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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Trump Asked About I.R.S. Inquiry of F.B.I. Officials, Ex-Aide Says Under Oath  —  In a court filing, John Kelly, who was a chief of staff under Donald Trump, said the former president had asked about having the tax agency look into Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.
Jamie Raskin for Congress:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 7, 2023  —  Dear Friends and Supporters Across America:  —  Nothing matters to me more in the 2024 cycle than winning a blowout victory for the party of democracy and freedom.  —  We Democrats may not be perfect but we fight hard every day for the Constitution and the common good of the people.
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Raskin passes on Senate bid
New York Times:
Dutch Government Collapses Over Plan to Further Limit Immigration  —  Prime Minister Mark Rutte, one of Europe's longest-serving leaders, had struggled to reach an agreement with his coalition partners about migration, including more restrictions.  —  The Dutch government collapsed on Friday …
Discussion: Reuters, BBC, HotAir and Political Wire
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Eline Schaart / Politico:
Dutch government falls as ministers clash over migration
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Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
D.C. Court of Appeals committee recommends Giuliani be disbarred
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Elon Musk sues Wachtell law firm to recoup fees from Twitter buyout  —  Elon Musk has sued the elite law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to recover most of a $90 million fee it received from Twitter for defeating his bid to walk away from his $44 billion buyout of the social media company.
NBC News:
White House officials worried Trump showed reporters classified material while in office, new book recounts  —  Former Trump aide Miles Taylor details an episode in which White House staff discussed a 2018 Oval Office incident.  —  WASHINGTON — A forthcoming book by an ex-Trump administration aide describes …
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.
Nicole Hemmer / CNN:
What history reveals about the biggest new power player in US politics  —  Editor's Note: Nicole Hemmer is an associate professor of history and director of the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Center for the Study of the Presidency at Vanderbilt University.  She is the author of “Partisans …
New York Times:
Trump and DeSantis Are Battling for Iowa Voters.  And for Its Governor, Too.  —  Gov. Kim Reynolds has vowed to be neutral in 2024.  But Donald Trump's team views her as neutral in name only when it comes to Ron DeSantis and his wife.  —  Shane Goldmacher and Jonathan Swan reported from Iowa.
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez backs Biden for reelection
Discussion: CNN, Just The News and HuffPost
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Threads backtracks flagging right-wing users for spreading disinformation  —  Regardless, right-wing Twitter users already hate Threads. … If you regularly spread “false information” online, Threads already knows.  The platform apparently flagged those accounts on launch …
Elizabeth Troutman / Fox News:
Former Trump Cabinet member tells him to ‘kiss’ his ‘butt’  —  Trump's former HHS secretary bashes ex-president for his ‘narcissism’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price told Fox News Digital there's “no way” he will support former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential bid.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump-appointed judge gives a ‘break’ to Jan. 6 rioter who wants to be a police officer  —  Tyler Bensch, who used bear spray during the Capitol attack, was sentenced to probation and 60 days home detention instead of the nine months in prison sought by prosecutors.
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten will be paroled, lawyer says, after Gov. Newsom drops effort to block her freedom  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has repeatedly blocked efforts for Van Houten to be paroled, said Friday he would not challenge her release on parole at the State Supreme Court.
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Roger Stone joins Trump on his private plane to Las Vegas after a campaign stop in Iowa  —  In 2019, Stone was convicted in federal court for obstructing a congressional investigation into Trump's 2016 campaign.  Trump later commuted his sentence and then pardoned him.
Discussion: The National Pulse+
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Step Aside, Joe Biden  —  The president has no business running for office at age 80.  —  I am deeply grateful to Joe Biden.  By defeating Donald Trump in 2020, he rescued this country from the continuing misrule of a dangerous grifter and serial liar, a man gripped by vindictiveness, lawlessness, and egomania.
The Messenger:
Trump Staffs Up in Nevada to Make It His Primary ‘Firewall’ State  —  In 2016, Trump used the Silver State to slap down his closest rivals — one of the clearest signs he was on his way to winning the nomination.  He hopes to do it again. … Of the four early presidential primary states …
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
How to Sum Up This Supreme Court Term  —  This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate's coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June.  We're working to change the way the media covers the Supreme Court.  Sign up for the pop-up newsletter to receive our latest updates, and support our work when you join Slate Plus.
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Trump Blasted by Former CIA Chief Over Classified Documents in New Political Ad  —  Donald Trump “must face consequences” for mishandling classified documents, former Central Intelligence Director Michael Hayden said in a new political ad that's another indication of the degree …
Discussion: Raw Story, Political Wire and Insider
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 …
Morgan Chalfant / Semafor:
FBI investigates Biden Iran envoy over classified information  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating Rob Malley, who until recently served as President Biden's special envoy for Iran, over the handling of classified information, according to a source briefed on the matter within the State Department.
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 …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The bizarre contradiction in the GOP's view of America  —  Candidates running against a sitting president will always argue that the incumbent has botched just about everything and spread misery throughout the land.  But as the 2024 Republican contenders maneuver for position and respond …
Discussion: New York Post and The Dispatch
Steve Milloy / Wall Street Journal:
Hottest Days Ever?  Don't Believe It  —  ‘Average global temperature’ is a meaningless measure, and comparisons to 125,000 years ago are preposterous.  —  The global-warming industry has declared that July 3 and 4 were the two hottest days on Earth on record.
Discussion: Watts Up With That? and Power Line
Gearoid Reidy / Bloomberg:
A Year After His Death, Japan Is Closer to Abe's Vision  —  It would be easy to assume that not much has changed since Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister and de facto senior statesman, was assassinated in broad daylight one year ago.  —  But there's an evolution under way …
Discussion: Reuters
 
 
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Olivia Little / Media Matters for America:
Inside Moms for Liberty's summit: Big money and even bigger conspiracy theories
CREW:
The precedent for 14th Amendment disqualification
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Ramaswamy Investments Seem at Odds With His Position on ‘Woke’ Culture
Discussion: Raw Story
Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Announces Family Reunification Parole Processes for Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
Discussion: Breitbart and CBS News
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Calder McHugh / Politico:
Cornel West wants to keep on pushing
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Mediaite
CBS News:
Trump says he'd bring back “travel ban” that's “even bigger than before”
Discussion: Raw Story
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Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
North Carolina's GOP front-runner for governor has a history of racist and antisemitic diatribes
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
Discussion: CBS News
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Washington Post:
Texas Republicans divide over impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton
Discussion: Raw Story and Just The News
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
RFK Jr. touted bitcoin, but said he wasn't an investor. Financial records show otherwise
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
The MTV generation's unemployment problem
Associated Press:
Texas gunman in Walmart shooting gets 90 consecutive life sentences and may still face death penalty
 

 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The NYT aims to sell podcast subscriptions via Apple Podcasts and Spotify, requiring users to pay to access older episodes, starting Oct. for $6/mo. or $50/year

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
TikTok says it plans to shut down TikTok Music on November 28 and will delete customer data; the app, originally called Resso, first launched in 2019

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount's Pluto TV and M6+ strike a partnership that includes content channels and ad sales in France; French TV company M6 launched the AVOD platform in May

 
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