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NBC News:
Biden allies start to chafe at Democrats' silent treatment of Trump indictment  —  One Democratic aide called it “malpractice” to maintain widespread silence in the face of Trump's attacks.  —  WASHINGTON — A week after Donald Trump's federal indictment, some Democrats are breaking …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Indictment Can Only Hurt Trump  —  Even his loyal supporters will understand that his mishandling of documents endangered U.S. security.  —  I went back this stunning week to the first columns I'd ever written about Donald Trump, eight years ago, in the summer of 2015.  It was for me a powerful experience.
Politico:
Biden goes quiet on killing off the debt ceiling  —  The president appears to have dropped his promise to explore the 14th Amendment, worrying some Dems wary of another battle in just a few years.  —  With the threat of economic calamity hovering over the nation last month …
Discussion: Bloomberg
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Donald Trump Has a Polling Problem
Washington Post:
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, dies at 92  —  Disillusioned by the Vietnam War, he leaked a top-secret history of the conflict, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case  —  Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the voluminous, top-secret history of the Vietnam War known as the Pentagon Papers …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92  —  Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times.  The disclosures that followed rocked the nation.  —  Daniel Ellsberg, a military analyst who after experiencing …
Will Saletan / Bulwark+:
From Justifying Trump to Justifying Autocracy  —  IN DONALD TRUMP'S FOUR YEARS as president, the Republican party became increasingly authoritarian through a simple formula: Each time Trump crossed a line—firing people who investigated him, usurping the power to appropriate money …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
In Trump Prosecution, Special Counsel Seeks to Avoid Distracting Fights
Discussion: Reason and Raw Story
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump's addiction to “yes men” may be his ultimate downfall
New York Times:
Here are the most significant allegations in the Justice Dept. report.  —  The Times has reconstructed the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020.  Security footage, witness videos and official documents show how a series of actions by officers turned fatal.  (This video contains scenes of graphic violence.)
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ProPublica:
How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S.  —  Sitting at her bedroom desk, nursing a cup of coffee on a quiet Tuesday morning, Lauren Davila scoured digitized old newspapers for slave auction ads.  A graduate history student at the College of Charleston …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump attorney quits another case, cites ‘irreconcilable differences’  —  The departure of Jim Trusty from a defamation case that Trump filed is the latest shake-up in his legal team.  —  Former President Donald Trump's attorney Jim Trusty, who withdrew from representing Trump in a pair …
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Obama singles out some GOP presidential hopefuls for minimizing racial inequality … - The 44th president made the comments an interview on CNN's “The Axe Files” podcast Thursday hosted by David Axelrod, a longtime adviser who served in the Obama White House.
Discussion: Raw Story
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David Axelrod / CNN:
Episode Transcript  —  Intro  —  And now from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics …
BBC:
Counting Russia's dead in Ukraine - and what it says about the changing face of the war  —  Russia has a history of extraordinary secrecy over its wartime losses.  —  So when it invaded Ukraine, the BBC and its partners began painstakingly verifying and counting as many deaths as possible.
Discussion: National Review
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
‘More extreme, more violent’: experts' warning over khaki-clad Patriot Front  —  Their button-up shirts and chinos have prompted mockery but experts say the far-right group is becoming increasingly violent  —  For years, there has been an element of the ridiculous to Patriot Front and their rallies …
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Six-week abortion ban blocked by Iowa Supreme Court  —  The state Supreme Court deadlocked 3-3, meaning the governor's attempt to reinstate a stricter ban failed.  Abortion remains legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.  —  The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday issued a split decision …
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Associated Press:
In rare 3-3 decision, Iowa Supreme Court declines to reinstate law largely banning abortion
Erin Schumaker / Politico:
Republicans are already attacking Biden's CDC pick on Covid  —  Mandy Cohen's experience parrying GOP assaults is seen as a key attribute she'll need in leading the CDC.  —  President Joe Biden's announcement on Friday that Mandy Cohen will lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stoking the Covid wars once again.
