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9:45 AM ET, June 8, 2024

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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Bizarre Moments With Dr. Phil and Hannity Should Alarm Us All … During just this week, two of Donald Trump's friendliest interviewers handed him big prime-time opportunities to unequivocally renounce any intention to retaliate against Democrats for his criminal conviction by a jury of his peers in Manhattan.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Trump Says ‘Sometimes Revenge Can Be Justified’ During Interview With Dr. Phil: ‘I Have to be Honest’
Discussion: Daily Kos and Axios
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 …
ProPublica:
Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Biden Administration Tightens Mileage Standards to Buoy E.V.s  —  The new measure requires automakers to achieve an average of 65 miles per gallon for all the car models they sell by 2031.  —  The Biden administration on Friday tightened vehicle fuel mileage standards …
Discussion: NHTSA, Power Line, The Atlantic and Althouse
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Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
Trump loyalist pushes ‘post-constitutional’ vision for second term  —  Russ Vought, the former president's budget director, is laying the groundwork for a broad expansion of presidential powers.  —  A battle-tested D.C. bureaucrat and self-described Christian nationalist is drawing …
Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
Revealed: Trump ally Kari Lake gave speech in front of Confederate flag  —  Video shows Arizona Senate candidate repeating election-fraud claims at event with Confederate flag behind her  —  The Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake addressed supporters with a Confederate flag displayed behind …
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Controversial Lawmaker Nancy Mace Fights for Her Political Life  —  ‘I owe Washington nothing,’ says South Carolina congresswoman as Kevin McCarthy's allies seek payback for his ouster  —  WASHINGTON—Rep. Nancy Mace says she is fighting a lonely battle.  She faces a tough Republican primary challenge …
Discussion: Associated Press
New York Daily News:
Federal grand jury reviewing evidence as part of probe into Mayor Adams' campaign: sources  —  A federal grand jury is reviewing evidence as part of the Manhattan U.S. attorney's investigation into Mayor Adams' 2021 campaign ties to Turkey, and at least one person linked to the mayor has received …
Discussion: New York Post
New York Times:
If Trump Wins  —  Mr. Trump's top immigration adviser, Stephen Miller, said that a second Trump administration would seek a tenfold increase in the volume of deportations — to more than a million per year.  —  2. Increase the number of agents for ICE raids
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Fifth Circuit blocks religious-liberty training order in Southwest Airlines case  —  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit blocked a district court judge's order that lawyers for Southwest Airlines attend “religious-liberty training” from Alliance Defending Freedom as part of a contempt order …
Discussion: New Republic
Axios:
Scoop: Johnson seeks votes for bill to support Trump after guilty verdict … It's in direct response to Trump's conviction last week in New York.  — Johnson's leadership team is making calls to whip support for the measure, the No More Political Prosecutions Act, according to two lawmakers …
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Homeowners Want Housing Prices to Go Up  —  This is ultimately the biggest hurdle for affordable-housing policy.  —  In a study, home prices appeared to be the biggest factor in vote-switching in the counties where partisan preferences changed from one election to the next.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
How to cover an abnormal presidential race  —  Could the media coverage adhere closer to reality?  Hard questions must be asked. … This week, I look at the challenge of covering a presidential campaign, in which a major political party plans to nominate a felon.
Reuters:
Apollo 8 astronaut Anders, who took ‘Earthrise’ photo, reported dead in plane crash  —  Retired astronaut William Anders, one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, who captured the “Earthrise” photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission, died on Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed …
John Sexton / HotAir:
Nashville School Shooter's Writings Leak: ‘I Hate Everything About My Gender’ (Update)  —  This week the Tennessee Star published a description of previously unseen writings by Audrey Hale.  The Star is one of the papers that is part of a lawsuit trying to force the Metro Nashville PD …
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Tom Pappert / Tennessee Star:
Covenant Killer Audrey Hale Wrote 3 Pages in Journal About ‘My Imaginary Penis’
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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Jessie Opoien / Journal Sentinel:
Ex-Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard meets with Wisconsin GOP groups  —  MADISON - Republicans in key Wisconsin counties will hear from what would have been an unlikely visitor just a few years ago — former Democratic congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Discussion: Bloomberg
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
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Discussion: Washington Examiner and DNyuz
The White House:
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
James Comer Attacked Joe Biden for Using Email Aliases. He Used Two Himself
Discussion: Politico, DNyuz and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Jamie Frevele / Mediaite:
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Alex Kaplan / Media Matters for America:
A group of far-right media figures is using social media to recruit for its newly formed militia
Discussion: New Republic
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Yes, Democrats Should Still Care How Real Journalists Cover The News
David Gilbert / Wired:
Google's and Microsoft's AI Chatbots Refuse to Say Who Won the 2020 US Election
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Anna Betts / The Guardian:
A judge orders an evidentiary hearing for next week to determine whether the Infowars auction was conducted fairly

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An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months

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