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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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Olatunde Johnson / TIME:
The Supreme Court's Decision on Affirmative Action Must Not Be the Final Word
The Supreme Court's Decision on Affirmative Action Must Not Be the Final Word
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Fox News, Townhall, The Federalist, New York Times, The Atlantic, Vox, New Jersey Online, UnHerd and HuffPost
Erwin Chemerinsky / Los Angeles Times:
The Supreme Court's ultimate ‘judicial activism’: striking down affirmative action in college admissions
The Supreme Court's ultimate ‘judicial activism’: striking down affirmative action in college admissions
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Bloomberg, Washington Post, Financial Times, Forbes, NewsNation, Outside the Beltway, Washington Examiner, NPR, The Colorado Sun, Washington State Standard, TIME, KXAN-TV, USA Today, Louisiana Illuminator, The Daily Signal, New Jersey Online, Vox, Sacramento Bee, WGN-TV, Fox News, Roll Call, TMZ.com, Associated Press and Politico
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
With Supreme Court Decision, College Admissions Could Become More Subjective
With Supreme Court Decision, College Admissions Could Become More Subjective
Sherrilyn Ifill / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Conservatives Are Breaking History and Our Future
The Supreme Court's Conservatives Are Breaking History and Our Future
Discussion:
Civil Discourse …, Letters from an American and Talking Points Memo
Joan Biskupic / CNN:
John Roberts doesn't want race to matter as he ends affirmative action for college admission programs
John Roberts doesn't want race to matter as he ends affirmative action for college admission programs
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Bloomberg, Slate, Bulwark+, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Vanity Fair, USA Today, Associated Press, Mother Jones, New York Post, Amy Howe, The Hill and Washington Examiner
Yuval Levin / National Review:
It's Time to End Legacy Admissions
It's Time to End Legacy Admissions
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Yahoo Finance and TheBlaze
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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Washington Examiner, Morning Shots, PoliticusUSA, Mock Paper Scissors, Raw Story and Balloon Juice
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CNN:
Former Trump campaign official cooperating with special counsel in 2020 election interference probe — Former Donald Trump campaign official Mike Roman is cooperating with prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith's team in the ongoing criminal probe related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election …
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Washington Examiner, The Messenger, Mediaite, PJ Media, Bulwark+, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Republican candidate Chris Christie: ‘Trump wants to be Putin in America’ — The former New Jersey governor on his mission to stop the ex-president returning to power — I arrive a quarter of an hour early at the Tick Tock Diner to discover that Chris Christie is already there.
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The Hill, The Daily Beast and The Free Press
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says aborted mutiny ‘somewhat weakened’ Putin — Former U.S. President Donald Trump, a longtime admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Thursday Putin has been “somewhat weakened” by an aborted mutiny and that now is the time for the United States to try to broker …
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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Washington Post, USA Today, ABC News, Washington Examiner, Insider, The Gateway Pundit, ABC4 Utah, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Trump Jan. 6 Mob Member Arrested Near Obama Home With Weapons — Bomb Materials
Trump Jan. 6 Mob Member Arrested Near Obama Home With Weapons — Bomb Materials
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CBS News, CNN and Associated Press
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 participant, identified nearly two years ago, is arrested near Obama home
Jan. 6 participant, identified nearly two years ago, is arrested near Obama home
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ABC News, al.com, New York Times, Bloomberg, CBS News, PoliticusUSA, UPI, WJLA-TV and The Messenger
Miami Herald:
Ron DeSantis faces one setback after another in battle against LGBTQ rights — Multiple federal court decisions have frozen key portions of Ron DeSantis' campaign against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in recent weeks, complicating the Florida governor's efforts to present himself …
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Political Wire
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
The Stunning Place Where Trump Is Beating DeSantis the Worst
The Stunning Place Where Trump Is Beating DeSantis the Worst
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Raw Story, Vanity Fair, Florida Politics and Sacramento Bee
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
DeSantis's ugly descent into ‘invasion’ hysteria can't go unanswered
DeSantis's ugly descent into ‘invasion’ hysteria can't go unanswered
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Washington Examiner
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 …
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Nicolle Wallace Fails to Ask Biden About His Son Hunter's Guilty Plea During 20-Minute Interview — MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace discussed several topics with President Joe Biden during an interview on Thursday. However, one topic was noticeably absent: his son Hunter Biden's guilty plea.
