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Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court upholds GOP voting restrictions in Arizona — The Supreme Court today upheld a pair of voting restrictions in Arizona, likely paving the way for new limitations across the country. — Why it matters: It's the court's biggest voting rights decision in several years.
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Statement by President Joe Biden on the Supreme Court's Voting Rights Decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee — I am deeply disappointed in today's decision by the United States Supreme Court that undercuts the Voting Rights Act, and upholds what Justice Kagan called …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Voting Restrictions — The decision, a test of what remains of the Voting Rights Act, suggested that challenges to many new measures making it harder to vote may not be successful. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld voting restrictions …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Backs Donor Privacy for California Charities — Conservative groups challenged the state's disclosure requirements, saying they could lead to harassment. — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that California may not require charities soliciting contributions in the state to report the identities of their major donors.
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court upholds restrictive Arizona voting laws in test of Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court upholds restrictive Arizona voting laws in test of Voting Rights Act
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court leaves the Voting Rights Act alive — but only barely
The Supreme Court leaves the Voting Rights Act alive — but only barely
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Arizona Mirror and ABC17NEWS
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court on 6-3 Vote Rejects Voting Rights Act Section 2 Case in Brnovich Case— A Significant Weakening of Section 2
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court on 6-3 Vote Rejects Voting Rights Act Section 2 Case in Brnovich Case— A Significant Weakening of Section 2
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
The Supreme Court Throws Out A State Law Requiring Nonprofits To Name Rich Donors
The Supreme Court Throws Out A State Law Requiring Nonprofits To Name Rich Donors
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New York Magazine
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
The Supreme Court Deals A New Blow To Voting Rights, Upholding Arizona Restrictions
The Supreme Court Deals A New Blow To Voting Rights, Upholding Arizona Restrictions
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Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court strikes down California donor disclosure requirement
Supreme Court strikes down California donor disclosure requirement
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Supreme Court says that California can't require all nonprofits to disclose their donors
Supreme Court says that California can't require all nonprofits to disclose their donors
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Associated Press, The Daily Caller and Deseret News
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Kinzinger on McCarthy's Jan. 6 investigation threat: ‘Who gives a s—?’ — Rep. Adam Kinzinger knows GOP leaders wanted to scare him away from serving on the Democrat-led panel investigating the Capitol riot. And he doesn't care one bit. — “Who gives a shit?” the Illinois Republican …
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Ryan Nobles / CNN:
House Democrats call on McCarthy to ‘take immediate action’ to address Greene's behavior — (CNN)Nearly 40 House Democrats are demanding House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy take what they call “immediate action” to address the behavior of GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia …
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Jamie Gangel / CNN:
McCarthy threatens to strip GOP members of committee assignments if they accept an offer from Pelosi to serve on 1/6 commission — Pelosi announces House will establish January 6 insurrection probe — (CNN)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday issued a blanket threat during …
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Which Republicans Should Be Put on the January 6 Committee? — The committee is too partisan, moans Kevin McCarthy. Gee, who's to blame for that? — Let's get Kevin McCarthy's record straight: — The House Republican leader supported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's bogus lawsuit …
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Names Members to Select Committee to Investigate January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol
Pelosi Names Members to Select Committee to Investigate January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Pelosi appoints Liz Cheney to House select committee investigating Jan. 6
Pelosi appoints Liz Cheney to House select committee investigating Jan. 6
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, CNN, Occupy Democrats, Washington Times and IJR
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
So much for ‘action’: McCarthy dials back early pledge to rein in Republicans who cross the line as Gosar, others go unpunished
So much for ‘action’: McCarthy dials back early pledge to rein in Republicans who cross the line as Gosar, others go unpunished
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Occupy Democrats
Politico:
Cheney joins Dems on Jan. 6 probe, defying McCarthy threat
Cheney joins Dems on Jan. 6 probe, defying McCarthy threat
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
McCarthy Threatens Committee Assignments Of Members Who Take Jan. 6 Committee Seat From Pelosi
McCarthy Threatens Committee Assignments Of Members Who Take Jan. 6 Committee Seat From Pelosi
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Insider, HotAir, Mediaite, Occupy Democrats, Associated Press and The American Independent
New York Times:
Top Trump Executive, Allen Weisselberg, Surrenders to Face Charges — The Trump Organization and Mr. Weisselberg have been indicted in connection with a tax investigation and are expected to appear in court Thursday. — Donald J. Trump's long-serving chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump aide: Ex-prez emboldened by indictment news
POLITICO Playbook: Trump aide: Ex-prez emboldened by indictment news
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Politico:
Team Trump quietly launches new social media platform — Former President Donald Trump's team quietly launched a new social media platform on Thursday, billing it as an alternative to Big Tech sites. — The platform, called GETTR, advertised its mission statement as “fighting cancel culture …
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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Judge Denies Britney Spears' Request to Remove Father From Conservatorship Again … New court documents that were filed by the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday show that the judge has denied the request by Spears' attorney, Samuel Ingham III, to remove her father, Jamie Spears, as her sole conservator.
