Going Retrograde  —  Today was an important day to be paying attention.  In many ways, we seem to be going backward.  Only our votes can ultimately change that.  —  Senate Republicans blocked a measure that would have created a federal right to contraception access today.

Clash Over Phone Hacking Article Preceded Exit of Washington Post Editor  —  Will Lewis, the chief executive of The Washington Post, objected to coverage of a legal development involving him in a phone hacking case.  —  Weeks before the embattled executive editor of The Washington Post abruptly resigned …

Judge to consider if ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon should begin prison sentence  —  Bannon was sentenced to four months in prisfor contempt of Congress.  —  Steve Bannon, former adviser to Donald Trump, during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 24, 2024.

Several Pa. House Republicans boo officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6  —  Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell were invited to Pennsylvania's House of Representatives — but several GOP lawmakers booed and some walked out, Democratic lawmakers said.  —  Two former law enforcement officers …

Judge Noreika Risks Narrowing Hunter Biden's Right to Confront His Accuser Even Further  —  Gordon Cleveland, the man who sold Hunter Biden a gun without seeing an ID with an address on it on October 12, 2018, did not finish testifying at the Hunter Biden trial yesterday.

The Billionaires Have Captured Donald Trump  —  One of the most enduring—and ridiculous—#Resistance narratives of the Trump era was the idea that the president of the United States was a literal Manchurian Candidate, a man who had been compromised for years (perhaps even decades) by a foreign power, namely Russia.

Trump: Critics saying he'd seek retribution are ‘wrong,’ but ‘I would have every right’ to go after opponents  —  Former President Trump told Fox News on Wednesday that critics claiming he'd seek retribution against political opponents are “wrong,” but he would have “every right” …

'It's Really Shameful': House Republicans Accuse Rep. Troy Nehls of Stolen Valor Over Military Award Pin … House Republicans are accusing Rep. Troy Nehls of “stolen valor” for continuing to wear a lapel pin for infantrymen or Special Forces who fought in active combat.  —  “It matters.

Scoop: DNC billboard tags Trump as “convicted felon” … - “Trump already attacked Arizona's democracy once. … In fact, Trump and the GOP he now controls is broadcasting are broadcasting their plot for retribution.  — Trump is suggesting he might seek to imprison his political opponents if he wins in November.

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Words like moderate and centrist are political weasel words with no set definitions  —  In 2021, billionaire tech executive Chamath Palahapitiya briefly considered running for California governor on a moderate-sounding platform of low taxes and school reform.

Biden's D-Day visit may mark the end of an American era  —  The new world for which the greatest generation sacrificed in the bloody surf of the Normandy beaches is fading into history along with the last of the old soldiers.  —  The 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings observed …

A win for the white grievance industry  —  Black women make up about 8% of the population in the United States.  But, according to a report by Project Diane, firms founded by Black women received 0.0006% of total funding from venture capitalists between 2009 and 2017.

US antitrust enforcer says ‘urgent’ scrutiny needed over Big Tech's control of AI  —  Jonathan Kanter pushes for ‘meaningful intervention’ over concentration of power in artificial intelligence sector  —  The top US antitrust enforcer will look “with urgency” at the artificial intelligence sector …

June 2024 National Poll: Trump 46%, Biden 45%  —  Home Polls June 2024 National Poll: Trump 46%, Biden 45%  —  Plurality of voters think Trump should be sentenced to prison.  —  A new Emerson College Polling national survey of U.S. voters finds 46% of voters support former President Donald Trump …

House speaker appoints Trump loyalists Perry, Jackson to Intelligence Committee  —  The move by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) grants Republican members who denied the results of the 2020 election oversight of the U.S. intelligence community and sensitive government material.

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Tommy Tuberville Tries to Argue Putin Has No Interest in Ukraine  —  WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE...  “He doesn't want Ukraine,” Tuberville claimed.  “Hell, he's got enough land of his own.”  —  Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) argued Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin …