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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump was warned about retaining classified documents, notes reveal  —  Exclusive: Unreported warning contained in notes taken by lawyer Evan Corcoran that prosecutors have viewed in recent months  —  Federal prosecutors have evidence Donald Trump was put on notice that he could not retain …
Washington Post:
Concerns about Biden's reelection swamped by fear of Trump in swing voter focus groups  —  “Whatever the step above panicked is, that is what I feel about Trump,” said one of the voters, who picked Trump in 2016 then Biden in 2020  —  Nearly all of the 15 gathered swing state voters described …
Discussion: Breitbart, Raw Story and Plain Dealer
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Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Why Trump Wants U.S. to Default on Debt  —  And why Biden now says he's “looking at” invoking the Fourteenth Amendment.  —  Late last week, amid the on-again/off-again White House negotiations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on raising the debt ceiling, Donald Trump lobbed a grenade.
Politico:
Key Republican recruits hesitate to jump in if Trump is the nominee  —  Potential Republican candidates in swing states and districts are reluctant to throw hats into ring.  —  Less than a month after the midterms, Republican recruiters were already plotting how to persuade …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Texts tie DeSantis closely to Trump insider Lev Parnas in 2018 race  —  Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas and his business partner were arrested in 2019, accused by the U.S. government of funneling a Russian oligarch's money into American political campaigns.
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Ron DeSantis shut out the media.  That's changing.  —  The presidential campaign-in-waiting and super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are trying to warm up the governor's cold war with the journalists who cover him.  —  DeSantis had taken apparent pride in a combative operation …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
NAACP president on Florida warning: We shouldn't use race to ‘weaponize against people’  —  NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson on Monday defended the organization's decision to issue a travel advisory to Florida for Black Americans and communities of color.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
When a ‘travel advisory’ is partisan politics
Randall Chase / Associated Press:
Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware won't seek reelection, opening up seat in liberal state  —  Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware announced Monday that he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate.  Carper's announcement paves the way for a wide-open contest …
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Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Signal:
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Policy Exposes Fox News Stances on Woke Ideology  —  FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Fox News employees are allowed to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity, rather than their biological sex, and permitted to dress in alignment with their preferred gender.
U.S. Department of the Interior:
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Historic Consensus System Conservation Proposal to Protect the Colorado River Basin  —  Seven Basin states agree on analyzing consensus-based approach proposed by the Lower Basin  —  Funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda combined …
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Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
A Breakthrough Deal to Keep the Colorado River From Going Dry, for Now
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Sidney Powell's Tossed Ethics Case Appealed by Texas Bar Panel  —  Attorney ethics enforcers in Texas are appealing the dismissal of their complaint against Donald Trump ally Sidney Powell over her failed legal efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Harlan Crow on buying house of Justice Clarence Thomas' mother: 'I don't see the foot fault'  —  Harlan Crow, the GOP megadonor and real estate magnate who paid for luxury travel for Clarence Thomas, defended his relationship with the Supreme Court justice in an extensive interview with The Atlantic …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
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Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
Inside the Garden of Evil
Discussion: Insider and Vanity Fair
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
The central question for Monday's debt ceiling talks  —  President Biden says he's ready to cut spending in a debt ceiling deal.  But how far is he willing to go?  —  That's one of the questions as he prepares to sit down with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for another critical meeting …
Li Cohen / CBS News:
Trevi Fountain water turned black by climate activists protesting fossil fuels  —  Rome's historic and iconic Trevi Fountain became the site of a protest Sunday when climate activists turned its water black in protest of the fossil fuel industry.  —  Activist group Ultima Generazione …
Employ America:
14th Amendment, Debt Ceiling & Perpetual Bonds: The Treasury Department is Hiding Political Failure In Technocratic Excuses  —  Many thanks to Carlos Mucha for his generous assistance.  —  The 14th Amendment is strongly relevant to the debt ceiling, but unlike what some elected officials …
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
I Know One Way the Supreme Court Got to How It Is.  I Watched It Happen for Years.  —  This is a part of Disorder in the Court, a weeklong series on the legal press and the most explosive Supreme Court in generations: how we cover it, how we've failed, and how we can do better.
