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11:45 PM ET, June 14, 2023

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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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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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.
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.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Simple Test  —  What if Donald Trump were someone else?  —  Two weeks ago, a federal judge sentenced Robert Birchum, a former Air Force lieutenant colonel, to three years in jail for removing hundreds of secret documents from their authorized locations and storing them in his home and officer's quarters.
Washington Post:
Trump centers campaign on his prosecution, vilifying legal system  —  The former president has redefined the stakes of his campaign and has misrepresented facts and law  —  BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Donald Trump is seeking to present the next election as a stark choice: whether to return to power …
Discussion: USA Today and Roll Call
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:   Donald Trump Is About to Have His Wile E. Coyote Moment
The Atlantic:
Jack Smith's Backup Option
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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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.”
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
In Legal Peril, Trump Tries to Shift the Spotlight to Biden
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Is Already Declaring the 2024 Election Rigged
Discussion: Fox News and BizPac Review
Mike Ives / New York Times:
Fox News Chyron Calls Biden a ‘Wannabe Dictator’
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Why CNN and MSNBC Didn't Carry Trump's Post-Arraignment Speech Live
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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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
Discussion: Forbes and The Daily Caller
Adriana Gomez Licon / Associated Press:
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez enters crowded GOP presidential race days after Trump's indictment
Anika Hope / WESH-TV:
Farmers Insurance Group stops writing new property policies in Florida  —  Hide Transcript Show Transcript  —  We are almost two weeks into hurricane season.  That means now is the time to make sure your property insurance is taken care of.  —  But we're learning there is just one less option in the Florida market.
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 …
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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Ed Shanahan / New York Times:
White Starbucks Manager Fired Amid Furor Over Racism Wins $25 Million
Anne Laurent / ABC News:
2 Americans found dead in hotel room in Baja California Sur, Mexico: Police  —  The local attorney general is overseeing the investigation.  —  Two Americans were found dead in their hotel room in Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Tuesday, local police told ABC News.
Discussion: KION546
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Republicans Acknowledge Biden Bribe Audio Might Not Exist  —  The alleged Joe Biden bribe was allegedly caught on tape — but nobody can say if either allegation is true.  —  WASHINGTON — Several Republicans said this week that they don't know if there really are tapes of Joe Biden talking about taking a bribe.
Stacey Sager / abc7NY:
Babylon Town Council candidate poses naked behind screen door of house, shocking residents  —  For the past two months, the 63-year-old Kevin Sabella Sr. has stood without clothes behind the screen door of his house, for all who pass to see.  Stacey Sager interviews shocked residents.
Discussion: Raw Story
U.S. Central Command:
F-22 Raptors Demonstrate Air Superiority in CENTCOM  —  TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors deployed to U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility as part of a multifaceted show of U.S. support and capability in the wake of increasingly unsafe and unprofessional behavior by Russian aircraft in the region.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Broader Support for Abortion Rights Continues Post-Dobbs  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — After rising to new heights last year, Americans' support for legal abortion remains elevated in several long-term Gallup trends.  — A record-high 69% say abortion should generally be legal in the first three months of pregnancy.
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Sarah McCammon / NPR:
Nearly a year later, most Americans oppose Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe
Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge:
Amazon Locks Man Out Of Smart Home Devices Over False Racism Claims  —  Amazon locked a Microsoft engineer out of his smart home devices for nearly a week after a delivery driver accused him of uttering a racial slur.  —  According to a June 4 blog post on Medium, Brandon Jackson found himself locked …
New York Times:
Hoping to Avert Nuclear Crisis, U.S. Seeks Informal Agreement With Iran  —  The talks reflect a resumption of diplomacy between the United States and Iran after the collapse of negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal.  —  Michael Crowley reported from Washington, Farnaz Fassihi from New York and Ronen Bergman from Tel Aviv.
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!”
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Climate protesters throw paint and glue at Monet painting in Swedish museum  —  Two women were detained in Stockholm after they threw “some kind of paint” at a painting by French artist Claude Monet and then glued themselves to the frame, Sweden's National Museum said Wednesday.
Christina Buttons / Reality's Last Stand:
BREAKING: Second Lawsuit Filed in US Against Medical Transition of Minors  —  Layla Jane accuses the defendants of “gross negligence” that led to permanent disfigurement.  —  Reality's Last Stand is a reader-supported publication.  Please consider becoming a paying subscriber or making …
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 …
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 …
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Man who wanted to kill gay people when he opened fire in a small Montana town is sentenced to 18 years  —  No one was struck in the shooting in 2020 in Basin, population around 200, but officials say John Howald shot up one home and intended a mass killing.  —  A Montana man who fired …
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.
Discussion: Reuters and Bloomberg
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: White House elbows back on “MAGA” Hatch Act violation  —  The White House will continue to use the term “MAGA” a week after the independent Office of Special Counsel (OSC) declared that doing so is a violation of the Hatch Act, according to a new memo obtained by Axios.
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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Sky Palma / DeadState:
MAGA pastor: Christians need people who are ‘willing to strap bombs to their chest’ like the Muslims
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Wall Street Journal:
The Russian Soldier Who Surrendered to a Ukrainian Drone
Discussion: New York Post
Sophie Tatum / The Messenger:
Donald Trump Can't Vote for Himself in Florida if He's Convicted Before the 2024 Election
Ed Erikson / Free Speech For People:
Government Watchdog Calls for Recusal of Judge Cannon from United States v. Donald Trump
Discussion: The Dispatch and Raw Story
NBC News:
Bill Cosby sued in Nevada by 9 women who accuse him of sexual assault
Discussion: TMZ.com, KLAS and Variety
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election Integrity: Most Voters Expect Cheating Will Affect 2024 Outcome
Peter Kasperowicz / Fox News:
29 Dems vote with GOP to protect gas stoves from Biden's Department of Energy
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House blocks resolution to censure Adam Schiff
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Gross Spectacle of Murder Fandom
David Corn / Mother Jones:
No Labels Is Helping a Firm that Raises Money for Right-Wing Extremists
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Yifan Yu / Nikkei Asia:
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Financial Times:
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