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2:20 PM ET, June 13, 2023

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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump finds no new lawyers for court appearance in Mar-a-Lago case  —  Exclusive: Trump is expected to be represented by existing lawyers Todd Blanche and Chris Kise  —  Donald Trump is expected to be represented at his first court appearance to face federal criminal charges …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The DOJ Went Easy on Trump for Political Reasons  —  Donald Trump has once again handed his Republican apologists an unenviable assignment.  —  The Justice Department charged the ex-president last Thursday with willfully retaining national security secrets in violation of the Espionage Act and conspiring to obstruct justice.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Trump's strategy to defuse court's “rocket docket”  —  Southern Florida's federal courts are known as a “rocket docket” for their speedy trials, but former President Trump's legal team is likely to unleash a flurry of motions and challenges to delay his criminal trial there, former Trump lawyers say.
Discussion: Forbes, Raw Story and Truthout
Barbara McQuade / MSNBC:
New indictment Trump is a triple threat to national security
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
A Day of Infamy: Trump Arraigned
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
How Republicans are stitching their own straitjacket on Trump indictment  —  The Republican response to Donald Trump's latest criminal indictment offers a clear test of the famous saying that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and hoping for a different result.
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CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's town hall with Chris Christie
Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Georgia's GOP governor calls Trump indictment a “distraction”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Chris Christie's presidential bid remains a long shot
Discussion: National Review and Rolling Stone
Luke Funk / The Messenger:
White House Condemns ‘Disrespectful’ Trans Model for Baring Breasts at White House Pride Event  —  “Individuals in the video will not be invited to future events,” a White House spokesperson tells The Messenger of the footage Rose Montoya posted to social media
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Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:
White House bans ‘disrespectful’ topless trans influencer Rose Montoya  —  The White House has banned trans influencer Rose Montoya after she flashed her breasts at President Biden's pride party — blasting the stunt as “inappropriate and disrespectful.”  —  Montoya, 27, was barred …
Madison Reeve / Castanet.net:
Girl, 9, accused of being trans at Kelowna track meet  —  CHILD ACCOSTED AT TRACK MEET  —  Two Kelowna moms are speaking out after their 9-year-old daughter was verbally assaulted at a track and field event on Thursday at Kelowna's Apple Bowl.  —  The mothers, who choose not to identify their daughter …
Discussion: PinkNews, The Messenger and Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump's personal aide, Walt Nauta, will be in court with him.  —  Trump Arrives at Miami Court to Surrender  —  Donald J. Trump, the first former president to be charged with federal crimes, will be arraigned this afternoon in the documents case.  A small but lively crowd has gathered outside the courthouse.
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Washington Post:
What to expect at Trump's court appearance in Miami on Tuesday
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Starbucks Denies Union Allegations of a Ban on Pride Decorations  —  Starbucks has banned Pride decorations in stores halfway through Pride Month, the company's workers union claimed Tuesday.  If true, it would be a stunning cave to far-right anti-LGBTQ fury—but the coffee chain denies that any such policy is in place.
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Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Target stores see more bomb threats over Pride merchandise
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
DeSantis-world bemoans crowded GOP field  —  The News  —  Ron DeSantis' supporters are grumbling that the larger GOP field is complicating their path in South Carolina, where two of the early primary state's highest profile politicians, Senator Tim Scott and former governor Nikki Haley, are in the race.
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Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
In home state flex, Tim Scott shares names of 69 donors on SC finance committee
NBC News:
Few Americans know Sen. Tim Scott, but some Democrats see him as a tough general election opponent
Shia Kapos / Politico:
No Labels likely to back off third party bid if DeSantis emerges as GOP nominee  —  The centrist group considers under what conditions it would back out.  —  CHICAGO — The centrist political organization No Labels has defended its third-party presidential bid by insisting there's …
Discussion: Michigan Advance
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Ned Foley / Election Law Blog:
“No Labels likely to back off third party bid if DeSantis emerges as GOP nominee”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Philip Wegmann / Real Clear Politics:
EXCLUSIVE: The DeSantis Plan To Wage War on ‘Weaponized’ DOJ  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been working for months on plans to tear down and rebuild both the Department of Justice and the FBI, consulting with experts and members of Congress to develop a “Day One” strategy to end …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation rose at a 4% annual rate in May, the lowest in 2 years  —  WATCH NOW  —  The inflation rate cooled in May to its lowest annual rate in about two years, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.  —  The consumer price index, which measures changes in a multitude of goods and services …
Jay Caspian Kang / New Yorker:
What Was Nate Silver's Data Revolution?  —  Silver, a former professional poker player, was in the business of measuring probabilities.  Many readers mistook him for an oracle.  —  Political journalism suffers from a central contradiction: elections are finicky things …
Jane Lee / Media Matters for America:
Fox News welcomes swastika-wielding teacher as the latest anti-trans culture warrior  —  On June 12, Fox News' Jesse Watters hosted Glendale, California, teacher Ray Shelton, who was placed on leave following a school board meeting where he held up a swastika sign and then went on an anti-trans …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
'Trump can't win': Koch network releases ads targeting ex-president  — The political arm of the network backed by billionaire Charles Koch is releasing a slate of digital ads in key states aimed at former President Donald Trump.  — The ads argue a Trump nomination in 2024 would effectively give President Joe Biden a second term.
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Republicans in Disarray  —  The temper tantrum on House floor votes masks a much more consequential lack of consensus on upcoming spending bills—which could give Democrats an opportunity.  —  Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) listens to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) …
 
 
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Nevada ‘fake electors’ appear before D.C. grand jury investigating Jan. 6
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Manchin to oppose Jared Bernstein as Biden top economic adviser
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on May Consumer Price Index
Discussion: Washington Examiner and UPI
Washington Post:
Red states are blocking blue cities from setting climate policies
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The Right Response to Threats of Political Violence
Discussion: Raw Story
CBS News:
Oversight Committee subpoenas former Hunter Biden business partner
Tina Burnside / CNN:
At least 9 injured in a mass shooting in downtown Denver, police say, soon after Nuggets' NBA title win
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