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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment — WASHINGTON — On the final day of the Supreme Court term last week, Justice Elena Kagan sounded an alarm. — The court's five conservative members, citing the First Amendment, had just dealt public unions a devastating blow.
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Washington Post:
‘We have to pick a great one’: Inside Trump's plan for a new Supreme Court justice — President Trump is driving to execute the same playbook in selecting a new Supreme Court nominee that last year delivered swift confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, following a methodical course in hopes …
David Greenberg / Politico:
How Supreme Court Nominations Lost Their Apolitical Pretense — It used to be that nobody would admit to opposing a nominee for ideological reasons. Should we be happy that illusion is over? — Sometimes what's remarkable is what goes unremarked upon. In all the pieces already written …
Paul Schiff Berman / New York Times:
A Better Reason to Delay Kennedy's Replacement
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘A political suicide march’: Trump aims to inflict political pain on Democrats over calls to abolish immigration enforcement agency — BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump on Saturday opened a new front in the immigration debate, diverting attention away from his administration's treatment …
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Rory Cooper / The Daily Beast:
A Lesson for Democrats From a Republican Dethroned by the Tea Party … Congressman Joe Crowley's loss to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this past Tuesday brought back familiar memories to a situation I experienced in 2014 when my boss, then-Majority Leader Eric Cantor, unexpectedly and infamously, lost his primary race.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Millennial Socialists Are Coming — In May, three young progressive women running for the state Legislature in Pennsylvania, each endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, won decisive primary victories over men heavily favored by the political establishment.
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Ali Breland / The Hill:
Warren: It's time to replace ICE
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Top Democrats see danger on sudden party push to abolish ICE
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Chris Riotta / The Independent:
Russian TV boasts about electing Trump ahead of summit with Putin — 'What trouble did we cause? We just elected Trump, that's all,' a Russian news presenter said — The Independent US — POPULAR VIDEOS — Russia's state-owned television shows have mocked the outcry …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Other Russia Collusion Scandal Is Breaking Wide Open — In 2016, Vladimir Putin reaped two of his greatest foreign policy triumphs in quick succession. The United Kingdom voted narrowly to exit the European Union, advancing a longstanding Russian goal of splitting Western allies that have long been united against it.
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Conservative Hugh Hewitt makes surprise announcement MSNBC has pulled plug on his show — MSNBC has cancelled that weekly television show hosted by right-wing pundit Hugh Hewitt, the conservative explained at the end of his final show on Saturday. — “This has been the last Hugh Hewitt Show on Saturday mornings,” Hewitt explained.
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Washington Post:
With Corey Stewart atop the ticket, Virginia Republicans are in turmoil — Corey Stewart's Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Virginia has prompted an identity crisis within the state GOP, with some donors and activists saying they are so turned off that they are willing to vote for his Democratic opponent, Sen. Tim Kaine.
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
‘The Blue Wave Came’: G.O.P. Reels as Little Havana Picks a Non-Hispanic Democrat — MIAMI — Little Havana awoke recently to an unexpected new reality: The iconic neighborhood, the traditional heart of South Florida's proud Cuban exile community, would no longer be represented on the county commission by a Cuban-American Republican.
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Yelp reviewers give Canadian restaurant one-star reviews after it kicks out Trump supporter — Reviewers flooded the Yelp page of a Canadian restaurant with one-star reviews after a manager was fired for kicking out a man wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Reporter resigns after false tweet that Maryland shooting suspect had MAGA hat
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The midterm elections shape up as a battle over intensity. Are Democrats ready? — The November election could be about many things. Immigration. Tax cuts and the economy. The Supreme Court and the future of abortion rights. Trade and tariffs. The menu changes with the cascading of events.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
An explosion is coming — Eight years ago, when Congress …
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Everton Bailey Jr / Oregonian:
Man killed by Portland State police was Navy vet trying to break up fight, friends say — A Portland man fatally shot early Friday outside a sports bar near Portland State University by campus police officers was a U.S. postal worker and father of three daughters who served in the Navy …
NBC News:
Thousands across U.S. join ‘Keep Families Together’ march to protest family separation — “I have literally never seen Americans show up for immigrants like this,” said Jess Morales Rocketto, who works for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. — WASHINGTON — Hundreds of marches took place across …
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The Hill:
Authoritarian threats to American democracy demand urgent action — Two years after the Russian government attempted to undermine the 2016 presidential election, the United States still does not have a comprehensive strategy to address the threat posed by foreign interference in our democracy.
Cindi Leive / New York Times:
Let's Talk About My Abortion (and Yours) — Several months ago, I appeared on a morning TV show alongside Cecile Richards, then the president of Planned Parenthood. Our topic had been women's activism, and we'd both spoken in equal amounts. But when I checked Twitter later …
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Alex Stokes / WHNT-TV:
Police: Man in custody after pulling out a gun at Huntsville immigration policy protest — HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A former Huntsville City Schools teacher is in custody after police said he pulled out a gun at a protest in Big Spring Park. — Lt. Michael Johnson of the Huntsville Police …
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Gregory Viscusi / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Promises Exiles Trump Will Bring Down Iran Regime — President's attorney speaks to resistance group in Paris — Giuliani keeps up speaking engagements even after Trump hire — The collapse of Iran's Islamic regime “is around the corner,” and the U.S. will keep increasing sanctions until …
Robert Moore / Texas Monthly:
An Immigrant Teen Describes Life in Detention After Being Separated From His Mother — ‘You cannot imagine how awful it is to be there,’ the boy said of his nine-month separation by U.S. immigration officials. — On an unusually muggy night in August 2017, a Brazilian woman …
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