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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Elon Musk Really Broke Twitter This Time  —  The social network has never seen chaos quite like this.  —  Twitter may have just had its worst weekend ever, technically speaking.  In response to a series of server emergencies, Elon Musk, the Twitter owner and self-professed free-speech …
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Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Elon Musk Suggests ‘Childless’ People Should Lose the Right to Vote  —  People without children “have little stake in the future,” says the right-wing billionaire whose own daughter said she doesn't want to be related to him.  —  Elon Musk, the right-wing billionaire and deadbeat dad who's hellbent …
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
Musk's Twitter rate limits could undermine new CEO, ad experts say
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Federal court blocks Florida election law  —  A federal court blocked a Florida election law Monday that would've imposed more limitations on voter registration efforts in the state.  —  In a 58-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker agreed with the plaintiffs that the new state law …
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Federal judge halts new Florida law he calls ‘latest assault’ on voting
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel
David Badash / Raw Story:
'We didn't want to live in fear': Exodus of workers begins as Florida's extreme anti-immigrant law goes into effect  —  Business owners in Florida are worried after Governor Ron DeSantis' new anti-immigrant law took effect on Saturday, forcing many migrant workers to flee the state and head north …
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Deborah Acosta / Wall Street Journal:
Migrant Workers Flee Florida as New Immigration Law Takes Effect  —  Farm owners and construction companies say the law, which started July 1, has already diminished their workforce  —  Florida's agricultural and construction industries say they are experiencing a labor shortage …
Discussion: NBC News and Digby's Hullabaloo
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Harvard's Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni  —  After the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action, activists filed a complaint, saying legacy admissions helped students who are overwhelmingly rich and white.  —  It's been called affirmative action for the rich …
Discussion: New York Post, Reason and Reuters
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Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Activists spurred by affirmative action ruling challenge legacy admissions at Harvard
Robby Soave / Reason:
UCLA Declined To Hire a Professor After Students Denounced His Mild DEI Criticism  —  Yoel Inbar is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.  He was slated to join the University of California at Los Angeles as a tenured professor of psychology …
Discussion: HotAir
NBC News:
Four killed, two injured in Philadelphia shooting, police say  —  Police say a suspect with a semiautomatic rifle, handgun, body armor, and police scanner opened fire and continued shooting as officers pursued him.  —  Four people were killed and two others, both minors …
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Williamson torches DNC's ‘outrageous’ support for Biden in 2024 Dem primary  —  Marianne Williamson tells Fox News Digital that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine skepticism ‘obviously’ out-of-line with many Democratic voters  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. - White House hopeful Marianne Williamson …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Why Democrats Should Primary Biden
Discussion: HotAir, The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
David Strom / HotAir:
Were you aware that the White House grounds were evacuated?  —  I saw this on Twitter and thought it must have been a joke.  —  After all, if the White House grounds were evacuated and a Hazmat team called in, I would have thought it would be all the talk.
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Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The Supreme Court Has Kicked the Door Wide Open to Jim Crow-Style Bigotry The Supreme Court Has Kicked the Door Wide Open to Jim Crow-Style Bigotry  —  The court's conservatives used a case literally based on a homophobe's fantasies to blow a huge hole in our antidiscrimination laws and revive the spirit of Plessy v. Ferguson.
Anastasia Stognei / Financial Times:
Prigozhin appeals for public support as Wagner continues recruiting  —  Paramilitary group still signing contracts with fighters for Ukrainian front despite terms of truce with the Kremlin  —  Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin called on the Russian public to stand up for his Wagner paramilitaries …
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Trump Showed Docs to People at Mar-a-Lago's Dining Room Patio Claims Former White House Press Secretary  —  Stephanie Grisham revealed that she witnessed her former boss, former President Donald Trump, show classified documents to people at his Florida residence Mar-a-Lago.
