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9:50 PM ET, June 29, 2023

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Based Admissions at Harvard and U.N.C.  —  In disavowing race as a factor in achieving educational diversity, the court all but ensured that the student population at the campuses of elite institutions will become whiter and more Asian and less Black and Latino.
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Tim Scott calls on universities to end legacy admissions  —  Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said now that the Supreme Court has limited the use of race as a factor in college admissions, colleges should eliminate legacy-based admissions next.  —  “I think the question is how do you continue to create …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs at Harvard and UNC
Washington Post:
State affirmative action bans helped White, Asian students, hurt others
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Thomas in rare occurrence reads affirmative action opinion from bench
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Ketanji Brown Jackson Dismantles SCOTUS Conservatives in Blistering Dissent
Politico:
In JFK's long shadow
Discussion: New York Times
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Prosecutors are prepared to hit Trump and his allies with new charges, sources say  —  Prosecutors could bring between 30 to 45 additional criminal charges against the former president in the coming weeks, The Independent has learned  —  Trump calls indictment a ‘beautiful badge of honour and courage’
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CNN:
Former Trump campaign official cooperating with special counsel in 2020 election interference probe
Discussion: NBC News
Tyler Austin Harper / New York Times:
I Teach at an Elite College.  Here's a Look Inside the Racial Gaming of Admissions.  —  Dr. Harper is an assistant professor of environmental studies at Bates College.  —  When I was in graduate school several years ago, I spent my summers getting paid to help Asian American kids seem less Asian.
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
19 thoughts on affirmative action
Erwin Chemerinsky / Los Angeles Times:
The Supreme Court's ultimate ‘judicial activism’: striking down affirmative action in college admissions
CNN:
Biden's Iran envoy placed on leave after security clearance suspended amid investigation into possible mishandling of classified material, sources say  —  Rob Malley, the US special envoy on Iran, has been placed on leave without pay, which occurred after his security clearance was suspended earlier …
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New York Times:
Investigation of Trump Documents Case Continues After Former President's Indictment
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel office still investigating Trump's handling of documents, sources say
Discussion: Mediaite
Andres Triay / CBS News:
Man with Jan. 6 warrant and weapons arrested after running toward Obamas' D.C. home  —  A man with weapons and an active Jan. 6-related warrant was arrested by law enforcement in former President Barack Obama's Washington, D.C., neighborhood, two sources briefed on the matter tell CBS News.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 participant, identified nearly two years ago, is arrested near Obama home  —  Taylor Taranto was identified by “Sedition Hunters” in August 2021 and has been living in a van near the D.C. jail.  He was arrested Thursday, more than two years after the Capitol attack.
Melissa Gira Grant / New Republic:
The Mysterious Case of the Fake Gay Marriage Website, the Real Straight Man, and the Supreme Court  —  Long before the Supreme Court took up one of the last remaining cases it will decide this session—the 303 Creative v. Elenis case, concerning a Colorado web designer named Lorie Smith …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and FIRST DRAFT
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Key document may be fake in LGBTQ+ rights case before US supreme court  —  Christian website designer says she received email request from same-sex couple but ‘author’ says he did not send it - and is not gay  —  The veracity of a key document in a major LGBTQ+ rights case before the US supreme court …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
The Columbus Dispatch:
Ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder sentenced to maximum 20 years  —  Once one of the most powerful politicians in Ohio, Householder is now a convicted felon, guilty of racketeering conspiracy and breaking the public's trust.  He was immediately taken into custody.
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
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Ohio Capital Journal:
Former Ohio House Speaker Householder sentenced to 20 years for state's largest bribery scheme
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and CNN
New York Times:
Koch Network Raises Over $70 Million for Push to Sink Trump  —  Americans for Prosperity Action is wading into a Republican presidential primary for the first time, and waiting to see which candidate it will get behind for 2024.  —  The political network established by the conservative industrialists Charles …
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Reuters:   Trump says may skip first Republican debate, hold rival event
Sue Halpern / New Yorker:
What Is No Labels Trying to Do?  —  The group maintains that a third-ticket nominee …
Discussion: The Messenger
Daily Mail:
