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5:50 PM ET, June 13, 2023

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New York Times:
In Jack Smith, Trump has a legal adversary unlike anyone he has encountered before.  —  Trump Pleads Not Guilty in Documents Case  —  Donald J. Trump, the first former president to be charged with federal crimes, left court in Miami after being arraigned on 37 counts related to his handling of classified documents.
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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.
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.
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.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump finds no new lawyers for court appearance in Mar-a-Lago case
Associated Press:
Eric Trump accompanies father to federal courthouse | Live updates
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 …
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
White House condemns trans activist for going topless at Pride Month event: ‘inappropriate and disrespectful’
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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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
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.
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
Jennifer Van Laar / RedState:
EXCLUSIVE: Burisma Founder Mykola Zlochevsky, Who Allegedly Bribed Joe and Hunter Biden, Is an SVR Asset  —  Burisma Holdings founder Mykola Zlochevsky, who allegedly paid a total of $10 million in bribes to Joe and Hunter Biden in 2015 and 2016 in exchange for then-Vice President Joe Biden's assistance …
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Geoffrey Dickens / Newsbusters:
Nets Spend 291 Minutes On Trump Indictment, 0 Seconds On Biden Burisma Bribery
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 …
The Dispatch:
Chris Christie Talks Trump, China and Entitlements … The Republican presidential field may be getting crowded, but Chris Christie's assessment of the race is straightforward: “The Republican primary is about Donald Trump.”  —  “It's not about me.  It's not about Ron DeSantis.  It's not about Mike Pence.
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CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's town hall with Chris Christie
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
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.
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 …
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.
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Freedom Caucus adds new members in the wake of House floor rebellion  —  Reps. Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) and Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) are joining the conservative bloc after some of its members mounted a high-profile protest against GOP leaders.  —  After hardline House conservatives aggravated GOP leaders …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Haley ‘inclined in favor’ of Trump pardon  —  Her remarks came after she called the former president ‘reckless.’  —  After calling Donald Trump “reckless,” Nikki Haley on Tuesday said she would still be “inclined” to pardon him if he is convicted of federal charges.
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) …
Ethan Strauss / The Free Press:
The NCAA Has a ‘Hot Girl’ Problem  —  The Cavinder Twins, the emerging oligarchs of women's college basketball, aren't the best players.  But they might be the best-looking.  —  We're in the Cavinder Twins' apartment eight floors above the sun-dappled sprawl of South Florida.
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 …
 
 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
TV news covered the court hearing with wall-to-wall coverage.
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Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Admin Backs City of Berkeley in Bid to Ban Gas Stoves
Financial Times:
Kremlin unveils windfall tax to raise Rbs300bn from oligarchs
Discussion: National Review
Max Mallhi / Washington Examiner:
Paul Ryan should reconsider his stance on the culture war
Discussion: RedState and Florida's Voice
Politico:
Tuberville hold scrambles Marines' plans for top officer's retirement
Roger Parloff / Lawfare:
A Primer on the Silent Witness Rule and United States v. Trump
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Howard Cohen / Miami Herald:
Live updates: Trump arrives in downtown Miami from Doral for his court appearance
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Manchin to oppose Jared Bernstein as Biden top economic adviser
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Tina Burnside / CNN:
At least 9 injured in a mass shooting in downtown Denver, police say, soon after Nuggets' NBA title win
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
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