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and Eschaton
The Nib:
The Future of The Nib  —  I'm afraid I have some bad news.  After ten years of publishing, The Nib is going to close down this summer.  The new issue of our magazine, the Future issue, will be our last.  We will continue to publish online every weekday through August and then shut down.
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Reporter Asks Tim Scott If He's a Virgin  —  It's interesting which details and interviews re-emerge about a presidential candidate as they announce their run for office.  —  Washington Post reporter Ben Terris remains in the process of writing his soon-to-be released book The Big Break …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Public Notice:
The Democratic upset in Jacksonville is a product of the GOP's war on cities  —  Republican big city mayors are a highly endangered species.  That's not a fluke.  —  ∙ Paid … Last week, Democrat Donna Deegan won an upset mayoral election victory in Jacksonville, Florida …
Discussion: American Prospect
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Bob Woodward roasts Trump's ‘everything is mine’ take in ‘unprecedented’ copyright suit: Interview tapes ‘belong to the People’  —  From George Washington to Joe Biden, U.S. presidents have harnessed the power of the press to reach the populace.  Investigative journalist Bob Woodward argues …
Discussion: Raw Story
Aliza Chasan / CBS News:
How the Pentagon falls victim to price gouging by military contractors  —  Military contractors overcharge the Pentagon on almost everything the Department of Defense buys each year, experts told 60 Minutes over the course of a six-month investigation into price gouging.
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Dot:
EXCLUSIVE: Murder, kidnapping, brutality charges: These are the cops Ron DeSantis paid to come to Florida  —  Florida's police recruitment bonus appears to have attracted a certain kind of cop.  —  In July 2021, the son of a high-ranking New York Police Department (NYPD) …
New York Times:
Spying in Mexico Strikes a New Victim: the President's Ally  —  While looking into abuses by the armed forces, the country's top human rights official was targeted with Pegasus, the world's most notorious spyware, The Times found.  —  Natalie Kitroeff reported from Mexico City and Ronen Bergman from Tel Aviv.
Christopher Rowland / Washington Post:
Seniors are flooding homeless shelters that can't care for them  —  Cities are building special shelters for the old, and shelters are hiring trained staff to handle a wave of aging baby boomers  —  PHOENIX — Beatrice Herron, 73, clutched a flier offering low-cost cable TV …
Discussion: Associated Press
US Department of Justice:
Man Convicted of Torture and Exporting Weapons Parts and Related Services to Iraq  —  A federal jury convicted a Pennsylvania man on May 19 for numerous crimes, including the torture of an Estonian citizen in 2015 in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, in connection with the operation of an illegal weapons manufacturing plant in Kurdistan.
Discussion: NBC News and Rolling Stone
Washington Post:
Book removals may have violated student civil rights, Education Dept. says  —  In a move that could affect how schools handle book challenges, the federal government has concluded that a Georgia school district's removal of titles with Black and LGBTQ characters may have created a …
 
 
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Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Daniel Penny Says He Can't Be Racist Because He Was Planning a Road Trip in Africa
Discussion: Yahoo News and New York Times
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Explosion of AP climate change stories following $8M enviro grant
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Why Can't Progressive Writers Defend the Law?
Discussion: Alternet.org and Political Wire
Politico:
How Tuberville's blockade of Pentagon nominees could end
Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
One state just became a national leader on child care. Here's how they did it.
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Senators issued satellite phones, offered demonstrations on upgraded security devices
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Sarah McCammon / NPR:
More women sue Texas saying the state's anti-abortion laws harmed them
Discussion: Raw Story
Scott Horsley / NPR:
These are some of the people who'll be impacted if the U.S. defaults on its debts
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Why was this massive Trump scandal hiding in plain sight for 28 months?
Discussion: Axios
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Uber's Diversity Chief Put on Leave After Complaints of Insensitivity
 

 
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