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The White House:
President Biden Announces Intent to Appoint Dr. Mandy Cohen as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Rick Wilson brutally buries ‘scumbag’ Trump after Lincoln Project meltdown  —  Reacting to a Donald Trump Truth Social post that labeled the founders of the advocacy group The Lincoln Project as “Perverts and Misfits,” after they created a new ad ridiculing his 37-count felony indictment …
Discussion: FactCheck.org and Twitchy
Zac Anderson / USA Today:
Ron DeSantis wants to scrub AP classes of LGBTQ subjects.  The College Board isn't having it  —  On the heels of a controversy over how to teach African American studies, another showdown over Advanced Placement courses could be brewing in Florida, this time over AP Psychology …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Bud Light is launching a new effort to regain market dominance … - Axios has learned that Whitworth plans to go on the road around the U.S. this summer to listen to consumers, in connection with Budweiser's MLB sponsorship.  — The company's summer ad campaign, which begins next week …
NBC News:
UPS workers vote to authorize strike while cheering unexpected progress on heat safety  —  The decision, with 97% of ballots in favor, clears the way for a potential work stoppage as soon as Aug. 1 and comes days after a tentative deal on new cooling measures that workers hailed as a big step forward in contract talks.
Megan Guza / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Gunman found guilty on all charges in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre  —  A jury of seven women and five men convicted Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers of all 63 charges against him Friday after less than 4½ hours of deliberation.  —  Family and friends of the 11 congregants slain …
Shawna Mizelle / CNN:
Ahead of Juneteenth, congressional lawmakers again seek to remove exception for slavery from US Constitution  —  A group of Democratic lawmakers has reintroduced a joint resolution to negate a clause in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution that permits slavery or involuntary servitude “as a punishment for crime.”
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Barbara Boxer warns progressives to back off on Dianne Feinstein or they may be sorry  —  Barbara Boxer was once among the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate, a favorite of progressives, who much preferred her over California's other Democratic senator, the more staid and centrist Dianne Feinstein.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Alex Burness / Bolts:
The Virginians Who Can't Vote on Tuesday Because of Glenn Youngkin  —  George Hawkins had a long to-do list when he left the Greensville Correctional Center on May 3, a free man for the first time in his adult life: stay out of trouble, find work, enroll in school, and relearn the streets of Richmond …
Javier E. David / Axios:
The financial toll of right-wing backlash: At least $28B in market value  —  Social issues are creating a market downdraft for America's mainstay brands — just ask Target, Anheuser Busch, Kohl's and their collective $28.7 billion loss in market value since the beginning of April.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
What Trump doesn't (but should) understand about the ‘Socks’ case  —  Donald Trump thinks he's been “exonerated” in the classified docs scandal thanks to “the Clinton Socks case.”  That isn't even close to being true.  —  Late yesterday afternoon, Donald Trump published an item …
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
DeSantis allies set up a school to train a $100 million door-knocking army  —  At a classroom called Fort Benning, after the Army base once named for a Confederate general, hundreds have been training for an eight-month barrage of Republican voters  —  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
DOJ seeks protective order to prevent Trump from releasing classified materials amid ongoing investigation  —  The Justice Department on Friday filed a motion seeking to block former President Trump from releasing any classified materials that will be shared with his legal team during …
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
‘POTUS just called me’: Pa. GOP emails shed new light on 2020 election upheaval  —  In mid-December 2020, even Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano apparently had some doubts about the latest plan hatched by Donald Trump's inner circle to select fake Electoral College electors in an attempt …
Discussion: Raw Story and Election Law Blog
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Creeping Shariah Has Nothing on the Woke Mob  —  In his speech at the Republican convention in 2016, Donald Trump spoke of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, where a man with jihadist sympathies murdered 49 people.  “As your president, I will do everything in my power to protect …
Ben Ashford / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden FINALLY answers questions about his shady finances in Arkansas as baby mama Lunden Roberts surprises First Son by showing up to hear him be deposed in battle over child support  — Hunter Biden was forced to answer questions about his shady finances Friday in Arkansas …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. National Debt Tops $32 Trillion for First Time  —  The milestone follows a recent congressional showdown over lifting the debt ceiling.  Another spending fight looms this year.  —  Reporting from Washington  —  The gross national debt exceeded $32 trillion for the first time on Friday …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
David Ingram / NBC News:
Reddit CEO slams protest leaders, saying he'll change rules that favor ‘landed gentry’  —  Steve Huffman, the Reddit CEO, told NBC News in an interview that a user protest on the site this week is led by a minority of moderators and doesn't have wide support.
 
 
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Florida Today:
Gov. DeSantis vetoes $2 million for Brevard Zoo's aquarium project after Rep. Fine spat
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
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Leanne Italie / Associated Press:
Central Park birder Christian Cooper is turning his viral video fame into a memoir and TV show
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J.D. Vance, the Senate's MAGA dealmaker
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Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
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