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1:05 PM ET, June 13, 2023

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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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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.
Discussion: Raw Story, 6abc and Washington Examiner
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Jim Jordan's tortured defense of Trump points to a coming GOP split  —  To hear MAGA Republicans tell it, the indictment of Donald Trump for mishandling national security secrets is one of the most grotesque injustices in U.S. history.  They have called for mass protests, vowed “war” …
CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's town hall with Chris Christie
Barbara McQuade / MSNBC:
New indictment Trump is a triple threat to national security
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Washington Post:
What to expect at Trump's court appearance in Miami on Tuesday
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
McCarthy defends Trump with odd comments about bathroom locks
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
A Day of Infamy: Trump Arraigned
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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Rolling Stone:
Inside the Implosion of Trump's Mar-a-Lago Legal Team  —  At a time of peak legal peril for the former president, his attorneys had the knives out — for each other … The clashes were dramatic enough that Friday, hours before Trump's federal indictment in the Mar-a-Lago documents probe was unsealed …
Discussion: GB News, Raw Story and Political Wire
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Trump's strategy to defuse court's “rocket docket”
Discussion: Raw Story and Truthout
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How a Trump-Appointed Judge Could Influence His Documents Case
Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
Magistrate to preside over Trump's arraignment, not controversial Judge Aileen Cannon
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
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 …
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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.
Discussion: New York Times, Politico and HuffPost
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
In home state flex, Tim Scott shares names of 69 donors on SC finance committee
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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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.
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Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Georgia's GOP governor calls Trump indictment a “distraction”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
How Trump Plans to Beat His Indictment, Politically
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Target stores see more bomb threats over Pride merchandise  —  Locations in at least five states were evacuated this weekend, and no explosives were discovered  —  Target stores in at least five states were evacuated this weekend after receiving bomb threats.
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Tori Otten / New Republic:
Starbucks to Take Down All Pride Decorations in Disgusting Cave to Far-Right  —  Starbucks has banned Pride decorations in its stores halfway through Pride Month, the company's workers union revealed Tuesday, in a stunning cave to far-right anti-LGBTQ fury.  —  There has been a wave …
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Melissa Gira Grant / New Republic:
Why Conservatives Are Losing Their Minds Over Biden's Pride Flag—and Ignoring Pro-DeSantis Neo-Nazis
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 …
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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
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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CBS News:
Oversight Committee subpoenas former Hunter Biden business partner  —  Congressional Republicans have subpoenaed Hunter Biden's former business partner, Devon Archer, demanding he sit for a deposition this week.  —  The Oversight Committee has been investigating the business dealings of several members of President Joe Biden's family.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Grassley: Burisma executive who allegedly paid Biden has audio recordings of conversations with Joe, Hunter
Tina Burnside / CNN:
At least 9 injured in a mass shooting in downtown Denver, police say, soon after Nuggets' NBA title win  —  At least nine people were injured in a mass shooting in downtown Denver, police said, as crowds gathered to celebrate the Nuggets' first NBA championship.
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 …
 
 
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Jane Lee / Media Matters for America:
Fox News welcomes swastika-wielding teacher as the latest anti-trans culture warrior
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
Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Chris Christie's presidential bid remains a long shot
Discussion: National Review and Rolling Stone
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Right Response to Threats of Political Violence
Discussion: Raw Story
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