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Jessica Gresko / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn't want to make wedding websites for gay couples  —  In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples.
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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Discrimination Of Same-Sex Couple  —  The court's conservatives used a dubious case to greatly expand the right of business owners to discriminate against same-sex couples.  —  The Supreme Court on Friday greatly expanded the rights of people who want to discriminate …
ABC News:
Supreme Court rules for website designer in case involving free speech, LGBTQ+ protections  —  The conservative majority ruled 6-3 for the evangelical Christian creator.  —  The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for an evangelical Christian website designer in a case involving whether creative businesses …
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court sides with designer who declines to make same-sex wedding websites  —  Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a Colorado graphic artist who does not want to design wedding websites for same-sex couples, finding the First Amendment prohibits the state …
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.
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
Erwin Chemerinsky / Los Angeles Times:
The Supreme Court's ultimate ‘judicial activism’: striking down affirmative action in college admissions
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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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
The Stunning Place Where Trump Is Beating DeSantis the Worst  —  There was supposed to be a deluge of support for the Florida governor in Congress.  It hasn't worked out that way. … Not Quite Ron Demand  —  Before Ron DeSantis officially announced his 2024 run, one of the first members …
Discussion: Raw Story and Financial Times
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Miami Herald:   Ron DeSantis faces one setback after another in battle against LGBTQ rights
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
DeSantis's ugly descent into ‘invasion’ hysteria can't go unanswered
Washington Post:
Supreme Court rejects Biden student loan forgiveness plan  —  The Supreme Court on Friday said President Biden does not have the authority for his nearly half-trillion dollar plan to forgive student loan debt, the latest blow from a Supreme Court that has been dismissive of this administration's bold claims of power.
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Biden wanders off set as Nicolle Wallace wraps softball MSNBC interview  —  Critics joked the president was going for a ‘bathroom run’  —  President Biden could not wait until the commercial break to flee the set of a live televised interview with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace.
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:   The right's shameless Hunter Biden obsession
Rebecca Kaplan / NBC News:
Democrats say document from Trump impeachment probe rebuts GOP claims about a Biden bribery scheme
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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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.
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
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 …
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.”
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 …
Neal Lawson / The Guardian:
After 44 years, Labour is expelling me.  And my MP and activist friends are asking: who will be next?  —  There seem to be bullies at the top who don't understand pluralism.  They see only true believers and sworn enemies  —  ast Friday an email from the Labour party …
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
Bradford Wilcox / Washington Examiner:
House Republican plan penalizes marriage  —  We just got more bad news about marriage.  —  A record-high 25% of 40-year-olds in the United States were never married in 2021, according to sobering new statistics from the Pew Research Center.  That statistic compares to just 6% …
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and UPROXX
News/Talk 94.9 WSJM:
New state budget includes money to restart Palisades  —  Michigan lawmakers have advanced the next state budget, and it includes money to restart the Palisades nuclear power plant.  The $81.7 billion overall spending plan uses most of the state's surplus for education, road repairs, and other infrastructure.
 
 
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Julio Rivera / The Western Journal:
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Robert Anglen / Arizona Republic:
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US Department of Justice:
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Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Jesse Watters was invited to speak before a group of executives. His remarks led to an ‘epic meltdown’
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