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Washington Post:
Trump rejected lawyers' efforts to avoid classified documents indictment — The former president was not interested in attempting to negotiate a settlement in the classified documents investigation — One of Donald Trump's new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022 …
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New York Times:
Judge in Trump Documents Case Has Scant Criminal Trial Experience — Judge Aileen M. Cannon, under scrutiny for past rulings favoring the former president, has presided over only a few criminal cases that went to trial. — Michael S. Schmidt reported from New York, and Charlie Savage reported from Washington.
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Politico, Bloomberg, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The Hill, Just The News and TIMCAST
Washington Post:
Will Walt Nauta flip? Trump keeps valet close as question hovers over the case. — From military valet to co-defendant, the remarkable rise of Trump's body man could be his downfall — The night before pleading not guilty to federal charges that he broke the law dozens of times by keeping …
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Political Wire
Tom Ginsburg / Persuasion:
Jack Smith Changed My Mind On Prosecuting Trump — Since at least the first impeachment proceeding against him in 2019, and accelerating after January 6, 2021, the country has been considering whether Donald Trump ought to be prosecuted for various misdeeds.
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Media Matters for America and The Messenger
The Atlantic:
Jack Smith's Backup Option — Donald Trump was indicted in Florida. Could he also face charges in New Jersey? — Even before last Thursday's indictment in United States v. Donald Trump, public speculation swirled about whether the former president had taken classified documents …
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DeadState, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Washington Press, What The Fuck …, The Gateway Pundit, Just Security, Saywhat Politics and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
The Self-Destructive Donald Trump — The document indictment is misguided, but he made it easier for his enemies, as he always does. — By The Editorial Board — Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges on Tuesday, with the typical array of supporters and opponents.
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New Yorker, NBC News, Morning Shots, Bloomberg, HuffPost, Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, Washington Post and Tampa Bay Times
Jason Willick / Washington Post:
The Trump indictment has a silver lining for Republicans in 2024
The Trump indictment has a silver lining for Republicans in 2024
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Washington Examiner, CNN, USA Today and The Hill
Washington Post:
Trump centers campaign on his prosecution, vilifying legal system
Trump centers campaign on his prosecution, vilifying legal system
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USA Today
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Simple Test — What if Donald Trump were someone else? — Two weeks ago …
A Simple Test — What if Donald Trump were someone else? — Two weeks ago …
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Media Matters for America
NBC News:
Republicans privately acknowledge Trump's legal woes are serious this time
Republicans privately acknowledge Trump's legal woes are serious this time
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Raw Story, Associated Press, PJ Media, Slate, Political Wire and Daily News
Jared Gans / The Hill:
GOP's Bacon on Trump indictment: ‘The emperor has no clothes’
GOP's Bacon on Trump indictment: ‘The emperor has no clothes’
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Washington Examiner and National Review
Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:
Pardoning Is Not Enough: We Must All Perform Seppuku for Donald Trump — Some people have been skeptical about the presence of motivational speaker/venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy in the 2024 Republican presidential primary race. My colleague Charlie Cooke cruelly accused him of “not really running for president.”
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Craig Fuller / Washington Post:
A No Labels candidate would likely throw the election to Trump — Al From, founder of the Democratic Leadership Council and author of “The New Democrats and the Return to Power,” is an adjunct professor of graduate studies in government at Johns Hopkins University.
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Election Law Blog, HotAir, The Post Millennial, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and ABC News
Mike Ives / New York Times:
Fox News Chyron Calls Biden a ‘Wannabe Dictator’ — The onscreen text appeared Tuesday beneath split-screen footage of President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump, who had been charged with federal crimes hours earlier. — A Fox News chyron appeared to refer to President Biden as a …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
In Legal Peril, Trump Tries to Shift the Spotlight to Biden
In Legal Peril, Trump Tries to Shift the Spotlight to Biden
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Washington Post, New York Magazine and Alpha News
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Garland defends special counsel, Trump classified-documents probe
Garland defends special counsel, Trump classified-documents probe
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Why CNN and MSNBC Didn't Carry Trump's Post-Arraignment Speech Live
Why CNN and MSNBC Didn't Carry Trump's Post-Arraignment Speech Live
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ABC News:
Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of Jordan Neely — Neely's death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner. — A grand jury has indicted former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a subway train, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
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NBC Boston:
Feds: Human brains, skin stolen from Harvard morgue, sold on black market — A group of people stole and sold off human remains from Harvard Medical School's morgue, federal prosecutors say, with a grand jury indicting the morgue's manager and his wife, among others.
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Harvard Medical School:
Messages from the Dean — An abhorrent betrayal — Dear Members of the HMS and HSDM Communities: — It is with profound sadness and distress that we write to share with you that federal authorities have accused a former Harvard Medical School employee of having engaged in activities that are morally reprehensible.
