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The Indianapolis Star:
Moms for Liberty's Hamilton County chapter apologizes for quoting Hitler in newsletter  —  The Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty, a national organization recently listed as an “extremist group” by a civil rights watchdog, apologized Thursday morning after it launched a newsletter called …
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Caitlin Cruz / Jezebel:
Moms for Liberty's Indiana Chapter Apologizes for Quoting Adolf Hitler in Newsletter
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative George Santos  —  Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined on June 22, 2023, to release the following statement:
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and NBC News
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New York Times:
George Santos Was Bailed Out by His Father and Aunt, Court Records Show  —  Mr. Santos, a first-term G.O.P. congressman, had tried to keep the names of his bail sureties sealed, but two judges rejected his efforts.  —  Of the many questions that surround Representative George Santos …
ABC News:
George Santos' father and aunt guaranteed his $500K bond, court documents show
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Ethics Committee expands investigation into Santos
Discussion: Forbes
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Owen Tucker-Smith / Los Angeles Times:
House Republicans censured Adam Schiff. He couldn't be happier
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis won't say if he'll support Trump in 2024
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Navy Detected Titan Sub Implosion Days Ago  —  Underwater microphones designed to detect enemy submarines first detected Titan tragedy  —  WASHINGTON—A top secret U.S. Navy acoustic detection system designed to spot enemy submarines first heard the Titan sub implosion hours …
New York Times:
Missing Titanic Sub: Search and Rescue Effort Is Vast.  Who Pays the Bill?  —  Coast Guard: Missing Submersible Experienced a ‘Catastrophic Implosion’  —  OceanGate Expeditions, the operator of the submersible, said it believed all five people on board “have sadly been lost.”
Johnny Rubin / House Committee on Ways and Means:
Smith: Testimony of IRS Employees Reveals Biden IRS, DOJ Interfered in Tax Investigation of Hunter Biden, Revealing Preferential Treatment for Wealthy and Politically Connected  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Ways and Means Committee executive meeting resulted in a vote to release …
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Bombshell: Whistleblowers Say IRS Recommended Felony Tax Charges Against Hunter Biden. The DOJ Balked.
CNN:
Alito in the hot seat over trips to Alaska and Rome he accepted from groups and individuals who lobby the Supreme Court  —  Concerns about ethics and transparency at the Supreme Court have been reignited this week after Justice Samuel Alito acknowledged attending a luxury fishing trip …
Discussion: The Hill, Accountable US and Power Line
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:   Sam Alito's trip to Rome funded by group that has filed briefs before SCOTUS: CNN
Wall Street Journal:
ProPublica's Fishing Expedition for Justice Alito
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Just Another RFK Jr. Lie.  I Know, Because It's About Me.  —  I edited Kennedy's error-ridden piece on a vaccine-autism link, which Salon later retracted.  We caved to the truth, not Big Pharma.  —  I've been doing my best to ignore the farcical presidential candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux / FiveThirtyEight:
Dobbs Turned Abortion Into A Huge Liability For Republicans  —  Support for abortion rights is higher than it's been in decades.  —  By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux  —  Graphics by Humera Lodhi  —  Jun. 22, 2023, at 9:15 AM  —  When Theresa M. started attending a support group for breast cancer survivors …
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match … Here we go.  —  After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot back by posting a screenshot of Musk's tweet with the caption “send me location.”
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump documents investigation examined New Jersey club from outset  —  Exclusive: Prosecutors developed evidence early on of classified documents at Trump's Bedminster golf club  —  Federal prosecutors investigating Donald Trump's retention of national security material were examining evidence within weeks …
NBC News:
Trump campaign's Election Day operations official appears before Jan. 6 grand jury  —  G. Michael Brown appeared as part of special counsel Jack Smith's probe into the “fake electors” scheme to stop the lawful transfer of power to Joe Biden after the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Noah Rothman / National Review:
The Court's Conservatives Aren't Taking It Lying Down Anymore  —  Noah Rothman here with you for one last morning before I hand the stick back over to the talented Dominic Pino for tomorrow's edition.  Jim Geraghty, lord and master of the Morning Jolt, returns next week.
