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CNN:
Trump's team seeks to learn whether special counsel has evidence, witnesses they don't know  —  Former President Donald Trump's lawyers and advisers are trying to figure out if there is evidence and witnesses they are unaware of that are bolstering special counsel Jack Smith's investigation …
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Politico:
Playbook: Is Trump's third indictment imminent?  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  It was supposed to be RON DeSANTIS' big day.  —  Following a deluge of negative headlines about campaign staff layoffs and polling problems …
Charlie Sykes / Bulwark+:
“Arrest and Indictment”  —  “Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden's DOJ, sent a letter (again it was Sunday night!) stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means …
CNN:   Trump bets, again, on legal troubles yielding big donations
Bloomberg:
Trump Election Probe Case Crowds Active Campaign Calendar
Washington Post:
2024 won't be a Trump-Biden replay.  You can thank Gen Z for that.  —  Celinda Lake, a Democratic Party strategist, was one of two lead pollsters for Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.  Mac Heller is a documentary film producer, most recently of “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook.”
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Majority expecting ‘significant negative effect’ from climate change: poll
Discussion: The Colorado Sun
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
EXCLUSIVE: Feds sought surveillance video from State Farm Arena in Trump probe  —  X  —  Subpoena shows another area of overlap between DOJ and Fulton prosecutors  —  Federal prosecutors examining former President Donald Trump's attempt to hold onto power following the 2020 election requested surveillance …
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Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Maggie Haberman Reveals How Trump Reacted To Jack Smith's Letter … By Marita Vlachou  —  Breaking News Reporter, HuffPost
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
CNN anchor claims Jack Smith visiting Subway is ‘a message to Donald Trump’
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll  —  After Donald Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll, his legal team and his defenders lodged a frequent talking point.  —  Despite Carroll's claims that Trump had raped her, they noted …
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Reuters:
Donald Trump Loses Bid For New Trial In E. Jean Carroll Case
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Wesleyan University Ends Legacy Admissions  —  With the Supreme Court's decision to ban race-conscious admissions, the pressure is on selective colleges to end preferences for children of alumni.  —  The Latest  —  Wesleyan University, a liberal arts college in Connecticut …
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Hill
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Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Wesleyan University ending legacy admissions after Supreme Court ruling
Discussion: The Atlantic and Alpha News
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter who charged police while carrying a gun sentenced to 7 years  —  Christopher Alberts said “instinct took over” when he charged at police with a wooden pallet while armed with a concealed weapon.  —  WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 rioter who was armed with a concealed weapon as he led …
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Dustin Racioppi / Politico:
New Jersey man commuted by Trump charged in new fraud scheme  —  Two years after Eliyahu Weinstein's release, prosecutors say he hasn't changed.  —  A New Jersey man who had his prison sentence commuted by then-President Donald Trump was charged on Wednesday in a new, sophisticated fraud scheme …
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Aallyah Wright / Capital B:
A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won't Let Him Serve  —  For three years, Patrick Braxton says he has experienced harassment and intimidation after becoming the first Black mayor in Newbern, Alabama.  —  NEWBERN, Ala. — There's a power struggle in Newbern …
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden video mocking Marjorie Taylor Greene speech hit over 30M views in 12 hours  —  President Biden's video featuring clips from a Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) speech to tout his legislative accomplishments reached over 30 million views in 12 hours after it was posted on Tuesday evening …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Right-Wing Media Flocks to Jason Aldean's Defense After ‘Pro-Lynching’ Video Pulled  —  Conservative pundits and politicians promised to push the controversial song to the top of the charts over criticism that it's racist and advocates gun violence.  —  Conservatives are vigorously defending …
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Judge Nixes Trump Bid to Move Stormy Daniels Hush-Money Case to Federal Court  —  The judge said Donald Trump “improperly invoked” a U.S. code in an attempt to have his case moved.  —  A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Donald Trump's hush-money case involving Stormy Daniels would remain …
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Aara'L Yarber / Washington Post:
Gene variant may be why some test positive for virus with no covid symptoms  —  Scientists found a common version of an immunity gene that seems to help some people clear the coronavirus faster  —  Scientists have found a version of a particular gene that may explain why some people …
Discussion: Nature, The Daily Beast, TIME, NBC News and UPI
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CBS News:
IRS whistleblower in Hunter Biden case says he “felt handcuffed” during 5-year probe  —  The Internal Revenue Service case agent who handled “95%” of the tax evidence in the Hunter Biden investigation told CBS News that he “felt handcuffed” during the five-year probe and blocked from pursuing leads …
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come  —  James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’  —  The world is shifting towards a superheated climate not seen in the past 1m years …
Discussion: The Messenger
NBC News:
Schumer says he's open to giving Sen. Tuberville a vote on the military's abortion policy  —  Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has held up military promotions for months over his objection to a Defense Department abortion policy, saying he wants a “standalone vote.”
Isabela Espadas Barros Leal / NBC News:
Colorado children's hospital halts gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients  —  Children's Hospital Colorado said it never offered these surgeries to minors and will continue to provide other gender-affirming treatments such as hormone therapy.  —  Children's Hospital Colorado halts gender-affirming surgeries
Discussion: Denver Post, The Messenger and KUSA-TV
Isabella Ramirez / The Daily Beast:
GOP Florida Rep Accused of Sexual Harassment Allegedly Bit, Berated People  —  Rep. Fabian Basabe (R-FL), accused of sexual harassment in a lawsuit by two male ex-staffers, has an extensive history of bad behavior spanning nearly two decades, the Miami Herald reported.
Discussion: Miami Herald and Raw Story
Julia Rock / The Lever:
New GOP Bill Would Curb Biden's Power To Fight Climate Change  —  Republicans are trying to thwart the president's power to declare a climate emergency amid record-breaking heat.  —  As record heat and wildfire smoke engulf huge swaths of the country, President Joe Biden could free …
 
 
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Nick Perry / Associated Press:
Tourist who saw US soldier sprint to North Korea initially thought it was a stunt
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
DeSantis, others sued over alleged ‘election police’ voter intimidation
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and Raw Story
Zack Colman / Politico:
Kerry's trip to China yields no breakthrough on climate
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Kyrsten Sinema Is Still Paying Tulsi Gabbard's Sister a Fortune for Security
Discussion: Wonkette and Raw Story
David Smith / The Guardian:
Robert Kennedy Jr's racist, antisemitic and xenophobic views go back decades, report says
 

 
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