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Mark Wingfield / Baptist News Global:
Oklahoma superintendent of schools says Tulsa Race Massacre wasn't due to color of anyone's skin — It's OK to teach Oklahoma schoolchildren about the Tulsa Race Massacre, just don't tell them it was motivated by the color of anyone's skin, the state superintendent of schools said at a July 6 forum.
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Politico:
Disciplinary panel calls for Rudy Giuliani's disbarment — His ultimate disbarment or other penalty would be decided by the D.C. Court of Appeals.
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HuffPost and The Right Scoop
Daniella Diaz / Politico:
GOP declares war on ... Barbie — Warner Bros. said there were no geopolitics intended in “Barbie.” — In a Barbie world, who controls the South China Sea? — That's the question a handful of Republican lawmakers — not to mention much of Southeast Asia — is asking thanks …
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Biden says sending cluster munitions to Ukraine was ‘difficult decision,’ but ‘they needed them’ — Watch the full interview with President Joe Biden at 10 a.m. ET Sunday on “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” — CNN — President Joe Biden told CNN's Fareed Zakaria Friday that it was a …
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Washington Post:
U.S. cluster bombs for Ukraine would exceed legal limit on duds
U.S. cluster bombs for Ukraine would exceed legal limit on duds
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Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
US to send cluster munitions banned by over 100 nations to Ukraine after months of debate
US to send cluster munitions banned by over 100 nations to Ukraine after months of debate
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Politico:
The MTV generation's unemployment problem — The Labor Department reported Friday morning that the U.S. job market added a net 209,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.6 percent. — The Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes haven't knocked the labor market to the pavement.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Payrolls rose by 209,000 in June, less than expected, as jobs growth wobbles
Payrolls rose by 209,000 in June, less than expected, as jobs growth wobbles
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Freedom Caucus can't get Marjorie Taylor Greene to call them back — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has not responded to calls by top members of the House Freedom Caucus aimed at notifying her that she has been ousted from the influential conservative group, two lawmakers familiar with the situation told Axios.
Amanda Terkel / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis says he'll debate with or without Trump: 'I'll be there' — The former president has indicated that he's unlikely to attend the first GOP presidential debate in August. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told Fox News on Thursday that he plans to participate in the first GOP presidential debate …
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Trump Team's New Tactic on the Ground: Extreme Pettiness
Trump Team's New Tactic on the Ground: Extreme Pettiness
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Raw Story and Washington Post
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why MAGA elites are facing a fresh set of disasters — In the elite world of right-wing lawyers, an intriguing split screen effect has taken hold. On one side, longtime conservative legal causes are prevailing, most recently with the Supreme Court invalidating affirmative action programs …
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New Republic and Raw Story
Reuters:
Dutch government to resign over asylum policy -ANP — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will hand in the resignation of his cabinet after failing to agree on measures to curb immigration, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Friday. — Rutte's office said he would hold an emergency cabinet meeting …
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Eline Schaart / Politico:
Dutch government falls as ministers clash over migration
Dutch government falls as ministers clash over migration
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Reuters, Bloomberg, Associated Press and RTÉ
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
How Twitter lost its place as the global town square — A series of disastrous missteps over the past year has robbed Twitter of its relevance — Alex Pearlman, a stand-up comedian in Philadelphia, woke up one morning in June and turned on the local news. A portion of Interstate 95 had collapsed.
