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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.

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: Associated Press, 6abc, Raw Story and Washington Examiner

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.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Fox News, The Hill and Raw Story

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Vanity Fair, The Messenger, Washington Post, Mediaite, Florida's Voice, Breitbart, Fox News, UPROXX, Forbes, The Root, Raw Story, emptywheel and CNBC

Washington Post:
Trump pleads not guilty to all 37 classified documents charges

Discussion: NBC News, Breitbart, Little Green Footballs and USA Today

Alex Thompson / Axios:
Trump's strategy to defuse court's “rocket docket”

Discussion: Breitbart, Forbes, Raw Story and Truthout

Insider:
Trump pleaded not guilty in federal court for his blockbuster Mar-a-Lago documents case

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill and Los Angeles Times

Howard Cohen / Miami Herald:
Live updates: Trump arrives in downtown Miami from Doral for his court appearance

Discussion: HuffPost, CBS News, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Sun-Sentinel, Politico, Washington Post, Deadline, Boston Herald, American Wire News, Metro.co.uk and NBC 6 South Florida

CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's town hall with Chris Christie

Discussion: New Republic, Washington Post, LifeNews.com, HotAir, New Jersey Online, The Messenger, The Daily Beast, USA Today, Raw Story, Washington Times and The Hill

The Dispatch:
Chris Christie Talks Trump, China and Entitlements

Discussion: USA Today, Rolling Stone, The Daily Caller, The Hill and Boston Herald

Associated Press:
Eric Trump accompanies father to federal courthouse | Live updates

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Jim Jordan's tortured defense of Trump points to a coming GOP split

Discussion: CNN, Mother Jones, Bloomberg, Bulwark+, Raw Story, The Hill, BizPac Review, New Republic, The National and NPR

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Aileen Cannon should not preside over the Trump trial

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Analisa Novak / CBS News:
Paul Ryan: Trump's “baggage” makes him “unelectable,” indictment goes beyond “petty” politics

Discussion: RedState, VIP Video, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, The Daily Caller and Breitbart

Odette Yousef / NPR:
Trump is calling for support for his court appearance. The far right may stay away

Discussion: Washington Examiner, USA Today, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit and ABC News

Barbara McQuade / MSNBC:
New indictment Trump is a triple threat to national security

Discussion: Bloomberg Law, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story and Political Wire

Sara Dorn / Forbes:
Trump Threatens To ‘Go After’ Biden Through Special Prosecutor If Reelected

Discussion: Fox News, Washington Post, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The Post Millennial, Agence France-Presse, Politico, Washington Examiner, HotAir and New York Times

CNN:
Donald Trump pleads not guilty to classified documents charges

Discussion: Forbes, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times, Associated Press, The Atlantic, The Florida Standard, NBC New York, TIMCAST, Deadline and Washington Post

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

Discussion: Daily Mail, Fox News, The Post Millennial, Jezebel, Twitchy and The Daily Caller

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’

Discussion: RedState, BizPac Review, IJR, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, Conservative Brief, Breitbart, American Wire News, HuffPost, The Messenger, Just The News and Florida Politics

Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:

Inside the room: GOP tensions erupt after House floor protest — House Republicans sparred in what members described as a “fiery” closed-door conference meeting on Tuesday, with mainstream GOP lawmakers blasting a group of 11 conservatives for the blockade of floor action last week.

Discussion: The Hill, CNN and Political Wire

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) …

Discussion: Balkinization and Washington Examiner

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

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

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.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, NBC News, The Messenger, New York Post, BizPac Review, TheBlaze, One America News Network, them., TIMCAST, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Twitchy, Florida's Voice and The Post Millennial

Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Target stores see more bomb threats over Pride merchandise

Discussion: The Messenger, The Hill, Fox News, TheBlaze, PJ Media, New York Post, IJR, Louder With Crowder, Twitchy, American Greatness, RedState, KTLA, Washington Free Beacon, HotAir and BizPac Review

Jim Geraghty / National Review:

Ron DeSantis Is Picking Some Strange Battles — On the menu today: In the last few days, Ron DeSantis has pledged to appoint Supreme Court justices who will “do better” than Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett and pledged to change the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg.

Discussion: New York Post, Mediaite, Military.com, Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, USA Today, Insider and The Hill

Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
DeSantis-world bemoans crowded GOP field

Discussion: New York Times, HuffPost, Politico and The Daily Caller

Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
In home state flex, Tim Scott shares names of 69 donors on SC finance committee

Discussion: Associated Press, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and The Hill

Kara Scannell / CNN:

Judge allows E. Jean Carroll to amend her defamation lawsuit to seek more damages against Trump — A federal judge will allow E. Jean Carroll to amend her original defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump to include comments he made at a CNN town hall.

Tony Ho Tran / The Daily Beast:

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Sent Back a Stunning ‘Postcard’ — The Red Planet never looked so colorful. — Deputy Editor, Innovation & Tech — NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring the surface of Mars for more than a decade now—diligently traversing the unexplored landscape to collect soil …

Discussion: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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 …

Discussion: RedState, Florida's Voice, HotAir, The American Independent, acecomments.mu.nu and Breitbart

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

JUST IN: CNN Reports ‘DONALD TRUMP NOW UNDER ARREST’ — Will Be Assigned Probation Officer — CNN reported ex-President Donald Trump's booking in federal court with a banner graphic that blared “DONALD TRUMP NOW UNDER ARREST” — and he will be assigned a probation officer.

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.

Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Examiner, The American Spectator, Forbes, Boston Herald, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Reuters, HotAir and TheBlaze

Jennifer Van Laar / RedState:
EXCLUSIVE: Burisma Founder Mykola Zlochevsky, Who Allegedly Bribed Joe and Hunter Biden, Is an SVR Asset

Andrew Osborn / Reuters:

Belarus to get Russian tactical nuclear weapons ‘in days’ - Lukashenko — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday that Russian tactical nuclear weapons would be physically deployed on the territory of Belarus “in several days” and that he had the facilities to host longer-range missiles too if ever needed.

Discussion: Al Jazeera, TASS, acecomments.mu.nu, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and The Kyiv Independent

RSS BelTA:
Lukashenko on circumstances for possible nuclear response from Belarus

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, TASS, Breitbart, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Associated Press, Reuters and Big League Politics

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 …

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