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Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court — Friends of the Court — Clarence Thomas' Beneficial Friendship With a GOP Megadonor — In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska.
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Washington Post:
ProPublica asked about Alito's travel. He replied in the Wall Street Journal. — Questioned about an undisclosed fishing trip hosted by a GOP billionaire, the Supreme Court justice instead shared his rebuttal in a rival media outlet — before the investigative journalists could publish their scoop
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Alito Defends Private Jet Travel to Luxury Fishing Trip — In an opinion essay in The Wall Street Journal, the justice disputed a ProPublica report, saying he was not required to disclose the trip or recuse himself from his benefactor's cases. — Reporting from Washington
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Daniel Strauss / New Republic:
OceanGate CEO Missing in Titanic Sub Had History of Donating to GOP Candidates
OceanGate CEO Missing in Titanic Sub Had History of Donating to GOP Candidates
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
The new Trump acolyte you didn't expect: Nancy Mace — Mace isn't ruling out endorsing Donald Trump's primary campaign. — He called her a “grandstanding loser” and a RINO. She said his “entire legacy was wiped out” on Jan. 6, 2021. — But all of a sudden, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's confession on Fox News should prompt Democrats to step up — On Monday night, Donald Trump went on Fox News and made numerous confessions about his hoarding of classified documents. The next morning, news broke that Hunter Biden reached a tentative deal with prosecutors to plead guilty …
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HuffPost, American Wire News and UPROXX
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Backtracks After Fox Host Points Out Hypocrisy — BLINDSIDED — In a Fox News interview Tuesday, anchor Bret Baier highlighted to Donald Trump in part two of his heated interview that under the former president's 2024 proposal that convicted drug dealers …
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Trump's penchant for talking could pose problems as Mar-a-Lago criminal case moves ahead
Trump's penchant for talking could pose problems as Mar-a-Lago criminal case moves ahead
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Trump-appointed judge will oversee Hunter Biden case
Trump-appointed judge will oversee Hunter Biden case
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Mother Jones:
John Durham Just Made False Statements to Congress — The former special counsel denied two essential facts of the Trump-Russia scandal. — John Durham—the special counsel who was appointed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the FBI's investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter who electroshocked D.C. Officer Michael Fanone sentenced to 12.5 years — Daniel “D.J.” Rodriguez, who was wearing a MAGA hat when he drove a stun gun into the officer's neck at the Capitol, was arrested after the online “Sedition Hunters” community helped identify him.
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C. Ryan Barber / Wall Street Journal:
Jan. 6 Rioter Who Used Stun Gun on Police Officer Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison
Jan. 6 Rioter Who Used Stun Gun on Police Officer Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison
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Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
What the New, Low Test Scores for 13-Year-Olds Say About U.S. Education Now — What's New — The math and reading performance of 13-year-olds in the United States has hit the lowest level in decades, according to test scores released today from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the gold-standard federal exam.
