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New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Shares, Then Deletes, a Tweet Questioning Kamala Harris's Race  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, shared a tweet from a far-right supporter during the Democratic debate on Thursday night that quickly ignited a question online: Was Senator Kamala Harris …
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BuzzFeed News:
A New Racist Campaign Against Kamala Harris Is Taking Shape  —  Not long after Sen. Kamala Harris challenged Joe Biden's record on race during part two of the first Democratic debate last night, a barrage of tweets questioned her race and US citizenship.  While these claims erupted …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
Kamala Harris's Debate Performance Should Scare Trump  —  Most weeks, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich speaks with contributor Alex Carp about the biggest stories in politics and culture.  Today, the fallout from the first Democratic debates.  —  Over this week's two nights of debates …
The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Is Surging and Birtherism Is Back  —  The 2020 candidate is facing a play straight out of the racist birther playbook used against Barack Obama when he ran for president.  —  Kamala Harris broke out from the other nine Democrats onstage during the second Democratic presidential primary debate …
Discussion: Washington Post
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Kamala Harris was the Democrat you could imagine taking on Trump  —  How Harris shut down Joe Biden and transformed her candidacy, plus four other takeaways.  —  Sen. Kamala Harris is the closest Democrats have to a potential consensus candidate.  She doesn't suffer from the enmity …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:   And Now, the Dream of a Harris-Buttigieg Ticket
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Live Polling of the Debates: Good News for Harris, Warren, Biden, and Substance
Discussion: The Week
Mariam Khan / ABC News:
Trump wraps G-20 summit, says he may cross into North Korean territory  —  During a wide-ranging press conference that lasted just over an hour at the conclusion of the G-20 summit, President Donald Trump said he just may step across into North Korean territory when he visits the DMZ Sunday, and he hopes Kim Jong Un will meet him there.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:   In a tweet, Trump appears to invite Kim Jong Un to meet him at the Korean demilitarized zone
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Jimmy Carter suggests Trump is an illegitimate president
Discussion: PJ Media Home
Washington Post:
Trump plans ticketed-access area for VIPs, friends and family at July 4 celebration  —  Plans by President Trump to reshape Washington's Independence Day celebration now include an area in front of the Lincoln Memorial reserved for dignitaries, family and friends that will be accessible …
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis signs election overhaul; civil rights groups prepare lawsuit  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday quietly signed into law a sweeping elections overhaul that restricts the voting rights of former felons, a measure civil rights groups have already prepared to challenge in court.
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
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Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
Ron DeSantis signs Amendment 4 bill, limiting felon voting  —  DeSantis announced the signing in the press release Friday evening, just one day short of his deadline to sign it.  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Friday evening a controversial bill limiting how many felons …
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
7 Months After Florida Approved an Expansion of Voting Rights, the Governor Just Gutted It
Discussion: ACLU
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
LISTEN: Biden Supported A Constitutional Amendment To End Mandated Busing In 1975  —  In 1975, one of the most divisive cultural and political issues of the time was busing, the practice of putting black and white children on buses and sending them to different schools within a school district to achieve integration.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden addresses one problem, but bigger ones remain
Discussion: ABC News
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Conservative organization using claims of ‘secret list’ of liberal judges to rally Republican base  —  WASHINGTON — The Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative organization instrumental in the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation fight, is now calling on 2020 Democratic candidates to release …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Ethics panel launches Gaetz investigation over Cohen tweet  —  The House Ethics Committee announced Friday that it is investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for a February tweet in which he threatened to release embarrassing personal information about President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Breakfast Invitation Helps Rebuild a Crown Prince's Standing  —  OSAKA, Japan — Barely a week ago, he was in theory a marked man, fingered by the United Nations as the probable mastermind behind one of the most grisly and sensational murders of recent years.
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David Herszenhorn / Politico:
Trump praises Saudi crown prince, ignores questions on Khashoggi killing  —  OSAKA, Japan — President Donald Trump enjoyed breakfast here Friday with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, heaping praise on the Saudi ruler while ignoring evidence of his role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Judge blocks Trump from using billions in military funds for border wall  —  A federal judge on Friday issued a ruling blocking the Trump administration from tapping billions of dollars in military funds to construct a wall on the United States's southern border.
Dan Wetzel / Yahoo! Sports:
American Original: How Megan Rapinoe stole the show at the World Cup  —  PARIS — Megan Rapinoe took the pitch Friday to win for the United States, not to make a statement to its President or his supporters that had been barraging her social media accounts.  —  This was about the team, she said.
Ledyard King / USA Today:
Republicans start donating to Marianne Williamson to keep her in future Democratic debates  —  WASHINGTON — Author Marianne Williamson's quirky, love-conquers-all approach on the Democratic debate stage Thursday drew applause, ridicule and confusion.  —  On Friday, she was attracting donations.
Discussion: frontpagelive.com
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
The Democratic Candidates Are in a Bubble on Immigration  —  There is now a photograph that sums up everything wrong about America's broken and overwhelmed immigration system.  You've seen it, and it is hard to let it leave the mind or the conscience.  Together with the accounts of horrifying abuse …
Steve Miletich / The Seattle Times:
DOJ probe expands beyond Boeing 737 MAX, includes 787 Dreamliner  —  Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed records from Boeing relating to the production of the 787 Dreamliner in South Carolina, where there have been allegations of shoddy work, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.
Discussion: New York Times and CNN
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Roberts's Rules of Misrepresentation  —  Chief Justice John Roberts would like the Trump administration to stop leaving a paper trail.  —  Conservatives were outraged Thursday when Roberts joined the Court's Democratic appointees in at least temporarily blocking the addition of a citizenship question …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Slate:
John Roberts Played This Supreme Court Term Perfectly
 
 
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David French / National Review:
The Democrats Have No Answer for Mitch McConnell. Good.
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The 2020 Democrats Lack Hindsight
David Montanaro / Fox News:
Jon Voight responds to Alyssa Milano attack: 'Ignorance doesn't scare me'
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Kevin Baron / Defense One:
Top Diplomat Slams ‘Endless War’ Cries of Campaign Trail as ‘the Echo of the 1930s’
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Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes to Face Trial Next Year on Fraud Charges
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Bloomberg:
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

 
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