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5:50 PM ET, June 7, 2024

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Washington Post:
Justice Thomas discloses two 2019 trips paid for by Harlan Crow  —  2023 financial disclosure reports for Supreme Court justices also show six-figure book payments for Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Jackson  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has disclosed for the first time trips to Bali …
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April Rubin / Axios:
Clarence Thomas officially discloses trips gifted by GOP megadonor … - The trips, both in July 2019, were to Bali, Indonesia, and Monte Rio, Calif. Harlan and Kathy Crow paid for food and lodging at a hotel and private club, per the report. … - He made private school tuition payments for Thomas' grandnephew.
Discussion: Raw Story
ProPublica:
Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor  —  The trips include vacations in Indonesia and at the exclusive, men's-only Bohemian Grove retreat, which were first reported by ProPublica last year.  —  Friends of the Court …
Gabe Roth / Fix the Court:
A Staggering Tally: Supreme Court Justices Accepted Hundreds of Gifts Worth Millions of Dollars
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Robust job growth in May once again exceeds expectations  —  By nearly every metric, the latest jobs report points to a very strong U.S. job market.  The political implications have the potential to be dramatic.  —  Expectations heading into this morning showed projections of about 190,000 …
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Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Is the US job market beginning to weaken? Friday's employment report may provide hints
NBC News:
Hunter Biden trial live updates: Forensic chemist, DEA agent set to testify in gun case  —  Hunter Biden wiped away tears as his eldest daughter testified about being “proud” of him during his rehab stint. … Hunter Biden's defense to decide on last witness over the weekend
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Jamie Frevele / Mediaite:
‘We Ride at Dawn’: The Federalist Came For Dolly Parton, Now Her Fans Are Coming For Them  —  When is The Federalist going to learn that it's a mistake to go after intensely popular and beloved pop stars just for the sake of contrarianism?  —  Not any time soon, going by their new attack on country music icon Dolly Parton.
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Convictions: The Many Crimes of Donald Trump: Bannon Banished  —  On July 1, three days before Independence Day, Stephen Kevin Bannon, the leprous-faced, multi-shirt-wearing, nihilistic windbag, must report to prison, to serve his four-month sentence for Contempt of Congress.
Tom Pappert / Tennessee Star:
Covenant Killer Audrey Hale Wrote 3 Pages in Journal About ‘My Imaginary Penis’  —  Covenant School killer Audrey Elizabeth Hale, a biological female who identified as a transgender male at the time of her March 27, 2023 attack, wrote a three-page journal entry titled “My Imaginary Penis” …
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Nashville School Shooter's Writings Leak: ‘I Hate Everything About My Gender’ (Update)
Discussion: Tennessee Star
CNN:
Isolated and inexperienced: A portrait of the judge overseeing Trump's documents case from veterans of her courtroom  —  Judge Aileen Cannon had been on the federal bench for little more than a year when a senior judge offered to preside over one of her first criminal trials in her isolated south Florida courthouse.
NBC News:
RNC hires a prominent ‘Stop the Steal’ advocate to help craft its 2024 platform  —  Ed Martin, who was hired by the RNC in May, pushed to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 loss and marched outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee has hired …
NOTUS:
It's 2024.  Elon Musk Rules X. And the Political World Is Still Addicted. … While former President Donald Trump was actively being convicted by a jury of his peers in New York City last week, Democratic strategist Tim Hogan did what just about everyone in politics, media …
Discussion: HotAir and NBC News
Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump holds 4-point edge in Florida rematch as majority says conviction won't matter to vote  —  Nearly 7 in 10 support legalizing marijuana and establishing the right to abortion  —  Former President Donald Trump won Florida in 2016 and 2020 and a new Fox News survey shows he is favored to win it again.
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Trump Says ‘Sometimes Revenge Can Be Justified’ During Interview With Dr. Phil: ‘I Have to be Honest’  —  Former President Donald Trump told Dr. Phil McGraw on Thursday that “sometimes revenge can be justified” after the television host suggested Trump wouldn't “have time to get even” …
Discussion: Axios, HuffPost and Daily Kos
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Operatives with GOP ties are helping Cornel West get on the ballot in a key state  —  Documents obtained by NBC News show operatives connected to a Colorado-based GOP firm helped the far-left presidential candidate in North Carolina.  —  Cornel West's independent presidential campaign is broke.
Discussion: DNyuz
David Gilbert / Wired:
Google's and Microsoft's AI Chatbots Refuse to Say Who Won the 2020 US Election  —  With just six months to go before the US presidential election, Gemini and Copilot chatbots are incapable of saying that Joe Biden won in 2020, and won't return results on any election anywhere, ever.
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Public Notice:
Revisiting “the biggest political crime in American history, by far”  —  Remember “Obamagate”?  You should. … It's tough to remember now as Donald Trump regularly wails about the need for total presidential immunity, but four years ago, the then-president was a huge proponent of prosecuting presidents.
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
'Donald Trump doesn't like America': Ex-GOP pollster writes MAGA movement's obituary  —  Republicans booed and walked out on two former Capitol police officers at the Pennsylvania statehouse, and a former GOP pollster was disgusted by that display of antipathy to American democracy.
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Trump plans to claim sweeping powers to cancel federal spending  —  In a second term, allies said the former president would look at unilateral funding cuts for the World Health Organization and green energy initiatives.  —  Donald Trump is vowing to wrest key spending powers from Congress …
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Yes, Democrats Should Still Care How Real Journalists Cover The News  —  Just because most mainstream news consumers are already Biden voters, doesn't mean big problems with mainstream news coverage don't seep into the larger culture.  —  Six years ago, White House Press Secretary Sarah …
Alex Kaplan / Media Matters for America:
A group of far-right media figures is using social media to recruit for its newly formed militia  —  The group is recruiting on Instagram, despite Meta's previous crackdowns on militias  —  A group of far-right media figures has announced the formation of a militia group that is dedicated to …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Fifth Circuit blocks religious-liberty training order in Southwest case  —  If forced to attend the Alliance Defending Freedom training, “The Southwest attorneys ... would likely suffer a violation of their constitutional rights,” the appeals court ruled.
Discussion: New Republic
 
 
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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Minority Groups' Uninsured Rate Has Plunged in Recent Years, Reports Find
Discussion: Bloomberg and Georgia Recorder
The White House:
White House Announces Juneteenth Concert
Discussion: Axios and UPI
Alex Guillén / Politico:
Biden pulls back on tightened car and truck fuel standards
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump falsely claims Democratic states are passing laws allowing people to execute babies after birth
Discussion: Abortion, Every Day
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the May Jobs Report
Discussion: CNBC
 Earlier Items: 
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden to offer forceful defense of democracy in Normandy speech commemorating D-Day
New York Post:
Briahna Joy Gray fired from The Hill days after rolling her eyes at sister of Oct. 7 hostage during interview
Eric W. Dolan / PsyPost:
Why do Republicans stick with Trump? New study explores the role of white nationalism
Politico:
Playbook: A credibility crisis rocks the WaPo CEO
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars
 

 
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Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog:
Apple launches iOS 18 without Apple Intelligence, iPadOS 18, macOS 15 Sequoia, watchOS 11, visionOS 2, and tvOS 18

Reuters:
European Commissioner Thierry Breton, who oversees Big Tech regulation, says he is stepping down over a clash with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Ming-Chi Kuo:
Analysis: new iPhone first weekend pre-orders were down 12.7% to ~37M units; the iPhone 16 Pro declined 27% and iPhone 16 Pro Max 16% compared to the iPhone 15
 
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