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4:05 PM ET, June 12, 2023

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David Gilbert / VICE:
‘I Want Blood’: Heavily-Armed Trump Supporters Say They'll Protest Trump's Indictment  —  “Just buying more ammo,” one Trump supporter posted in a right-wing messaging board.  —  Supporters of former president Donald Trump are planning mass protests at a Miami courthouse on Tuesday, following Trump's indictment last week.
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Fox News's Turley: Trump could face ‘terminal sentence’ if DOJ proves even one count  —  Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley says former President Trump could die in prison if convicted on just one count after being indicted by the Justice Department last week on dozens of charges related to his handling of classified documents.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The impossible challenge of telling Trump fans the truth  —  In the abstract, it is as robust a rejection of former president Donald Trump's claims as could be arranged: His former attorney general, who earned a well-deserved reputation for his dogged defenses of Trump, appearing on Fox News …
Andrew O'Hehir / Salon:
Trump's “peril is extreme”: Former federal prosecutor on the historic Mar-a-Lago indictment  —  Charges against Trump almost “open and shut,” says Dennis Aftergut — and prosecutors will ask for prison time  —  As the entire world now knows, Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith's sweeping indictment …
Benjy Sarlin / Semafor:
Trump's political fortunes haven't changed, but his legal situation is getting dark  —  The News  —  As the country digested the Donald Trump indictment over the weekend, two clear takeaways emerged.  Legally, his path to avoiding conviction has never been narrower.
New York Times:
Trump Heads to Florida for Court Appearance in Documents Case  —  The former president will interview lawyers to represent him on Tuesday following his indictment on charges of mishandling national security secrets and obstructing efforts to reclaim the documents.
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
New criminal charges haven't changed Republicans' view of Trump, polls say
Tess Owen / VICE:   Proud Boys Too Upset About Bud Light to Care About Trump's Indictment
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Pals Dream Up Fresh Plot to Help Trump Beat Biden
Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:   Biden deserves same treatment as Trump for his classified documents scandal
Elaina Plott Calabro / The Atlantic:
A Star Reporter's Break With Reality  —  Lara Logan was once a respected 60 Minutes correspondent.  Now she trades in conspiracy theories that even far-right media disavow.  What happened?  —  the footage is shown before she takes the stage: Lara Logan in a headscarf, addressing the camera from the streets of Mogadishu.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Fox sends Tucker Carlson cease-and-desist letter  —  Fox News has sent a “cease and desist” letter to Tucker Carlson as he ramps up a competing series on Twitter that drew a combined 169 million views for its first two episodes, Axios has learned.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More Say Birth Gender Should Dictate Sports Participation  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A larger majority of Americans now (69%) than in 2021 (62%) say transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete on sports teams that conform with their birth gender.  Likewise, fewer endorse transgender athletes …
Slate:
Aileen Cannon's Previous Rulings About Trump Demand Her Recusal  —  Soon after the news broke that Donald Trump will become the first former president to face federal criminal charges—37 counts that include willful retention of national defense information under the Espionage Act …
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Will the Judge in Trump's Case Recuse Herself—or Be Forced To?  —  Federal law requires a judge to step away from a case in which her impartiality “might reasonably be questioned.”  —  Last week was a bad one for Donald Trump.  The former President was indicted on thirty-seven felony counts …
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Interstate 95 collapse repairs to take ‘months’ in Philadelphia, officials say  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said repairs will “take some number of months.”  —  Repairs on Interstate 95 are expected to take “months” after an elevated section collapsed in Philadelphia on Sunday morning …
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Ron Todt / Associated Press:
Section of heavily traveled I-95 collapses in Philadelphia after tanker truck catches fire
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Republican official appears to have moved $1.3m from non-profit to own law firm  —  RNC committeewoman Harmeet Dhillon takes $120,000 salary from non-profit Center for American Liberty for two-hour week  —  The San Francisco lawyer Harmeet Dhillon is a fixture on Fox News who has garnered support …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Fred Ryan to leave Washington Post after nine years as publisher  —  Ryan, chief executive of The Post for most of the decade since Jeff Bezos bought it, will lead the new Center on Public Civility at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation  —  Fred Ryan, the publisher and chief executive …
