memeorandum: A Democrat's case for DeSantis (William Cooper/Orlando Sentinel)

8:25 AM ET, June 19, 2023

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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

Discussion: HuffPost, MSNBC, Rolling Stone, Washington Post, CNN, Bloomberg, WFLA-TV, The Hill, Politico, RedState, The Daily Caller, CBS News, USA Today, Breitbart and Political Wire

CBS News:

Transcript: Former Attorney General William Barr on “Face the Nation,” June 18, 2023 — The following is a transcript of an interview with former Attorney General William Barr that aired on “Face the Nation” on June 18, 2023. — ROBERT COSTA: We're joined now by William Barr.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, RedState, Insider, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Hill and Rolling Stone

Washington Post:
How government rules for classified papers could help Trump delay his trial

Discussion: The Hill, American Greatness, Insider, Raw Story and Political Wire

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

Discussion: Conservative Brief, CNN and The Hill

Alex Thompson / Axios:

Biden's weird words — President Biden often uses old-timey expressions that confound even his own staff. That happened again Friday when he ended a speech on gun violence with “God save the queen, man.” — Even Olivia Dalton, the White House's principal deputy press secretary, didn't know what her boss meant.

Discussion: IJR, The Dispatch, National Review, HotAir, RedState and Instapundit

William Cooper / Orlando Sentinel:
A Democrat's case for DeSantis

Discussion: New York Post, Washington Examiner and Mercury News

Harriet Williamson / PinkNews:

Rishi Sunak mocks trans women in leaked video footage — British prime minister Rishi Sunak has been secretly filmed mocking trans people in footage shared exclusively with PinkNews. — Sunak was caught on video joking about “women having penises” and making fun of Lib Dem leader Ed Davey for supporting trans rights.

Discussion: Bloomberg and GB News

Isabel Keane / New York Post:

Man, 71, charged with setting massive Yosemite park fire initially blamed on climate change — A 71-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly starting a devastating massive forest fire in Yosemite National Park that was previously thought to have been caused by climate change.

Charlie Savage / New York Times:

Why the Pentagon Papers Leaker Tried to Get Prosecuted Near His Life's End — When Daniel Ellsberg was 42, a judge threw out Espionage Act charges against him. At 90, he sought such charges again in hope of challenging their constitutionality. — Reporting from Washington

Discussion: Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »

Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:

National security lawyer thinks Trump is too scared to have cameras show his trial — National security lawyer Bradly Moss doesn't think that former President Donald Trump wants any of his federal trial to be public. Typically there are no cameras in federal courts, and to get them would take a willingness …

Daily Mail:

Juneteenth holiday horror: Four people are shot dead and at least 42 others injured so far this weekend as gun violence erupts across the nation - from Illinois to Missouri — At least 20 people were shot, one fatally, during a Juneteenth celebration early Sunday morning in Willowbrook, Illinois

Discussion: CBS News, IJR, KION546, The Gateway Pundit, 6abc and ABC News

CNN:
1 dead, at least 20 hurt in a shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in Willowbrook, Illinois, police say

Discussion: New York Times, ABC7, FOX 32 Chicago, Lawyers, Guns & Money, KION546, The Post Millennial, Daily Herald, WGN-TV, KOIN-TV, NPR, Chicago Sun Times, New York Daily News, WOOD-TV, New York Post, Breitbart, Instapundit, Fox News, The Messenger and UPI

Neil Vigdor / New York Times:

Some Top Republicans Embrace Early Voting, Reversing After Years of Claiming Fraud — Former President Donald J. Trump has said that until Republicans gain power and can change the law, they have “no choice” but to support voting by mail. — After years of deriding early and mail-in voting …

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.

Discussion: The Bulwark, al.com, Los Angeles Times, The Big Picture, WFLA-TV, Kentucky Lantern, The Nevada Independent, Just Security, The Dispatch, Liberty Unyielding and Washington Post

Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:

Fox News' Howard Kurtz says the network's ‘wannabe dictator’ chyron ‘went too far’ — Howard Kurtz, host of Fox News's “Media Buzz,” acknowledged the controversy around a Fox News chyron that called President Biden a “wannabe dictator” this past week, saying the banner “went too far.”

Discussion: The Wrap, Mediaite and Crooks and Liars

Новая …:

Bank of China halts transfers from Russia to EU, US, UK, and Swiss banks — The Bank of China has restricted transactions for Russian bank clients to banks located in the EU, US, Switzerland, and the UK, RBC reports, citing Modulbank and Finam representatives. — UniCredit and Akibank also reported the same limitations.

Maureen Groppe / USA Today:

Sen. Tim Scott says there's ‘no higher compliment than being attacked by President Obama’ — WASHINGTON — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Sunday pushed back at former President Barack Obama's criticism of Republican African Americans candidates who don't give an “honest accounting” of racism in the United States.

Discussion: Power Line, One America News Network and Political Wire