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12:45 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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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.
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” …
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
CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's town hall with Chris Christie  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie laid into Donald Trump in a CNN town hall Monday night, calling the former president “angry” and “vengeful” and accusing him of “vanity run amok” within the event's opening minutes.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Trump's strategy to defuse court's “rocket docket”
Discussion: Raw Story and Truthout
Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Georgia's GOP governor calls Trump indictment a “distraction”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Barbara McQuade / MSNBC:
New indictment Trump is a triple threat to national security
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Chris Christie's presidential bid remains a long shot
Discussion: National Review and Rolling Stone
Washington Post:
What to expect at Trump's court appearance in Miami on Tuesday
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
A Day of Infamy: Trump Arraigned
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, Raw Story and The Messenger
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
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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 …
Melissa Gira Grant / New Republic:
Why Conservatives Are Losing Their Minds Over Biden's Pride Flag—and Ignoring Pro-DeSantis Neo-Nazis
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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New York Times:
How Trump Plans to Beat His Indictment, Politically
NBC News:
Few Americans know Sen. Tim Scott, but some Democrats see him as a tough general election opponent
Discussion: New York Times
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
Jeffrey Lord / The American Spectator:
Biden's Banana Republic  —  Fact?  Hillary Clinton broke the law in handling her emails.  No indictment.  —  President Joe Biden (The White House)  —  It was amazing to see Attorney General Merrick Garland's appointed special counsel, Jack Smith, step in front of the cameras …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How a Trump-Appointed Judge Could Influence His Documents Case
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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
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 …
 
 
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