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Fox News, Twitchy and Instapundit
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Biden wanders off set as Nicolle Wallace wraps softball MSNBC interview
Biden wanders off set as Nicolle Wallace wraps softball MSNBC interview
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Louder With Crowder, New York Post, MSNBC, New York Times, RedState, IJR, NBC News, HuffPost, TheBlaze, Real News Now, Newsbusters, Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, The Gateway Pundit, Deadline, Mediaite, Bloomberg, Breitbart and Twitchy
CNN:
Top Trump campaign aide Susie Wiles met numerous times with special counsel investigators in documents probe — A senior campaign official for Donald Trump was allegedly shown a classified map by the former president during a meeting at his New Jersey golf club after Trump left office, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Trump 2024 aide who allegedly saw classified map works for China lobbying firm
Trump 2024 aide who allegedly saw classified map works for China lobbying firm
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Raw Story
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Mayor Compares Housing Activist, Whose Family Fled Holocaust, to Plantation Owner — Mayor Eric Adams criticized the woman, whose family left Germany in the 1930s, after she questioned him about back-to-back rent increases. — The first question at a community conversation with Mayor Eric Adams …
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Real News Now, TheBlaze, One America News Network, New York Post, PIX11, Fox News, RedState and The Root
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Beth Harpaz / The Forward:
NYC mayor compared 84-year-old Holocaust survivor to a ‘plantation’-owner
NYC mayor compared 84-year-old Holocaust survivor to a ‘plantation’-owner
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New York Post, RedState, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, PIX11, The Messenger and Raw Story
US Department of Justice:
Member Of White Supremacist Group Charged for Allegedly Defacing Synagogue With Neo-Nazi Symbols — For Immediate Release — A Michigan man was indicted for conspiring with others and allegedly defacing Temple Jacob - a Jewish synagogue in Hancock, Michigan.
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Bridge Michigan
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson Spar Over Affirmative Action Ruling — Even as Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared to agree over the policy's aim, they harshly criticized each other's conclusions on what to do. — Reporting from Washington
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PJ Media, HuffPost, NBC News, The Guardian, al.com, claytoonz, The Hill, Raw Story, Vanity Fair, CNN, UnHerd, Politico, Jezebel, TheBlaze, Fox News, Insider, Washington Examiner, The Federalist, CBS News, RedState, Slate, The Daily Caller and CNBC
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 …
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Reuters and The Messenger
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Ron DeSantis the 'Worst Candidate I've Ever Seen'—Former GOP Strategist — A veteran GOP political strategist has described Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as the “worst” presidential candidate he has ever seen. — Jeff Timmer, a senior adviser at the Lincoln Project …
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Raw Story, UPROXX, Crooks and Liars, Political Wire and The Guardian
Jimmy Tobias / The Intercept:
Top NIH Official Advised Covid Scientists That He Uses Personal Email to Evade FOIA — A top adviser to Anthony Fauci at the National Institutes of Health admitted that he used a personal email account in an apparent effort to evade the strictures of the Freedom of Information Act …
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HotAir, The Federalist, Public, The Daily Caller and Fox News
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Fauci adviser hid emails from FOIA requests: ‘Always communicate on Gmail’
Fauci adviser hid emails from FOIA requests: ‘Always communicate on Gmail’
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The Gateway Pundit, United States House Committee …, Washington Examiner and Instapundit
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 …
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Digby's Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
Isabelle Khurshudyan / Washington Post:
Ukraine's top general, Valery Zaluzhny, wants shells, planes and patience — KYIV, Ukraine — For Ukraine's counteroffensive to progress faster, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, the top officer in Ukraine's armed forces, says he needs more — of every weapon. And he is telling anyone who will listen …
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Reuters, New York Times and Euromaidan Press
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.
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HuffPost, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, PoliticusUSA and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Economy Shows Surprising Vigor in First Half of 2023 — Layoffs remain historically low and the economy grew more briskly than estimated — Fresh signs of labor market strength reinforced a picture of an economy with broad-based momentum despite rising interest rates.
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Associated Press, Reuters, New York Times, The Hill, UPI, Breitbart and Los Angeles Times
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Wall Street Journal:
Ethics Official Owned Meta Stock While Recommending FTC Chair Recuse Herself From Meta Case — Federal Trade Commission's designated ethics official says she acted properly, but faces questions from watchdog group — WASHINGTON—An ethics official owned Meta Platforms stock when she recommended …