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Ben Whedon / Just The News:
Full text of National Archives letter to Trump on classified documents — Just the News has obtained the full text of the letter that the National Archives sent to former President Donald Trump requesting classified documents. — Evan Corcoran Silverman Thompson 400 East Pratt Street Suite 900
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New York Times:
Trump Had More Than 300 Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago — The National Archives found more than 150 sensitive documents when it got a first batch of material from the former president in January, helping to explain the Justice Department's urgent response.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Documents recovered at Mar-a-Lago were among government's most classified, letter shows — The National Archives found more than 700 pages of classified material — including “special access program materials,” some of the most highly classified secrets in government …
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John Solomon / Just The News:
Biden White House facilitated DOJ's criminal probe against Trump, scuttled privilege claims: memos — Long before it professed no prior knowledge of the raid on Donald Trump's estate, the Biden White House worked directly with the Justice Department and National Archives to instigate …
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Litigation by Leak: Government Officials Leak New Details on the Mar-a-Lago Raid While Continuing to Oppose Disclosures in Court — One of the most glaring contradictions in the Mar-a-Lago controversy has been the Justice Department demanding absolute and unwavering secrecy over the FBI raid …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Dems' hopes for N.Y. come crashing down — With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — COUNTDOWN — 11 weeks until Election Day. — PRIMARY DAY — Some of the year's most consequential (and highly anticipated) primary battles will be decided tonight …
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Washington Post:
Former security chief claims Twitter buried ‘egregious deficiencies’ — In an explosive whistleblower complaint obtained by The Washington Post, former Twitter security chief Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleges the company misled regulators about lax security and spam
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CNN:
Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies — Video by John General, Zach Wasser and Logan Whiteside, CNN Business, — Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users' personal information, to company shareholders …
Phil Mattingly / CNN:
Biden's ‘bodyman’ and close confidante to depart the White House — Inside President Joe Biden's tight-knit inner circle, few — if any — White House aides have spent more time by his side in the last three years than Stephen Goepfert. That will change at the end of this week.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
CBS, The Hill: Can Florida Democrats take down DeSantis? — Er ... nope. But for one day only, the media want to believe, man. — In one sense, CBS has today's primary in Florida correct — it's “all about Ron DeSantis.” The incumbent governor isn't facing any challenger in the GOP primary today.
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Politico:
The biggest special election since Dobbs: What to watch on Tuesday's primary day
The biggest special election since Dobbs: What to watch on Tuesday's primary day
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Can Florida Democrats take down DeSantis?
Can Florida Democrats take down DeSantis?
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Legacy Is Convincing Idiots That They Should Run for Office — I get the appeal of having “outsiders” come in and “shake up the system.” But MAGA candidates are proving the folly of the know-nothing candidate. … Donald Trump has left his mark on the American body politic in myriad ways.
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Which Republican Senate candidate is worst? There are so many choices!
Which Republican Senate candidate is worst? There are so many choices!
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Bethania Palma / Snopes.com:
Is This a List of ‘Banned Books in Florida Schools and Libraries’? … Amid a push by U.S. Republican legislators to limit children's access to books in schools and libraries about sensitive topics, some social media users in August 2022 posted a list that allegedly contained titles of …
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Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
Florida didn't ban ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ as fake list suggests
Florida didn't ban ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ as fake list suggests
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Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Pete Buttigieg's Feeble Policy on Flight Cancellations — The transportation secretary could be doing far more with his existing authority. The new DOT rule could make matters worse for consumers. — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testifies before the House Transportation …
Washington Post:
Files copied from voting systems were shared with Trump supporters, election deniers — Sensitive election system files obtained by attorneys working to overturn President Donald Trump's 2020 defeat were shared with election deniers, conspiracy theorists and right-wing commentators, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.
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Joshua Tait / The Bulwark:
The Problem With Right-Wing ‘Regime’ Talk — What the new paranoid buzzword reveals about the New Right. — In the right-wing commentariat's reaction to the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago, a new buzzword dropped. — “The regime's decision to take out Trump Banana Republic-style was woefully miscalculated.”
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Warrant Had No Legal Basis — A former president's rights under the Presidential Records Act trump the statutes the FBI cited to justify the Mar-a-Lago raid. — WSJ Opinion: After Mar-a-Lago, Let Voters Decide Trump's Future — Skip Ad — in 15 — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
Mary Katharine Ham / Reason:
A Belated Vindication for School Reopeners — The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now, by Anya Kamenetz, PublicAffairs, 352 pages, $17.99 — Twelve years after he was acquitted of murder, O.J. Simpson and a ghostwriter penned a book called If I Did It.
Ina Fried / Axios:
Exclusive: Yelp to flag listings for crisis pregnancy centers — Yelp is adding a prominent consumer notice to crisis pregnancy center listings to more clearly distinguish them from clinics that provide abortion services, in a policy change shared first with Axios.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Tennessee State Representative & Former Chief of Staff Indicted In Bribery & Kickback Conspiracy — NASHVILLE -Tennessee State Representative Glen Casada, 63, of Franklin, Tennessee, and his former Chief of Staff Cade Cothren, 35, of Nashville, were indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday …
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Yunping Tong / Pew Research Center:
India's Sex Ratio at Birth Begins To Normalize — Son bias declines sharply among Sikhs, while Christians continue to have a natural balance of sons and daughters — Son bias declines sharply among Sikhs, while Christians continue to have a natural balance of sons and daughters
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly FOP picked problematic doctors for police ‘injured on duty’ benefit — Jay Glickman traveled from Philadelphia in the spring of 2012 to the neon lights of Las Vegas, the city that assures visitors that the decisions they make there won't follow them home.Glickman, a physician, wasn't alone.
Washington Post:
Car-bomb killing sows unease among cheerleaders of Putin's war — A top Russia propagandist who cheerleads for the war against Ukraine was walking in a Moscow park this weekend when one of her personal security guards sprinted ahead, alarmed by a child's ball on a nearby bench. It could have been a bomb.
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump Super PAC Charges $100,000 For Candlelight Dinner With Former President At His Club — Donald Trump's super PAC is hosting a candlelight dinner with the former president at one of his New Jersey golf courses next month, according to an invitation obtained by Forbes.
Mark Kelly:
Momentum grows as more Republican leaders back Mark Kelly's campaign — Republican and Independent leaders from across Arizona continue to throw their support behind Senator Kelly … — Mark Kelly — What these leaders have to say about Mark: — Paul Hickman, President & CEO …
Kurt Bardella / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: Why CNN's efforts to appease democracy's enemies will backfire — Since 2016, MAGA propagandists like Kayleigh McEnany, Jason Miller, Jeffrey Lord, Rick Santorum, Ben Ferguson, Steve Cortes, Corey Lewandowski have at one time or another been on the CNN payroll.
Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
America's Fire Sale: Get Some Free Speech While You Can — Freedom of expression isn't the tool of the powerful; it's the tool of the powerless. — About the author: Caitlin Flanagan is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She is the author of Girl Land and To Hell With All That.
U.S. Embassy in Ukraine:
Security Alert - U.S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine — Event: The Department of State has information that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine's civilian infrastructure and government facilities in the coming days. Russian strikes in Ukraine pose a continued threat to civilians and civilian infrastructure.
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