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12:35 PM ET, June 30, 2023

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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 …
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Judges ban Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years over ‘appalling lies’  —  Former far-right leader will only be able to seek elected office again in 2030, when he will be 75  —  The political future of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro has been cast into doubt …
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Marina Dias / Washington Post:
Court votes to bar Bolsonaro from running for office  —  BRASÍLIA — Brazil's top elections court voted Friday to bar Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years — a period that covers the next presidential election — for making what members of the panel said were claims …
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.
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.
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Politico:
Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student debt relief plan  —  In a 6-3 decision, the court's conservative majority ruled that Biden's effort to erase roughly $400 billion of student debt was an illegal use of executive power.  —  The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Joe Biden's plan …
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Biden wanders off set as Nicolle Wallace wraps softball MSNBC interview
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.
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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
Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:
Nikki Haley says Republicans ‘absolutely should’ impeach Biden over Hunter Biden probe allegations  —  “Somebody needs to do it,” Haley said, speaking on a panel with Fox News' Greg Gutfeld.  —  Congressional Republicans “absolutely should” impeach President Joe Biden over whistleblower allegations …
Discussion: The Messenger
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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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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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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.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court to weigh right of accused domestic abusers to own guns  —  A major new case tests the scope of the Supreme Court's ruling a year ago that expanded gun rights outside the home.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to weigh whether people accused of domestic violence …
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.”
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 …
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 …
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
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
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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Julio Rivera / The Western Journal:
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Robert Anglen / Arizona Republic:
‘It warrants a criminal investigation’: Prominent former prosecutor seeks probe of Cyber Ninjas
Discussion: Raw Story
US Department of Justice:
Former Ohio House Speaker sentenced to 20 years in prison for leading racketeering conspiracy involving $60 million in bribes
Wall Street Journal:
Ethics Official Owned Meta Stock While Recommending FTC Chair Recuse Herself From Meta Case
Washington Free Beacon:
The Colorblind Constitution Prevails
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Yuval Levin / National Review:
It's Time to End Legacy Admissions
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Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Geraldo Rivera Says He's Quitting Fox News Altogether After ‘The Five’ Ouster
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Jesse Watters was invited to speak before a group of executives. His remarks led to an ‘epic meltdown’
Discussion: HuffPost and The Messenger
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Ron DeSantis the 'Worst Candidate I've Ever Seen'—Former GOP Strategist
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