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EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone:
‘Men Always Win’: Survivors ‘Sickened’ by the Amber Heard Verdict  —  It didn't matter what the verdict was — as one domestic violence survivor puts it, “this case is my worst fear playing out on a public stage”  —  Over the past few weeks, Meghan has been watching the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial with a sinking feeling.
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Washington Post:
What's missing from the House gun package  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  What's black and blue, and white all over?  This newsletter!  Thanks for waking up with us.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  —  In today's edition ... Poll Watch: What the nation thinks about inflation …
Eugene Volokh / Reason:
Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Libel, and Chilling Effects
Candace McDuffie / The Root:
Amber Heard Verdict Sends A Message To Black Women Everywhere
Slate:
The Real Lesson of the Disastrous Outcome in the Depp-Heard Trial
Discussion: The Federalist and Fox News
Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
The Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial was an orgy of misogyny
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
Four People, Including Gunman, Are Killed in Attack at Tulsa Medical Building, Police Say  —  Multiple people were shot and four people, including the gunman, were killed on Wednesday afternoon at a medical building in Tulsa, Okla., the Tulsa police said.  —  The assailant, who was armed with a rifle …
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Fernando Alfonso III / NPR:
5 people dead at Tulsa medical building, in the 233rd mass shooting of 2022
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
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John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
What are Uvalde police hiding?
Discussion: New York Times and Morning Shots
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Biden's fantastical claim of $500 in annual utility savings  —  “A dozen CEOs of America's largest utility companies told me earlier this year that my plan would reduce the average family's annual utility bills by $500 and accelerate our transition from energy produced by autocrats.”
Discussion: HotAir, CNBC, Roll Call and The Federalist
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Could Los Angeles Elect a (Relatively) Conservative Mayor?  —  On the menu today: Los Angeles is days way from a mayoral primary that is likely to send a signal about how much the political center of gravity has shifted in recent years; the local media out there are fuming that no criticism seems to stick to billionaire Rick Caruso.
New York Times:
How the Proud Boys Gripped the Miami-Dade Republican Party  —  It was once Jeb Bush's base of power.  But an influx of far-right activists and the radicalization of other members brought turmoil.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  MIAMI — At the iconic Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach …
Discussion: Raw Story and Election Law Blog
Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Upholding Roe v. Wade Is Supported by Most Americans, WSJ Poll Finds  —  After decades of shifting attitudes, some 57% of respondents say a woman should be able to get an abortion for any reason  —  WASHINGTON—More than two-thirds of Americans want to uphold Roe v. Wade …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
‘Pro-Choice’ Identification Rises to Near Record High in U.S.
Discussion: The Hill and Opinion Today
Washington Post:
Uvalde mayor recounts frantic attempt to call shooter during massacre  —  In an interview, Mayor Don McLaughlin (R) calls for compromise on measures like background checks  —  UVALDE, Tex. — As a massacre unfolded inside an elementary school here last week, a would-be negotiator deployed …
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Washington Post:
House Republicans to unveil conservative roadmap on climate, energy  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy plans to call for boosting domestic fossil fuel production and streamlining the permitting process for large infrastructure projects  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
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Gavin Wax / American Greatness:   The Biggest Threat to the Second Amendment? RINOs
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Blockbuster witness for Jan. 6 hearings  —  J. Michael Luttig, a former federal judge and lawyer who advised former Vice President Mike Pence, is expected to testify in the Jan. 6 select committee's public hearings this month, Axios has learned.
Financial Times:
Saudi Arabia ready to pump more oil if Russian output sinks under ban  —  Riyadh aware it must not ‘lose control’ of oil prices as energy sanctions hit Moscow  —  Saudi Arabia has indicated to western allies that it is prepared to raise oil production should Russia's output fall substantially under …
Discussion: CNBC and Inshallah
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Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
Google's plan to talk about caste bias led to ‘division and rancor’  —  The rising Hindu nationalist movement that has spread from India through the diaspora has arrived inside Google, according to employees.  —  In April, Thenmozhi Soundararajan, the founder and executive director of Equality Labs …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Pa. GOP gubernatorial nominee shares documents with Jan. 6 panel, agrees to interview  —  The Jan. 6 select committee received materials this week from Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano — and with them, perhaps, a new dilemma.  —  Mastriano's previously unreported cooperation …
Ro Khanna / New York Times:
There Is Way More Biden Can Do to Lower Prices  —  Lupe Lopez, a grocery store owner in my district in California, recently showed me how devastating inflation has been for her and her customers.  Milk cost $4.95 a gallon, an increase of 38 percent since 2019, and tortilla packets were $3.07, up by 24 percent.
Discussion: The Hill
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Exclusive: White House to begin paying interns  —  Washington (CNN)The White House is lifting a longtime barrier of entry to many young Americans as it announces it will pay its interns starting this fall.  —  “President Biden and Vice President Harris are announcing the launch …
Discussion: The White House, The Hill and Fox News
Timothy Fanning / San Antonio Express-News:
Video: Law enforcement officials say journalists will be charged for being on Uvalde CISD property  —  Law enforcement officials in Uvalde have asked the media to leave the school district headquarters or they will be criminally charged with trespassing, according to a video posted on social media.
Chris Murphy / Fox News:
Uvalde school shooting demands action  —  The only thing we cannot do about gun violence is nothing  —  Texas school shooting reaction: Sen. Chris Murphy delivers impassioned floor speech  —  When news started to trickle out about the horrific shooting in Uvalde, I was on my way to preside on the Senate floor.
Discussion: Mediaite
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Talk Me Down Here: Can This Country Be Saved?  —  A backward, oligarchal, misogynist minority is trampling the rights and will of the majority—and it's only getting worse.  —  May was an awful month.  From the leak of the draft Supreme Court ruling striking down abortion rights …
Leah Askarinam / New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s Surprise Rescue Operation in an Orange County House Race  —  Just two years ago, Representative Young Kim was hailed as a new face of the Republican Party.  But now she is threatened by redrawn district lines and a challenger running to her right.
Discussion: RedState
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
These 25 rainbow-flag waving companies donated $13 million to anti-gay politicians since 2021  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  June is Pride Month, and this year's celebration has particular resonance.  Over the last year, anti-LGBTQ politicians have relentlessly targeted …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Stone / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. plans to sell armed drones to Ukraine in coming days -sources  —  The Biden administration plans to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed with Hellfire missiles for battlefield use against Russia, three people familiar with the situation said.
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Stacy Cowley / New York Times:
$5.8 Billion in Loans Will Be Forgiven for Corinthian Colleges Students  —  The Education Department said it would wipe out the debts of 560,000 borrowers who had enrolled in the for-profit college chain, which collapsed in 2015.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Matthew Cunningham-Cook / The Lever:
Biden Hikes Medicare Prices And Funnels Profits to Private Insurers  —  The largest-ever Medicare premium increase will pad the pockets of insurance executives who donated millions to the president's election campaign.  —  Last week, the Biden administration quietly reaffirmed its decision …
Washington Post:
U.S. defends supplying advanced rocket systems to Ukraine  —  It will take Ukrainian forces about three weeks to learn how to use High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, the Pentagon said  —  The Biden administration on Wednesday defended its decision to send advanced multiple-launch rocket systems …
 
