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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Donald Trump Is Promising to Fight the Census Case. That Might Actually Work. — Despite a favorable ruling for opponents of the census citizenship question on Thursday, the Supreme Court did not definitively decide to exclude the citizenship question from the 2020 census.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Bars Challenges to Partisan Gerrymandering — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the challengers opposed to partisan gerrymandering, the practice in which the party that controls the state legislature draws voting maps to help elect its candidates.
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Richard L. Hasen / New York Times:
The Gerrymandering Decision Drags the Supreme Court Further Into the Mud — Ignoring the racial redistricting problem won't make it go away. — Mr. Hasen is a law professor and a political scientist. — The Supreme Court decision on Thursday in Rucho v. Common Cause purports …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why the Supreme Court's split decisions may not mean what you think
Why the Supreme Court's split decisions may not mean what you think
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Politico, Slate and Talking Points Memo
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court Affirms Police Can Order Blood Drawn From Unconscious DUI Suspects
Supreme Court Affirms Police Can Order Blood Drawn From Unconscious DUI Suspects
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Patterico's Pontifications
Washington Times:
Top conservative calls for impeachment of Chief Justice Roberts
Top conservative calls for impeachment of Chief Justice Roberts
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Politico, Washington Post and The Root
Associated Press:
Justices: Partisan gerrymandering none of our business
Justices: Partisan gerrymandering none of our business
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Fox News, ThinkProgress and Wall Street Journal
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump asks lawyers if census can be delayed, calls Supreme Court decision ‘totally ridiculous’
Trump asks lawyers if census can be delayed, calls Supreme Court decision ‘totally ridiculous’
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Politico, ABC News, The Atlantic, New Republic, The Daily Beast and Political Wire
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Roberts Won't Let Trump Get Away With a Lie in Census Case
Roberts Won't Let Trump Get Away With a Lie in Census Case
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Washington Post and Los Angeles Times
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Supreme Court OKs Excessive Partisan Gerrymandering
Supreme Court OKs Excessive Partisan Gerrymandering
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American Prospect, SCOTUSblog, frontpagelive.com and Common Dreams
New York Times:
House Passes Senate Border Bill in Striking Defeat for Pelosi — WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed a Senate humanitarian aid package without any of the House's strict protections for migrant children in overcrowded border shelters after Speaker Nancy Pelosi capitulated to Republicans …
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
‘Everyone hates this place’: Border bill tears apart Democratic caucus — Democrats broke into open warfare Thursday over Speaker Nancy Pelosi's surrender to the Senate's emergency border aid package, with the caucus' long-simmering divide between progressives and centrists playing out in dramatic fashion on the House floor.
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New York Times, Axios and The Daily Beast
Burgess Everett / Politico:
House clears border aid bill after Pelosi bows to McConnell — The House cleared a $4.6 billion emergency aid package Thursday to address the humanitarian crisis at the southern border, sending the bill to President Donald Trump for his signature after Speaker Nancy Pelosi bowed to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Washington Post:
House passes $4.6 billion border bill as leaders cave to moderate Democrats and GOP
House passes $4.6 billion border bill as leaders cave to moderate Democrats and GOP
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The Week, Progress Pond and Vox
Washington Post:
Transcript: Night 2 of the first Democratic debate — For the second night in a row, a field of 10 Democrats who want to be their party's nominee will debate. Tonight's slate includes the candidates performing best in the polls, former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders …
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Who talked most during the first night of the Democratic debate
Who talked most during the first night of the Democratic debate
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Democratic Debate Live Updates and Analysis: Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Harris face off on 2nd night
Democratic Debate Live Updates and Analysis: Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Harris face off on 2nd night
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Politico, Axios, Breitbart, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com, TheBlaze, Associated Press and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Democratic Debate: Will Biden and Sanders Face Off?
Democratic Debate: Will Biden and Sanders Face Off?
