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Bloomberg:
Biden Appeal Opens a New Front in Battle Over Internet Speech — The Biden administration's battle with Republican-led states over free-speech limits escalated with its appeal of a judge's sweeping order barring federal officials and agencies from communicating with social media companies over postings they deem objectionable.
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State Dept. cancels Facebook meetings after judge's ‘censorship’ ruling — A Louisiana federal court's order is upending efforts to guard against 2024 election interference — One day after a Louisiana federal judge set limits on the Biden administration's communications with tech firms …
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New York Times:
Disinformation Researchers Fret About Fallout From Judge's Order
Disinformation Researchers Fret About Fallout From Judge's Order
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New York Times:
Ruling Puts Social Media at Crossroads of Disinformation and Free Speech
Ruling Puts Social Media at Crossroads of Disinformation and Free Speech
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Just Security:
Restricting the Government from Speaking to Tech Companies Will Spread Disinformation and Harm Democracy
Restricting the Government from Speaking to Tech Companies Will Spread Disinformation and Harm Democracy
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Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Biden to appeal Big Tech collusion ruling banning admin officials meeting with social media firms: Report
Biden to appeal Big Tech collusion ruling banning admin officials meeting with social media firms: Report
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Ian Miller / OutKick:
Exclusive: Ron DeSantis Explains Donald Trump ‘Pride’ Ad To Tomi Lahren — Florida Governor, and Republican presidential candidate, Ron DeSantis has been at the forefront of cultural issues facing America. … He's also helped protect Florida's children from unproven transgender surgeries.
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Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
DeSantis Campaign Struggles to Make a Strong Case Against Trump — The Florida governor, who has yet to demonstrate himself as a campaigner on a national stage, has been plagued by a series of unforced errors and has yet to make a strong case against Donald Trump. — Reporting from Miami
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Attorney who challenged Trump's 2020 loss gives up law license as states weigh disciplining him — Attorney Lin Wood, who filed legal challenges seeking to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss, is relinquishing his law license, electing to retire from practicing rather than face possible disbarment.
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Lawyer Lin Wood Calls It Quits Rather Than Face Disbarment — QUIT WHILE YOU'RE BEHIND — Conspiracy theorist attorney Lin Wood has asked the State Bar of Georgia to allow him to retire his law license after the bar mulled a disbarment for the pro-Trump lawyer.
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Lawyer who advanced Trump's stolen election claims announces retirement
Lawyer who advanced Trump's stolen election claims announces retirement
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Journal Sentinel:
Tony Evers uses veto powers to extend annual increases for public schools for the next four centuries — Molly Beck Jessie OpoienMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers, a former public school educator, used his broad partial veto authority this week to sign into law …
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Eric Tucker / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump posted what he said was Obama's address, prosecutors say. An armed man was soon arrested there. — WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform what he claimed was the home address of former President Barack Obama on the same day that a man with guns …
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Kansas City Star:
Josh Hawley rings in July 4 with fake quote with antisemitic, white nationalist roots — BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD — Maybe it's time for Josh Hawley to get out of the history business. — Missouri's senior senator on Tuesday decided to celebrate July 4 with another bit of online trolling.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
White House cocaine culprit unlikely to be found: Law enforcement official — Lines may have been snorted and crossed. But it's possible we won't know by whom. — Law enforcement officials confirmed on Wednesday that cocaine was found at the White House over the weekend.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Secret Service Investigating Who Brought Cocaine Into the White House
Secret Service Investigating Who Brought Cocaine Into the White House
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Isaac Avilucea / Axios:
Man charged in Philadelphia mass shooting that killed 5 … - Two boys, ages 2 and 13, were wounded, as well as a mother of twins who were struck by broken glass when the suspect opened fire on their vehicle. … - He had a psychology degree and was a talented artist obsessed with the “Creed” movies.
