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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Weighing Senator Mike Lee for Supreme Court Vacancy, Sources Say — President sees confirmation advantage for GOP member of Senate — Lee opposition to Roe abortion ruling may complicate chances — President Donald Trump has asked advisers their opinions …
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
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Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Jeff Flake says he won't stall Supreme Court pick over tariff dispute — U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake said Wednesday he would not try to strong-arm the Trump administration on tariffs — or other issues — by withholding his support from a Supreme Court nominee. — The outgoing Arizona Republican …
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Talking Points Memo, CNBC, Outside the Beltway, IJR, Washington Post, Political Wire, twitchy.com and Washington Times
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.”
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The Daily Beast, Shakesville and New York Times
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.
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HuffPost, Fox News and The Intercept
Alex Pareene / Splinter:
Good News: The Supreme Court Just Lost Its Conservative Majority — After joining the majority on a raft of right-wing decisions aimed at crippling organized labor, abortion access, antitrust regulation, and other longtime targets of the conservative movement, Justice Anthony Kennedy finally retired from the Supreme Court.
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National Review, Washington Post and The Root
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Sens. Collins and Murkowski become early focus of Senate's court fight
Sens. Collins and Murkowski become early focus of Senate's court fight
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New Republic, The Crime Report, The Daily Caller and MSNBC
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Inside the coming campaign to block Trump's Supreme Court pick
Inside the coming campaign to block Trump's Supreme Court pick
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CNN, Daily Kos and GetReligion
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Kennedy's Replacement Should Be Judge Amy Coney Barrett
Kennedy's Replacement Should Be Judge Amy Coney Barrett
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National Review, Hot Air, The Federalist, Washington Examiner, The Hill and Politico
New York Times:
With Kennedy Gone, Justice Must Be Won at the Ballot Box
With Kennedy Gone, Justice Must Be Won at the Ballot Box
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CNN, New Republic, Slate, Above the Law, SCOTUSblog and The Week
Alberto R. Gonzales / USA Today:
Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement should be young, conservative and swiftly confirmed
Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement should be young, conservative and swiftly confirmed
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ThinkProgress, Townhall, CBS News and Instapundit
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump takes over America
Trump takes over America
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The Week, Chuck Grassley and Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Analysis: GOP's long-term Supreme Court strategy pays off
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Don't want a right-wing Supreme Court? Do everything you can to stop it.
Don't want a right-wing Supreme Court? Do everything you can to stop it.
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CNN, Althouse, FiveThirtyEight and Politico
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Uncertain Political Ramifications of Justice Kennedy's Exit
The Uncertain Political Ramifications of Justice Kennedy's Exit
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ABC News
Chris Taylor / Mashable:
After Kennedy's retirement, are we entering 'Handmaid's Tale' territory?
After Kennedy's retirement, are we entering 'Handmaid's Tale' territory?
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The Federalist
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Jill Abramson, Ex-New York Times Editor: The ‘Narcissistic’ NYT Is Making ‘Horrible Mistakes,’ Needs a ‘Course Correction’ … It may not have been the tweet heard ‘round the world, but it was certainly heard—like a thunderclap—at The New York Times’ headquarters at 620 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan.
