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We've Been Entertaining an Illusion About the Supreme Court. It's Finally Been Shattered. — There will be no more self-soothing after this. — For three long years, Supreme Court watchers mollified themselves (and others) with vague promises that when the rubber hit the road …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
This Whole King Trump Thing Is Getting Awfully Literal — Donald Trump's claim that he has absolute immunity for criminal acts taken in office as president is an insult to reason, an assault on common sense and a perversion of the fundamental maxim of American democracy: that no man is above the law.
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Dennis Aftergut / Salon:
SCOTUS majority abandons conservative principles to mount bizarre defense of Trump's immunity claim — Our justice system may leave Americans with one choice — Yesterday's message from the rightwing justices of the Supreme Court, particularly the male justices, was shocking to any believer in true …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump Melts Institutions, SCOTUS Edition — No topper to ease you in today; too much to get through. Happy Friday. — Where's SCOTUS Going? — How much should people freak out over Thursday's SCOTUS oral arguments about Trump's claims that he can't be prosecuted for election crimes due to presidential immunity?
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Former Capitol officer on Trump support of Jan. 6 rioters: 'He's a sick individual' — Michael Fanone, a former U.S. Capitol Police officer, called out former President Trump for continuing to call jailed rioters who stormed the Capitol on January 6 hostages and said he would pardon them if reelected.
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Samuel Alito's Resentment Goes Full Tilt on a Black Day for the Court … On the day Donald Trump took office in January 2017, pondering what he might do to the country's democratic norms and institutions, I wrote these words: “Trump will destroy them, if keeping Trump on top requires it. Or try to.
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Trumpification of the Supreme Court — This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. — The notion that Donald Trump's supporters believe that he should be able to overthrow the government and get away with it sounds like hyperbole …
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Presidential Immunity — Today, we focus on Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court …
Presidential Immunity — Today, we focus on Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court …
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Trump's criminal charges and Biden's age rank as voters' top worries about the candidates
Trump's criminal charges and Biden's age rank as voters' top worries about the candidates
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Getting What He Wants
Trump Is Getting What He Wants
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Axios:
Scoop: Biden changes walking routine to Marine One … - Weeks ago the president told aides that he'd prefer a less formal approach, a White House official told Axios. … White House staffers and reporters alike noticed the sudden change in Biden's walk routine beginning in mid-April …
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Kevin Fagan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Thieves snatch Rep. Adam Schiff's luggage in S.F. He gives dinner speech without a suit — Hello to the city, goodbye to your luggage. That was Senatorial candidate Adam Schiff's rude introduction to San Francisco's vexing reputation for car burglaries Thursday when thieves swiped the bags …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog - and goat - in new book — South Dakota governor includes bloody tale in campaign volume - and admits 'a better politician ... wouldn't tell the story here' — In 1952, as a Republican candidate for vice-president …
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Noem Reportedly Describes Executing Her Pet in New Book: ‘I Hated That Dog’
Noem Reportedly Describes Executing Her Pet in New Book: ‘I Hated That Dog’
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump's isolation deepens after his coup crew is hit with Arizona criminal indictments — The January 6 co-conspirators are likely too wrapped up in their criminal cases to help Trump with another coup — Because Donald Trump himself wasn't indicted, there was a surprisingly muted response …
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Fake electors find out in Arizona — These are not very bright people, and things got out of hand. — ∙ Paid … On Wednesday, the denizens of Trumpworld who were foolish enough to go along with Trump's hamfisted and illegal fake elector scheme in Arizona had a nine-count indictment dropped on their heads.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Allies Draw Up Plans to Blunt Fed's Independence — Some Trump advisers argue that the president should be consulted on interest-rate decisions
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Simone McCarthy / CNN:
Blinken tells CNN the US has seen evidence of China attempting to influence upcoming US elections — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US has seen evidence of Chinese attempts to “influence and arguably interfere” with the upcoming US elections, despite an earlier commitment from leader Xi Jinping not to do so.
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Simon Lewis / Reuters:
Blinken to meet Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing
Blinken to meet Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing
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Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Daimler Truck Workers in North Carolina Are Poised to Strike — A walkout by employees who make Freightliner trucks and Thomas Built buses would expand the U.A.W.'s campaigns in the South. — Workers who make trucks and buses for Daimler Truck in North Carolina appeared poised to strike …
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Inside the failed White House coup to oust Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre — WASHINGTON — Top aides to President Biden secretly hatched a plan this past fall to replace White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre by recruiting outside allies to nudge her out the door, The Post has learned.
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New York Times:
Election Updates: Biden says he is ‘happy to’ debate Trump, a notable shift. — Biden, asked if he's planning to debate Trump, says ‘I am happy to.’ — President Biden said on Friday that he would participate in a general-election debate with former President Donald J. Trump …
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Los Angeles Times:
USC cancels ‘main stage’ commencement ceremony — USC announced Thursday that it is canceling its main May commencement ceremony, capping a dramatic series of moves that began last week after it informed valedictorian Asna Tabassum, who had been opposed by pro-Israel groups, that she would not be delivering the traditional speech.
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
High School AD Framed Principal With Fake AI-Generated Racist Audio: Cops — BRAVE NEW WORLD — The alleged ploy led police to arrest and charge Dazhon Darien with theft, stalking, disruption of school operations, and retaliation against a witness. — A Maryland high school athletic director …
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