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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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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Clarence Thomas, in Financial Disclosure, Acknowledges 2019 Trips Paid by Harlan Crow
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 …
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 …
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: Althouse
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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 …
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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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
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.
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.
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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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 …
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: Washington Examiner and DNyuz
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
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.
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
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: Daily Kos and Axios
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Defends Vow to Prosecute Rivals, Saying ‘Sometimes Revenge Can Be Justified’
New York Times:
Businessman Tells Jury He Bribed Senator Menendez With a Mercedes-Benz  —  Jose Uribe said he had provided the car to Senator Robert Menendez's girlfriend in exchange for gaining his “power and influence.”  —  Until recently, Jose Uribe was an obscure New Jersey businessman who had been caught …
 
 
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Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
An Arkansas Nightmare is Anti-Choice ‘Victory’
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and LifeNews.com
Cory James / DC News Now:
Bailey Anne becomes first trans woman to be crowned Miss Maryland USA
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
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: 
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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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Robust job growth in May once again exceeds expectations
 

 
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Michael Kan / PCMag:
OpenAI makes the ChatGPT desktop app for Windows available to all users, following an October release limited to paying ChatGPT subscribers

Emma Roth / The Verge:
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Jibin Joseph / PCMag:
UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time
 
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