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11:05 AM ET, June 6, 2024

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New York Times:
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 …
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Politico:
Playbook: Biden in Normandy, WaPo in deeper turmoil  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BIDEN SEEKS HIS ‘GIPPER’ MOMENT — Commemorations of the 80th anniversary of D-Day are underway in France, where President JOE BIDEN will speak today …
Discussion: IJR and Althouse
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Republicans hide their war on contraception in plain sight  —  Democrats call out the Trump-levels of lying by forcing Republicans to once again vote against birth control rights  —  Republicans know that their war on legal, accessible birth control is unpopular.
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Axios:
Schumer's 2024 “show vote” strategy targets GOP … - The approach provided political cover for President Biden, who unveiled an executive order cracking down on illegal border crossings only after Schumer forced Republicans to reject a bipartisan border bill for a second time.
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Biden Campaign Names and Shames Republicans Who Voted to Block Contraception Bill
NBC News:
Senate Republicans block bill to protect Americans' access to contraception
CNN:
Senate GOP blocks bill to guarantee access to contraception
Axios:
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos and CBS News
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Sareen Habeshian / Axios:   How Trump's guilty verdict could impact his travel
emptywheel:
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.
Richard Eberwein / Heartland Signal:
Pennsylvania Republicans jeer, leave statehouse floor in protest of officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6  —  On Wednesday, several Republicans in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives walked out of the chamber when two U.S. Capitol officers were being honored, according to multiple representatives.
Discussion: WHTM-TV
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John T. Seward / NOTUS:
'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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Dick Durbin needs to step up and do his damn job  —  PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers.  Appreciate our independent journalism?  Then please sign up to support us.  —  🏛️ Subscribe to Public Notice 🏛️
Discussion: Newsmax, Fox News and CBS News
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Suffers Huge Vote Against Him in New Mexico Primary  —  Donald Trump has seen a significant number of votes go against him in the New Mexico  —  presidential primary.  —  While Trump still dominated the race, winning the primary with 84.5 percent of the vote …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
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.
Discussion: Black America Web and Breitbart
Gil Duran / San Francisco Chronicle:
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.
John Miller / CNN:
NYPD preparing to revoke Donald Trump's license to carry a gun after felony conviction in New York  —  The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke former President Donald Trump's license to carry a gun, a senior police official told CNN.  —  Trump's New York concealed carry license …
Sam Sutton / Politico:
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Katie Hawkinson / The Independent:
White dad stops daughter from shaking Black superintendent's hand - at school infamous for Nazi salute photo  —  The same high school made headlines in 2018 when a photo of students performing the Nazi salute emerged  —  The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday
Fox News:
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” …
Fritz Farrow / ABC News:
Exclusive: Biden tells Muir US weapons will not be used to strike Moscow, Kremlin  —  Biden is in Normandy commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day.  —  ABC News' David Muir sat down exclusively with President Joe Biden in Normandy, France, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2024.
António Guterres / The United Nations:
Secretary-General's special address on climate action “A Moment of Truth”  —  Today is World Environment Day.  —  It is also the day that the European Commission's Copernicus Climate Change Service officially reports May 2024 as the hottest May in recorded history.
Discussion: Breitbart, Associated Press and DNyuz
New York Times:
A Republican Election Clerk vs. Trump Die-Hards in a World of Lies  —  Cindy Elgan has overseen elections in rural Nevada without incident for 20 years, but now even her neighbors wonder if she's part of “the deep state cabal.”  —  Cindy Elgan, the Esmeralda County clerk for two decades, faced a recall this spring.
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over presidential contest  —  In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission.
 
 
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Mitch McConnell / New York Times:
D-Day's Lesson Impels Us to Deter Russia and China
Sam Tobin / Reuters:
Trade union says UK's Rwanda deportation policy makes officials break law
Discussion: Bloomberg
Pratap Bhanu Mehta / The Indian Express:
Pratap Bhanu Mehta on 2024 Lok Sabha election results: Suffocating shadow has lifted, balance restored
Discussion: CNN, DNyuz and Reuters
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
Trump to campaign in Arizona following hush money conviction
Discussion: CNN
Khristopher J. Brooks / CBS News:
General Mills turned blind eye to decades of racism at Georgia plant, Black workers allege
Discussion: Reuters, CNN and The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Melody Mercado / Block Club Chicago:
Not All Peaceful Protests Constitutionally Protected, Police Chief Says Ahead Of DNC
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Reshuffles Hearings in Trump Documents Case
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Surveillance pricing (permalink)
Isaac Kamola / Inside Higher Ed:
‘Manufacturing Backlash’  —  To understand the right-wing legislative attacks on higher education …
Brakkton Booker / Politico:
Byron Donalds expresses nostalgia for the Jim Crow era, when ‘the Black family was together’
NBC News:
Trump's VP search accelerates
 

 
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