Top Items:
New York Times:
The Radical Strategy Behind Trump's Promise to ‘Go After’ Biden — Conservatives with close ties to Donald J. Trump are laying out a “paradigm-shifting” legal rationale to erase the Justice Department's independence from the president. — When Donald J. Trump responded to his latest indictment …
Discussion:
Bloomberg, New York Magazine, Press Watch, Washington Post, Axios, Election Law Blog and American Wire News
RELATED:
NBC News:
No Labels vows to end presidential effort if polls show Biden ‘way’ ahead of Trump in spring — The group is facing strong criticism from Democrats and some other anti-Trump forces about potentially fracturing the vote against Trump in 2024. — The co-chair of No Labels …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP's remarkable views of Trump's classified documents — Multiple polls suggest that Republicans don't particularly appreciate the potential gravity of the situation or its basic details. — Newsmax host Greg Kelly assured viewers Wednesday night that their government is misleading them.
Discussion:
Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story, PJ Media, CNBC, Mediaite, Conservative Brief and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Biden should pardon Trump. Really. — Marc A. Thiessen is a Post contributing columnist and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Danielle Pletka is a distinguished senior fellow at AEI. They co-host a podcast, “What the Hell Is Going On?”
Discussion:
What the Hell is Going On?, Politico, The Daily Caller, NBC News, Power Line and The Hill
Josh Barro / Very Serious:
It's Time for GOP Candidates to Pile On Trump — To run against Trump, you have to run *against* Trump. Otherwise, you're just running to lose to him. — Dear readers, — The New York Times reports that Republican presidential candidates are distressed about Donald Trump's indictment …
Discussion:
New York Times, The Messenger, The Atlantic, WSVN-TV, Washington Times, The Guardian, USA Today and CNN
Jill Lawrence / Bulwark+:
“Threading the Needle” on Trump Is a Dangerous Game — KEEP YOUR NICE STATIONERY in the drawer: There's no need quite yet to start writing thank-you notes to leading Republicans for finally, possibly, partially acknowledging reality when it comes to former President Donald Trump.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Vox, HotAir, Just The News and NPR
HuffPost:
‘Horrifying’: Intel Experts Fear The Human Costs Of Trump's Document Handling
‘Horrifying’: Intel Experts Fear The Human Costs Of Trump's Document Handling
Discussion:
CNBC
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Trump's obsession with cable news pundits could be his downfall
Trump's obsession with cable news pundits could be his downfall
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Scenes from the Culture War
Scenes from the Culture War
Discussion:
Raw Story, Washington Examiner, The Guardian and NBC News
Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
Exclusive: US government agencies hit in global cyberattack — “Several” US federal government agencies have been hit in a global cyberattack that exploits a vulnerability in widely used software. — The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency “is providing support …
Discussion:
USA Today, The Hill, Washington Free Beacon, Politico, ABC News, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, NBC News, Breitbart, RedState, Reuters, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Al Jazeera, Just The News, Rolling Stone, Mediaite, The Messenger, The Gateway Pundit, Bloomberg, Not the Bee and The Post Millennial, more at Techmeme »
Prem Thakker / New Republic:
Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority — States across the country are moving to provide universal free school meals to all our children. Meanwhile, Republicans are trying to stop them from doing just that. — The Republican Study Committee …
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Native American Adoption Law — At issue in the case was whether a law aimed at keeping Native American adoptees within tribes is constitutional. — Reporting from Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 1978 law aimed at keeping Native American adoptees …
Discussion:
USA Today, NBC News, New Republic, Fox News, Associated Press, The Messenger, Washington Post, Slate, Lawyers, Guns & Money, TIMCAST, One America News Network, New York Post, Al Jazeera, Mother Jones, State of California, Alaska Public Media, Washington Examiner, WBRZ, Daily News, The Texas Tribune, CNN, Los Angeles Times, The Hill and Just The News
RELATED:
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Supreme Court Decision in Haaland v. Brackeen
Statement from President Joe Biden on Supreme Court Decision in Haaland v. Brackeen
Discussion:
The Federalist, Arizona Mirror, Montana Free Press, The Guardian, Roll Call, The Daily Caller, Conservative Brief, KVRR Local News and CBS News
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
US supreme court upholds protections for Native American children
US supreme court upholds protections for Native American children
Discussion:
ABC News, HuffPost, New Republic, SCOTUSblog, KTVX-TV, UPI, Associated Press, Stateline, Fox News, ProPublica, Raw Story and USA Today
Mike Allen / Axios:
First look: An evangelical exposé by Tim Alberta coming in December — The Atlantic's Tim Alberta — fresh off his epic takedown of former CNN CEO Chris Licht — will be out Dec. 5 with a deeply personal, rigorously reported portrait of American Christianity in self-inflicted decline.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
A second look at the attacks on the New York Times's trans coverage — The New York Times is used to spirited critiques from readers deploring its alleged biases and highfalutin tendencies. The attacks that flooded social media in mid-February, however, were something different.