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
June 2023 National Poll: Third Party Candidacy Could Derail President Biden's Reelection Bid  —  Home Polls June 2023 National Poll: Third Party Candidacy Could Derail President Biden's Reelection Bid  —  Majority of Voters Think AI Presents a Threat to the Workforce
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Alicia Diaz / Bloomberg:
Latino Poll Finds About Half View Biden Favorably, Trump at 30%
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Bernd Debusmann Jr / BBC:
Titan sub debris field: Parts of missing sub's cover found, expert says  —  Debris has been found in the search for the missing Titan submersible, reportedly including parts of its outside cover.  —  Dive expert David Mearns told the BBC the president of the Explorers Club …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
House clerk who oversaw McCarthy's Speaker fight resigns  —  Clerk of the House Cheryl Johnson announced she will resign at the end of the month, after serving in her post since 2019.  —  “It has been a distinct privilege to serve as clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives during three Congresses …
Discussion: Roll Call
Kevin Mahnken / The 74:
NAEP Scores ‘Flashing Red’ After a Lost Generation of Learning for 13-Year-Olds  —  COVID-19's cataclysmic impact on K-12 education, coming on the heels of a decade of stagnation in schools, has yielded a lost generation of growth for adolescents, new federal data reveal.
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Biden expected to get endorsement by major abortion rights groups  —  A joint announcement by NARAL, Emily's List and Planned Parenthood will come at a Dobbs anniversary rally.  —  The nation's top abortion rights groups are expected to endorse President Joe Biden's reelection bid …
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
19-year-old Titan passenger was ‘terrified’ before trip, his aunt says  —  Azmeh Dawood, the older sister of Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, said her nephew was reluctant to go on the Titan expedition.  —  Titan debris consistent with a ‘catastrophic implosion’, Coast Guard says
Discussion: The Messenger, WFLA-TV and The Sun
Mark Mwachiro / Adweek:
MSNBC Signs Political Commentator Brian Tyler Cohen as a Contributor  —  Popular YouTuber, podcaster, and political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen is joining MSNBC as a contributor, TVNewser has learned.  —  The social media personality will appear across the network's programs and contribute …
Mia Gingerich / Media Matters for America:
Fox News is altering language in AP and Reuters articles on anti-trans legislation — including a quote from an elected official  —  “Gender affirming care” was replaced with “sex change” or “sex reassignment” in at least 19 articles  —  In an abhorrent bid to further its demonization …
Leah Litman / Slate:
Clarence Thomas' Latest Criminal Justice Ruling Is an Outright Tragedy  —  This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate's coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June.  We're working to change the way the media covers the Supreme Court.  Sign up for the pop-up newsletter …
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Russia Acted In ‘Good Faith’ In Ukraine Invasion  —  “I think we're the ones who have not been acting in good faith,” the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate said.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday he believes Russia acted in “good faith” …
Andrea Chang / Los Angeles Times:
Snctm sex club founder banned after naming Hunter Biden as former member  —  Damon Lawner, the founder of Snctm, has been banned from the high-end sex club after he publicly identified Hunter Biden as a former member.  The claim about President Biden's son was included in a Times profile of Lawner published Tuesday.
The Guardian:
These 1,572 US politicians have helped ban abortion since Roe fell.  They're mostly men  —  These are the faces of lawmakers and governors whose votes helped pass bans on abortion  —  Ava Sasani, graphics by Andrew Witherspoon  —  It's been one year since the US supreme court ended the constitutional right to abortion.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Politico
Arpan Lobo / Detroit Free Press:
Former GOP candidate Ryan Kelley will plead guilty to Jan. 6 attacks charge  —  Ryan Kelley, a real estate agent and conservative activist who sought to become governor of Michigan in 2022, will plead guilty next month to a misdemeanor charge stemming from his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Discussion: Political Wire
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
Why Not Whitmer?  —  The Michigan governor isn't running for president.  But she is happy to be interrogated over whether she might change her mind.  —  Why doesn't Gretchen Whitmer just run for president?  Or at least humor the suggestion?  —  Whitmer, the governor of Michigan …
Discussion: Insider
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Cop City in Atlanta is the future of America  —  ATLANTA — This hardly feels like the most-talked about piece of real estate in a development-crazed Sunbelt megalopolis.  What could be so controversial about a squad of dull-yellow Caterpillar earth movers pushing mounds of Georgia's red-clay soil …
Discussion: WXIA-TV, Mother Jones and The Root
 
 
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CNN:
In a CNN exclusive interview, former President Barack Obama sat down with Chief International …
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation request for water rights
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Jacques Berlinerblau / Salon:
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Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
Florida Abortion Rights Plan Polls at 70 Percent But Passage Is Far From Assured
Discussion: NBC News and Politico
Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
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