of advisers was encouraging: He led his upstart rival, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, by 36 percentage points.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / americamagazine.org:   Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her Catholic faith and the urgency of a criminal justice reform
Justin Wise / The Hill:
Bernie Sanders: Sarah Sanders has the right to ‘go into a restaurant and have dinner’
Discussion: Mediaite
The Texas Tribune:
Immigrant toddlers ordered to appear in court alone  —  As the White House faces court orders to reunite families separated at the border, immigrant children as young as three years old are being ordered into court for their own deportation proceedings, according to attorneys in Texas, California and Washington, D.C.
Discussion: The Week and Splinter
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VICE News:   Listen to a distraught Guatemalan child call his mother from a U.S. immigration shelter
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's private NATO trashing rattles allies  —  You've already read a hundred stories about President Trump's clashes with some of America's closest allies at the G7 summit in Canada.  But we've got new details from his private conversations with heads of state that have put …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Axios:
Trump to meet Putin in Finland next month  —  The White House announced has announced details of the Trump-Putin summit: … The backdrop: The meeting will take place shortly after the NATO summit in Brussels on July 11 and 12th.  Senior officials from four NATO member nations told Axios' Jonathan Swan …
Washington Post:
Trump, Putin will hold a summit July 16 in Finland, the White House announced
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
CBS News:
CBS News interview with ICE whistleblower interrupted by surprise visit from government agents  —  In his first television interview, former Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson James Schwab opens up about why he abruptly resigned in March.  Schwab admits both the Obama …
Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:
Trump's IRS nominee didn't disclose properties in Trump-branded hotel  —  The revelation about the hotel seems certain to come up when Chuck Rettig testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday.  —  President Donald Trump's pick to run the IRS, tax lawyer Chuck Rettig …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Bloomberg:   Trump's IRS Nominee Has Stake in Units at Trump-Branded Resort
Reuters:
Manafort had $10 million loan from Russian oligarch: court filing  —  (Reuters) - A search warrant application unsealed on Wednesday revealed closer links than previously known between President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort and a Russian oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin.
Discussion: New Republic and The Week
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
New Fox chief cracks down on inflammatory statements  —  CEO Suzanne Scott summoned producers to a meeting to direct them to take more control over hosts and panelists.  —  Amid growing backlash against inflammatory statements by Fox News commentators, network CEO Suzanne Scott summoned top show producers …
Heather Murphy / New York Times:
Genealogists Turn to Cousins' DNA and Family Trees to Crack Five More Cold Cases  —  Police arrested a D.J. in Pennsylvania and a nurse in Washington State this week, the latest examples of the use of an open-source ancestry site since the break in the Golden State killer case.
Rachael Bade / Politico:
‘I thought you were my friend’: Immigration meltdown exposes GOP hostilities  —  A seven-week effort to pass immigration reform ends in anger and distrust across the House Republican Conference.  —  Moderate House Republicans suspected they were being played.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
A Half-Dozen House Ratings Changes in Favor of Democrats  —  And the fall of Joe Crowley in New York  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Rep. Joe Crowley's (D, NY-14) primary loss represents a changing of the guard in a diverse district.  It does not necessarily suggest we should expect …
Rasmussen Reports:
31% Think U.S. Civil War Likely Soon  —  Most voters fear that political violence is coming from opponents of the president's policies, just as they did in the second year of Barack Obama's presidency, and nearly one-in-three think a civil war is next.  —  Thirty-one percent (31%) …
 
 
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Poll: Trump approval rating ticks up to 47 percent
Discussion: Daily Wire, Front Page Magazine and CNN
Kelsey Tamborrino / Politico:
Getting to work on the minibus
Daily Mail:
'When you aggressively f*** with people's lives, you should not be surprised when they decide …
Stuart Williams / Yahoo:
Turkey frees journalist Mehmet Altan after almost 2 years jail
CNN:
Mexico goes to the polls this weekend.  132 candidates have been killed since campaigning began, per one count
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Obama expected to hit the campaign trail for Democrats with help from Pelosi and Schumer
Brent Solomon / WWBT-TV:
‘Go back to Africa’: Business owner criticized over Facebook post
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News:
Officer who fatally shot East Pittsburgh teen Antwon Rose charged with criminal homicide
Will Oremus / Slate:
The Great Facebook Crash
Emma Anderson / Politico:
Greece open to migrants deal with Germany
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Some rules of civility for the Trump era
Meena Venkataramanan / ABC News:
Trump is the ‘most effective uprooter of liberalism’: Newt Gingrich talks GOP, midterms, space
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
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Wall Street Journal:
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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency
 
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