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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Why Justice Breyer May Resist Calls for His Retirement — In a recent speech on “the peril of politics,” Justice Stephen G. Breyer said judges must renounce loyalty to “the political party that helped to secure their appointment.” — WASHINGTON — Many liberals say Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court Is Taking Direct Aim at Roe v. Wade — On Monday morning, the Supreme Court announced that it will reconsider the constitutional prohibition against abortion bans before fetal viability. This decision indicates that the ultra-conservative five-justice majority is prepared …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court issues rulings on policing, climate, criminal defendants' rights
Supreme Court issues rulings on policing, climate, criminal defendants' rights
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RedState and Washington Free Beacon
Tom Joyce / Washington Examiner:
At 15 weeks of fetal development, humans are complex
At 15 weeks of fetal development, humans are complex
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Talking Points Memo, Common Dreams, Law & Crime and The Dispatch
Trevor Aaronson / The Intercept:
Hamas Official Denies Group Used Destroyed Gaza Media Tower for Intelligence … The Israeli government's claim that Hamas operated a military intelligence unit in a Gaza City building that housed the offices of the Associated Press and Al-Jazeera is false, a Hamas official has told The Intercept.
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Mediaite, RedState, Washington Post, And another thing and Insider
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Amnesty International USA:
Pattern of Israeli Attacks on Residential Homes in Gaza Must Be Investigated As War Crimes — Israeli forces have displayed a shocking disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians by carrying out a number of airstrikes targeting residential buildings in some cases killing entire families …
Washington Post:
Biden calls for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas fighting as pressure mounts to halt violence
Biden calls for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas fighting as pressure mounts to halt violence
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Merrit Kennedy / NPR:
Biden Supports Cease-fire In Call To Netanyahu As Israel-Hamas Violence Escalates
Biden Supports Cease-fire In Call To Netanyahu As Israel-Hamas Violence Escalates
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Politico, CBS News, Fox News, The Times of Israel, The Daily Caller, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and CNN
Rosalind Helderman / Washington Post:
‘Our democracy is imperiled’: Maricopa County officials decry 2020 recount as a sham and call on Arizona Republicans to end the process — The Republican-dominated Maricopa County board of supervisors Monday denounced an ongoing audit of the 2020 vote as a “sham” and a “con,” …
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Arizona G.O.P. Is Split on Vote Review: 'We Can't Indulge These Insane Lies' — Top local Republicans are hitting back at Donald J. Trump and fellow party members in the State Senate over a review of Arizona ballots. — The Republican leaders of Arizona's most populous county issued …
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CNN, Arizona Republic, Snopes.com, Washington Post and KTAR.com
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As Arizona Republicans erupt over Trump's lies, a big truth is exposed
As Arizona Republicans erupt over Trump's lies, a big truth is exposed
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HotAir, Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Justice Dept. Tried to Use Grand Jury to Identify Nunes Critic on Twitter — An unsealed court filing shows that the social media company fought the subpoena, which the Biden administration is said to have withdrawn. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department under President Trump secretly obtained …
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Robin Bravender / Insider:
EXCLUSIVE: Documents reveal how Trump is spending taxpayer money on his post-presidential offices — from printer toner to Stephen Miller's salary — New documents show the inner workings of ex-president Donald Trump's team. — Former White House aides Stephen Miller and Dan Scavino are still getting government salaries.
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China — Apple built the world's most valuable business on top of China. Now it has to answer to the Chinese government. — GUIYANG, China — On the outskirts of this city in a poor, mountainous province in southwestern China …
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Harrison Smith / Washington Post:
David Larimer, versatile Washington Post editor, dies at 47 — David Larimer, a Washington Post editor who helped shape the paper's coverage of college athletics, conflict overseas and the coronavirus pandemic, died May 15 at a hospital in Washington. He was 47.
Ali Velshi / MSNBC:
Israel's bombing of Gaza ignores Palestinians' right to exist … Here's something that gets lost these days when we talk about the Middle East: There is currently no existential threat to the state of Israel. That's a matter guaranteed by the United States, whose long-standing technological assistance …
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The Guardian, Common Dreams, Portside, spiked and TheGrio
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Mike Pence / National Review:
Violence in Israel Is the Price of Biden's Weakness
Violence in Israel Is the Price of Biden's Weakness
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Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and Independent Chronicle
Donald G. McNeil Jr.:
How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love the Lab-Leak Theory* — In early spring 2020, I reported an article for The New York Times on which I put the tentative headline: “New Coronavirus Is ‘Clearly Not a Lab Leak,’ Scientists Say.” — It never ran. — For two reasons.
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Perry Bacon / Washington Post:
The misguided identity politics of the anti-Trump Republicans — Opinion by — It's good that Republicans such as former president George W. Bush, Sen. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah) have made clear that they oppose former president Donald Trump because of his anti-democratic and racist behavior.
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USA Today, The Hill and Political Wire
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Report: Kamala Harris Keeps Enemies List of Journalists Who Don't ‘Appreciate Her Life Experience’ — Vice President Kamala Harris keeps a list of reporters and other political types who might be racist, according to a profile published in the Atlantic on Monday. — “The vice president and her team tend to dismiss reporters.
