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6:35 PM ET, June 13, 2023

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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden orders DNC and reelect to remain silent about Trump's indictment  —  Some allies see a missed opportunity by going quiet.  —  President Joe Biden and his top aides have taken a vow of silence on the federal indictment of his predecessor, Donald Trump — and have explicitly ordered …
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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.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Rubio was right about Trump in ways he doesn't want to talk about  —  Seven years ago this week, Marco Rubio said Donald Trump couldn't be trusted with nuclear secrets.  He was right, but he doesn't want to talk about it.  —  There's no shortage of incredible revelations …
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Clay Higgins Insists He Was Trying To Calm Trump Supporters Down, Not Rile Them Up
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
How Republicans are stitching their own straitjacket on Trump indictment
Howard Cohen / Miami Herald:
Live updates: Trump arrives in downtown Miami from Doral for his court appearance
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.
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.
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump finds no new lawyers for court appearance in Mar-a-Lago case
Victor Shi / Chicago Tribune:
Our country needs cameras in the courtroom during Donald Trump's federal trial
Discussion: CBS News and Wall Street Journal
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’
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
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.
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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
Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89  —  “All the Pretty Horses,” “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” were among his acclaimed books that explore a bleak world of violence and outsiders.  —  Cormac McCarthy, the formidable and reclusive writer of Appalachia …
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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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