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New York Times:
Trump's personal aide, Walt Nauta, will be in court with him. — Trump Arrives at Miami Court to Surrender — Donald J. Trump, the first former president to be charged with federal crimes, will be arraigned this afternoon in the documents case. A small but lively crowd has gathered outside the courthouse.
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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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Associated Press, Raw Story, Little Green Footballs, 6abc 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.
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The Daily Beast, Fox News, The Hill and Raw Story
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.
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.
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Talking Points Memo, ABC News, Reuters, Washington Post and Common Dreams
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Jim Jordan's tortured defense of Trump points to a coming GOP split
Jim Jordan's tortured defense of Trump points to a coming GOP split
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Washington Post:
Trump scrambles to find lawyer before first federal court appearance
Trump scrambles to find lawyer before first federal court appearance
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CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's town hall with Chris Christie
Takeaways from CNN's town hall with Chris Christie
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The Dispatch, Washington Post, LifeNews.com, HotAir, New Jersey Online, The Daily Beast, The Messenger, The Hill, USA Today, Raw Story and Washington Times
Analisa Novak / CBS News:
Paul Ryan: Trump's “baggage” makes him “unelectable,” indictment goes beyond “petty” politics
Paul Ryan: Trump's “baggage” makes him “unelectable,” indictment goes beyond “petty” politics
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Metro.co.uk, The Hill, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, TIMCAST and Breitbart
Barbara McQuade / MSNBC:
New indictment Trump is a triple threat to national security
New indictment Trump is a triple threat to national security
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Raw Story, NBC 6 South Florida and Political Wire
Geoffrey Dickens / Newsbusters:
Nets Spend 291 Minutes On Trump Indictment, 0 Seconds On Biden Burisma Bribery
Nets Spend 291 Minutes On Trump Indictment, 0 Seconds On Biden Burisma Bribery
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Washington Examiner, Forbes, The Federalist, Fox News, HotAir and TheBlaze
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Aileen Cannon should not preside over the Trump trial
Aileen Cannon should not preside over the Trump trial
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The Popehat Report, Los Angeles Times and Washington Examiner
Howard Cohen / Miami Herald:
Live updates: Trump arrives in downtown Miami from Doral for his court appearance
Live updates: Trump arrives in downtown Miami from Doral for his court appearance
Sara Dorn / Forbes:
Trump Threatens To ‘Go After’ Biden Through Special Prosecutor If Reelected
Trump Threatens To ‘Go After’ Biden Through Special Prosecutor If Reelected
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The Daily Caller, Politico, Washington Examiner, New York Times and HotAir
Rolling Stone:
Inside the Implosion of Trump's Mar-a-Lago Legal Team
Inside the Implosion of Trump's Mar-a-Lago Legal Team
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Slate, How To Live BULLSHIT-FREE, Raw Story, GB News and Political Wire
Jeffrey Lord / The American Spectator:
Biden's Banana Republic
Biden's Banana Republic
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Boston Herald, The Daily Caller, The Post Millennial, Washington Examiner, Reuters, Agence France-Presse and Fox News
Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Georgia's GOP governor calls Trump indictment a “distraction”
Georgia's GOP governor calls Trump indictment a “distraction”
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The Daily Caller
Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Chris Christie's presidential bid remains a long shot
Why Chris Christie's presidential bid remains a long shot
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The Hill, National Review and Rolling Stone
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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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 …
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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, Raw Story 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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New York Times, HuffPost, Politico and The Daily Caller
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Ron DeSantis Is Picking Some Strange Battles
Ron DeSantis Is Picking Some Strange Battles
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Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
In home state flex, Tim Scott shares names of 69 donors on SC finance committee
In home state flex, Tim Scott shares names of 69 donors on SC finance committee
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Associated Press, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and The Hill
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
Target stores see more bomb threats over Pride merchandise
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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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Washington Examiner and Balkinization
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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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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 …
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Michigan Advance, Election Law Blog and The Daily Caller
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 …
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.
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