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7:30 AM ET, June 1, 2024

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Nicholas Grossman / The Bulwark:
Trump's Conviction Clarifies Things  —  IT IS NOW A LEGAL FACT that Donald Trump criminally falsified business records 34 times to cover up his attempt to hide an extramarital sexual affair.  He is a convicted felon.  —  On its own, this would be one of the biggest scandals in presidential history.
Discussion: New York Times, USA Today and Semafor
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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 …
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Visibly Distressed Putin Pals Shaken Up by Trump Verdict
Discussion: Raw Story
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Denounces ‘Reckless’ G.O.P. Efforts to Discredit Trump Conviction
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Trump will likely be allowed to vote, despite felony convictions
Barack Obama:
Statement on the Passing of Mrs. Marian Robinson from Barack and Michelle Obama, Craig and Kelly Robinson, and their children  —  Marian Lois Shields Robinson — our mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother — had a way of summing up the truths about life in a word or two …
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NBC News:
Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama's mother, dies at 86  —  Robinson became a fixture of the White House when she moved from her hometown of Chicago to help take care of her granddaughters during the Obama administration.  —  WASHINGTON — Former First Lady Michelle Obama's mother, Marian Robinson …
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 …
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Joedy McCreary / USA Today:
Debunking misinformation about Donald Trump's conviction in hush money trial |  Fact check  —  The first felony conviction of a former U.S. president has spawned a lot of discussion that strays from reality.  —  A jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of 34 charges …
Discussion: New York Times
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’
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:   Neighbor Claims Alito's Security Detail Was Used to Threaten Her
Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
8 GOP Senators Say They'll Slow Senate Even Further Because Of Trump Verdict  —  The threat could have an impact on the fall spending showdown and White House nominations ahead.  —  LOADING  —  Donald Trump's “guilty” verdict on 34 counts of falsifying business records in his hush money trial …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Democrats ding GOP's “blind loyalty” to Trump in new attacks
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Post
HuffPost:
Why Democrats Are Keeping A Low Profile On Trump's Guilty Verdict
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Stunning Guilty Verdict Shatters His Aura of Invincibility
Discussion: Off Message and Washington Monthly
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 …
Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
For Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels, a ‘vindicating’ moment at last  —  Trump's guilty verdict is welcomed by two unlikely star witnesses who faced years of doubt and derision.  —  The jury that found former president Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges delivered not only a historic verdict …
Discussion: New York Post and CBS News
CNBC:
Trump classified documents judge is target of more than 1,000 complaints, appeals court reveals … The Florida federal judge overseeing the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has been the target of more than 1,000 complaints in just one week …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war  —  President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war.
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CNN:
Biden says it's ‘time for this war to end’ as he lays out Israeli ceasefire proposal
Slate:
King Alito's Arrogance Has Reached Frightening New Levels  —  As the Supreme Court careens toward the explosive end of its term, Justice Samuel Alito keeps digging himself deeper into an ethics scandal that is equal parts comical and execrable.  Alito sent a letter to congressional Democrats …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump's post-conviction monologue was filled with false claims  —  Former President Donald Trump said he was going to hold a “press conference” on Friday in the wake of his Thursday conviction in Manhattan on felony charges of falsifying business records.
Discussion: New York Times, PolitiFact and Mediaite
 
 
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New York Times:
Biden Endorses Israeli Cease-Fire Proposal
Discussion: The Atlantic and Politico
Joshua Posaner / Politico:
Let Ukraine hit Russia with donated weapons, Finland's foreign minister says
Discussion: Politico
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Washington Post:
Trump suggests to oil donors he will fast-track their merger deals
Discussion: The Hill and Fox Business
Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Guilty verdict will likely not affect plans for intel briefings for Trump
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Texas Supreme Court rejects lawsuit over abortion ban exceptions
Discussion: AllSides Balanced and Ms. Magazine
Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion laws
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Joe Manchin leaves the Democratic Party, files as independent
 

 
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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