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8:40 PM ET, June 21, 2023

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The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Boebert a ‘Little Bitch’ on the House Floor  —  A feud has been boiling between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert for months.  It finally reached a new level on Wednesday. … The messy feud between two of MAGA world's biggest stars burst into public view on Wednesday …
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NBC News:
Republicans take the rare step of censuring Rep. Adam Schiff over Trump-era probes  —  Schiff, D-Calif., will be required to stand on the House floor and receive a formal reprimand.  The resolution also directs the Ethics Committee to launch an investigation into Schiff.
ABC News:
House Republicans are poised to censure Adam Schiff
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Rep. Boebert introduces long-shot resolution to impeach President Biden
ProPublica:
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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Daniel Strauss / New Republic:
OceanGate CEO Missing in Titanic Sub Had History of Donating to GOP Candidates … Public campaign finance records indicate that Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate currently stuck on the missing Titan submersible that was running a tourist expedition of the Titanic wreck, has been a consistent Republican donor over the years.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Alito's Reply in a Rival Publication Surprises ProPublica  —  The Wall Street Journal made the unusual decision to let Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. pre-empt ProPublica's article about him in its opinion pages.  —  The Wall Street Journal faced criticism on Wednesday after its highly unusual decision …
Discussion: NBC News and Reuters
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 …
Discussion: HuffPost, UPROXX and American Wire News
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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.) …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Trump-appointed judge will oversee Hunter Biden case
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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Ursula Perano / The Daily Beast:
Dem Rep. Jerry Nadler Tries to Embarrass John Durham
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 …
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Jonathan Shorman / Kansas City Star:
Ex-FBI analyst who kept classified info in bathroom like Trump going to prison in KC case  —  A former FBI intelligence analyst from Dodge City, Kansas, who kept hundreds of classified documents at her home, including in her bathroom, was sentenced to nearly four years in prison by a federal judge …
Discussion: NBC News, New York Times and Raw Story
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.
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.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Television veteran Geraldo Rivera says he's quitting Fox News' political combat show ‘The Five’  —  Geraldo Rivera has quit as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News' popular political combat show “The Five,” saying Wednesday that “a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences” made it no longer worth it to him.
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Rolling Stone, People and Raw Story
Ben Cost / New York Post:
I went on the Titanic submarine — it was a suicide mission  —  Amid frantic international efforts to locate the lost Titanic-exploring submersible, experts point out that this isn't the first time the deep-diving vessel has raised flags.  —  A German adventurer who explored the Titanic wreckage …
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post, DCist and NBC News
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 …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Wall Street Journal:
Chicken Grown From Cells Headed to U.S. Dinner Tables  —  USDA gives Eat Just and Upside Foods permission to sell cultivated chicken to consumers  —  WASHINGTON—A new kind of chicken—raised from cells in steel tanks—is headed for U.S. dinner tables.  —  The U.S. Agriculture Department gave …
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 …
Nick Wooten / WXIA-TV:
Did you just get a Fulton County jury summons?  You might hear all the evidence against Donald Trump  —  The case will come before jurors this summer.  It's likely that prosecutors could present it in August.  —  ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will present the evidence …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Stratford / Politico:
House fails to override Biden's veto of bill repealing student debt relief  —  The override attempt lost on a 221-206 vote.  —  The House on Wednesday failed to undo President Joe Biden's veto of Republican-led legislation that would have repealed his plan to cancel up to $20,000 of student debt for tens of millions of Americans.
Rachel Vadaj / Cleveland 19 News:
2-year-old son fatally shoots pregnant mom in Norwalk, police say  —  NORWALK, Ohio (WOIO) - Norwalk Police confirmed a pregnant mother was shot and killed by her 2-year-old son on June 16.  —  Chief David Smith said the 31-year-old Laura Ilg called 911 at 1:11 p.m. reporting her son …
Wesley Lowery / In These Times:
Brandon Johnson Did the Impossible.  Now Comes the Hard Part.  —  Brandon Johnson has gone from the congregation to the classroom to the picket line to the boardroom—and now to City Hall's fifth floor.  —  Lea este artículo en Español.  —  A few times each month …
Reem Nadeem / Pew Research Center:
Inflation, Health Costs, Partisan Cooperation Among the Nation's Top Problems  —  Democrats hold edge on many issues, but more Americans agree with Republicans on economy, crime, immigration  —  Democrats hold edge on many issues, but more Americans agree with Republicans on economy, crime, immigration
Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News and The Hill
Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani / New Republic:
RFK Jr. Gives Away the Game With Decision to Speak at Moms for Liberty Summit  —  Democratic presidential candidate and rabid anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has decided to take his 2024 campaign to new, extremist levels.  —  Kennedy will be a guest speaker at a Moms for Liberty gathering …
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and News 4 Buffalo
 
 
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The Missing Titanic Sub Is Already a Culture War Battlefield
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
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