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CNN:
Justice Department had video of boxes being moved at Mar-a-Lago before FBI search, unredacted document shows — The Justice Department has made public more about the significant photographic and video evidence they collected last summer from Mar-a-Lago after the Trump presidency …
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Nicki Cox / Page Six:
Aubrey O'Day: I had sex with Donald Trump Jr. ‘in a gay club bathroom’ — Aubrey O'Day claims her long-rumored affair with Donald Trump Jr. began “in a gay club bathroom.” — During a recent appearance on Michael Cohen's “Mea Culpa” podcast, the 39-year-old reflected on the first time …
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Kim Reynolds:
Gov. Reynolds Calls Special Session to Enact Pro-life Legislation — Today, Governor Reynolds announced she will convene the General Assembly of Iowa on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. for a special session with the sole purpose of enacting legislation that addresses abortion and protects unborn lives.
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Trump wanted his own personal mercenary army like Putin's Wagner force: Ex-Homeland Security aide — Former Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor is releasing his second book, “Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump” - and startling excerpts are already dropping.
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Will Sommer / Washington Post:
GQ pulls article slamming Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Zaslav after complaint — The writer said he asked to have his byline removed after GQ made extensive changes after publication. The magazine removed the story instead. — In an unusual step, GQ magazine removed an article critical …
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Liz Joslin / Governor Josh Shapiro:
Statement from Governor Shapiro on Budget Negotiations — Harrisburg, PA — This afternoon, Governor Josh Shapiro released the following statement ongoing budget negotiations: — “Pennsylvania is the only state in the nation with a full-time, divided legislature — meaning nothing gets done unless …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets — Days after requiring users to log in to view tweets, Twitter has silently removed these restrictions. This means you can open Twitter links in a browser without an account. — We at TechCrunch noticed that tweet previews are unfurling in Slack and WhatsApp.
DVIDS:
U.S. Prevents Iran from Seizing Two Merchant Tankers in Gulf of Oman — Story by NAVCENT Public Affairs — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet — GULF OF OMAN - On July 5, U.S. forces prevented two attempted commercial tanker seizures by the Iranian Navy after the Iranians …
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Ted Frank / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Jackson's Incredible Statistic — Her dissent from the ruling on affirmative action makes an obviously implausible claim. — Even Supreme Court justices are known to be gullible. In a dissent from last week's ruling against racial preferences in college admissions …
Democracy Docket:
Nevada Republicans Challenge Law Protecting Election Officials From Harassment — WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, June 29, Sigal Chattah — a prominent Nevada Republican with “significant ties” to the conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election — filed a lawsuit on behalf …
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Reuters:
Hong Kong slashes directly elected seats in local polls, further reducing democracy — Hong Kong's legislature unanimously voted on Thursday to overhaul district level elections by drastically reducing directly elected seats, a move critics said removed some of the last vestiges of democratic freedoms in the China-ruled city.
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BBC:
Boy left unclothed after Burgess Hill sexual assault by two women — A teenage boy who was sexually assaulted by two women woke up with his clothes removed and injuries to his head and body, Sussex Police have said. — The 15-year-old was walking along Cants Lane in Burgess Hill …
Jaroslav Lukiv / BBC:
Ukraine war: Four killed in Lviv as Russian strike hits apartment building in western city — A Russian rocket has hit an apartment building in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, killing at least four people, Ukraine's interior minister says. — Ihor Klymenko added another 32 people …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Bill Ackman explains why he embraced RFK Jr.'s skepticism on Covid vaccines — Bill Ackman, one of the most influential investors on Wall Street, has stunned his Wall Street peers by amplifying Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine skepticism. — “I listened to RFK on several podcasts …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Former Arizona House speaker spoke with FBI in 2020 election probe — A former top Republican official in Arizona, who rejected pressure from Donald Trump and his allies following the former president's 2020 election defeat, told CNN Wednesday night that he has spoken with the FBI as part …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
JetBlue ending alliance with American Airlines after judge's ruling — JetBlue announced Wednesday that it will be ending its Northeast Alliance (NEA) with American Airlines, nearly two months after a judge struck down the partnership. — “Despite our deep conviction in the procompetitive benefits …
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Russian jets harassed American drones that were targeting ISIS, U.S. says — “The Russian jets dropped multiple parachute flares in front of the drones, forcing our aircraft to conduct evasive maneuvers,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich. — Russian jets harassed U.S. hunter …
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