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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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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 …
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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The Daily Beast, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Mother Jones and Raw Story
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 — 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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The Moderate Voice, Arizona Mirror, Washington Post, New York Times, The Guardian, Election Law Blog and Salon
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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The dishonest — and ironic — push to blame campus protests on George Soros
The dishonest — and ironic — push to blame campus protests on George Soros
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New York Post, New Republic, RedState and Clayton Cramer
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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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
Anjali Huynh / New York Times:
'Where's Cricket?' Don't Ask. Kristi Noem Defends Killing Her Dog. — In a forthcoming book, the South Dakota governor, seen as a potential vice-presidential pick, tells of shooting her hunting dog. And a goat. — Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota on Friday defended a story included …
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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 …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Court upholds New York law that says ISPs must offer $15 broadband — New York obtains significant win for states' ability to regulate broadband. — A federal appeals court today reversed a ruling that prevented New York from enforcing a law requiring Internet service providers to sell $15 broadband plans to low-income consumers.
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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 …
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Washington Post and The Hill
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 …
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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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Washington Examiner, Nebraska Examiner, ABC News, The Hill, PoliticusUSA and 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 …
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New York Times:
Biden, Asked if He's Planning to Debate Trump, Says ‘I Am’
Biden, Asked if He's Planning to Debate Trump, Says ‘I Am’
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