 
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Where are the men of courage? They're gone thanks to ‘toxic masculinity’
Stacey Lennox / pjmedia.com:
Get Ready for $1 Per Egg: USDA Forecast Predicts Highest Food Inflation Since 1980
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The New MAGA Establishment  —  Trumpism will outlast Trump.  Possibly for a very long time.
Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu / Protocol:
Tech giants made a home in Ghana. Now they're quiet on its anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
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Nicole Meir / Associated Press:
New AP Stylebook includes 300 new or revised entries, inclusive storytelling chapter
Discussion: The Hill
Associated Press:
Sheryl Sandberg, long Facebook's No. 2 exec, steps down
Bob Christie / Associated Press:
Records show coordinated Arizona ballot collection scheme
Reagan Knopp / The Oregon Catalyst:
BREAKING: Drazan has edge over Kotek in early poll
Discussion: Breitbart
Alexandre Tanzi / Bloomberg:
One-Third of Americans Making $250,000 Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck, Survey Finds
Discussion: Breitbart and Twitchy
New York Times:
The Middlemen Helping Russian Oligarchs Get Superyachts and Villas
Discussion: Washington Post
 

 
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Financial Times:
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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
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Eighteen US states, led by Kentucky, sue the SEC and its commissioners, including Chairman Gary Gensler, over its crackdown on the crypto industry
 
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