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12:15 AM ET, July 4, 2023

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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  —  Elon Musk's move to temporarily cap how many posts Twitter users can read on the social media site could undermine efforts by new CEO Linda Yaccarino to attract advertisers, marketing industry professionals said.
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Federal judge halts new Florida law he calls ‘latest assault’ on voting
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel
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  —  A civil rights group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to the mostly white children of alumni.
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
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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 …
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.
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
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
White House grounds evacuated after Secret Service discovers ‘unknown item’  —  The USSS said the road closures around the White House have since been lifted  —  The White House grounds were evacuated Sunday after the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) discovered an “unknown item.”
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David Strom / HotAir:   Were you aware that the White House grounds were evacuated?
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 …
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: The Hill, HotAir and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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 …
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: Washington Examiner and RedState
Washington Post:
Israel invades West Bank city, killing at least 8 Palestinians  —  JERUSALEM — Some 1,000 Israeli soldiers backed by drone strikes stormed Jenin on Monday, targeting a militant “operational command center,” the most expansive Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank in two decades.
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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel Launches Airstrikes on Jenin in West Bank, Killing at Least 8
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
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 …
Prem Thakker / New Republic:
Is This the Weirdest Ad in American Political History?  —  Over the weekend, Ron DeSantis's rapid response team shared a video railing against twice-impeached and twice-indicted former President Donald Trump for previous expressions of support for the LGBTQ community, proudly contrasting …
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 …
Tami Luhby / CNN:
States have been on a tax-cutting spree, but revenues are now weakening  —  Fueled by surging revenues, states have been slashing taxes for individuals and businesses for the past three years.  —  But the party is expected to come to an end in the coming fiscal year, which started on Saturday in 46 states.
Richard Lough / Reuters:
France's last surviving D-Day commando dies aged 100  —  Leon Gautier, the last surviving member of the French commando unit that waded ashore on D-Day alongside allied troops to begin the liberation of France, died on Monday.  He was 100 years old.  —  Gautier was one of 177 French green berets …
 
 
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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
Discussion: ABC News
Emily Jacobs / Washington Examiner:
Maryland 2022 GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox files to run for House seat
Discussion: The Hill and Just The News
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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 Earlier Items: 
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 and New York Post
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
The illogical but popular affirmative action attack on Clarence Thomas
Discussion: National Review
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 and Mock Paper Scissors
David Siders / Politico:
The ‘Shrinking Baptist Convention’ Is Doubling Down on the Culture Wars
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
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Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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