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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.
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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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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.
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” …
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Washington Post:
Trump scrambles to find lawyer before first federal court appearance — In familiar predicament for famously challenging client, multiple Florida lawyers decline to take Trump's case, people familiar with the matter say — Donald Trump spent the day before his historic appearance …
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CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's town hall with Chris Christie
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Rolling Stone:
Inside the Implosion of Trump's Mar-a-Lago Legal Team
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Sara Dorn / Forbes:
Trump Threatens To ‘Go After’ Biden Through Special Prosecutor If Reelected
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Aileen Cannon should not preside over the Trump trial
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Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Barbara McQuade / MSNBC:
New indictment Trump is a triple threat to national security
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell, GOP allies steer clear of defending Trump on indictment
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Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Georgia's GOP governor calls Trump indictment a “distraction”
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The Daily Caller
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How a Trump-Appointed Judge Could Influence His Documents Case
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Chris Christie's presidential bid remains a long shot
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National Review and Rolling Stone
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
A Day of Infamy: Trump Arraigned
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Geraldine DeRuiter / Washington Post:
We need to talk about Trump's bathroom chandelier
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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 …
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PinkNews, The Messenger and Raw Story
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Starbucks Is Banning Pride Decorations, Workers Union Alleges — Starbucks has banned Pride decorations in its stores halfway through Pride Month, the company's workers union claimed Tuesday, in a stunning cave to far-right anti-LGBTQ fury. — There has been a wave of ultra-conservative pushback …
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Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Target stores see more bomb threats over Pride merchandise
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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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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
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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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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Inflation eased further in May but remains above normal levels
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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 …
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Geoffrey Dickens / Newsbusters:
Nets Spend 291 Minutes On Trump Indictment, 0 Seconds On Biden Burisma Bribery — Text to Speech — On Thursday June 8, two massive political stories broke, but ONLY one of them got covered by the broadcast networks. — On June 8, former President Donald Trump was indicted by the Special Counsel in the classified documents case.
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Jeffrey Lord / The American Spectator:
Biden's Banana Republic
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
McCarthy defends Trump with odd comments about bathroom locks
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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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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 …
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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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 …
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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