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10:55 AM ET, June 19, 2022

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Apple Workers at Maryland Store Vote to Unionize, a First in the U.S. — Roughly two-thirds of employees at the store in Towson, Md., voted to join the union. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Apple employees at a Baltimore-area store have voted to unionize …

Discussion: Axios, Associated Press, TechCrunch, Fox Business, The Daily Wire, Wired, The Verge and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »

Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Employees at Maryland Store Vote to Unionize

Discussion: Associated Press and Al Jazeera

Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Why a Rhodes Scholar's Ambition Led Her to a Job at Starbucks

Discussion: WBOY-TV

Washington Post:
Apple store approves union, the first in the U.S.

Discussion: CNBC, Zander's Weekend Facts, The Hill and Raw Story

Brian Chasnoff / San Antonio Express-News:

Source: Police never tried to open door to classrooms where Uvalde gunman had kids trapped — Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate — Surveillance footage shows that police never tried to open a door to two classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde in the 77 minutes between …

Discussion: Twitchy, Insider, The Sun, BizPac Review, New York Post, Raw Story, TheBlaze and New York Times

Teresa Velasco / kens5.com:

Uvalde police never tried to open doors to classrooms where shooter was inside, Express-News reports — A source told the San Antonio Express-News that police may have assumed the doors were locked, according to a new report. — SAN ANTONIO — According to a new report by the San Antonio Express-News …

New York Times:

Despite Growing Evidence, a Prosecution of Trump Would Face Challenges — As House hearings highlighted testimony that could create more pressure to pursue a criminal case, the former president tried out a defense that strained credulity. — As new questions swirled this past week …

Discussion: The Guardian, Plain Dealer, Raw Story and The Hill

Coral Davenport / New York Times:

Republican Drive to Tilt Courts Against Climate Action Reaches a Crucial Moment — A Supreme Court environmental case being decided this month is the product of a coordinated, multiyear strategy by Republican attorneys general and conservative allies. — WASHINGTON — Within days …

The Texas Tribune:

Texas Republican Convention calls Biden win illegitimate and rebukes Cornyn over gun talks — Some 5,100 delegates and alternates voted on a party platform that also calls for ending the federal income tax, requiring education about fetal gestation and limiting the Legislature's right to regulate guns.

Discussion: Insider, The Western Journal, Raw Story, Breitbart, BizPac Review, PoliticusUSA, The Gateway Pundit and NBC News

Meredith Deliso / ABC News:

6 in 10 Americans say Trump should be charged for Jan. 6 riot: POLL — A majority of Americans also think the Jan. 6 committee has been fair. — Former President Donald Trump gives the keynote address at the Faith & Freedom Coalition during their annual “Road To Majority Policy Conference” …

Caleb Howe / Mediaite:

UPDATES: Dan Crenshaw & Staff Assaulted by Right Wingers Shouting ‘Eyepatch McCain’ and Saying He Should be ‘Hung for Treason’ — Rep. Dan Crenshaw and his staff were violently confronted at the Republican Party of Texas convention a short time ago, when far-right social media activist Alex Stein …

Discussion: Insider, BizPac Review, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, TMZ.com, Raw Story, RedState and Balloon Juice

Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:

Fox News paid $15 million to former host who filed pay disparity claim — Melissa Francis alleged her male colleagues made far more than women. She won an unusually large settlement, according to documents viewed by The Post. — Fox News agreed to a roughly $15 million settlement …

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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:

Peter Thiel helped build big tech. Now he wants to tear it all down. — Inside the billionaire investor's journey from Facebook board member to an architect of the new American right — On a summer morning in 2019, Rep. Matt Gaetz was having breakfast at the Los Angeles mansion …

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:

Texas AG Paxton's shameful Uvalde cop-out: ‘God always has a plan’ — When thoughts and prayers seem inadequate in the wake of a tragedy, you can always blame God. — That would seem to be how Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sees it after a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde …

Glen Owen / Daily Mail:

WHO chief ‘believes Covid DID leak from Wuhan lab’ after a ‘catastrophic accident’ in 2019 despite publicly maintaining ‘all hypotheses remain on the table’ — Director-general Tedros Adhanom confided to a senior European official: source — The Mail on Sunday first revealed concerns about Wuhan's Institute of Virology

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Metro.co.uk and The Sun

William Boston / Wall Street Journal:

Germany Steps Up Measures to Conserve Gas as Russia Slows Supply to Europe — Berlin to restart coal-fired plants and auction gas to reduce consumption — BERLIN—Germany will restart coal-fired power plants and offer incentives for companies to curb natural gas consumption …

Discussion: Bloomberg

Wall Street Journal:

Democrats Expect Joe Biden to Run in 2024. They're Less Sure If He Should. — Vice President Kamala Harris is seen as early front-runner should the president decide not to seek re-election — in Columbia, S.C. — Democratic insiders in Washington and key primary states expect President Biden …

Discussion: Fox News

Gideon Levy / Haaretz:

Between Jamal Khashoggi and Shireen Abu Akleh — Jamal Kashoggi and Shireen Abu Akleh were well-known journalists who were killed in the line of duty. There are many differences between the horrific, premeditated murder of the Saudi journalist and the killing of the Palestinian one …

Manu Raju / CNN:

Arizona House speaker, who resisted Trump pressure campaign, testifying at January 6 hearing Tuesday — (CNN)Rusty Bowers, a Republican and Arizona state House speaker, will testify at a Tuesday hearing focusing on former President Donald Trump's pressure on state officials to overturn Joe Biden's victory …

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Raw Story and Mercury News

NBC News:

Heat waves and high energy costs are hitting some communities hard — High temperatures and humidity hitting large parts of the U.S. last week collided with the ongoing challenges many people face from inflation and high energy costs. — In Macon, Georgia, where temperatures were expected …

New York Times:

Odesa Opera House Reopens, Defying Putin's Barbarism — War is not far away, but a city that has always lived for the moment proclaims that culture will help Ukraine prevail. — Give this article- - - Read in app — ODESA, Ukraine — In a nation at war, and a city aching for some semblance …

Discussion: Maddog's Newsletter

Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:

Biden on the grill: Bennett looking for an iconic presidential photo op — One option Bennett has considered, thinking that Biden would be game, is for them to roll up their shirtsleeves for a favorite activity of Israeli and American dads: Barbecuing. — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett …

Nina Heller / Durango Herald:

Boebert seeks funding for Glenwood Springs bridge after voting against bill that would fund it — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is seeking funding from an infrastructure bill that she voted against in March. — Boebert wants $33.1 million for the South Bridge in Glenwood Springs, according to a newsletter from her office.

Politico:

Social conservative crowd cheers Herschel Walker after revelations of undiscussed kids — NASHVILLE — Herschel Walker received resounding applause from evangelical Christian activists on Saturday, following revelations he had fathered three children he had not previously discussed publicly.

Jill Colvin / Associated Press: Herschel Walker says he ‘never denied’ having 4 children