Top Items:
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, Washington Post, Mock Paper Scissors, Newsmax, Raw Story and CNN
RELATED:
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
Why Trump's rhetoric about imprisoning his political foes matters
Discussion:
Digby's Hullabaloo and Washington Post
Taylor Orth / YouGov:
After the Trump verdict, most Republicans say they're OK with having a criminal as president
After the Trump verdict, most Republicans say they're OK with having a criminal as president
Discussion:
Mock Paper Scissors and New Jersey Online
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:
The Guardian, New Republic and Raw Story
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 …
Discussion:
Newsweek, Breitbart, New Republic, WHNT-TV, The Daily Signal, UPI, Mediaite and The White House
RELATED:
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
How Biden's new order to halt asylum at the US border is supposed to work
How Biden's new order to halt asylum at the US border is supposed to work
Discussion:
Fox News, Florida Phoenix, Reuters, Reason and Semafor
Associated Press:
Biden rolls out migration order that aims to shut down asylum requests, after months of anticipation
Biden rolls out migration order that aims to shut down asylum requests, after months of anticipation
Discussion:
Politico, NBC News, ACLU, Newsbusters, NPR, New York Times, The White House, Ms. Magazine, Washington Examiner, Reason, CBS News, Breitbart, The Mahablog, New Republic, Chicago Sun Times, HotAir, The Daily Caller, Boston Herald, OSV News, Religion News Service, City & State New York, Axios, Al Jazeera, New Hampshire Bulletin, The Gateway Pundit, HuffPost, MLive.com, New York Times, Roll Call, One America News Network, Magnolia Tribune, The Texas Tribune, CNBC, Fox News, ABC News, Bloomberg, Source New Mexico, USA Today, PBS NewsHour, Raw Story, Washington Free Beacon, lawprofessors.typepad.com and DCReport.org
Spencer Brown / Townhall:
Sen. John Kennedy Sums Up Biden's Border Executive Order As Only He Can
Sen. John Kennedy Sums Up Biden's Border Executive Order As Only He Can
Discussion:
NRCC, RedState, Committee on Homeland Security, The Daily Caller and Washington Examiner
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
RELATED:
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.
Discussion:
NPR, Politico, New York Times and Washington Examiner
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: GOP campaign arm's birth control message
Scoop: GOP campaign arm's birth control message
Discussion:
The Guardian, ABC News and The Daily Caller
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 …
Discussion:
Deadline, KTVX-TV, IJR, Talking Points Memo, The Transom, Twitchy, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, New Jersey Online, National Review, RedState, Mediaite, Fox News, New York Post, Power Line, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, Politico and Daily Kos
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:
Twin Cities
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.
Discussion:
USA Today, Haaretz, The Times of Israel, Working Class Solidarity and Middle East Monitor
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
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.
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
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 …
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 …
Discussion:
No More Mister Nice Blog
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 …
Discussion:
The Guardian, Fox News, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post
RELATED:
Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
‘You Nazi piece of s—’: Hunter Biden's wife confronts Trump ally in hallway outside gun trial
‘You Nazi piece of s—’: Hunter Biden's wife confronts Trump ally in hallway outside gun trial
Discussion:
New York Post, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Washington Times, RedState, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Daily Beast
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion:
OutsideTheBeltway, HuffPost and Daily Kos