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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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Samuel A. Alito Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Samuel Alito: ProPublica Misleads Its Readers  —  The publication levels false charges about Supreme Court recusal, financial disclosures and a 2008 fishing trip. … ProPublica has leveled two charges against me: first, that I should have recused in matters in which an entity connected …
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
Politico:   Playbook: Alito picks a fight with ProPublica
Mackenzie Wilkes / Politico:
National math and reading scores for 13-year-olds drop  —  Test scores for math and reading dropped across gender and racial and ethnic groups, but overall scores have been on the decline since 2012.  —  Math scores among the nation's 13-year-olds had the largest drop since the federal government began …
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.
Discussion: CNN, CBS News, Raw Story and The Messenger
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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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Trump's penchant for talking could pose problems as Mar-a-Lago criminal case moves ahead  —  Criminal defendants are routinely advised to avoid commenting on pending charges against them.  But Donald Trump, the former president and current White House hopeful, is no ordinary defendant.
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Philip Rotner / Bulwark+:   Scoring Trump, Biden, and Hillary on Handling Classified Documents
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump's comments on classified docs case won't help his defense
Discussion: Raw Story
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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
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 …
C-SPAN.org:
John Durham Testifies on His Investigation of the FBI  —  Justice Department special counsel John Durham testified on his investigation of “Crossfire Hurricane,” the code name for the FBI's investigation of links between the 2016 Trump presidential campaign and Russian operatives.  —  Report Video Issue
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 …
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.
Slate:
Our Major American Misunderstanding  —  It's been a long time since most Americans shared a values system.  Maybe it's time to accept that.  —  In another least-surprising surprise of our times, last week Donald Trump expressed his intent, if elected to a second term as president …
Discussion: CNN and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Abortion still dominates Democratic politics: 3 takeaways from Virginia's primary night  —  Youngkin's endorsees win big, and big money will drop on Virginia this fall.  —  The battle for Virginia's future — and 2023's biggest down-ballot elections in the country — can now begin in earnest.
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Scott Bland / NBC News:
Progressive prosecutors beat back primary challengers in Virginia
Associated Press:
Underwater noises heard in frantic search for submersible missing with 5 aboard near Titanic  —  A Canadian military surveillance aircraft detected underwater noises as a massive search continued early Wednesday in a remote part of the North Atlantic for a submersible that vanished …
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Rolling Stone:
Searchers for Titanic Tourist Sub Heard ‘Banging’ From Area, Internal Comms Reveal
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.
Discussion: The Hill
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: NBC News
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Durham: You better believe Obama, Biden, and Comey knew that this was a Hillary dirty trick  —  What did Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Loretta Lynch, and James Comey know about Russia-collusion — and when did they know it?  John Durham dropped a bombshell in his testimony today at House Oversight …
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.) …
Discussion: Insider and The Messenger
Kat Rosenfield / The Boston Globe:
Progressives are minting conservatives  —  A lot of rhetoric on the left is proving to be unpersuasive — and even alienating.  —  The graphic novel “Gender Queer,” a memoir of sexual and gender identity written and illustrated by Maia Kobabe, has been described as the “most banned book in the country.”
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Tucker Carlson Launches Vicious Attack On Karine Jean-Pierre Out Of The Blue  —  The far-right personality was giving Twitter commentary on Hunter Biden when he changed course and pounced on the White House press secretary.  —  Tucker Carlson delivered a diatribe against White House press …
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Biden administration moves to reverse Trump-era Endangered Species Act rollbacks  —  The Biden administration announced two proposed rules Wednesday morning that would undo Trump administration rollbacks of Endangered Species Act (ESA) enforcement.  —  The proposals include the restoration …
Discussion: Flathead Beacon and Daily Kos
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Barack Obama vs. Tim Scott  —  When the mood of the Left was more optimistic and less obsessed with so-called white supremacy, Obama used to sound a lot like Scott.  —  B  —  arack Obama doesn't want America validated, at least not by the wrong people.  —  In taking a shot …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House GOP messaging bills test members' patience  —  House members across the ideological spectrum are getting tired of focusing almost entirely on legislation whose only role is to fire up the base. … - “This is my sixth term, so I've seen messaging bills.
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Trump unveils his plans to defund the ‘deep state’  —  The News  —  Donald Trump unveiled another sweeping piece of his plans to slash federal spending and defund the “deep state” on Tuesday, effectively claiming vast, unchecked powers to shape the government.
Discussion: The Messenger and Roll Call
Associated Press:
China says Biden comments calling leader Xi a dictator ‘extremely absurd and irresponsible’  —  China on Wednesday called comments by President Joe Biden describing Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a dictator “extremely absurd and irresponsible.”  The new clash of words comes just over a day after Secretary …
 
 
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Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:
Judge in Alex Murdaugh trial says he ‘felt sorry’ for convicted murderer
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Washington Post:
Three states just barred utilities from charging customers for lobbying
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Major anti-abortion group works to rally GOP support for 15-week ban
Max Mallhi / Washington Examiner:
Democrats must stop politicizing sports
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