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8:45 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 …
Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
Trump All But Confesses to Mishandling Classified Docs on Fox News  —  The former president, facing charges of mishandling classified information, nearly confessed to the crime — while blaming his “golf shirts” … But he ended up essentially confessing to the crime of which he's accused …
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NBC News:
Evangelicals supported Trump because he ‘gave voice’ to their frustrations, Pence says  —  Evangelicals lent their support to Donald Trump because he “gave voice” to their frustrations, despite the former president's personal behavior straying from traditional evangelical values, said former Vice President Mike Pence.
Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite:
Trump Claims He Has ‘Zero’ Worry About Federal Indictment  —  Donald Trump told Fox News' Bret Baier on Monday that the law was on his side and he had no worries about the 37 federal charges against him.  —  Baier grilled Trump about why he allegedly kept classified documents when he left …
William P. Barr / The Free Press:
Bill Barr: The Truth About the Trump Indictment
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The charlatan who has Trump's ear
Discussion: The Dispatch
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
North Carolina GOP House speaker ‘engaged in group sex with people seeking political favor’: lawsuit  —  The Republican speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives is being accused to using his position to secure sexual favors.  —  As WSOC-TV reports, a new lawsuit filed …
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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.
Discussion: DeadState, Law & Crime, WRAL-TV and Mediaite
Lucille Sherman / Axios:
NC House Speaker accused of sexual relationship with state employee
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
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.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How Classified Evidence Could Complicate the Trump Documents Case  —  Prosecutors and defense lawyers appear to be preparing for a pretrial fight over showing sensitive evidence to the jury and the public.  —  Reporting from Washington  —  Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump …
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Judge orders Trump not to disclose evidence in classified documents case
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
The conspiracy candidate: What RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine crusade could look like in the White House  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a conspiracy theorist running for president as a Democrat.  Experts fear his anti-vaccine activism threatens public health in America.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Why Robert Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 Bid Is a Headache for Biden
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 …
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump rips Quinnipiac, Fox News over poll  —  Former President Trump tore into Quinnipiac and Fox News over a poll showing him trailing President Biden in a head-to-head matchup.  —  “The Quinnipiac Poll FoxNews keeps showing on “TRUMP” vs. Biden is not just an old Poll, it is a BAD Poll,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday.
Michael Lind / New Statesman:
The 15-minute city is a working-class nightmare  —  A car-free lifestyle is only possible for those whose profession and income permit it.  —  Is there a global conspiracy to confine people to “15-minute cities”?  At the recent UK local elections, MPs and councillors heard this message from voters.
Discussion: Eschaton
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
House GOP moves to ban public access to service members' military records  —  The proposal comes after the Pentagon erroneously released the personal information of several Republican politicians who were current or former members of the armed forces.  —  House Republicans are attempting …
Tim Nudd / Ad Age:
Bud Light's struggles have been a ‘wake-up call,’ says AB InBev CMO at Cannes  —  Marcel Marcondes says the brewer's goal is to ‘celebrate and appreciate every consumer that loves our brands’  —  Anheuser-Busch InBev's top global marketer on Monday addressed the backlash to Bud Light's use …
Shira Kadari-Ovadia / Haaretz:
'I'll Blow It Up': Far-right MKs Threaten Summer Camp for Israeli and Palestinian Orphans  —  At a Knesset Education Committee meeting, coalition MKs slam a youth village for renting its complex to host a summer camp for bereaved Israeli and Palestinian children, warning that ‘this government will respond’
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden calls Tuberville hold on military nominations ‘bizarre’  —  LOS GATOS, Calif. — President Biden on Monday called Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Ala.) hold on military nominees over the Department of Defense's abortion policy “bizarre.”  —  Biden, during a fundraiser in Los Gatos, Calif. …
Discussion: Reuters, Raw Story and Washington Post
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Democrat Donor Arrested for Starting Massive Fire Democrats Blamed on Climate Change  —  Several firefighters injured in ‘ginormous’ blaze; suspect also donated to the Lincoln Project … Democratic politicians had insisted climate change was to blame for the blaze, which destroyed …
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.
Samantha Jarpe / The Hill:
Joe Exotic says he's officially on Colorado ballot as presidential candidate  —  DENVER (KDVR) - Joseph Maldonado-Passage, known widely as “Joe Exotic,” has filed the paperwork to appear on the 2024 Democratic presidential primary ballot in Colorado, according to the former zookeeper.
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 and The Daily Caller
Tomiwa Owolade / The Free Press:
What Americans Get Wrong When They Talk about Race  —  On Juneteenth, we celebrate black progress.  But if we want to achieve more of it, writes Tomiwa Owolade, we need ideas that aren't born in the U.S.A.  —  On this day in 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect …
Discussion: HISTORY
NBC News:
Rocked by 2 mass shootings in 2 days, this small country chose a different path  —  After last month's violence, Serbia launched an amnesty period allowing citizens to give up unregistered weapons.  —  Serbians turn outrage into action after recent gun violence
Discussion: National Review and Fox News
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Well-funded Christian group behind US effort to roll back LGBTQ+ rights  —  Advocacy groups condemn Alliance Defending Freedom as ‘a danger to every American who values their freedoms’  —  With the US besieged by a rightwing culture war campaign that aims to strip away rights from LGBTQ+ people and others …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffrey Clark / Fox News:
Pro-life leader Lila Rose calls Trump unqualified to lead despite Roe overturn: Can't have ‘blind loyalty’  —  'President Trump's unmatched record speaks for itself—nominating pro-life federal judges and Supreme Court justices that overturned Roe v. Wade,' Trump spokesperson says
Discussion: Forbes and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Vice President Kamala Harris / Rolling Stone:
Kamala Harris on What She Learned from Tina Turner
Discussion: The Hill and New York Daily News
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Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alec MacGillis / ProPublica:
Can America's Students Recover What They Lost During the Pandemic?
New York Times:
In Argentina, Inflation Passes 100% (and the Restaurants Are Packed)
Discussion: The Messenger
Politico:
2024's hidden prize: The upper hand in tax ‘Armageddon’
Discussion: ABC News
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Blinken and Xi pledge to stabilize the deteriorating ties between the US and China
Glen OwenDaily Mail / PerthNow:
Chinese military scientist Zhou Yusen ‘thrown to his death’ at Wuhan lab for leaking COVID lab information
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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