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1:20 PM ET, June 5, 2024

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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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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and New Jersey Online
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's rhetoric about imprisoning his political foes matters
Washington Post:
GOP plans aggressive ‘weaponization’ investigations in wake of Trump conviction
Discussion: HuffPost
Axios:
Scoop: Trump's protectors push Johnson for House vote
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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
Lauren Weber / Washington Post:
Conservative attacks on birth control could threaten access  —  Far-right conservatives are sowing misinformation that inaccurately characterizes IUDs, emergency contraception, even birth-control pills as causing abortions  —  Republican lawmakers in Missouri blocked a bill to widen access …
Discussion: Democrats
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Financial Times and Twin Cities
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
MSNBC Host Chris Hayes Guffaws At Matt Gaetz's ‘Law’ Defense Of Trump  —  The cable news channel has been yukking it up lately at Republican antics.  —  LOADING  —  MSNBC's Chris Hayes on Tuesday nearly busted a gut laughing at Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for his declaration that he loves the law and has given his life for it.
Discussion: Mediaite, Above the Law and IJR
Associated Press:
Gunman captured after shootout outside US Embassy in Lebanon  —  The Lebanese army said Wednesday a gunman attempted to attack the U.S. embassy near Beirut.  The Lebanese military in a statement said that soldiers shot an assailant, who they only described as a Syrian national.
Milan Singh / Slow Boring:
Most young people aren't liberals  —  We have the same concerns as the rest of the electorate … Joe Biden is losing ground with young voters.  —  In 2020, Biden won 60% of voters aged 18-29, compared to 37% for Trump and 3% for third parties, according to figures from Catalist.
Discussion: NPR and RedState
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 …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Alabama federal judges forced LGBTQ advocates into a long, secretive “inquiry”  —  Part 1: An April 2022 order questioning if LGBTQ civil rights lawyers engaged in “judge shopping” in challenging an anti-transgender law prompted a two-year investigation.
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 …
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn starts PAC after losing House run  —  The PAC will back candidates running against pro-Trump Republicans.  —  Harry Dunn, the former Capitol Police officer who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 and unsuccessfully ran for a House seat in Maryland last month …
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CREW:   Bankrolling the Big Lie
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
Politico:
Suddenly Trump's got nothing to say about 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 …
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 …
NBC News:
Donald Trump to attend private meeting with Business Roundtable weeks after conviction  —  President Joe Biden was also invited but will be on a foreign trip at the time, so the White House chief of staff is addressing the group in his place.  —  Former President Donald Trump will attend …
Laura Nahmias / Bloomberg:
NYC's Job Boom Is Fueled by Taxpayer-Funded $38,280 Health Gigs  — Almost all the gains were in publicly funded home health care  — Construction, manufacturing, retail lag behind 2020 levels  —  New York Mayor Eric Adams likes to boast that since he took office in January 2022 …
Discussion: IJR
 
 
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Alarming Report Warns Of 'Greatest Threat To American Democracy You've Never Heard Of'
Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
House Republican uses AOC's insult to rip silence on 2 cops shot allegedly by migrant gang member: ‘Baby girl’
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Michael Isikoff / SpyTalk:
Kushner's Deal with Pro-Russia Serbs Raises Hackles
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrea Bernstein / ProPublica:
What Donald Trump's Criminal Trial Reveals About a Potential Second Trump Administration
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Group that aided climate plan is lukewarm on Biden
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Alito's the tip of the iceberg: More Republicans wave Christian nationalist flag despite MAGA threat
New York Times:
Trump Super PAC Says It Took In Nearly $70 Million in May
Discussion: Bloomberg, NBC News and Quartz
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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.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
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