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Variety and New York Times
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Eric Swalwell swipes at Biden's age: I'll be a president that will ‘actually have to live with the decisions I make’
Eric Swalwell swipes at Biden's age: I'll be a president that will ‘actually have to live with the decisions I make’
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Axios and Washington Post
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Debate night: Bernie Sanders attacks Trump as “a pathological liar and a racist”
Debate night: Bernie Sanders attacks Trump as “a pathological liar and a racist”
NBC News:
Trolls target online polls following first Democratic presidential debate — Users from pro-Trump communities on 4chan and Reddit implored fellow members to vote for lower-polling candidates, specifically Tulsi Gabbard and Bill de Blasio. — Users from pro-Trump communities on 4chan …
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The Gateway Pundit and The Federalist
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
Tulsi Gabbard Is Having A MAGA Moment After Her Debate Performance — “I think a lot of people would vote for her over Trump,” Mike Cernovich said. “MAGA people.” Ann Coulter is considering it. — Among some conservative pundits there was one clear winner of Wednesday night's Democratic primary debate …
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Mother Jones, No More Mister Nice Blog and Daily Wire
Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
First poll has Tulsi Gabbard as the shock winner of the first Democratic debate and Beto O'Rourke as the clear loser — Tulsi Gabbard is the winner of the first Democratic debate in Miami on Wednesday, according to a Drudge Report poll. — The popular news aggregation internet site took …
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The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Liberty Unyielding, The Gateway Pundit and Florida Politics
Washington Post:
Twitter adds labels for tweets that break its rules — a move with potentially stark implications for Trump's account — The social media site will also down-rank such tweets via its algorithms to reduce circulation — SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter has long said it is unlikely to take down politicians …
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Twitter:
Defining public interest on Twitter — Our highest priority is to protect the health of the public conversation on Twitter, and an important part of that is ensuring our rules and how we enforce them are easy to understand. In the past, we've allowed certain Tweets that violated our rules …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Twitter says it will label tweets from Trump and other leaders that break its rules
Twitter says it will label tweets from Trump and other leaders that break its rules
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Big League Politics, TheBlaze and The Gateway Pundit
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Bill De Blasio Roasted for Quoting Che Guevara at Miami Campaign Stop … New York politics and Miami politics are not the same. This may seem like an obvious statement. But at a rally today for striking workers at the Miami International Airport, New York City mayor and 2020 presidential …
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
De Blasio apologizes for quoting Che Guevara as Florida Dems pounce
De Blasio apologizes for quoting Che Guevara as Florida Dems pounce
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New York Times, Washington Free Beacon and The Gateway Pundit
Financial Times:
Vladimir Putin says liberalism has ‘become obsolete’ — Vladimir Putin has trumpeted the growth of national populist movements in Europe and America, crowing that liberalism is spent as an ideological force. — In an FT interview in the Kremlin on the eve of the G20 summit in Osaka …
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Washington Post:
Tillerson told House panel that Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner left him in the dark on conversations with foreign nations — Former secretary of state Rex Tillerson met privately with members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee last month to discuss the Trump administration's foreign policy, including issues related to Russia.
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Tillerson: Jared Kushner left him in the dark on conversations with foreign nations
Tillerson: Jared Kushner left him in the dark on conversations with foreign nations
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POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, Vanity Fair and New York Post
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
‘It makes me angry’: Tillerson vents frustrations with Kushner
‘It makes me angry’: Tillerson vents frustrations with Kushner
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Greensburg Tribune-Review, Axios, One America News Network and ABC News
Owen Daugherty / The Hill:
Matt Gaetz says he will press charges against woman who threw drink at him — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said this week that he plans to press charges against the person who threw a drink at him earlier this month as he was leaving a town hall event. — Gaetz said during a Fox News appearance Wednesday …
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Talking Points Memo, Big League Politics, Mediaite and Washington Times
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Michigan Republicans Tune In to Democratic Debate. No Conversions Reported. — PORTAGE, Mich. — Not everyone watching Wednesday's Democratic debate was looking for a hero. — In a windowless room in southwest Michigan, a political man cave with a signed picture of Ronna McDaniel …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
The winner of the first Democratic debate: Donald Trump
The winner of the first Democratic debate: Donald Trump
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NBC News:
Trump hotel in Washington charged Secret Service $200,000 in president's first year — The hotel five blocks from the White House has been used by Trump and his supporters for events that require the agency's protection. — During the first year of Donald Trump's presidency …
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Daily Kos, ThinkProgress and Shareblue Media
Leigh Cuen / CoinDesk:
Trump Administration in Talks With Crypto Startup on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plans — The Trump administration has tapped Israeli crypto startup Orbs to develop blockchain solutions for the region's longstanding political conflicts. — The disclosure comes this week from a summit convened …
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