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Ana Ceballos / Tampa Bay Times:
State university faculty, students to be surveyed on beliefs — Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that budget cuts could be looming if universities and colleges are found to be “indoctrinating” students. — TALLAHASSEE — In his continued push against the “indoctrination” of students …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Florida goes full fascist’: Ron DeSantis sparks furious backlash with ‘authoritarian’ campus political surveys
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Florida students required to register political views with the state to promote ‘intellectual diversity’
Florida students required to register political views with the state to promote ‘intellectual diversity’
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HotAir and driftglass
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis is showing Trump-level skill at waging culture war
Ron DeSantis is showing Trump-level skill at waging culture war
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RedState, Washington Times and No More Mister Nice Blog
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Staving Off G.O.P. Attacks, Democrats Show New Urgency on Crime — A strong showing by Eric Adams in the New York mayoral race and President Biden's announcement of a new crime-fighting agenda signal a shift by Democrats toward themes of public safety. — Facing a surge in shootings …
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Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Centrist Pundits' Supposedly Savvy, Terribly Wrong Takes About the New York Mayoral Race — Savvy guys like Matt Yglesias, the newsletter writer and former Vox and Slate blogger, sometimes critique bad political punditry by pointing out that it often boils down to saying things like …
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Breitbart and New York Post
New York Times:
The Most Detailed Map of New York City Mayoral Primary Results
The Most Detailed Map of New York City Mayoral Primary Results
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National Review, FiveThirtyEight, TheBlaze, Politico, The Uprising, PIX11, Reuters, Insider and NPR
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
The Mayor's Race Isn't (Quite) Decided Yet
The Mayor's Race Isn't (Quite) Decided Yet
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New York Post
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Biden administration removes Rodney Scott as head of U.S. Border Patrol — The Biden administration has forced out the head of the U.S. Border Patrol, Rodney Scott, clearing a path for a leadership overhaul at an agency strained by a 20-year-high in illegal border crossings …
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Political Wire and National Review
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
EXCLUSIVE: Biden administration forces head of Border Patrol to leave post immediately
EXCLUSIVE: Biden administration forces head of Border Patrol to leave post immediately
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Fox News, UPI, New York Post and Townhall
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Kamala Harris is set to visit the border — Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to the U.S.-Mexico border this week, amid an unrelenting chorus of criticism from Republicans over her failure to visit there. — Harris, who was tasked by President Joe Biden to lead diplomatic efforts …
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
House Republicans set to join Trump's border trip
House Republicans set to join Trump's border trip
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Washington Post, KVIA-TV, Breitbart, National Review, The Daily Caller, Insider and Political Wire
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Right-Wingers Who Demanded Kamala Harris Visit the Border Are Now Mad She's Going
Right-Wingers Who Demanded Kamala Harris Visit the Border Are Now Mad She's Going
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Washington Examiner, Breitbart and IJR
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
John McAfee found dead of apparent suicide in Spanish jail after court approves his extradition for tax crimes — Eccentric antivirus software company founder John McAfee was found dead of suspected suicide in a jail in Barcelona, Spain. — McAfee died shortly after Spain's National Court approved …
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison Cell
John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison Cell
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Jonathan Oosting / Bridge Michigan:
GOP investigation finds no Michigan vote fraud, deems many claims ‘ludicrous’ … LANSING —A months-long Republican investigation into Michigan's 2020 election uncovered no evidence of widespread fraud and concluded Wednesday with a recommendation the attorney general investigate those who made false claims for “personal gain.”
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A top Biden ally just fired a warning shot on the filibuster. Should we believe it? — As a Democrat from Joe Biden's longtime home state of Delaware, Sen. Christopher A. Coons is widely perceived to have a direct line to the president, so his views on what's next after the failure of voting reform deserve careful attention.
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New York Magazine, Salon, The Daily Caller, New York Post, CBS News, Washington Times and The Guardian
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Chad Pergram / Fox News:
Why Tuesday's Senate vote on S.1 gave Democrats fissile material to go nuclear on filibuster
Why Tuesday's Senate vote on S.1 gave Democrats fissile material to go nuclear on filibuster
Matthew Sheffield / flux.community:
The Senate filibuster hasn't just stopped progressive legislation, it's also radicalized Republicans
The Senate filibuster hasn't just stopped progressive legislation, it's also radicalized Republicans
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Politico, The Root, Vox, One America News Network and The Babylon Bee
Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
Scientist Finds Early Virus Sequences That Had Been Mysteriously Deleted — By rooting through files stored on Google Cloud, a researcher says he recovered 13 early coronavirus sequences that had disappeared from a database last year. — About a year ago, genetic sequences …
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Twitchy and New York Post
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rules Against Union Recruiting on California Farms — The case concerned a unique state regulation allowing labor representatives to meet with farm workers at their workplaces for up to three hours a day for as many as 120 days a year. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
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Wall Street Journal, Vox, Common Dreams, UPI, SCOTUSblog, The Daily Caller and ABC News
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rules for Cheerleader Punished for Vulgar Snapchat Message
Supreme Court Rules for Cheerleader Punished for Vulgar Snapchat Message
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CNN:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner distance themselves from the former President and his constant complaints — (CNN)With each passing day away from Washington, former President Donald Trump's grievances continue unabated. And those complaints appear to be driving away two of the people …
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The Daily Beast, Mercury News, Vanity Fair, Insider and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Supreme Court limits when police can enter home without warrant — Court had previously said that police in ‘hot pursuit’ of a suspect believed to have committed a felony can enter a home without a warrant — Fox News Flash top headlines for June 23 — WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court …
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Washington Post, Fox News and Washington Examiner
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court Restricts Police Powers To Enter A Home Without A Warrant
Supreme Court Restricts Police Powers To Enter A Home Without A Warrant
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Sacramento Bee, Daily Kos and Los Angeles Times
Politico:
‘The Tea Party to the 10th power’: Trumpworld bets big on critical race theory — Former top aides to President Donald Trump have begun an aggressive push to combat the teaching of critical race theory and capitalize on the issue politically, confident that a backlash will vault them back into power.