Discussion:
Media Matters for America and The 19th
Graham Kates / CBS News:
Trump golf course criminal investigation is officially closed, Westchester D.A. says — A two-year criminal investigation into the Trump Organization's valuations of a golf club in Westchester County, New York, has been closed, the county's district attorney, Miriam Rocah, confirmed Thursday.
Discussion:
IJR, Insider, Breitbart and Political Wire
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump judge's thin criminal trial resume comes with a twist — The Trump-appointed judge, preparing to oversee his documents case, is about to undertake a massive and complex health fraud trial. — Aileen Cannon, the federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's latest criminal case …
Discussion:
Washington Press, Raw Story, emptywheel, Off the Kuff, Talking Points Memo and New York Times
Laine Doss / Miami New Times:
Donald Trump Visits Versailles Cuban Restaurant in Miami After Federal Indictment — Former President Donald Trump waving to the crowds outside Versailles after his arraignment on June 13 in Miami. … Donald Trump was in Miami yesterday to plead not guilty to 37 counts in a felony case …
Discussion:
Raw Story, HuffPost, Vanity Fair, Washington Press, Denver Westword, Daily Kos, The Messenger, UPROXX, Crooks and Liars, Hackwhackers and IJR
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Republicans Say Inflation, Crime, and Immigration Are Out of Control. The Numbers Disagree. — Every day, good news overshadows the Republican presidential candidates' talking points. The right-wing Cassandras need a new shtick. — The Republican presidential candidates …
Discussion:
Bulwark+, The Daily Wire, NewsNation, lawprofessors.typepad.com, WWLP-TV, CBS News and Politico
Wall Street Journal:
PGA Tour's Deal With LIV's Saudi Backers to Be Investigated by the Justice Department — The probe introduces uncertainty to the agreement between warring bodies that stunned the golf industry, which was already facing scrutiny under federal antitrust law — The Justice Department …
Discussion:
The Hill, New York Post, Sportico, Washington Examiner, City Journal, National Review, The Daily Caller, Forbes and Breitbart
Claire Armitstead / The Guardian:
Glenda Jackson, fearless actor and politician, dies aged 87 — Her singular passion lit up performances from Women in Love to King Lear and drove her 23-year middle career as an MP — Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87 after “a brief illness” at her home in London.
Discussion:
BBC, The Daily Beast, New York Post, New York Times, Associated Press, Just The News, Plain Dealer, UPI, The Daily Caller, Variety, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Hollywood Reporter, CBS News, GB News, The A.V. Club, Los Angeles Times, Deadline, The Wrap, NPR, NBC Boston, Channel 4 News, The Messenger and Addictive Personality
The Paris Review:
By Robert Gottlieb, The Art of Editing No. 1 — Robert Gottlieb is a man of eclectic tastes, and it is difficult to make generalizations about the authors he has worked with or the hundreds of books he has edited. In his years at Simon & Schuster, where he became editor in chief …
Discussion:
New York Times, Daily Press, Washington Post, The Forward, The Times of Israel, The Wrap, Associated Press, Variety, Deadline and New Yorker, more at Mediagazer »
US Department of Justice:
Russian National Arrested and Charged with Conspiring to Commit LockBit Ransomware Attacks Against U.S. and Foreign Businesses — The Justice Department today announced charges against a Russian national for his involvement in deploying numerous LockBit ransomware and other cyberattacks …
Discussion:
Washington Free Beacon, The Hill, CNBC, BleepingComputer and The Register, more at Techmeme »
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Multiple non-spies have received prison sentences under Espionage Act provision Trump is charged with violating — Former President Donald Trump argued in a Tuesday speech that it is “outrageous” for him to be charged under the Espionage Act for having classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago club and residence.
