Top Items:
Cheryl Hall / Dallas Morning News:
Harlan Crow: There's nothing wrong with my friendship with Clarence Thomas — The billionaire, in an exclusive interview, explains his relationship with Thomas, his love of American history and wanting to stay out of the limelight. — Harlan Crow believes he and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …
Discussion:
Insider, Fortune, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, Althouse, Daily Camera and Raw Story
RELATED:
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Clarence Thomas to amend financial disclosure forms to reflect sale to GOP megadonor — Justice Clarence Thomas intends to amend his financial disclosure forms to reflect a 2014 real estate deal he made with a GOP megadonor - an acknowledgment that the transaction should have been disclosed almost …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Truth About Clarence Thomas's Disclosures
The Truth About Clarence Thomas's Disclosures
Discussion:
Cafe Hayek
New York Times:
Why Joe Biden Has Slow-Walked His Way to a 2024 Run — Closed-door meetings about when to roll out the president's campaign are intensifying. Still, with no serious primary challenge and Republicans infighting, he feels little pressure. — Closed-door planning meetings involving White House officials …
Discussion:
Erick Erickson's Show Notes and Political Wire
RELATED:
Kevin Igoe / Washington Examiner:
Revenge is not a winning election message — Former President Donald Trump has announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Republican primary voters should say, “Thanks, but no thanks. We need to win, and we can do better.” I would argue, much better.
Discussion:
Mediaite, ABC News, Washington Times and USA Today
Doug Sosnik / New York Times:
The ‘Diploma Divide’ Is the New Fault Line in American Politics — The legal imbroglios of Donald Trump have lately dominated conversation about the 2024 election. As primary season grinds on, campaign activity will ebb and wane, and issues of the moment — like the first Trump indictment …
New York Times:
Judge Delays Fox and Dominion Trial by a Day — Opening statements in the $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News were set to begin on Monday. — A Delaware judge on Monday said that he had delayed by a day the start of a highly anticipated defamation trial over the spread of misinformation in the 2020 presidential election.
Discussion:
NBC News, NPR, KTLA, Reuters, Joe.My.God., Washington Times, Financial Times, Daily Kos, Bloomberg, CBS News, USA Today, Just The News, CNN, Mediaite, The Hill, NBC New York and Washington Post
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Dominion v. Fox trial delayed for settlement talks, people familiar with the matter say — Two people familiar with the case said the sides are scheduled to meet Monday to determine if a last-minute deal can be brokered — The beginning of the much-anticipated defamation case between …
Discussion:
The Hill, CNN, New York Daily News, Deadline, Rolling Stone, Raw Story, Joe.My.God., New York Times, HuffPost, NBC News, Political Wire and Hartford Courant
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Don't Settle, Dominion! Drag Fox News Across the Hot Coals — Here's an instructive and telling little exercise for you, one that I engaged in myself this past Sunday morning. — Head over to Google and search for “NBC defamation lawsuits by former employees.”
Wall Street Journal:
Fox News, Dominion Prepare for Battle in $1.6 Billion Defamation Trial
Fox News, Dominion Prepare for Battle in $1.6 Billion Defamation Trial
Discussion:
Washington Post, Axios, CBS News, Morning Shots, The Guardian, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Reuters, RedState, Denver Westword, The Wrap, The Western Journal, Associated Press, Fox News, BizPac Review, Mediaite, New York Times, El País, ABC7, Los Angeles Times, Raw Story, CNN, Insider, HuffPost, New York Daily News, CNBC, Variety, Slate, The Hollywood Reporter, ABC News, NewsNation, BuzzFeed News, Joe.My.God. and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
Sarah Longwell / Bulwark+:
You Have to Think of Trump's Election as Year Zero — THERE ARE EVENTS SO EPOCHAL that they create clear periods of before and after: Hiroshima; the fall of the Berlin Wall; 9/11. Eight years after he declared his intention to run for president, it's now clear that we should consider Donald …
Discussion:
Alternet.org
RELATED:
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
New poll: DeSantis — not Trump — leads Biden in battleground states — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis narrowly leads President Joe Biden in the battleground states of Arizona and Pennsylvania, according to a poll of a hypothetical matchup between the two men in the 2024 presidential race.