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POLITICUSUSA, PRESS RUN and The Georgia Star News
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Olivia Krauth / Courier-Journal:
Protesters, driven by disdain for critical race theory, derail JCPS school board meeting
Protesters, driven by disdain for critical race theory, derail JCPS school board meeting
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Raw Story
Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
India Walton, a socialist candidate, stuns longtime incumbent in Buffalo mayor's race. — A progressive challenger running her first campaign was poised on Tuesday to beat Buffalo's four-term Democratic mayor in a primary upset that would upend the political landscape in New York's second-biggest city …
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Jason Silverstein / CBS News:
First-time socialist candidate India Walton likely to become Buffalo's next mayor after stunning primary upset
First-time socialist candidate India Walton likely to become Buffalo's next mayor after stunning primary upset
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WIVB-TV, TheGrio, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, Washington Examiner, Twitchy and The Root
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Indiana Woman Is First Person to Be Sentenced in Capitol Riot — Anna Morgan-Lloyd, who will serve no prison time, said she realized that she and others who breached the Capitol may have helped encourage the violence by other Trump supporters. — The first person to be sentenced in connection …
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Wall Street Journal:
Afghan Government Could Collapse Six Months After U.S. Withdrawal, New Intelligence Assessment Says — Taliban advances prompt agencies to revise outlook for how long Kabul can hold out — KABUL—The U.S. intelligence community concluded last week that the government of Afghanistan …
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HotAir, Defense One, The Daily Caller and New York Times
New York Post:
Curtis Sliwa gives an inside look of what life is like with 15 cats — It's the purrrfect apartment. — The Post got an exclusive look inside Curtis Sliwa's tiny Upper West Side studio apartment Wednesday — after the newly minted GOP mayoral nominee revealed that he and his wife share the space with 15 rescue cats.
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Fox News
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Why won't the national media cover the story Americans care about most? — It's a very basic concept of journalism: Cover the stories that impact your viewers and readers most, the stories they most care about. — But for one very big story, there's been relative silence from our national media, just passing mentions.
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Republican official in Ohio faces charge for voting twice in November election — Republican lawmakers in Ohio pushing for more “safety and security” at the ballot box can now point to a clear example of voter fraud in the November 2020 presidential election. — Unfortunately for them, it involves another Republican.
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Raw Story, Mediaite and Crooks and Liars
Paul Blest / VICE:
Here's the Tweet Matt Gaetz Tried to Delete About the FBI — Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. — Rep. Matt Gaetz tweeted Wednesday that Democrats should defund the FBI, the same agency investigating whether the Florida congressman participated in sex trafficking.
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Raw Story
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Flesh Peddling To Own the Libs — Raymond Arroyo is the perfect distillation of modern conservatism. — 4 hr ago — 1. Victoria's Secret — If you want to see the single purest distillation of modern conservatism so far in existence, I beg you to watch the first three minutes …
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The Ringer
Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed News:
A Former NRA President Was Tricked Into Speaking At A Fake High School Graduation — In a speech to the James Madison Academy 2021 graduating class, David Keene, a former NRA president and current board member of the gun rights group, called on the teens to fight those looking to implement tighter gun restrictions.
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Mediaite
Zaid Jilani / INQUIRE:
The Intercept Publishes Bogus “Exclusive Leak” Of Material Publicly Available Online — Beyond presenting banal publicly available information as a blockbuster leak, the site wildly misrepresented its contents: No, the U.S. military is not targeting socialism. — 7 hr ago
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Common Dreams, The Guardian and The Intercept
Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
Sen. Whitehouse's beach club says accusations of all-white membership are ‘inaccurate and false’ — You have been added to Nesi's Notes Newsletter — Nesi's Notes — NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — The leaders of the private beach club tied to U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse broke their silence Wednesday …
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The Hill and National Review
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Top general fires back at ‘offensive’ criticism of military being ‘woke’ — The military's top officer on Wednesday pushed back against GOP lawmakers who said the Pentagon's efforts to combat racism and promote diversity have made the armed forces too “woke.”
Politico:
‘Staggering’: Biden breaks from agenda to grapple with bloodshed plaguing big cities — CHICAGO — It was 6 a.m. last week when news broke of a mass shooting in Chicago. Eight people were shot, five of whom died. By 7:30 a.m. a White House official was on the phone with Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office.
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Daily Kos, Senator Josh Hawley, TheBlaze, USA Today, Washington Post, CNN, MSN and HotAir