Glamorous vice president of Russian bank Kristina Baikova, 28, ‘plunges to her death from 11th floor apartment window’ in Moscow in latest mysterious fatality involving country's top execs  — Kristina Baikova allegedly fell from her 11th floor apartment on Friday morning
Jason Leopold / Bloomberg:
Trump ‘Standing Order’ to Declassify Not Found by DOJ, Intelligence Agency  —  A “standing order” that former President Donald Trump has claimed authorized him to instantly declassify documents removed from the Oval Office could not be found by either the Justice Department or Office of Director of National Intelligence.
Philipp Hubert / The Intercept:
Top NIH Official Advised Covid Scientists That He Uses Personal Email to Evade FOIA  —  David M. Morens, a high-ranking official at the NIH, told prominent scientists discussing Covid's origins that he would delete emails.  —  A top adviser to Anthony Fauci at the National Institutes …
Discussion: Fox News
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Jeff Berardelli / WFLA-TV:
‘Off the charts’: Earth's vital signs are going haywire  —  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — In my 3 decade-long career being a weather forecaster, and now Chief Meteorologist and Climate Specialist, I have never observed so many of Earth's vital signs blinking red.  Meteorologists and climate scientists …
Discussion: Wired
Harvard Admissions Lawsuit:
Supreme Court Decision  —  Today, the Supreme Court delivered its decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College.  The Court held that Harvard College's admissions system does not comply with the principles of the equal protection clause embodied in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
Li Cohen / CBS News:
Florida bill allowing radioactive roads made of potentially cancer-causing mining waste signed by DeSantis  —  Florida governor and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday that would allow for roads across Florida to be made with “radioactive” mining waste that has been linked to cancer.
Beth Harpaz / The Forward:
NYC mayor compared 84-year-old Holocaust survivor to a ‘plantation’-owner  —  A heated exchange between New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Jeanie Dubnau, an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor and tenant activist, ended with the mayor accusing Dubnau of racism.  —  “Don't stand in front …
Wall Street Journal:
Women Interviewing for Bill Gates's Private Office Were Asked Sexually Explicit Questions  —  Female job candidates say extreme vetting process by a security firm sometimes included questions about pornography and sexual histories; Gates's office says such questioning would be unacceptable
CBS News:
Hunter Biden's former business partner was willing to go before a grand jury.  He never got the chance.  —  A former business partner of Hunter and James Biden, who worked directly with them on a 2017 China energy deal, was never asked to testify to a Delaware grand jury investigating Hunter Biden …
Axios:
America's fastest-growing demographic groups  —  The country's Pacific Islander, Asian and Hispanic populations saw the biggest percentage increases between 2000 and 2022, per a new Axios analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. … - The Asian population grew about 105%, to 21 million.
New York Times:
Twitter's New Chief Eases Into the Hot Seat  —  Linda Yaccarino, who initially could not take ad sales meetings because of a noncompete clause, is adjusting to her new role reporting to Elon Musk.  —  Ryan Mac reports on Twitter, Tiffany Hsu on advertising and misinformation, and Ben Mullin on media.
William Melhado / The Texas Tribune:
Judge says DPS must release documents related to Uvalde shooting response  —  The state police agency had been withholding nearly all of its records on law enforcement's botched response to Texas' deadliest school shooting.  DPS will have an opportunity to redact the files before they are released.
Kent Walker / Google:
An update on Canada's Bill C-18 and our Search and News products  —  President of Global Affairs, Google & Alphabet … The Government of Canada has enacted a new law called Bill C-18 (the Online News Act), requiring two companies to pay for simply showing links to news, something that everyone else does for free.
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Trump 2024 aide who allegedly saw classified map works for China lobbying firm  —  A top Trump campaign adviser — who apparently was shown classified documents by the former president — has a top post at a lobbying firm serving Chinese entities that potentially pose a national security threat …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Daily News
Yoav Gonen / The City:
Eric Adams Personally Asked Outgoing NYPD Commissioner Not to Discipline Top Chief, Source Tells THE CITY  —  When she did anyway, Keechant Sewell figured her days as top cop would end, but a spokesperson for City Hall denies the conversation with the mayor ever took place.
 
 
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Sotomayor's Fake America
Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
Can Colleges Be Racially Diverse Without Affirmative Action? Experience Suggests No
NBC News:
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Reuters:
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney officially launches its password-sharing crackdown, letting users add an “Extra Member” for $6.99/month for Disney+ Basic, or $9.99 for Disney+ Premium

Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
The Spectator appoints ex-UK cabinet minister Michael Gove as editor, starting on October 8, after its takeover by GB News co-owner Sir Paul Marshall

Financial Times:
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