Discussion:
NBC News, RedState, Morning Consult, Breitbart, New York Post and Opinion Today
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
GOP Megadonor Pulls Plug On Ron DeSantis, Cites Abortion And Book Bans
GOP Megadonor Pulls Plug On Ron DeSantis, Cites Abortion And Book Bans
Discussion:
The Hill, The Guardian, The Wrap, Insider and RedState
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Fiscal crisis nears as McCarthy takes debt ceiling plan to Wall Street — The House speaker is set to outline the party's new proposal at the New York Stock Exchange, more than a decade after a similar GOP-led standoff hammered U.S. markets — NEW YORK — Nearly 40 years ago …
Discussion:
CBS News, Insider, HuffPost, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Wide World of News and Washington Times
RELATED:
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
McCarthy's pitch to shrink food aid drawing skepticism from fellow Republicans
McCarthy's pitch to shrink food aid drawing skepticism from fellow Republicans
Discussion:
Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Washington Post and Alternet.org
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
House Speaker McCarthy opens next phase of debt ceiling fight with direct pitch to Wall Street
House Speaker McCarthy opens next phase of debt ceiling fight with direct pitch to Wall Street
Discussion:
Fox News, Politico, The Hill, Insider, Associated Press, NBC News, Washington Examiner, CNN, Insider Paper, Democrats, Just The News, The Guardian, E&E News and Reuters
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
Russia sentences Kara-Murza, Putin critic and Post contributor, to 25 years — RIGA, Latvia — A Russian court sentenced Vladimir Kara-Murza, a longtime opposition politician and Washington Post Opinions contributor, to 25 years in prison on Monday on charges of treason for criticizing Russia's war on Ukraine.
Discussion:
Reuters, Washington Examiner, Financial Times, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Metro.co.uk, Associated Press, CNN, The Sun, Al Jazeera, NPR and The Guardian
RELATED:
Kathryn Armstrong / BBC:
Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian opposition figure jailed for 25 years
Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian opposition figure jailed for 25 years
Discussion:
The Guardian, Washington Free Beacon, CBS News, The Moscow Times, New York Times, Freedom House, Semafor, GOV.UK, UPI, Bloomberg, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and Just The News
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
DA's Secret Weapon May Be Lawyer Who's Dogged Trump for Years — Matthew Colangelo has taken on Trump multiple times before. Now, he's in the middle of his highest-stakes Trump case yet. — A little-known lawyer in New York has long been the thorn in Donald Trump's side …
Discussion:
Raw Story
RELATED:
Juan Perez Jr / Politico:
Why GOP culture warriors lost big in school board races this month — “Don't assume that a blanket message on critical race theory or transgender issues is going to claim every district,” one GOP activist said. — Amid all the attention on this month's elections in Wisconsin and Illinois …
Discussion:
Raw Story
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Trump Implores Rupert Murdoch to Say 2020 Election Was Rigged During His Testimony at Dominion Trial — Former president Donald Trump offered some unconventional legal advice to Fox Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch on the eve of the Fox News-Dominion Voting Systems trial.
Discussion:
Raw Story
RELATED:
Max Tani / Semafor:
Meet the Murdochs' newest star
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Rep. Paul Gosar promotes pro-Hitler and Holocaust-denying site after it praised him for attacking “Jewish warmongers” — Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) used his House.gov newsletter to direct people to a story posted on a Holocaust-denier website that praised him for attacking “Jewish warmongers” for their support of Ukraine.
Discussion:
Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
KC Defender / Kansas City Defender:
“This Is A Hate Crime”: Kansas City Black Family Demanding Justice After A White Man Shoots Black Boy, Ralph Yarl, In The Head Twice For Ringing Doorbell Of The Wrong Home, White Man Released By Police Hours Later — Community members are demanding justice after a white man in Kansas City shot a black boy …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Sexton responds, constituents call for resignation — On Thursday, Popular Information reported that Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) secretly purchased a $600,000 home in Nashville. Sexton and his family live in the Nashville home year-round, raising questions about whether Sexton …
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Del. Stacey Plaskett Exposes Rep. Jim Jordan's Glaring Hypocrisy — The Virgin Islands delegate hit the Donald Trump-loving Ohio Republican with a blunt reminder of the former president's own conduct. — Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) slammed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for hypocrisy on Sunday's broadcast of MSNBC's “Ayman.”
Discussion:
New York Daily News
Rose Horowitch / NBC News:
U.S. ambassador visits Evan Gershkovich in Russian prison — U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy said that Gershkovich is “in good health and remains strong.” — U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy made her first visit to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Monday …
Discussion:
Bloomberg, CBS News, Associated Press and TASS
American Prospect:
Potential U.S. Attorney Nominee Has Demonstrated Disregard for Constitutional Rights — If Keva Landrum were chosen, it would serve as yet another example of the Biden administration betraying its promises to reform the criminal legal system. … This week, NOLA.com reported that Keva Landrum …
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Senior ISIS leader suspected killed in US raid — U.S. forces believe they killed a senior Islamic State leader on Monday in an early morning helicopter raid in northern Syria, according to U.S. Central Command. — The raid sought the senior ISIS Syria leader, an unnamed operational planner responsible …
Discussion:
Washington Free Beacon, Task & Purpose, The Times of Israel, Washington Examiner, Al-Monitor, Insider Paper, MyNorthwest.com, Fox News, ABC7, CNN and 6abc
Financial Times:
‘Transformational change’: Biden's industrial policy begins to bear fruit — FT research shows commitments of more than $200bn to US manufacturing since IRA and Chips Act — The US appears poised for a manufacturing boom as companies tap into Biden administration subsidies with pledges …