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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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Erwin Chemerinsky / Los Angeles Times:
The Supreme Court's ultimate ‘judicial activism’: striking down affirmative action in college admissions
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
With Supreme Court Decision, College Admissions Could Become More Subjective
Joan Biskupic / CNN:
John Roberts doesn't want race to matter as he ends affirmative action for college admission programs
Washington Post:
State affirmative action bans helped White, Asian students, hurt others
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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’
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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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 …
Reuters:
Trump says may skip first Republican debate, hold rival event  —  Former U.S. President Donald Trump said he might not participate in the Republican Party's first 2024 election primary debate in August and may hold an alternative event, citing his lead in opinion polls and what he claims is the hosting network's bias against him.
Discussion: Washington Post, HuffPost and Raw Story
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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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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
The Stunning Place Where Trump Is Beating DeSantis the Worst
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
DeSantis's ugly descent into ‘invasion’ hysteria can't go unanswered
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
Discussion: Fox News, Twitchy and Instapundit
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:   The right's shameless Hunter Biden obsession
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Biden wanders off set as Nicolle Wallace wraps softball MSNBC interview
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 …
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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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Trump 2024 aide who allegedly saw classified map works for China lobbying firm
Discussion: Raw Story
Yuval Levin / National Review:
It's Time to End Legacy Admissions  —  The Supreme Court's decision in the UNC and Harvard cases was received, as most news is these days, in two quite different ways on the two sides of our political aisle.  But one theme seemed to resonate with both supporters and opponents of affirmative action …
Discussion: Yahoo Finance and TheBlaze
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Tim Scott calls on universities to end legacy admissions
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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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.
Discussion: 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
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: 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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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.
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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Politico:   In JFK's long shadow
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 …
 
 
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House Republican plan penalizes marriage
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Why improving conditions for service workers can solve chaos at airports
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Geraldo Rivera Says He's Quitting Fox News Altogether After ‘The Five’ Ouster
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