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10:10 AM ET, June 5, 2024

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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The facts about Biden's new immigration policy  —  On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced executive actions that would impose sweeping changes to how the nation treats asylum seekers.  Anyone who attempts to cross the border outside of a designated port of entry will be considered presumptively ineligible …
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The White House:
A Proclamation on Securing the Border  —  There are more people around the world who are displaced from their homes today than at any point in time since World War II.  Many factors have contributed to this problem.  Failing regimes and dire economic conditions afflict many countries, including several in the Western Hemisphere.
Associated Press:
Biden rolls out migration order that aims to shut down asylum requests, after months of anticipation
Axios:
Scoop: Trump's protectors push Johnson for House vote … - Conservatives want a floor vote on a bill that would allow current or former presidents to move any state case brought against them — such as the one in New York that resulted in Trump's conviction — to federal court, according to multiple House Republican sources.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
GOP plans aggressive ‘weaponization’ investigations in wake of Trump conviction
Discussion: HuffPost
Politico:
Playbook: Inside Dems' Bibi breach  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  IN MEMORIAM — Ben White, a longtime POLITICO reporter and Morning Money author who also worked for CNBC, the NYT, the FT, WaPo and The Messenger, died Saturday at 52 …
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Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
‘You Nazi piece of s—’: Hunter Biden's wife confronts Trump ally in hallway outside gun trial
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: MAGA's jail plan … Nowhere would that be truer than at the Justice Department, which Trump wants to make his fief and retribution arm.  —  Bannon told us Bragg could be targeted using the 14th Amendment (equal protection) and Fourth Amendment (outlawing unreasonable searches …
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Times:   The G.O.P. Push for Post-Verdict Payback: ‘Fight Fire With Fire’
Wall Street Journal:
Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping  —  Participants in meetings said the 81-year-old president performed poorly at times.  The White House said Biden is sharp and his critics are playing partisan politics.  —  WASHINGTON—When President Biden met with congressional leaders …
Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War  —  Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel's military, according to officials and documents about the effort.
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It's Not an Accident That So Many GOP Senate Candidates Are Rich … Tim Sheehy's victory in Montana's GOP primary Tuesday means national Republicans are dependent on a candidate with little political experience but a lot of money to win a key race for majority control of the Senate.
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emptywheel:
Gaps and Forms: Hunter Biden's Defense  —  The first day of the Hunter Biden trial revealed a lot about gaps in the prosecution's case and Abbe Lowell's plan to mount a defense.  —  As this post will show, it will be easier for prosecutors to prove Count 3, Possession of a Firearm by a Drug User …
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Bloomberg:
Hunter Biden Didn't ‘Knowingly’ Lie to Buy Gun, Lawyer Says
Politico:
Ethics panel probes Rep. Spartz over staff abuse claims  —  The Indiana Republican has drastically cut staff pay and communicated ‘with complete and total rage,’ according to complaints.  —  The House Ethics Committee has made preliminary inquiries into Rep. Victoria Spartz's treatment …
Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:
Colorado Republican Party issues call to burn all Pride flags  —  The party's shift toward extremism continued with a nod to an infamous anti-gay slur and an invitation to burn Pride flags.  —  COLORADO, USA — The Colorado Republican Party marked the start of Pride Month with a mass email attacking …
NBC News:
'It's very possible': Trump floats imprisoning his political opponents  —  Discussing his guilty verdict, Trump said his opponents were going down a “terrible path.”  —  Fresh off last week's historic guilty verdict, former President Donald Trump had a warning for his political opponents on Tuesday.
Discussion: Axios, Newsmax and Washington Post
Jessica Glenza / The Guardian:
US maternal mortality rate far higher than in peer nations, report finds  —  Alarming disparities persist, particularly between white and Black mothers, according to new report by Commonwealth Fund  —  The US has a far higher rate of maternal mortality than other peer wealthy nations …
Discussion: CBS News, Singal-Minded and UPI
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Dem groups to pour millions into downballot races in battleground states … - Money is already pouring into the same swing states, which will be critical to President Biden's re-election. … - The National Democratic Redistricting Committee and the States Project …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Alito's the tip of the iceberg: More Republicans wave Christian nationalist flag despite MAGA threat  —  Nothing innocent about the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, especially when Trump calls for the right's “breaking point”  —  When news broke late last month that Justice Samuel Alito had an …
New York Times:
Trump Super PAC Says It Took In Nearly $70 Million in May  —  In a memo for donors obtained by The New York Times, the group also said it viewed Pennsylvania as critical to the Trump campaign's success in November.  —  The original super PAC supporting Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign plans …
Discussion: NBC News
Kyler Alvord / People:
Donald Trump Is Banned from 37 Countries as Convicted Felon, Including Major Allies Like Canada and U.K.  —  If elected president again, Trump would need special permission to enter several key countries for maintaining foreign relations  —  Donald Trump may face travel restrictions …
CREW:
Bankrolling the Big Lie  —  Since the earliest months after the January 6, 2021 insurrection, CREW's “This sedition is brought to you by...” tracker has been bringing accountability to the corporate PACs and industry groups that funnel money into the Sedition Caucus—those 147 members of Congress …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Group that aided climate plan is lukewarm on Biden … - But Biden's position on college protests and the Israel-Hamas war, as well as his approval of some fossil fuel projects, is leaving some folks decidedly apathetic about supporting him in 2024. … - For now, the group is taking a wait-and-see approach.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court remains the linchpin of Trumpworld's push for power
Discussion: Raw Story
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
James Comer Helped a Donor Get Chinese Hemp. What They Got Tested as Marijuana
Discussion: Raw Story
Rachel Poser / New York Times:
Ibram X. Kendi Faces a Reckoning of His Own
CBS News:
Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's ex-interpreter, pleads guilty to stealing millions from him
Rachel Schilke / Washington Examiner:
House passes ICC sanctions resolution with 42 Democrats breaking from party
US Department of Justice:
White Supremacist Sentenced for Federal Hate Crimes for Conspiracy Targeting Black and Jewish People and Desecrating Michigan Synagogue with Neo-Nazi Symbols
Discussion: UPI
 Earlier Items: 
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
X Corp. asks Supreme Court to review process that led Jack Smith to obtain Trump Twitter files
Justin Glawe / Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Sue to Allow Election Officials to Refuse to Certify Results
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump asks judge to terminate gag order in hush money case
Discussion: CBS News and Raw Story
MSNBC:
The case for imprisoning Donald Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Massimo Calabresi / TIME:
‘We Are the World Power.’ How Joe Biden Leads
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020
 

 
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Bill Donahue / Billboard:
Drake launches legal action against UMG and Spotify for allegedly using bots, payola, and more to inflate Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us, a track attacking Drake

 
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