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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Visibly Distressed Putin Pals Shaken Up by Trump Verdict — ‘THEY WRONGED OUR DONALD’ — Kremlin state TV propagandists couldn't hide dismay over Trump's conviction but they confirmed that Russia is still desperate for him to win back the White House. — Russian state-controlled media …
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump Bungled the Trial — A conviction wasn't inevitable. — It may not have been the trial that the country deserves, but it's the trial that we got. — On Thursday, Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to become a convicted felon thanks to a jury of 12 New Yorkers.
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Elie Honig / New York Magazine:
Prosecutors Got Trump — But They Contorted the Law — The first time I ever took a jury verdict, I almost passed out. I was a brand-new prosecutor, 29 years old, and had just given my first closing argument a few days earlier. Since then, the trial team and I had been whiling away our time …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
‘I Want To See Lists of Which Democrats Are Going to Prison’ — It's a different world than the one we woke up in yesterday: Donald Trump has been convicted on all charges in his New York hush money/business records trial. The rest of the cases against him might not be wrapped up before the November election—or ever, if he wins.
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Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump gets a SIX-POINT bump in approval after being found guilty on 34 counts according to snap Daily Mail poll: ‘I think it was a waste of taxpayer money’ — JL Partners used a panel of 403 likely voters to asses the impact of guilty verdict — The results showed an improvement in Trump's favorability ratings
Reuters:
Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict — Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump supporters try to doxx jurors and post violent threats after his conviction — On social media and web forums, users called for jurors, judges and prosecutors to be killed after the former president was found guilty on 34 felony counts. — WASHINGTON — The 34 felony guilty verdicts returned Thursday …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A possibility many Republicans won't consider: Trump did something wrong — What if the indictments and the investigations were not, as Trump insists, political attacks but, instead, a valid response to Trump's actions? — When Alvin Bragg first announced his candidacy to serve …
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Jacob Kaye / Queens Daily Eagle:
Queens man convicted — Former Jamaica Estates resident Donald Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury on Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business records in an effort to cover up a sex scandal he feared would ruin his chances of winning the 2016 presidential election.
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Trump will likely be allowed to vote, despite felony convictions
Trump will likely be allowed to vote, despite felony convictions
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Stunning Guilty Verdict Shatters His Aura of Invincibility
Trump's Stunning Guilty Verdict Shatters His Aura of Invincibility
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
At a Moment of National Trauma, Biden Feels Compelled to Stay on the Sidelines
At a Moment of National Trauma, Biden Feels Compelled to Stay on the Sidelines
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Guilt Complex: Trump's Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem
Guilt Complex: Trump's Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem
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New York Times:
Donald Trump, Felon
Donald Trump, Felon
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Matthew Xiao / Washington Free Beacon:
Vulnerable Red State Dem Senators Mum on Trump Verdict
Vulnerable Red State Dem Senators Mum on Trump Verdict
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Bloomberg:
Wall Street Billionaires Are Rushing to Back Trump, Verdict Be Damned
Wall Street Billionaires Are Rushing to Back Trump, Verdict Be Damned
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
RFK Jr. slams Trump verdict: ‘Profoundly undemocratic’
RFK Jr. slams Trump verdict: ‘Profoundly undemocratic’
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Axios:
America's seething right
America's seething right
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Sometimes, the system works
Sometimes, the system works
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HuffPost:
Why Democrats Are Keeping A Low Profile On Trump's Guilty Verdict
Why Democrats Are Keeping A Low Profile On Trump's Guilty Verdict
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Elon Musk Is Absolutely Raging About the Trump Verdict
Elon Musk Is Absolutely Raging About the Trump Verdict
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Despite conviction, Donald Trump vows to fight on
Despite conviction, Donald Trump vows to fight on
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Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Trump's appeal of hush money verdict to focus on Stormy Daniels testimony
Trump's appeal of hush money verdict to focus on Stormy Daniels testimony
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Reuters:
Trump says he will appeal historic conviction
Trump says he will appeal historic conviction
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Johnson urges Supreme Court to “step in” on Trump verdict … - Trump's legal team has said they plan to appeal, though they would first have to go through New York appellate courts before reaching the U.S. Supreme Court. … - “I think that the Justices on the court - I know many of them personally …
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Andrew Gumbel / The Guardian:
Neighbors say Alitos used security detail car to intimidate them after sign dispute — Emily Baden says after a disagreement over political lawn signs with the US supreme court justice's wife, a black car began parking at her mother's home — Neighbors of Samuel Alito and his wife described …
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Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
Neighbor Claims Alito's Security Detail Was Used to Threaten Her — A MESSAGE — Emily Baden, who used to live in the same suburban D.C. cul-de-sac as Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, has claimed in an interview with the Guardian that the justice's security detail was used to intimidate Baden and her family on multiple occasions.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Joe Manchin leaves the Democratic Party, files as independent — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) officially left the Democratic Party on Friday and registered as an independent. — Why it matters: Manchin, who flirted with an independent presidential bid earlier this year, has said he's not running for Senate re-election.
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Lisa Rathke / Associated Press:
Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change — Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather.
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Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion laws — The court ruled against 20 women who said they were denied medically necessary abortions, saying the medical exceptions in the law were broad enough. — The Texas Supreme Court has unanimously rejected the most significant challenge …
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New York Times:
Biden Endorses Israeli Cease-Fire Proposal — Israel has offered a comprehensive new proposal. It's a road map to an enduring cease-fire and the release of all hostages. This proposal has been transmitted by Qatar to Hamas. This is truly a decisive moment. Israel has made their proposal.