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1:25 PM ET, June 19, 2023

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Washington Post:
FBI resisted opening probe into Trump's role in Jan. 6 for more than a year  —  In the DOJ's investigation of Jan. 6, key Justice officials also quashed an early plan for a task force focused on people in Trump's orbit  —  Hours after he was sworn in as attorney general …
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emptywheel:
The WaPo Shows There Should Be More Scrutiny of Steve D'Antuono  —  The WaPo has a story that many Merrick Garland attackers claim confirms their fears about the DOJ investigation.  Except the story has really important gaps, most importantly in its portrayal of the fake electors investigation …
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Barr Says Documents Case Against Trump Is ‘Entirely of His Own Making’  —  The former attorney general, who has become a vocal critic of Donald Trump, was one of two people who served in the former president's cabinet to question his judgment on Sunday.  —  Reporting from Washington
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Call is Coming from Inside the House  —  The new anti-Trumpers … — William Barr, Donald Trump's Attorney General  —  Happy Monday.  —  As I've warned you before, the new anti-Trump coalition will require a healthy gag reflex because it could include many of Trump's worst enablers.
William P. Barr / The Free Press:
Bill Barr: The Truth About the Trump Indictment  —  This time the president is not a victim of a witch hunt.  The situation is entirely of his own making.  —  He's the victim.  Since President Trump was indicted in Florida last week, those of us who read and listen to conservative media have heard that singular message.
Gareth Evans / BBC:
Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way  —  A submersible used to take people to view the wreck of the Titanic has gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean.  —  The Boston Coastguard told BBC News that a search and rescue operation was under way off the coast of Newfoundland.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Judge orders Trump not to disclose evidence in documents case  —  A federal magistrate judge Monday agreed to a motion from the Justice Department to block former President Trump from disclosing information relating to the Mar-a-Lago case, after prosecutors said the investigation remains ongoing.
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Judge issues order that Trump keep quiet about disclosure of discovery material issued in classified documents case  —  A magistrate judge has signed off on special counsel Jack Smith's request that former President Donald Trump and his co-defendant Walt Nauta be prohibited from disclosing information …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Why Robert Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 Bid Is a Headache for Biden  —  The unexpected polling strength of an anti-vaccine activist with a celebrated Democratic lineage points to the president's weaknesses, which his team is aiming to shore up.  —  Reporting from Washington
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Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Europe has fallen behind America and the gap is growing  —  From technology to energy to capital markets and universities, the EU cannot compete with the US  —  The Ukraine war has revived the transatlantic alliance.  But the relationship between the US and its European allies is increasingly lopsided.
New York Times:
G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election  —  A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics.  —  On Capitol Hill and in the courts …
Andrew McMillan / WSOC-TV:
Lawsuit alleges NC House Speaker had affair, sex with people seeking political favor  —  RALEIGH — A detailed lawsuit filed by a former Apex City Councilman claims that North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland County) started an affair with his wife and engaged in group sex with other people seeking political favor.
Glen OwenDaily Mail / PerthNow:
Chinese military scientist Zhou Yusen ‘thrown to his death’ at Wuhan lab for leaking COVID lab information  —  A Chinese military scientist who was reportedly thrown to his death from the roof of a Wuhan institute is at the centre of mounting evidence that the COVID pandemic resulted from a lab leak.
Discussion: National Review
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Blinken and Xi pledge to stabilize the deteriorating ties between the US and China  —  The United States and China have pledged to stabilize their badly deteriorated ties during a critical visit to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Washington Post:
Blinken holds ‘candid’ talks with China's Xi amid effort to ease tensions
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Russia Sought to Kill Defector in Florida  —  A failed plot to assassinate a C.I.A. spy in 2020 in part led to expulsions of the agency's chief in Moscow and his Russian counterpart in Washington.  —  As President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has pursued enemies abroad …
Mary Harrington / UnHerd:
Reaction11:53 Pride protests strain America's multicultural project  —  A clash of ideologies is tearing the country apart  —  Earlier this month, the White House unfurled a Progress Pride flag flanked by two national flags.  This prompted some to read the act as symbolising defeat of the Stars and Stripes by a new ruling ideology.
Politico:
2024's hidden prize: The upper hand in tax ‘Armageddon’  —  If either party can claim a full sweep of next year's elections, it would claim the power to unilaterally shape the code for millions of Americans.  —  If either party can claim both the White House and Congress in next fall's elections …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘Flat-out lying’: Legal analyst fact-checks Mike Pence claiming no BLM protesters were arrested  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence faced off against an angry crowd of Donald Trump's supporters who built a gallows on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol and chanted “Hang Mike Pence.”
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Jewish teacher resigns after antisemitic harassment from 12-year-old student  —  A Jewish middle school teacher in Massachusetts has resigned after facing antisemitic harassment by a 12-year-old student - who allegedly made Nazi jokes and sent him a drawing of Adolf Hitler.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alec MacGillis / ProPublica:
Can America's Students Recover What They Lost During the Pandemic?  —  Co-published with The New Yorker  —  This story is exempt from our Creative Commons license until Aug. 18, 2023.  —  Angela Wright became the principal of Fairfield Court Elementary School in Richmond, Virginia …
Discussion: Tennessee Lookout
John Blake / CNN:
As the nation celebrates Juneteenth, it's time to get rid of these three myths about slavery  —  Temple “Tempie” Cummins stoically stares at the camera with her arms folded in her lap, sitting stiffly in a chair in her dusty, barren backyard with her weather-beaten wooden shack behind her.
Ewan Somerville / Telegraph:
Pupil who questioned classmate ‘identifying as a cat’ called ‘despicable’ by teacher  —  Parents complain after recording emerges of teacher calling students homophobic and suggesting they ‘go to a different school’  —  A Church of England school teacher told a pupil she was “despicable” …
 
 
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NBC News:
Rocked by 2 mass shootings in 2 days, this small country chose a different path
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Matthew Duss / New Republic:
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Theodore R. Johnson / Washington Post:
Juneteenth is a holiday for all Americans. It's our second independence day.
New York Times:
In Argentina, Inflation Passes 100% (and the Restaurants Are Packed)
Discussion: The Messenger
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Becomes Transgender-Care Outlier as More in Europe Urge Caution
Discussion: Breitbart
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Harriet Williamson / PinkNews:
Rishi Sunak mocks trans women in leaked video footage
Discussion: Metro.co.uk, Bloomberg and GB News
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
National security lawyer thinks Trump is too scared to have cameras show his trial
Xiao Wang / Los Angeles Times:
The Supreme Court is making religion an all-purpose excuse for ignoring the law
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Why the Pentagon Papers Leaker Tried to Get Prosecuted Near His Life's End
Isabel Keane / New York Post:
Man, 71, charged with setting massive Yosemite park fire initially blamed on climate change
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads
 
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