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Slate:
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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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.
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 …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Conservative Legal Philosophy Was All a Lie, Too  —  Great analysis of yesterday's oral arguments across The Bulwark: Kim Wehle was on the site and then talked with Mona and Gregg Nunziata on the livestream.  Sarah and George Conway did an emergency pod.  Andrew Egger had good stuff in Morning Shots.
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 …
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Trump's criminal charges and Biden's age rank as voters' top worries about the candidates
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
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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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Potential Trump VP Pick Brags That She Murdered a Puppy She Hated  —  Donald Trump's shortlist for his running mate is full of the right wing's worst political stars—aside from himself, that is.  But reported vice presidential hopeful Kristi Noem has one skeleton in her closet—er, in the woods—that will not be helpful in the polls.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Kristi Noem Describes Executing Puppy She ‘Hated’ in New Book
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Noem Reportedly Describes Executing Her Pet in New Book: ‘I Hated That Dog’
Discussion: Raw Story
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Biden Taunts Trump, Calling Him a ‘Loser,’ Trying to Get Under His Skin  —  President Biden has been trying to hit his opponent where it hurts, critiquing everything from his hairstyle to his energy levels in court.  —  This week, one presidential candidate has called the other a loser …
Discussion: Forbes and RedState
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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 …
New York Times:
Biden, Asked if He's Planning to Debate Trump, Says ‘I Am’
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 …
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida GOP Rep. Posey abruptly announces retirement  —  He first won his deep-red seat in 2008.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) abruptly announced on Friday that he will not seek reelection, after initially planning to run for another term.
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Bill Posey for Congress:
Bill Posey Announces Retirement, Endorses Mike Haridopolos
Discussion: Axios
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 …
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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The dishonest — and ironic — push to blame campus protests on George Soros  —  There is very obviously an element of opposition to the ongoing protests on college campuses that is rooted in familiar partisan rhetoric.  The political right's hostility to college professors and insistences …
Discussion: Clayton Cramer
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Erwin Chemerinsky / The Atlantic:
No One Has a Right to Protest in My Home  —  The difference between a private yard and a public forum  —  as a constitutional scholar and the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, I strongly defend the right to speak one's mind in public forums.  But the rancorous debate over the Israel-Hamas war seems …
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
 
 
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David Smith / The Guardian:
‘A lot would have to go wrong for Biden to lose’: can Allan Lichtman predict the 2024 election?
Discussion: The Hill
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Donald Trump Jr. appreciates but rejects offer to run NRA
Discussion: The Reload
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Perry, a Far-Right Incumbent, Faces Shifting Political Ground in Pennsylvania
Discussion: Raw Story and Ballotpedia News
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Top Democrats pressed for Rahm Emanuel to lead Biden campaign
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Court is Corrupt.  Say It With Me.  —  I was watching cable news this afternoon at the gym.
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