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HotAir, Power Line and The Atlantic
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Biden, Harris Incomes Dropped in 2020, Tax Returns Show
Biden, Harris Incomes Dropped in 2020, Tax Returns Show
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CNN, The Hill, Roll Call, Forbes, Washington Times, New York Post, The Guardian, The Daily Caller and The Week
Carly Roman / Washington Examiner:
Biden and Harris swipe at Trump in releasing 2020 tax returns
Biden and Harris swipe at Trump in releasing 2020 tax returns
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Politico:
Republicans not sold on bipartisan Jan. 6 commission — After months of negotiations in the House culminated in a bipartisan deal on a Jan. 6 commission, Republicans might not go along with the agreement after all. — Several Senate Republicans on Monday evening expressed worries …
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Politico:
Mask controversy spurs CDC to rethink its pandemic response — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky is shaking up the agency's Covid-19 response to consolidate oversight amid mounting criticism over its guidance for vaccinated people, according …
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Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
How ‘Rear Adm. Jack Meehoff’ fooled a bunch of real retired generals and admirals — A group of more than 100 retired generals and admirals who have accused President Joe Biden of being a communist have been pranked by a faux flag officer going by the nom de guerre “Rear Adm. Jack Meehoff.”
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Jason Kilar, the WarnerMedia Chief, Is Said to Be Negotiating His Exit — Jason Kilar has hired a legal team to negotiate his departure as chief executive of WarnerMedia, according to two people briefed on the matter. AT&T, which owns WarnerMedia, said on Monday that it had agreed to spin off …
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Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Caller, The Verge, Deseret News, IndieWire, The Week and AT&T, more at Mediagazer »
Bloomberg:
Biden to Send U.S.-Authorized Vaccines Abroad for First Time — President Joe Biden plans to send an additional 20 million doses of U.S. coronavirus vaccines abroad by the end of June — including, for the first time, shots authorized for domestic use, where supply is beginning to outstrip demand, Bloomberg News reports.
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CNN:
Former Matt Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg pleads guilty to six federal charges — Washington (CNN)Joel Greenberg, an indicted close confidant of Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, formally pleaded guilty on Monday morning to six federal charges in a court hearing, admitting to a federal judge …
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Katie S. Phang / MSNBC:
What Joel Greenberg's guilty plea agreement means for Matt Gaetz
What Joel Greenberg's guilty plea agreement means for Matt Gaetz
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The Hill, The Daily Beast, RedState, Politico, Vanity Fair, Forbes and Law & Crime
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Graham: ‘I accept the results of the election’ — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Monday that he accepts the results of the 2020 election, and urged Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, to focus on the upcoming midterm where the party wants to win back control of Congress.
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CNN, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Patterico's Pontifications, IJR, The American Independent, POLITICUSUSA, The Intellectualist and HotAir
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Kansas Chamber cuts ties with U.S. Chamber of Commerce over Sharice Davids endorsement — The Kansas Chamber of Commerce has cut ties with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce after the national business group endorsed Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids last year. — The U.S. Chamber's decision …
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post and RedState
William M. Arkin / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Inside the Military's Secret Undercover Army — The largest undercover force the world has ever known is the one created by the Pentagon over the past decade. Some 60,000 people now belong to this secret army, many working under masked identities and in low profile, all part of a broad program called “signature reduction.”
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Chinese businessman with links to Steve Bannon is driving force for a sprawling disinformation network, researchers say — Guo Wengui, living in self-exile in New York City, is at the center of a digital web pushing election and covid falsehoods, according to Graphika research
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New York Times:
Cuomo Set to Receive $5.1 Million from Pandemic Book Deal — The New York governor reported earning $3.1 million last year from his leadership memoir, with additional payments coming in the next two years. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo reported earning $3.12 million last year from his memoir …
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
They're Vaccinated and Keeping Their Masks On, Maybe Forever — Face coverings have been a political flash point for more than a year. But now, the backlash is directed at people who don't plan to take them off. — Whenever Joe Glickman heads out for groceries, he places an N95 mask …
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USA Today, Patterico's Pontifications, HotAir and Twitchy
Lateshia Beachum / Washington Post:
Black Lives Matter activists said a man tried to hit them with his car. The suspect turned out to be a judge. — A North Carolina court of appeals judge was summoned by a criminal court Friday after being accused of nearly hitting Black Lives Matter protesters at a demonstration in downtown Fayetteville on May 7.
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The Hill and The Fayetteville Observer
Sally Quinn / Washington Post:
The end of D.C.'s elite social scene — It will never be the same after Trump and covid. And that's a good thing. — One night in 2017, soon after Donald Trump was inaugurated, several top administration officials showed up at Cafe Milano, a popular Washington hangout run by Franco Nuschese for the past three decades.
Jakob Rodriguez / KSAT-TV:
Abbott: Texas opting out of federal pandemic unemployment benefits effective June 26 — This includes the $300 weekly unemployment check from federal officials — AUSTIN - Gov. Greg Abbott announced to the U.S. Department of Labor on Monday that the state will be opting …
Maryclaire Dale / Associated Press:
‘So I raped you.’ Facebook message renews fight for justice — MOORESTOWN, New Jersey (AP) — Shannon Keeler was enjoying a weekend getaway with her boyfriend last year when she checked her Facebook messages for the first time in ages. A name popped up that stopped her cold.
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The US Sun and New York Post
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Crenshaw tries to whitewash Republican brief supporting lawsuit that sought to overturn election — ‘Seditious’: See Tapper's reaction to GOP election lawsuit — Washington (CNN)Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw tried Sunday to downplay his December decision to sign on to a legal brief …
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Salon, Raw Story, Washington Post and NBC News
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
California recall candidates use auto-donation tactic Trump made famous — OAKLAND — California recall candidates are charging donors recurring campaign contributions through a tactic made famous by former President Donald Trump — and condemned by federal election officials.