James Gant / Daily Mail:
White Starbucks manager who ran Philly store where two black men were refused access to bathroom - sparking protests - is awarded $25M as jury finds she was fired because of her race — Shannon Phillips won her lawsuit against the coffee giant and got $25.6million
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Miami GOP Mayor Francis Suarez jumps into presidential race — He is the third candidate from Florida running for the GOP nomination. — Miami GOP Mayor Francis Suarez filed federal paperwork Wednesday to join the crowded Republican field for president, becoming the third candidate from Florida running for the GOP nomination.
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Rose Horowitch / NBC News:
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez files for 2024 presidential bid
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez files for 2024 presidential bid
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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Florida's Voice, Just The News and The Daily Caller
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Remembering Robert Gottlieb, Editor Extraordinaire — At Knopf and The New Yorker, Gottlieb was an editor of unexampled accomplishment—someone who seemed to have read everything worth reading and to have published a fair amount of it, too. — Early this year, Film Forum …
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Community outrage after Burlington, MA Middle School students counter-program Pride celebration — I guess it's taken as a given now that Middle Schoolers should be encouraged to celebrate Pride month. That's certainly the case in Burlington, Massachusetts where on June 2 the school encouraged students …
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CNN:
US deploys fighter jets to Middle East after ‘unsafe and unprofessional behavior’ by Russian planes — The US military deployed F-22 fighter jets to the Middle East this week due to concerns about ‘unsafe and unprofessional behavior,’ by Russian aircraft, the US military announced on Wednesday.
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Politico and Al-Monitor
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Preston Padden / The Daily Beast:
Former Fox Executive: Is It Time for the FCC to Take a Close Look at Rupert Murdoch's Licenses? — A judge found Fox News knowingly broadcast fake news. Will the feds do anything about it? … As Tucker Carlson said almost nightly on his Fox News show, “I'm just asking the question!”
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Raw Story
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Gross Spectacle of Murder Fandom — After four University of Idaho students were killed, TikTok and Reddit sleuths swarmed the campus. The community is still struggling with the wreckage they left behind. — The reporters arrived in news vans and satellite trucks that trundled …
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Tesla's “Self-Driving” System Never Should Have Been Allowed on the Road — Elon Musk's automatic driving technology seems to be roughly an order of magnitude more deadly than human drivers. — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is seen during a meeting with France's Finance Minister Bruno Lemaire outside Paris, France, on May 15, 2023.
Emily Kopp / U.S. Right to Know:
State Department cables: Wuhan Institute of Virology conducted classified research — Three previously unreleased State Department cables obtained by U.S. Right to Know include new information about classified research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. — One cable alleges evidence …
NBC News:
Bill Cosby sued in Nevada by 9 women who accuse him of sexual assault — Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed SB129 on May 31, which eliminated the civil statute of limitations in sexual abuse cases involving adults. — Nine women filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Bill Cosby in the state …
Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Ron DeSantis, open fascist — Luckily this guy has as much chance of being the GOP nominee as I have of displacing Nikola Jokic as Denver's starting center next season. Still this is a chilling reminder of which way the wind is blowng: … Disciplined coherent fascism is to some extent …
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The Daily Caller, Digby's Hullabaloo and Eschaton
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Michigan city votes against allowing Pride flags on public property after contentious council meeting — The city council in Hamtramck, Michigan, says Pride flag ban is about respecting religious rights of its citizens — A Michigan city near Detroit has decided against allowing Pride flags …
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Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Four major environmental groups endorse Biden's reelection — Four major environmental groups endorsed President Joe Biden's 2024 reelection for president on Wednesday night, ahead of his speech at a League of Conservation Voters dinner in the nation's capital.
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The Hill, Florida's Voice and Political Wire
Nicholas Biase / US Department of Justice:
U.S. Army Soldier Pleads Guilty To Terrorism Charges For Attempting To Assist ISIS To Conduct Deadly Ambush On U.S. Troops — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York — U.S. Army Private First Class Cole Bridges Provided Tactical Guidance in Attempt …
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
No Labels Is Helping a Firm that Raises Money for Right-Wing Extremists — The self-proclaimed centrist group is using a vendor that assists election deniers, MAGA Republicans, and the radical Trump right. — No Labels is a political outfit that hails political centrism, calls for bipartisanship …
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Political Wire
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House blocks resolution to censure Adam Schiff — The House on Wednesday effectively killed a resolution to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), voting for a Democratic-led motion to table the measure. — The chamber voted 225-196-7 to table the resolution.
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US Department of Justice:
U.S. Marine, 2nd Man Arrested on Federal Charges Stemming from Firebombing of Planned Parenthood Clinic in Orange County — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California — SANTA ANA, California - Special agents with the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service …
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