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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Shocker From Top Conservative Judge: Trump Likely To Skate Completely — “I'm profoundly disturbed about the apparent direction of the court,” J. Michael Luttig told me. “I now believe that it is unlikely Trump will ever be tried for the crimes he committed in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.”
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The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Bloomberg Law, Alternet.org, New York Times, Washington Post and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump immunity fight turns Supreme Court textualists topsy-turvy — “It sure ain't originalism,” one critic said. — The Supreme Court's conservatives often accuse liberals of inventing provisions nowhere to be found in the Constitution. Now, the fingers are pointed in the other direction.
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The Daily Caller and Axios
Eugen Rochko / Mastodon Blog:
Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit — As part of our commitment to supporting the growth and operational capabilities of Mastodon, we have established a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity in the United States aimed at facilitating our efforts, including being able to receive tax-deductible U.S. donations and in-kind support.
CNN:
Barr, who said Trump shouldn't be near Oval Office, says he will vote for him in 2024 — Former Attorney General Bill Barr, who previously said that Donald Trump shouldn't be near the Oval Office, told CNN's Kaitlan Collins Friday that he would vote for the former president over President Joe Biden in the 2024 election.
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Salon, The Daily Beast, New York Post, Digby's Hullabaloo, Mediaite, BizPac Review, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Mother Jones and Political Wire
Kira Lerner / The Guardian:
A physician, a lawyer, a CEO: the 84 fake electors who allegedly tried to steal the 2020 election — With a new indictment this week, 36 have been criminally charged and 10 face a civil lawsuit - but seven hold office — With the indictment announced in Arizona this week …
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Media Matters for America, Associated Press and WBUR
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
RNC's ‘election integrity’ lawyer charged with election crimes
RNC's ‘election integrity’ lawyer charged with election crimes
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The Moderate Voice, Arizona Mirror, Washington Post, New York Times, The Guardian, Election Law Blog and Salon
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
GOP urges Secret Service to move protesters from park near convention arena — The Republican Party is urging the Secret Service to move protesters farther away from the arena in Milwaukee where the party will hold its convention in July, according to a letter sent to the agency Friday and reviewed by The Washington Post.
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Washington Examiner and USA Today
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
G.O.P. Asks Secret Service to Move Protesters Away From Convention Venue
G.O.P. Asks Secret Service to Move Protesters Away From Convention Venue
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Washington Times and The Hill
Charles Homans / New York Times:
How Trump's Rhetoric at Rallies Has Escalated — No major American presidential candidate has talked like he now does at his rallies — not Richard Nixon, not George Wallace, not even Donald Trump himself. — Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Greensboro, N.C., in March.
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Outside the Beltway, Washington Examiner and Alternet.org
Adrian Horton / The Guardian:
‘Demolishing democracy’: how much danger does Christian nationalism pose? — Documentary Bad Faith looks at the history of a group trying to affect and corrupt politics under the guise of religion — Bad Faith, a new documentary on the rise of Christian nationalism in the United States …
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Alternet.org
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Britain's Conservative Party, like the U.S. Republican Party, is in turmoil — Five years after a landslide victory, Britain's Conservative Party is deeply divided and appears headed towards one of its worst defeats in a generation — LONDON — Five years ago, Britain's Conservative Party scored …
David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump is now blasting RFK Jr. for taking support from him — WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump is now going all-out against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., amid polls that indicate the independent candidate would take more votes than Trump than incumbent President Joe Biden.
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Breitbart, Washington Examiner, ballot-access.org, The Hill and Raw Story
Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Columbia Bars Student Protester Who Said 'Zionists Don't Deserve to Live' — After video surfaced on social media, the student, Khymani James, said on Friday that his comments were wrong. — Columbia University has barred from its campus a leader in the pro-Palestinian student protest encampment …
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Dharna Noor / The Guardian:
Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear — Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts — Climate experts fear Donald Trump will follow a blueprint created by his allies …
Wall Street Journal:
Putin Didn't Directly Order Alexei Navalny's February Death, U.S. Spy Agencies Find — The finding, which doesn't absolve the Russian leader of ultimate responsibility, deepens the mystery surrounding the dissident's death at an Arctic gulag
Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
D.C. police rejected GWU's plea to sweep out university protesters — D.C. police rejected pleas from George Washington University officials to clear pro-Palestinian demonstrators out of an on-campus encampment early Friday morning, saying they worried about the optics of moving …
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