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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 students required to register political views with the state to promote ‘intellectual diversity’ — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation requiring students, faculty and staff at Florida's public universities and colleges to register their political views with the state as a way to encourage “intellectual diversity.”
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HotAir and driftglass
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Florida goes full fascist’: Ron DeSantis sparks furious backlash with ‘authoritarian’ campus political surveys
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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Washington Times and No More Mister Nice Blog
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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Vox, Wall Street Journal, SCOTUSblog, Associated Press, 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
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court sides with high school cheerleader who cursed online
Supreme Court sides with high school cheerleader who cursed online
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Washington Post and KVIA-TV
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 and Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Supreme Court limits when police can enter home without warrant
Supreme Court limits when police can enter home without warrant
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Fox News and Washington Examiner
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court Rules Cheerleader's F-Bombs Are Protected By The 1st Amendment
Supreme Court Rules Cheerleader's F-Bombs Are Protected By The 1st Amendment
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ABC News, USA Today, UPI, abc7NY, Cyprus Mail, Law & Crime, Bloomberg, NBC News, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, New York Post, The College Fix and SCOTUSblog
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 — A group of House Republicans is set to join Donald Trump's visit to the U.S.-Mexico border next week. — About a dozen members of the Republican Study Committee, the biggest caucus in the House GOP, plan to join the former president on the trip next Wednesday.
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Insider, KVIA-TV, Breitbart, National Review, Washington Post and The Daily Caller
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.”
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Politico:
‘The Tea Party to the 10th power’: Trumpworld bets big on critical race theory
‘The Tea Party to the 10th power’: Trumpworld bets big on critical race theory
Discussion:
PRESS RUN and Vanity Fair
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
The feedback loop the conservative movement is using against “critical race theory”
The feedback loop the conservative movement is using against “critical race theory”
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NPR, Media Matters for America, Talking Points Memo, National Review, Fox News and The Georgia Star News
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
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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The Nation, New York Magazine, Salon, CBS News, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, New York Post and The Guardian
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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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The Root, Politico, Vox, One America News Network and The Babylon Bee
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
The GOP shows Manchin and Sinema that saving democracy is a partisan issue
The GOP shows Manchin and Sinema that saving democracy is a partisan issue
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New York Times, New York Magazine and Reason
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 …
New York Times:
The Most Detailed Map of New York City Mayoral Primary Results — New York City voters cast their ballots for mayor on Tuesday, and it became clear that the competitive Democratic race would be decided by the city's new ranked-choice system. It is likely to be weeks before a winner is known.
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National Review, FiveThirtyEight, TheBlaze, Politico, The Uprising, PIX11, Reuters and Reason
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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
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Centrist Pundits' Supposedly Savvy, Terribly Wrong Takes About the New York Mayoral Race
Centrist Pundits' Supposedly Savvy, Terribly Wrong Takes About the New York Mayoral Race
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Breitbart and 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, New York Post and Townhall
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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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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Daily Mail, TMZ.com, National Review, Reuters, Metro.co.uk, New York Post, PIX11, Mediaite, abc7NY, National File, KVIA-TV and NBC Bay Area, more at Techmeme »
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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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Reuters, Washington Examiner, Variety, Breitbart, Gizmodo, National File, 100PercentFedUp.com and Al Jazeera
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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Michigan Advance, Mother Jones, Michigan Senate Republicans, The Hill, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, HotAir, Page Array, Raw Story and Detroit News
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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.
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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Defense One
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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HotAir, CNN, USA Today, Senator Josh Hawley and MSN
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.
Discussion:
Raw Story, Mediaite and Crooks and Liars
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: New book says Trump talked of COVID killing John Bolton — “Nightmare Scenario,” a book out next week on President Trump's handling of COVID, reports that he said he hoped it would take out his former national security adviser, John Bolton, who had just written an explosive tell-all about his time in the White House.
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Politico, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Raw Story, Insider, Mock Paper Scissors, Political Wire and IJR
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
CNN:
I can't forgive the people who won't admit my partner, Brian Sicknick, was a hero — Opinion by Sandra Garza — Sandra Garza is a licensed clinical social worker and was the long-time partner of Brian Sicknick, the Capitol Police Officer who protected the US Capitol from pro-Trump rioters during …
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The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, New York Post, Raw Story and Mediaite
Jennifer Mercieca / Just Security:
The Propaganda Playbook: A Section-by-Section Dissection of Tucker Carlson's Communication Strategy — Tucker Carlson is very effective at setting the rightwing agenda, telling them what to think about and framing how to understand politics. Ever wonder how he does it?
Jim Salter / Associated Press:
Jim Bakker, his church settle lawsuit over COVID-19 claims — O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Jim Bakker and his southwestern Missouri church will pay restitution of $156,000 to settle a lawsuit that accuses the TV pastor of falsely claiming a health supplement could cure COVID-19.
Discussion:
Associated Press, Forbes and Newstalk KZRG
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Manchin open to Biden's ‘human infrastructure’ plans and undoing some Trump tax cuts — WASHINGTON — A key moderate Democratic senator opened the door Tuesday to investing in President Joe Biden's “human infrastructure” proposals and unwinding some of the Republican tax cuts of 2017.
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Insider, The Hill, Daily Kos, Wall Street Journal, American Prospect, Washington Post and POLITICUSUSA
Yun Li / CNBC:
Warren Buffett gives away another $4.1 billion, resigns as trustee at Gates Foundation — This year's donation marked the halfway point for Buffett, who pledged in 2006 to give away all of his Berkshire shares through annual gifts to five foundations. — Buffett said his 16 annual contributions …
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Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Vox, Washington Examiner and Just The News