Discussion:
Associated Press and Media Matters for America
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Judge Cannon jumpstarts oversight of Trump classified documents case with order on security clearances — US District Judge Aileen Cannon issued her first order since former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith for allegedly mishandling …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Politico, The Messenger, emptywheel and Political Wire
Ruth Malone / San Francisco Chronicle:
Hate is dangerous, including against bicyclists — Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate — An eyewitness posted an account on Next Door of coming upon the ghastly crash two months ago that killed world champion bicyclist Ethan Boyce, and almost immediately, negative comments about people who ride bicycles began to appear.
Washington Post:
Documents show how conservative doctors influenced abortion, trans rights — A small group of conservative doctors has sought to shape the nation's most contentious policies on abortion and transgender rights by promoting views rejected by the medical establishment as scientific fact …
Discussion:
ArkansasTimes
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Admit They 'Don't Know' if Biden Bribery Tapes ‘Really Exist’ — Amid Trump's legal woes, right-wingers have run wild with claims of “audio tapes” proving Biden took bribes. But Republicans now confess they have no clue about it. — In recent weeks, and especially since …
Discussion:
CNN, Washington Post, National Review, New Republic, Raw Story, HuffPost, Mediaite, Conservative Brief, IJR and HotAir
RELATED:
Revolver News:
Former Head of FBI J6 Pipe Bomb Investigation Comes Clean With Stunning Admission: “I Don't Want Any Conspiracy Theories, Right?” — MAGA is fighting back against the mob and so are we... but we need your help. Join our growing army and click here to subscribe to Revolver.
Discussion:
Washington Examiner and The Gateway Pundit
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. James Comer Aims Biden Dig At Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez And It Backfires Spectacularly — The progressive lawmaker fact-checked the Republican committee chair to put him in his place. — House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) tried to own Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Discussion:
PoliticusUSA, Reuters and Mediaite
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Iowa, N.H. could burn Biden to start '24 primaries — President Biden is almost certain to be Democrats' pick for president in 2024, but he might not win the first two contests of the primary season if they're in the traditional first-to-vote states of Iowa and New Hampshire — a scenario that seems increasingly likely.
Discussion:
The Spectator World, UPI, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and The Hill
Colin Velez / CBT News:
DeSantis approves bill partially banning direct-to-consumer car sales in Florida — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed off on a bill prohibiting car manufacturers from using direct-sales models. — Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has signed off …
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
FDA panel recommends updating Covid boosters for the fall — The FDA now must decide which XBB strain to include in the next round of booster shots for later this year. — Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended updating the Covid vaccines to target …
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Daily News, NPR and Associated Press
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Back to school: Herschel Walker is taking classes at UGA after Senate defeat — Former football star Herschel Walker has re-enrolled at the University of Georgia after his failed U.S. Senate bid, taking steps toward earning his college degree as he retreats from the public spotlight following his humbling defeat.
Discussion:
ABC News and Political Wire
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
RFK Jr. Tells Joe Rogan He's ‘Aware’ of Possibility CIA Could Assassinate Him — The conspiracy theorist thinks he could become the target of a nefarious deep-state plot, just like he says his uncle was … He told Joe Rogan that he's “aware” that he, too, could be targeted by U.S. intelligence …
Discussion:
The Messenger and Raw Story
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Biden pick Choudhury becomes first Muslim woman confirmed as federal judge — Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, President Biden's pick for a federal judgeship in New York, was confirmed Thursday by the Senate, making her the first Muslim woman on the federal bench. — Choudhury, who is also the …
Discussion:
HuffPost, NBC News, The Messenger, The Guardian and Al Jazeera
Jared Gans / The Hill:
LA mayor calls busload of migrants from Texas a ‘despicable stunt’ — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) called a busload of migrants that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) sent from his state to the city a “despicable stunt” but said officials were prepared for it.
Discussion:
CBS News, Office of the Texas Governor, Insider, NBC News, Los Angeles Times, Fox News, Houston Public Media, Raw Story, LAist, Daily News, Associated Press, Breitbart, RedState, Talking Points Memo, The Messenger, ABC News, KTLA, UPI, New York Post, Reuters, NBC Bay Area and Washington Times