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George Packer / The Atlantic:
How Rumsfeld Deserves to Be Remembered — In 2006, soon after I returned from my fifth reporting trip to Iraq for The New Yorker, a pair of top aides in the George W. Bush White House invited me to lunch to discuss the war. This was a first; until then, no one close to the president would talk to me …
Joanne Rosa / ABC News:
Meghan McCain announces departure from ‘The View’ — McCain joined the Emmy Award-winning daytime talk show in October 2017. — After four seasons on “The View,” Meghan McCain announced Thursday that she's leaving at the end the season. — “I am just going to rip the band-aid off.
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Julie Gordon / Page Six:
Meghan McCain to announce she's leaving ‘The View’
Meghan McCain to announce she's leaving ‘The View’
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Joe Rogan Is Too Big to Cancel — He's now one of the most consumed media products on the planet. His Spotify deal, estimated at $100 million, speaks to the allure of making audiences feel they're in on something subversive. — The other comics called him “Little Ball of Anger” …
Joe Sonka / USA Today:
Charles Booker makes it official, announces run for US Senate seat held by Rand Paul — LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Almost exactly one year after his bid for U.S. Senate came up just short in the Democratic primary, Charles Booker formally launched his new candidacy for the office Thursday …
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Iconic American Magazine Fails To Disclose CCP Funding in Latest Print Edition — Time magazine failed to disclose Chinese government funding for content published in its most recent print edition. — The magazine's June 21-28 double issue included an insert from China Daily, a media outlet controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
“The easiest way to make the Delta variant go away is to turn off CNN” — Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Wednesday tweeted and then deleted a post mocking the threat of the Delta variant of COVID-19. “The easiest way to make the Delta variant go away is to turn off CNN,” …
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CBC News:
Village of Lytton, B.C., evacuated as mayor says ‘the whole town is on fire’ — Several out-of-control wildfires burning in other parts of province after heat wave — A small B.C. village that endured the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Canada for days on end this week was engulfed …
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The Daily Beast and CBS News
Ryan Randazzo / Arizona Republic:
Republic takes Senate, Cyber Ninjas to court for audit records — The Arizona Republic has gone to court to demand records from the state Senate and one of its contractors to shed light on the audit of 2020 election results. — The news organization on Wednesday filed a special action …
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Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector:
Kansas groups halt voter registration drives to avoid being jailed under new law — TOPEKA — The League of Women Voters of Kansas and other nonprofits are suspending voter registration drives for fear of criminal prosecution under a new state law. — The groups filed a lawsuit …
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
The 3 Simple Rules That Underscore the Danger of Delta — Fifteen months after the novel coronavirus shut down much of the world, the pandemic is still raging. Few experts guessed that by this point, the world would have not one vaccine but many, with 3 billion doses already delivered.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell has laid a trap for Democrats. Here's how they can avoid it. — It's hard to overstate how momentous a victory it would represent if Democrats can pull off their two-part infrastructure and jobs package, one bill done with Republicans, the other by Democrats alone.
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Daily Kos, CNN and National Review
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:
FBI, NSA: Russian military cyber-unit behind large-scale brute-force attacks — US and UK cybersecurity agencies said today that a Russian military cyber unit has been behind a series of brute-force attacks that have targeted the cloud IT resources of government and private sector companies across the world.
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