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2:20 PM ET, June 15, 2022

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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Five Blunt Truths About the War in Ukraine  —  Five sentences sum up the war in Ukraine as it stands now.  —  The Russians are running out of precision-guided weapons.  The Ukrainians are running out of Soviet-era munitions.  The world is running out of patience for the war.
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Ukraine suffering up to 1,000 casualties per day in Donbas, official says  —  Up to 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers are being killed or wounded each day in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, with 200 to 500 killed on average and many more wounded, a top Ukrainian official said on Wednesday.
Charles A. Kupchan / Politico:
Negotiating to End the Ukraine War Isn't Appeasement
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
In Ukraine, is the balance tipping in Moscow's favor? Not yet.
Discussion: CNBC and Al Jazeera
New York Times:
Far-Right Republicans Press Closer to Power Over Future Elections  —  Midway through primary season, the party has nominated several candidates who deny the 2020 outcome for posts that will have significant sway over the 2024 presidential election.  —  The potential for far-right Republicans …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Top takeaways from last night's big primaries  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  JUST POSTED — Eric Cortellessa's six-month investigation for The Washington Monthly into Maryland transit policy under Gov. LARRY HOGAN.
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Jim Marchant, a Trump loyalist, is G.O.P. voters' choice to be Nevada's top election official.
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
Nancy Mace survives fierce SC Republican primary against Trump-backed Katie Arrington
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court punts on case tied to Trump's ‘public charge’ rule for immigrants  —  The Supreme Court declined Wednesday to issue a ruling on whether Republican-led states have the authority to defend a rule former President Donald Trump's administration issued seeking to restrict immigration benefits …
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN and SCOTUSblog
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Dismisses Bid by G.O.P.-Led States to Defend Trump Immigration Plan
Carla K. Johnson / Associated Press:
US abortions rise: 1 in 5 pregnancies terminated in 2020
Shannon McCaffrey / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
For Herschel Walker, revelation of second son is the latest in string of controversies  —  Even in a campaign filled with head-spinning news, the latest revelation is a shocker: Herschel Walker, who has spoken out repeatedly against absentee dads, fathered a son who he financially supports but doesn't see.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Herschel Walker Says He's a Model Dad. He Has a Secret Son.
Bruce Siwy / Erie Daily Times-Morning News:
Democrats Fetterman, Shapiro show early leads in USA Today Network/Suffolk University poll  —  A USA Today Network/Suffolk University poll in Pennsylvania released this week suggests a clear U.S. Senate frontrunner — with a tighter race for governor.  —  According to the Suffolk University …
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Notes on the State of the Primaries: June 15, 2022  —  Dear Readers: Tuesday night saw primaries in 4 states, as well as a closely-watched (but lightly-voted) U.S. House special election in Texas.  In the aftermath of these contests, we're making 4 rating changes, although 2 of them are in states that didn't have elections on Tuesday.
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Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Republican Mayra Flores wins South Texas House seat long a Democratic stronghold
National Review:
Second Time's the Charm?  —  With his revised child benefit, Mitt Romney learns from his critics.  —  Early last year, Senator Mitt Romney proposed a new approach to family policy that exposed some significant rifts among right-leaning policy wonks who care about fighting poverty and supporting family formation.
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Mitt Romney:
Romney, Burr, Daines Announce Family Security Act 2.0
Discussion: Niskanen Center
Morgan Lee / Associated Press:
GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote  —  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Votes in a New Mexico community are at risk of not counting after a Republican-led commission refused to approve primary election results over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines.
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Under the Banner of Hulu  —  Give this to Under the Banner of Heaven, the buzzy true-crime miniseries that recently concluded its run on FX and Hulu: It wastes little time in getting to the point.  Minutes into the first episode, Detective Jeb Pyre is interviewing Allen Lafferty in a Utah jail cell.
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Conservatives Reveal What They Mean When They Say “Parents' Rights”  —  Post-liberal conservatism is real.  —  1. The Free State of Florida  —  Do you remember being lectured by Conservatism Inc. about how the Florida “Don't Say Gay” law wasn't really about preventing kids from telling classmates …
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs
Maria Flora / Reporter.net:
Moorish Sovereign arrested, despite ‘police status’ in new republic  —  Police stopped to help stranded motorists and came face-to-face with a family of Moorish Sovereign Citizens, some of whom fought with officers, according to a probable cause affidavit.  —  Moorish Sovereigns …
Discussion: Raw Story
Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
The Battle Over Gender Therapy  —  More teenagers than ever are seeking transitions, but the medical community that treats them is deeply divided about why — and what to do to help them.  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
New York Times:
Self-Driving and Driver-Assist Technology Linked to Hundreds of Crashes, U.S. Data Shows  —  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released data on 10 months of crashes involving systems like Tesla's Autopilot.  A handful of accidents turned deadly.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Peter Savodnik / Common Sense:
A ‘Trojan Horse’ in the Los Angeles D.A.'s Office  —  On May 31, 2018, Desiree Andrade was scrolling through Facebook when she saw a local news report about the body of an unidentified man found at the base of a canyon in the forest north of Los Angeles.  Andrade's son, Julian, who was 20, had disappeared two days earlier.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Seth Rich's killing was exploited on Fox News and online.  His parents are fed up  —  The fatal shooting of a young Democratic Party aide named Seth Rich early in the morning of July 10, 2016, brought incalculable loss to his parents.  —  Within days, Joel and Mary Rich then had to endure an unimaginable …
Discussion: Raw Story
Reveal:
Facebook and Anti-Abortion Clinics Are Collecting Highly Sensitive Info on Would-Be Patients  —  This story is a collaboration with The Markup.  —  Facebook is collecting ultra-sensitive personal data about abortion seekers and enabling anti-abortion organizations to use that data as a tool …
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Feds Reveal Chilling Note Buffalo Mass Shooter Left for His Parents  —  FBI agents found the note in Payton Gendron's bedroom along with “handwritten sketches” of Tops Friendly Market, prosecutors revealed as they filed hate crime charges on Wednesday.  —  Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old charged …
Discussion: New York Post, UPI, Raw Story and CBS News
Washington Examiner:
Texts reveal Hunter Biden's meltdown over discarded gun incident  —  EXCLUSIVE — Hunter Biden berated his sister-in-law Hallie Biden and accused her of ruining his life after he learned she had thrown his gun in the trash near a Delaware high school in October 2018, newly revealed texts from a copy of his abandoned laptop show.
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. targets Russia with tech to evade censorship of Ukraine news  —  The U.S. government has pushed new, increased funding into three technology companies since the start of the Ukraine conflict to help Russians sidestep censors and access Western media, according to five people familiar with the situation.
Robert Maguire / CREW:
Group behind Trump SCOTUS picks brought in nearly $50 million in secret money … As the Supreme Court stands on the brink of loosening gun restrictions and rolling back decades of abortion protections, tax documents obtained by CREW show that the dark money group that poured millions of dollars …
Eric Cortellessa / Washington Monthly:
No Way to Build a Railroad  —  On January 26, Maryland's Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced some good news—and some bad news.  The good news was that the Purple Line, a 16-mile light rail project to connect working-class Black and Latino suburbs immediately northeast of Washington …
Fox News:
Marine combat veteran announces self-funded primary challenge to Matt Gaetz  —  Mark Lombardo is Marine combat veteran, former FedEx executive and pilot  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for June 14  —  EXCLUSIVE: A businessman and Marine combat veteran with extensive aviation experience …
Discussion: Florida Politics
Phillip W. Magness / Reason:
Is Twitter-Famous Princeton Historian Kevin Kruse a Plagiarist?  —  When former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke intimated in early 2017 that he would be joining Donald Trump's nascent administration, CNN obtained a copy of Clarke's master's thesis from the Naval Postgraduate School and revealed …
Discussion: Power Line and Twitchy
Colin Freeman / Telegraph:
Exclusive: US fighters ‘captured’ by Russian forces in Ukraine  —  Robert Drueke and Andy Huynh are both veterans of the US military who travelled to the front line to help in the war effort  —  Two former US servicemen have been captured during fighting with Russian forces in Ukraine, The Telegraph has been told.
 
