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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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Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
With Supreme Court Decision, College Admissions Could Become More Subjective — Colleges have a game plan, like emphasizing the personal essay, but so do conservative groups that promise to monitor and, if necessary, go back to court. — 阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.
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, New York Times, The Federalist, The Atlantic, Vox, New Jersey Online and UnHerd
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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Washington Post, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Forbes, NewsNation, Outside the Beltway, NPR, Washington Examiner, 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 and Associated Press
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
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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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Slate, Bloomberg, Bulwark+, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Vanity Fair, USA Today, Associated Press, Mother Jones, New York Post and Amy Howe
Washington Post:
State affirmative action bans helped White, Asian students, hurt others
State affirmative action bans helped White, Asian students, hurt others
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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 …
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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, Bulwark+, PJ Media, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Election Law Blog
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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’
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Morning Shots, Washington Examiner, PoliticusUSA, Mock Paper Scissors and Raw Story
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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The Messenger, The 19th, Semafor and Digby's Hullabaloo
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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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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 and UPI
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 and Vanity Fair
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
Variety:
Alan Arkin, Oscar Winner for ‘Little Miss Sunshine,’ Dies at 89 — Alan Arkin, an Oscar-winning actor for “Little Miss Sunshine” with a body of work that spans seven decades of stage and screen acting, died June 29 at his home in Carlsbad, Calif, Variety has confirmed. He was 89.
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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 …
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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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
Trump 2024 aide who allegedly saw classified map works for China lobbying firm
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Raw Story
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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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The right's shameless Hunter Biden obsession
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 …
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Yahoo Finance and TheBlaze
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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.
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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
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
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
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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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 …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Coalition of the Distrustful — Before Covid, Gabe Whitney, a 41-year-old from West Bath, Maine, didn't think much about vaccines. He wasn't very political — he didn't vote in 2020, he said, because he thought Donald Trump was a “psycho” and Joe Biden was “corrupt.”
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Alexander Ward / Politico:
U.S. actively considering giving cluster munitions to Ukraine — No final decision has been made on their delivery, but the changing battlefield has intensified the debate over the past week. — The Biden administration is actively considering sending cluster munitions to Ukraine …
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CNN, Euromaidan Press, CounterPunch and NBC News
Li Cohen / CBS News:
New Florida law allows roads made of toxic mining waste — 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. — The measure, brought forward …
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