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Politico:
Playbook: Inside NBC's McDaniel meltdown  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SUDDENLY HE'S EVERYWHERE — “Big Republican Donor Jeff Yass Owned Shares in Trump Media Merger Partner,” by NYT's Matthew Goldstein: “JEFF YASS …
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
NBC's McDaniel mess threatens to explode  —  Network insiders are watching to see if more hosts and contributors speak out about the ex-RNC chair's hiring.  —  The uproar inside NBC over Ronna McDaniel's hiring spilled into Monday morning as more of the network's top personalities denounced …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Why Chuck Todd's Scorcher Against NBC Matters  —  The revolving door between political operatives and the mainstream media has been spinning for decades.  —  As if responding to an alarm setting on a cosmic, biological clock, the press and its minders set to ringing and clanging bloody murder …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Open Revolt at NBC as ‘Morning Joe’ Joins the Ronna McDaniel Pile-On  —  ‘RECONSIDER’  —  NBC journos have been publicly blasting their own network for hiring the former RNC chair most infamous for her election denialism and Trump sycophancy.  —  The stars of MSNBC's Morning Joe kicked off Monday …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Ronna McDaniel quickly demonstrates that her view isn't worth the cost  —  There's not a lot of value for journalists in interviewing an echo.  Instead of standing inside a canyon trying to ask follow-up questions of the words bouncing off the walls around you, better to just go to the source.
Savannah Kuchar / USA Today:
‘Our bosses owe you an apology’: NBC anchor bashes network on air for hiring former RNC chair
New York Times:
Trump Can Post Smaller Bond in Civil Fraud Case, Court Rules  —  The former president must post a bond of $175 million within 10 days as he appeals the $454 million judgment against him.  —  With Donald J. Trump on the clock to secure a nearly half-billion-dollar bond in his civil fraud case …
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
'No one's ever seen a bond this size': Eric Trump criticises $454m judgment against his father
UN News:
UPDATING LIVE: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan  —  The UN Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and “the urgent need to expand the flow” of aid into Gaza.
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Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Netanyahu cancels trip to Washington to protest United Nations call for cease-fire in Gaza
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Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Abortion pill challenge gives Supreme Court chance to move toward national abortion ban
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Democrats are counting on abortion rights to win this battleground state
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Melissa Segura / The Guardian:
The next Clarence Thomas? Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife's shadowy connections
Discussion: Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The secret to changing Trump's mind  —  On August 6, 2020, then-President Donald Trump issued an executive order “addressing the threat posed by TikTok,” the popular social network run by ByteDance, a Chinese company.  According to Trump's executive order, TikTok “automatically captures vast swaths …
Discussion: The Hill
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Newly released transcripts reveal a MAGA betrayal: Donald Trump never cared about Ashli Babbitt  —  Trump now hypes her as a January 6 martyr, but when he was told of Babbitt's death, there was “no, like, reaction”  —  Nine people died as a result of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection that Republicans pretend was a “normal tourist visit.”
Washington Post:
Live updates Hearing on new evidence in Trump N.Y. hush money case  —  New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan began a hearing this morning about a late release of more than 100,000 pages of potential evidence in former president Donald Trump's trial over 2016 hush money payments.
David Cay Johnston / New Republic:
Today Is the Day That 50 Years of Grifting Finally Comes to an End  —  Have you ever seen a millionaire begging for $5?  Me neither.  Yet I just watched Donald Trump in an internet video pleading for $5, or $10, or “even $25” from his supporters.  That's a pitch aimed at the people Trump says he loves …
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Jim Jordan Gets Flustered As Simple Question Turns Awkward On ‘60 Minutes’  —  The Ohio lawmaker was asked about Donald Trump's debunked claims about the 2020 election.  —  LOADING  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) seemed to have an uncomfortable moment on “60 Minutes” during Sunday night's segment on social media disinformation.
Discussion: New Republic, The Guardian and Mediaite
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Forensic psychiatrist on physical signs of Trump's mental decline: “Changes in movement and gait”  —  “His walk appears wide-based,” Dr. Elizabeth Zoffman notes of Trump.  “He has developed a swing of his right leg.”  —  Donald Trump's obvious public challenges with speech, language, and thinking are continuing to get worse.
Discussion: Raw Story
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Trump calls on Republicans to take out DeSantis' lone Florida supporter in Congress  —  Rep. Laurel Lee previously served as the state's chief election officer — and refused demands to audit the 2020 election.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Former President Donald Trump wants a Republican …
 
 
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New Jersey Globe:
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The Hollywood Reporter:
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