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory points to a media failure that keeps repeating
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory points to a media failure that keeps repeating
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The American Conservative, more at Mediagazer »
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
An Upset in the Making: Why Joe Crowley Never Saw Defeat Coming
An Upset in the Making: Why Joe Crowley Never Saw Defeat Coming
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HuffPost and NY State of Politics
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 …
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Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run, Common Dreams, The Week, Daily Kos, Law & Crime, HuffPost and Splinter
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Passes Resolution Demanding Justice Dept. Turn Over Documents — WASHINGTON — The House voted along party lines on Thursday to give the Justice Department seven days to produce sensitive documents about the Russia investigation, as conservative Republicans pointedly accused the leaders …
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Townhall, Talking Points Memo, Fox News Insider and IJR
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Rod Rosenstein, FBI Director Chris Wray to face tough questions on Capitol Hill: LIVE — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Chris Wray are on Capitol Hill Thursday, where they are expected to face questions from House Republicans angry over the FBI and Justice Department's handling …
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National Review, The Gateway Pundit, Conservative News Today, Daily Caller News Foundation and Politico
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Goodlatte: FBI Lawyers Instructed Strzok Not To Answer ‘Many, Many’ Questions In Deposition
Goodlatte: FBI Lawyers Instructed Strzok Not To Answer ‘Many, Many’ Questions In Deposition
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Washington Post and CNN
Washington Post:
'I'm not trying to hide anything': Rosenstein fires back at Republicans' attacks
'I'm not trying to hide anything': Rosenstein fires back at Republicans' attacks
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House Judiciary Committee and Joe.My.God.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House GOP rips Rosenstein to his face
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ex-Aide to Roger Stone Is Subpoenaed in Russia Investigation — A former aide to Roger J. Stone Jr., the longtime Trump adviser and self-described “dirty trickster,” was subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury hearing evidence in the Russia investigation and to hand over documents …
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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and Raw Story
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Special counsel eyeing Russians granted unusual access to Trump inauguration parties — Several billionaires with deep ties to Russia attended exclusive, invitation-only receptions during Donald Trump's inauguration festivities, guest lists obtained by ABC News show.
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Talking Points Memo, Front Page Magazine, Raw Story and Political Wire
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.
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ThinkProgress, VICE News, The Week and Splinter
The Daily Beast:
Scott Pruitt Personally Involved in ‘Ratf*cking’ Ex-Aides Who He Feels Betrayed Him … On May 18, a top aide to Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt testified to a congressional committee that she had been tasked with procuring her boss a used mattress from the Trump International Hotel …
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 …
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New Republic, The Guardian, New York Times, ABC News, Washington Post, Raw Story, CBS Los Angeles, AOL, Shareblue Media and The Week
Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
What Do The Teens Know About This Tweet That We Don't? — Eighty-thousand retweets for, uh, this. — On the evening of June 22, 21-year-old Karter Machen decided to tweet. — “I'm not a party guy,” he wrote, “but I'd be down if someone threw a real roaring 20's party for 2020.
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Why Trump Shouldn't Meet Putin — Americans should worry when the two men are in any kind of one-on-one negotiation. — After announcing that there will indeed be a U.S.-Russia summit in the coming weeks, National Security Adviser John Bolton issued a challenge to the skeptical scrum of reporters at his Moscow press conference.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
President Trump announces a major U.S. Steel expansion — that isn't happening — “The head of U.S. Steel called me the other day, and he said, 'We're opening up six major facilities and expanding facilities that have never been expanded.' They haven't been opened in many, many years.”
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Mother Jones, Shareblue Media and MSNBC
KGW-TV:
Federal cops move in on ICE protest in SW Portland — Federal officers in riot gear moved into the protest siege of ICE headquarters in Southwest Portland at 5:30 a.m. Thursday. — PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal officers in riot gear moved into the protest siege of ICE headquarters in Southwest Portland at 5:30 a.m. Thursday.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Poll: Trump approval rating ticks up to 47 percent — 's approval rating has ticked up to 47 percent in the new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released exclusively to The Hill, a 2 point hike from last month. — Trump's approval rating was lifted in part by a 10 point climb among Hispanic voters.
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Breitbart, IJR, Daily Wire, Front Page Magazine and CNN
Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair:
Why Jack Dorsey Will Never Appease Conservatives — Trying to negotiate with bad-faith arguments from the right increasingly looks like a no-win game for companies like Facebook and Twitter. — BY - MAYA KOSOFFJune 28, 2018, — As the Trump administration was separating immigrant families …
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Daily Caller News Foundation, Gizmodo and Engadget
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Ex-Clinton aide: 84 percent of Americans support turning undocumented immigrants over to authorities — Prominent Democratic pollster Mark Penn said on Thursday that a vast majority of Americans don't really support so-called “sanctuary cities” that shield undocumented immigrants from deportation.
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The Gateway Pundit and The Crime Report
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
This lawmaker resigned in scandal. He won't rejoin the Navy after a congresswoman's inquiry. — A former Pennsylvania congressman and reserve Navy officer who resigned from both of his positions last year in the midst of a scandal involving an extramarital affair said he will not attempt …