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Mackenzie Wilkes / Politico:
National math and reading scores for 13-year-olds drop
National math and reading scores for 13-year-olds drop
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Washington Post:
DeSantis donor supplied golf simulator for 'Governor's Cabana' and private flights — The simulator was lent by Mori Hosseini, a major home builder and donor who chairs the University of Florida's Board of Trustees. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's wealthy donors and supporters lent …
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CNN:
McCarthy warns House GOP now is not time to force vote impeaching Biden: ‘What majority do we want to be?’ — Speaker Kevin McCarthy urged House Republicans to vote against the resolution brought forward by GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado forcing a vote to impeach President Joe Biden this week …
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Lauren Tousignant / Jezebel:
So, Kari Lake Has Basically Moved In With Donald Trump — “Kari Lake is there every night,” a source told People of her frequent visits to Mar-a-Lago. “There's a suite there that she practically lives in.” — There's no bond more delusional than the bond between two people who both believe …
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Raw Story
US Department of Justice:
Former FBI Analyst Sentenced for Retaining Classified Documents — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri — Kept Hundreds of National Defense Documents at Her Home in Violation of the Espionage Act — KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former analyst …
David McCabe / New York Times:
F.T.C. Sues Amazon for Inducing Users to Subscribe to Prime — The lawsuit was the first time that the Federal Trade Commission under chair Lina Khan has taken Amazon to court. — David McCabe reports on tech policy from Washington. — The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued Amazon …
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
FTC sues Amazon over ‘deceptive’ Prime sign-up and cancellation process
FTC sues Amazon over ‘deceptive’ Prime sign-up and cancellation process
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Washington Post:
Effects of Dobbs on maternal health care overwhelmingly negative, survey shows — Sweeping restrictions and even outright abortion bans adopted by states in the year since the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling have had an overwhelmingly negative effect on maternal health care …
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KFF:
A National Survey of OBGYNs' Experiences After Dobbs
A National Survey of OBGYNs' Experiences After Dobbs
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
House GOP clears the way for Schiff censure — The House GOP defeated Democrats' attempt to block a public reprimand of Rep. Adam Schiff, clearing the way for Republicans to censure the California Democrat Wednesday evening. — The measure would formally censure Schiff for his leading role …
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
The sleeper legal strategy that could topple abortion bans — Jews, Episcopalians, Unitarians, Satanists and other people of faith say the laws infringe on their religious rights. — WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. — Revs. Jan Barnes and Krista Taves have logged hundreds of hours standing outside …
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Political Wire
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Agencies May Never Find Covid's Origins, Officials Say — The agencies are expected to release declassified material on what they have learned about Covid's origins. People briefed on the material say there is no smoking gun. — Julian Barnes, a Washington-based intelligence reporter …
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Bolts:
Reform Prosecutors Sweep Three Northern Virginia Primaries — “If this election was a referendum on reform, our voters emphatically responded that they will not go backward,” said one of the victors after defeating her police-backed challenger. — Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News' Geraldo Rivera Says He's Been Booted From ‘The Five’ — Rivera had been tapped to be one of the late-afternoon chat show's regular “liberal” co-hosts last year, but he has seen his appearances dry up in recent months. — Longtime Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera …
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
America's lavish red carpet for Modi — Biden's India charm offensive is all about China — “Operation seduce Narendra Modi” is not a new thing. But Joe Biden is taking flattery of India's prime minister to new levels. Biden's commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, recently said Modi's commitment …
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Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Missing sub CEO wouldn't hire the uninspirational “50 yr old white guys” who are out there looking to save him now — This developing story is rapidly veering from background noise for a truly horrific accident to “no way that's possible” to “YGTBFKM, that's damn near criminal negligence.”
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Brad McElhinny / WV MetroNews:
Judge finds no merit in Justice's request to shield financial disclosures because of U.S. Senate run — A federal judge says Gov. Jim Justice has to provide financial information in a long-running lawsuit, finding no merit in Justice's position that such disclosures could be used against him in his run for U.S. Senate.
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Leaked Audio: Michigan GOP Chair Says Outrage Over Holocaust Tweet Was ‘Completely Hilarious’ — Kristina Karamo, a far-right hero, doubled down on her GOP organization's official tweet that invoked the Holocaust to attack gun restrictions and sparked outrage.
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Americans See Federal Criminal Charges Against Trump As Serious, 51% Say He Should Be Prosecuted, 62% Say Politics Is Motivating DOJ's Case, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Supreme Court Job Approval Hits All-Time Low — mail_outline — In the week since former President Donald Trump …
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publication:
Scientists shouldn't debate gaslighters — 21 JUN 2023 - BY H. HOLDEN THORP- 2 MIN READ — Last weekend, Twitter and later the mainstream media exploded with a controversy surrounding an invitation to prominent vaccine scientist Peter Hotez to debate anti-vax charlatan …
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Elizabeth Troutman / Fox News:
Riley Gaines grand slams queer activist's Senate testimony that men can't beat Serena Williams — Gaines spoke at the Senate hearing on ‘Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans’ — Former NCAA swim star Riley Gaines slammed the president of far-left Human Rights Campaign …
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