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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
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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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
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
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
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, New York Times, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Al-Monitor and Twitchy
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
Politico:
US greenlights $60M in military assistance to Haiti amid rampant gang violence — The move is seen as an apparent attempt to go around Republican oversight efforts. — The Biden administration has approved a $60 million military aid package to help Haiti quell violent gangs wreaking havoc in the country …
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New York Times
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:
There's progress reported in Gaza truce talks, but Israel downplays chances of ending war with Hamas — In Rafah, Civil Defense members evacuated injured victims from the building hit by the strike, and carried away the bodies of those killed. At Al Aqsa hospital, mourners prayed over the bodies of those killed in the strike.
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Washington Examiner, CBS News, New York Post, Los Angeles Times and The Times of Israel
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
Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press:
A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them — It was Election Day last November, and one of Georgia's top election officials saw that reports of a voting machine problem in an eastern Pennsylvania county were gaining traction online.
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PoliticusUSA
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