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Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Republican Praises Protest Hecklers, Including 1 Who Made Monkey Noises At Black Woman — A clip from the University of Mississippi shows a white counter-protester making the noises and gestures amid students' pro-Palestinian protest on campus. — LOADING
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Business Insider, The Hill, The Daily Mississippian, Raw Story, MeidasTouch and The Daily Beast
Emily Anderson Stern / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah trolled with 4,000 hoax reports of trans bathroom ban violations within days of reporting form launch — HB257, which took full effect Wednesday, requires the Utah auditor's office to receive and investigate complaints when government entities don't comply with the law.
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404 Media
Charles Homans / New York Times:
Politics Without Trump? His Youngest Fans Barely Remember It. — Democrats call Donald J. Trump dangerous. Republicans see him as revolutionary. For young Trump voters, he is just normal. — When Donald J. Trump held a rally in Rome, Ga., in March, his audience included …
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Raw Story
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Winning the super-haters — President Biden and former President Trump are in hot pursuit of a big — and possibly determinative — group of voters who loathe both men. … - That makes 2024 more similar to 2016 — when exit polls showed 18% of voters disliked both Trump and Hillary Clinton …
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Firebrand Ted Cruz Now Courts Democrats to Win Re-Election — Texas senator faces competitive contest against Colin Allred this fall — CYPRESS, Texas—There are two sides to Ted Cruz, the Republican senator says. — The self-described conservative warrior has opposed most big compromise legislation.
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Raw Story
Associated Press:
Senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in ‘full-blown famine’ — WASHINGTON — A top U.N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory.
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The Hill, Washington Post, USA Today, NBC News, Al Jazeera, New York Times, Associated Press, Al-Monitor and Twitchy
New York Times:
How Counterprotesters at U.C.L.A. Provoked Violence, Unchecked for Hours — The New York Times used videos filmed by journalists, witnesses and protesters to analyze hours of clashes — and a delayed police response — at a pro-Palestinian encampment on Tuesday.
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Los Angeles Times, Althouse, Agence France-Presse, Mediaite, Democracy Now and The Forward
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Democrats bracing for massive protests at party's August convention — As demonstrations over Gaza erupt at campuses across the country, Biden team faces prospect of chaotic scenes in Chicago. — As protests over the Israel-Gaza war sweep college campuses, pro-Palestinian activists …
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Washington Examiner and Boston Herald
Matt Egan / CNN:
Truth Social keeps shrinking despite the Trump trial and looming election — New York CNN — Former President Donald Trump hit the jackpot this spring when his social media company finally went public. — Even though Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) generates very little revenue …
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Hackwhackers, PoliticusUSA and Marketplace
Kyodo News+:
Japan disappointed by Biden's “xenophobic” comments — Japan has told the United States that President Joe Biden's recent remarks describing the Asian nation as “xenophobic” were disappointing, a source close to the matter said Friday. — The Japanese government told the U.S. side that Biden's comments …
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Al Jazeera, USA Today, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, One America News Network, Forbes, Politico, The Japan Times, Breitbart, BizPac Review, Semafor and Twitchy
Reuters:
Germany denounces rising political violence after MEP seriously hurt — German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser on Saturday vowed to fight a surge in violence against politicians after a German member of the European Parliament had to be taken to hospital after being attacked while campaigning for re-election.
Wall Street Journal:
Activist Groups Trained Students for Months Before Campus Protests — Left-wing groups and veteran demonstrators provided guidance and support before rise of pro-Palestinian encampments
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The Daily Caller
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Kristi Noem's New Book Falsely Says She Met Kim Jong-un — “I'm sure he underestimated me,” Ms. Noem writes of the North Korean leader in her forthcoming book. A spokesman said the error would be corrected. — The new book by Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota, a biography that will be released …
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USA Today, The Guardian, Florida Today, Rolling Stone, Associated Press, ABC News, The Hill and Vanity Fair
Associated Press:
Arizona GOP wins state high court appeal of sanctions for 2020 election challenge — The Arizona Supreme Court has reversed lower court rulings that held the Arizona Republican Party responsible for more than $27,000 in sanctions and Secretary of State office attorney fees spent defending …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Arizona Public Media and Chicago Sun Times