 
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Denies Bannon's Shaky Legal Argument for Executive Privilege
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarakshi Rai / The Hill:
Obama on DACA anniversary: Let's treat Dreamers like the Americans they are
Discussion: UPI and The Root
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Mo Brooks: ‘Donald Trump has no loyalty’
Discussion: Raw Story
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
SCOTUS watch: Clearing the backlog, slapping Medicare, and the most Thomas Thomas dissent ever
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Townhall and CNN
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
The New National Congressional Map Is Biased Toward Republicans
Discussion: Election Law Blog
Aaron Boxerman / The Times of Israel:
Gazan aid worker convicted of embezzling millions for Hamas
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Jan. 6 committee scrutinizes Capitol tour led by Republican Rep. Loudermilk day before riot
Joseph Cox / VICE:
Sweeping Legislation Aims to Ban the Sale of Location Data
Discussion: The Hill, The Verge and Engadget
 Earlier Items: 
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Biden nominee would be first Latino on federal appeals court in D.C.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Biden's approval falls in third straight week, nears record low -Reuters/Ipsos
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
GOP spends millions on election volunteers to search for fraud
The American Conservative:
National Conservatism: A Statement of Principles
Washington Post:
How aggressively should liberals attack the Supreme Court?
Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Wind and solar power are ‘bailing out’ Texas amid record heat and energy demand
Discussion: Informed Comment
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

 
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