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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 …
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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.
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New York Times:
The G.O.P. Push for Post-Verdict Payback: ‘Fight Fire With Fire’ — Republican leaders in and out of government are publicly pushing to prosecute Democrats as legal retribution for Donald Trump's felony conviction. — Republican allies of Donald J. Trump are calling for revenge prosecutions …
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Washington Post:
GOP plans aggressive ‘weaponization’ investigations in wake of Trump conviction
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Taylor Orth / YouGov:
After the Trump verdict, most Republicans say they're OK with having a criminal as president
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New Jersey Online
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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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
How Biden's new order to halt asylum at the US border is supposed to work
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Spencer Brown / Townhall:
Sen. John Kennedy Sums Up Biden's Border Executive Order As Only He Can
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Associated Press:
Biden rolls out migration order that aims to shut down asylum requests, after months of anticipation
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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 …
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NOTUS:
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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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: GOP campaign arm's birth control message
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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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USA Today, The Times of Israel and Middle East Monitor
Brendan Cole / Newsweek:
Russia's Gas Giant Reports Costly Impact of Putin's War — The gas giant Gazprom, which has been an engine of Russia's economy, will pay a decadelong price for Russian leader — 's invasion of Ukraine. — The U.K. newspaper Financial Times reported Wednesday that it had seen research commissioned …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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.
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Axios, Newsmax and Washington Post
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 …
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 …
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The Colorado Sun, Mock Paper Scissors, Raw Story, Mediaite and New Republic
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 …
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Raw Story, The Kyiv Independent, Washington Examiner and Mediaite
Politico:
Trump, days after his own trial, stays mostly quiet on Hunter Biden — It's a surprise given how the former president previously attacked him. — After years of using Hunter Biden's legal and personal dramas to bash his father, former President Donald Trump and his campaign have been largely silent …
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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
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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 …
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OutsideTheBeltway, HuffPost, Daily Kos and National Review
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 …
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.
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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 …
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