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The Messenger and Mediaite
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Poolside ‘Karen’ Who Spewed Racist Bile Is ID'd as Feng Shui Consultant — “You don't even know what Hermès is,” she screamed at one point in the viral tirade at a Colorado apartment complex. — A Colorado white woman who specializes in Feng Shui interior decorating has gone viral …
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Daily Mail and The Root
David Weigel / Semafor:
America is moving on from COVID. That's not good for Ron DeSantis. — Mask mandates are finished, even in hospitals. The federal COVID emergency ended two months ago, along with the last federal vaccine requirements. And last week, for the first time since Gallup began asking Americans …
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Financial Times, American Greatness, Fox News and Digby's Hullabaloo
Associated Press:
Texas gunman in Walmart shooting gets 90 consecutive life sentences and may still face death penalty — The Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist 2019 attack at a Walmart has returned to federal court for sentencing. Patrick Crusius is facing multiple life sentences after pleading guilty …
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Politico:
McCarthy declines to endorse Trump — looking to avoid a GOP civil war — The peace might be short-lived, but the speaker's members understand why he's not offering a formal endorsement to Donald Trump. — Kevin McCarthy is risking Donald Trump's wrath by not officially endorsing …
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and The Gateway Pundit
Charles Bramesco / The Guardian:
Sound of Freedom: the QAnon-adjacent thriller seducing America — Jim Caviezel stars as a hero trying to stop child traffickers in a paranoid new movie turning into a surprise box-office hit — ype the words “sound of freedom” into Twitter (decent people who wish to live good …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Rich Are Crazy for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a crank. His views are a mishmash of right-wing fantasies mixed with remnants of the progressive he once was: Bitcoin boosterism, anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, assertions that Prozac causes mass shootings …
Associated Press:
Arizona governor approves over-the-counter contraceptive medications at pharmacies — PHOENIX — Adults in Arizona can now obtain contraceptive medications over the counter at a pharmacy without a doctor's prescription under a governor's order announced Thursday.
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Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Ocasio-Cortez endorses Biden's reelection campaign, sending a strong signal of Democratic unity — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden's reelection campaign, sending a strong sign of Democratic unity from one of the party's most liberal members.
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Politico:
A supporter's plane flew from Florida to N.H. DeSantis won't say if he was on it. — The Florida governor's travel to New Hampshire coincided with the path of a wealthy supporter's private plane. — Air DeSantis keeps flying — and questions keep mounting about who is paying for it.
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PoliticusUSA and Political Wire
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Non-white Moderates Are Real Democrats — Not GOP Pawns … The recent Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action once again highlighted an uncomfortable reality that a minority group (in this case, Asian Americans) mostly opposes a position held by the progressive movement and the Democratic Party.
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The Messenger, Fox News, The Nation and Reason
Diane Taylor / The Guardian:
Robert Jenrick has cartoon murals painted over at children's asylum centre — Paintings were considered too welcoming at Kent centre for lone children arriving in UK — Murals of cartoon characters including Mickey Mouse and Baloo from The Jungle Book painted on the walls …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
DC Bar panel recommends Giuliani be disbarred — A preliminary report from the D.C. Bar Association recommends that former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani be disbarred over his efforts to challenge the 2020 election. — The report, released Friday by a committee assembled to review his conduct …
Wall Street Journal:
Inside the Secretive Russian Security Force That Targets Americans — FSB unit that took Evan Gershkovich is also believed responsible for incidents blurring the lines between spycraft and harassment, including the mysterious death of a diplomat's dog — For years, a small group …
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The Moscow Times and Political Wire
Washington Post:
10 killings in 5 days in D.C. leave an international trail of grief — A military interpreter from Afghanistan who escaped the Taliban and sought refuge in the United States, working as a Lyft driver to support his family. A social studies teacher and wrestling coach from a family of educators …
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HotAir, CNN, Washington Free Beacon, IJR and New York Post
NBC News:
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter mark 77th wedding anniversary at home in Plains, Georgia — The couple, who have been on the American and international stage together for a half-century, are facing significant health challenges. — ATLANTA — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are marking …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
A perpetually surprised media isn't doing its job — You're reading Jennifer Rubin's subscriber-only newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox. — This week, I examine what's wrong with economic news coverage, pick the pol of the week and share something different — a reminder from history.
Bonchie / RedState:
Tucker Carlson Reveals Details of Interview With January 6th Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, Hits His Former Employer — Tucker Carlson joined Russell Brand's podcast on Friday, and what was revealed has people talking. — Carlson told Brand about an interview he conducted before leaving Fox News …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
DOJ charges former Army staffer for alleged fraud targeting families of war casualties — The Justice Department indicted a former Army Reserves major and financial counselor Friday for an alleged fraud scheme targeting Gold Star families — the loved ones of soldiers who died in military service.
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Anna Brown / Pew Research Center:
About half of U.S. pet owners say their pets are as much a part of their family as a human member — How we did this — Families come in all shapes and sizes. And for a majority of Americans, family includes their pets. — Most Americans (62%) own a pet, including about a third (35%) who have more than one.
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