Jack Forrest / CNN:
Biden nominates controversial former Trump-appointee to Public Diplomacy Commission  —  President Joe Biden announced Monday his intention to nominate a former appointee under former President Donald Trump with a controversial past in Latin America to the bipartisan United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Mohammad Yunus Yawar / Reuters:
Taliban administration orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close  —  The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has ordered beauty salons to close within a month, the morality ministry said, in the latest shrinking of access to public places for Afghan women.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Elian Peltier / New York Times:
Macky Sall, Senegal's Leader, Says He Won't Run for Third Term  —  Macky Sall had considered seeking a third term in the West African country despite a constitutional limit of two.  —  Reporting from Dakar, Senegal  —  President Macky Sall of Senegal said on Monday that he would not seek …
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
‘We are way behind’: Top DeSantis PAC official sounds alarm  —  Steve Cortes got pretty blunt during a Twitter spaces session on Sunday night.  —  A top spokesperson for Ron DeSantis' super PAC is sounding a decidedly dour note on the Florida governor's presidential prospects …
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘This calls into question the integrity of their investigation.’ Sen. Ron Johnson slams Hunter Biden probe as it's revealed prosecutor who signed off on ‘sweetheart’ tax deal previously worked for First Son's business partner  — Assistant US Attorney Derek Hines …
Discussion: RedState and Washington Examiner
Mark Sweetman / Bloomberg:
Ukraine Recap: Moscow Airport Halts Flights as Drones Downed  —  Moscow's Vnukovo airport halted flights for almost three hours after drones were downed in the southwest of the Russian capital.  Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said there were no casualties in the attack.
Discussion: Politico, Reuters, Euractiv and TASS
Nick Schager / The Daily Beast:
Actor Michael Rapaport Trashes ‘Sore Loser’ Kari Lake in New Video  —  ‘YOU LOST!’  —  Outspoken actor and comedian Michael Rapaport has never been one to mince words, and he certainly didn't hold back on Monday, posting a no-holds-barred video in which he brutally slams Republican election denier Kari Lake …
Discussion: Raw Story
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
G.O.P. Threatens Spy Agencies' Surveillance Tool  —  With hard-right Republicans attacking federal law enforcement agencies and unwilling to extend their broad powers, a major warrantless surveillance program targeting foreigners overseas may face new limits from Congress.  —  Reporting from Washington
Discussion: Raw Story
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Actor Hill Harper poised to challenge Slotkin in Michigan Senate primary  —  The Democrat has shot his announcement video and ordered campaign T-shirts.  —  Democratic leaders hoped Elissa Slotkin would clear the field in the Senate primary in Michigan, giving the battle-tested candidate extra …
Discussion: The Messenger
Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:
Gay And Trans Republicans Shocked DeSantis Now Targeting Them  —  A new ad shared by the DeSantis campaign from the rapid response account, DeSantis War Room, targets gay and trans Republicans.  Many expressed disbelief that DeSantis would do this. … Gay and Trans Republicans expressed dismay …
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Times:
Obama White House looped in Hunter Biden in email to his VP dad about Ukraine  —  FRONT PAGE PODCAST  —  QUESTION OF THE DAY  —  Did you agree with the Supreme Court decision on student loan forgiveness?  —  Question of the Day  —  Absolutely  —  Mostly yes Unsure  —  Not really Definitely not
Discussion: Twitchy
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
When it comes to the economy, how does Tim Scott define ‘worse’?  —  “Three years ago, our economy was thriving,” GOP Sen. Tim Scott argued.  “Today, we're all worse off.”  Is this true?  Let's do a little fact-checking.  —  In early 2012, as Barack Obama's re-election campaign took shape …
 
 
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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel Launches Airstrikes on Jenin in West Bank, Killing at Least 8
Tony Leys / USA Today:
‘Public health has lost the war’: States legalize raw milk, despite public health warnings
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Self-government is worth defending
Emily Jacobs / Washington Examiner:
Maryland 2022 GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox files to run for House seat
Discussion: Raw Story, Just The News and The Hill
Victoria Bouloubasis / The Guardian:
The housing community that will require ‘patriots’ to fly the US flag
Discussion: Raw Story and The Messenger
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
A Blood Test Predicts Pre-eclampsia in Pregnant Women
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The Guardian:
Will El Niño on top of global heating create the perfect climate storm?
Discussion: RTÉ
Wall Street Journal:
No One Is Happy About Diversity Efforts at Work
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alison F. Takemura / Canary Media:
Your next BBQ could feature an electric grill
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel
Julianne McShane / NBC News:
Texas pastor pleads guilty to possession of child sex abuse images
Discussion: Knewz
Jeff Shesol / New York Times:
John Roberts Is Harming the Institution He Wants to Protect
Discussion: Insider
Tami Luhby / CNN:
States have been on a tax-cutting spree, but revenues are now weakening
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
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