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Brynn Tannehill / New Republic:
The Court Just Sealed Everyone's Fate, Including Its Own — This week, the Supreme Court managed to fail to meet the already extremely low expectations most sane people already had for it. First, during the Idaho EMTALA case on whether hospitals receiving federal funding can refuse …
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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.
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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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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
SCOTUS majority abandons conservative principles to mount bizarre defense of Trump's immunity claim
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
This Whole King Trump Thing Is Getting Awfully Literal
This Whole King Trump Thing Is Getting Awfully Literal
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump Melts Institutions, SCOTUS Edition
Trump Melts Institutions, SCOTUS Edition
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Former Capitol officer on Trump support of Jan. 6 rioters: 'He's a sick individual'
Former Capitol officer on Trump support of Jan. 6 rioters: 'He's a sick individual'
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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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Anjali Huynh / New York Times:
'Where's Cricket?' Don't Ask. Kristi Noem Defends Killing Her Dog.
'Where's Cricket?' Don't Ask. Kristi Noem Defends Killing Her Dog.
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Potential Trump VP Pick Brags That She Murdered a Puppy She Hated
Potential Trump VP Pick Brags That She Murdered a Puppy She Hated
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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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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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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 …
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New York Times:
Election Updates: Biden says he is ‘happy to’ debate Trump, a notable shift.
Election Updates: Biden says he is ‘happy to’ debate Trump, a notable shift.
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Gil Duran / New Republic:
The Tech Baron Seeking to “Ethnically Cleanse” San Francisco … To fully grasp the current situation in San Francisco, where venture capitalists are trying to take control of City Hall, you must listen to Balaji Srinivasan. Before you do, steel yourself for what's to come …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
RNC's ‘election integrity’ lawyer charged with election crimes — Christina Bobb is the lawyer overseeing the RNC's “election integrity” efforts. She was also just indicted by a grand jury for election-related crimes. — A total of 18 Republicans were indicted in Arizona yesterday as part …
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Sam Stein / Politico:
Maine Dems say they'll consider cutting off Trump's path, if Nebraska moves to hurt Biden — Converting the state's electoral votes to winner-take-all would likely erase any gains Trump would make in Nebraska. — If Nebraska Republicans changed their electoral college rules to help Donald Trump …
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Refusing To Go After David Pecker Raises Questions — Speculation has risen as to why Donald Trump has not risked violating his gag order to attack former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker following his damning testimony in the hush money trial.
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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 …
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
G.O.P. Asks Secret Service to Move Protesters Away From Convention Venue — The Republican National Committee said moving protesters farther away from the venue in Milwaukee would reduce the risk of confrontations. — The Republican Party sent a letter to the Secret Service on Friday urging …
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 …
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The Dispatch:
After RNC Shakeup, Trump Ground Game Could Be Compromised — Plus: A look at the Washington GOP's unconventional gubernatorial endorsement. — Happy Friday! And we better not bury the lead on the biggest political story of the day: Babydog, the English bulldog owned by Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia …
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 …