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9:35 AM ET, June 20, 2022

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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Goodbye, farewell and adieu to Spoiler Alerts  —  Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything.  —  In 2014, I began writing on a regular basis at The Washington Post.
Discussion: Althouse
New York Times:
Texas Republicans Approve Far-Right Platform Declaring Biden's Election Illegitimate  —  The platform, which was voted on at the Republican state party convention in Houston, was the latest sign of Texas conservatives moving further to the right.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Texas GOP goes full MAGA at 2022 convention  —  Texas Republicans ended a three-day convention Saturday with votes on a swath of proposed changes to their platform that would pull the party further right. … It includes resolutions denying that President Biden legitimately won the 2020 election and a call to abolish abortions.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Trump campaign documents give inside look at fake-elector plan  —  A review of emails and memos shows that lawyers advising the former president knew the plan was baseless but pursued it anyway  —  The convening of the electoral college on Dec. 14, 2020, was supposed to mark the end of the wild …
Discussion: Raw Story and Occupy Democrats
Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Adam Kinzinger Warns Next Presidential Election ‘Is Going To Be A Mess’  —  “Wake up, Republicans, because this is not going to be good for you if you think it is,” Kinzinger said.  —  Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Sunday he is “very worried” about the next presidential election …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
GOP member of Jan. 6 committee warns that more violence is coming
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
Gustavo Petro wins the Colombian election, becoming the country's first leftist president.  —  For the first time, Colombia will have a leftist president.  —  Gustavo Petro, a former rebel and a longtime senator who has pledged to transform the country's economic system, has won Sunday's election …
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Gustavo Petro, former guerrilla, will be Colombia's first leftist president
Discussion: Reuters
Jack Goldsmith / New York Times:
Prosecute Trump?  Put Yourself in Merrick Garland's Shoes  —  The evidence gathered by the Jan. 6 committee and in some of the federal cases against those involved in the Capitol attack pose for Attorney General Merrick Garland one of the most consequential questions that any attorney general has ever faced …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Taboo Lifts on Discussing Biden's Age  —  Today is a federal holiday, the observation of Juneteenth, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and marks the anniversary of the announcement of General Order No. 3 by Union Army general Gordon Granger on June 19 …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and IJR
Brandon Smith / WFYI Public Media:
Diego Morales upsets Secretary of State Holli Sullivan at Indiana GOP convention  —  Unable to load the audio player.  —  You could try direct download?  —  Former Mike Pence aide Diego Morales upset incumbent Holli Sullivan Saturday to earn the GOP nomination for secretary of state.
Discussion: NBC Chicago
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
‘Can You Believe I Lost to This Guy?’  Trump Admitted He Lost Election, Former Aide Says  —  Alyssa Farah Griffin revealed that the former president acknowledged privately that Biden won, despite his public claims to the contrary  —  In private, former President Donald Trump admitted that he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden.
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
State AGs' corporate cash cow  —  The AG Alliance, a rising organization of state attorneys general, is drawing criticism for courting sponsorships for lavish conferences and foreign junkets from a stable of lobbyists and corporate patrons. … Some companies are ponying up tens of thousands …
Shashi Tharoor / The Week:
The lessons we can learn from history  —  It is not history that has led to atrocities  —  The question raised by an American journalist on Twitter—"Why is the Indian Prime Minister spending so much time attacking a Mughal monarch who died more than 300 years ago?"—is a reminder …
Noah Carl / The Daily Sceptic:
Energy Sanctions Are Hurting Europe More than Russia  —  For Europe, the merits of sanctioning Russian energy were always questionable.  After all, cheap energy is essential to the running of the economy, and Russia was Europe's single biggest source.  Not only that, but alternative sources …
Maria Cramer / New York Times:
Juneteenth Is a Federal Holiday, but in Most States It's Still Not a Day Off  —  One year after President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday, 26 states have not authorized the funding that would allow for state employees to take the day off.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Michelle Garcia / NBC News:
Juneteenth was finally recognized as a federal holiday. Then came commercialization.
Discussion: CBS Baltimore and Mother Jones
Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
FINA Restricts Transgender Women From Competing at Elite Level  —  The international swimming federation said transgender women who had experienced male puberty could not compete in women's events.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  FINA, the international swimming federation …
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BBC:
France's Macron set to lose majority - projection  —  Less than two months after he was re-elected president, Emmanuel Macron is on course to lose control of the French National Assembly after a strong performance by rival parties.  —  His centrist Ensemble coalition is on course …
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Melissa Eddy / New York Times:
Germany will fire up coal plants again in an effort to save natural gas.
Discussion: Political Wire
Neil Hauer / The Atlantic:
Russia Has a Plan for Ukraine. It Looks Like Chechnya.
Discussion: The Hill
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Discussion: Politico
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