David Aaron / Just Security:
How Much Prison Time Does Former President Trump Face?  Applying the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines  —  Now that the public has seen the current list of federal charges against former President Donald Trump, there is a long road ahead.  If the defendant is ultimately convicted, that road will lead to sentencing.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
DOJ seeks 14 years for Jan. 6 rioter who called Trump ‘dad,’ drove stun gun into Michael Fanone's neck  —  Daniel “D.J.” Rodriguez wrote in a letter to the former officer he assaulted that he wished he was smarter.  The feds say his actions amount to terrorism.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Associated Press:
The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted  —  Much of the theft was brazen, even simple.  Fraudsters used the Social Security numbers of dead people and federal prisoners to get unemployment checks.  Cheaters collected those benefits in multiple states.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia GOP elects election deniers to key posts  —  COLUMBUS - A host of hardline conservative activists who support Donald Trump's election fraud lies were elected to top party leadership posts by the more than 2,000 delegates to this weekend's Georgia GOP convention.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: State GOP platform protects Confederates monuments, bans abortion
Discussion: Peach Pundit and Daily Kos
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis On “Reconstitutionalizing The Government”  —  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis joined me this morning to talk about his campaign for the presidency:  —  Audio:  —  06-12hhs-desantis  —  Transcript:  —  HH: Joined from Tallahassee by the Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, now running for president.
Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
The little-noticed court decision that changed homelessness in America  —  Is there a right to sleep outside?  —  Five years ago, a federal court issued a crucial ruling.  People experiencing homelessness, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said, can't be punished for sleeping outside …
Discussion: Fox News and Los Angeles Times
J.D. Capelouto / Semafor:
‘Eat, Pray, Love’ author pulls next book over Ukrainian backlash to Russian setting  —  The News  —  Elizabeth Gilbert, who wrote the 2006 memoir said Monday that her upcoming novel won't be released as scheduled after she received backlash from Ukrainian fans over the fact that the book is set in Russia.
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
State Issue 1 ballot language must be rewritten, Ohio Supreme Court rules  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court handed a limited victory to opponents of State Issue 1 on Monday by ordering Republican state officials to rewrite ballot language summarizing the measure's effects.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans' Personal Data, U.S. Says  —  Commercially available data from cars, phones and web browsers rivals results from wiretaps, cyber espionage and physical surveillance  —  WASHINGTON—The vast quantities of Americans' personal data available …
Discussion: Wired and Political Wire
Washington Post:
21st-century editors should keep their hands off of 20th-century books  —  A number of beloved novels, for both children and adults, are being “retouched” — updated to remove overtly racist, sexist or otherwise offensive language.  Publishers and literary estates — including …
New York Times:
Silvio Berlusconi, Showman Who Upended Italian Politics and Culture, Dies at 86  —  He introduced sex and glamour to Italian TV and then brought the same formula to politics, dominating the country and its culture for more than 20 years.  —  ROME — Silvio Berlusconi, the brash media mogul …
Ben Hodges / CEPA:
Think Ukraine's Offensive Has Started?  Wait for the Heavy Brigades  —  There's fighting underway across frontline Ukraine, says Lt-Gen (rtd.)  Ben Hodges, but the decisive moment will come when we see hundreds of armored vehicles hitting Russian lines.  —  The social media channels …
Discussion: Breitbart, The Federalist and Reuters
 
 
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
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Robert Anglen / Arizona Republic:
Why what happened in 2021 Arizona election ‘audit’ still matters
Discussion: Raw Story
Gitanjali Poonia / Deseret News:
Utahns split on whether Sen. Mitt Romney should run for reelection
Discussion: The Hill, Political Wire and Breitbart
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Justin Levitt remains “in the fetal position” after Allen v. Milligan
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Israel to announce plans for thousands of new settlement units in West Bank
Washington Post:
Fentanyl has taken a record toll on the Army. Families demand answers.
Ann Marlowe / Bulwark+:
Is the Law Coming for Erik Prince at Last?
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Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
JPMorgan Reaches Settlement With Epstein's Victims
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The surprising corner of the Senate that's sinking Biden nominees
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Right-Wing Culture Warriors Are Oblivious to the Coming Backlash
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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