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3:25 PM ET, June 13, 2023

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New York Times:
Trump did not have a mug shot taken when he was booked.  —  Trump Pleads Not Guilty in Documents Case  —  Donald J. Trump, the first former president to be charged with federal crimes, appeared in court in Miami on charges related to his handling of classified documents.
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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 …
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.
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.
Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
Trump has been arrested in Miami federal court for his arraignment in blockbuster Mar-a-Lago documents case  — Donald Trump surrendered to the custody of US Marshals for his arraignment.  — He's the first ex-president to be charged in federal court — and now the first to be arrested by the feds.
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
CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's town hall with Chris Christie
Washington Post:
Trump scrambles to find lawyer before first federal court appearance
Associated Press:
Eric Trump accompanies father to federal courthouse | Live updates
Barbara McQuade / MSNBC:
New indictment Trump is a triple threat to national security
Howard Cohen / Miami Herald:
Live updates: Trump arrives in downtown Miami from Doral for his court appearance
Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Georgia's GOP governor calls Trump indictment a “distraction”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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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 …
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
White House condemns trans activist for going topless at Pride Month event: ‘inappropriate and disrespectful’
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: Raw Story, PinkNews and The Messenger
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
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
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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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Freedom Caucus adds new members in the wake of House floor rebellion
Discussion: HotAir and Political Wire
Washington Post:
McCarthy, Republican lawmakers reach deal to end House floor standoff for now
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
NBC News:
Nevada ‘fake electors’ appear before D.C. grand jury investigating Jan. 6  —  Even as Trump is set to appear in court in Miami in the classified documents probe, a grand jury investigation into the aftermath of the 2020 election is continuing in Washington, D.C.
Discussion: Political Wire
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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Roger Parloff / Lawfare:
A Primer on the Silent Witness Rule and United States v Trump
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Manchin to oppose Jared Bernstein as Biden top economic adviser
Discussion: Politico and The Messenger
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
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CBS News:
Oversight Committee subpoenas former Hunter Biden business partner
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