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10:25 AM ET, June 17, 2024

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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
New Polling Shows the Real Fallout From the Trump Conviction  —  A new POLITICO Magazine/Ipsos poll shows that Trump's criminal conviction hurts him with independents.  —  Donald Trump's criminal conviction didn't instantly upend the 2024 presidential race.  But the results of a new poll should be worrying for Trump.
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Washington Post:
The 2024 ‘Deciders’: Who are they and what makes them tick? … RiKi Denning is, by her own account, “torn up” about the November election.  She is almost certain she will cast a ballot but just might leave the presidential line blank.  “I just hate both of the candidates and there's …
Dave Lawler / Axios:
U.S. faces “serious threat” of terror attack, expert and former CIA chief warn … - Now, similar warnings are popping up from FBI director Chris Wray and Army Gen. Erik Kurilla — the commander of CENTCOM, which includes the Middle East. … - Over that time, terrorism has faded as a national fixation.
Vivek H. Murthy / New York Times:
Surgeon General: Why I'm Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms  —  One of the most important lessons I learned in medical school was that in an emergency, you don't have the luxury to wait for perfect information.  You assess the available facts, you use your best judgment, and you act quickly.
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
How Alex Jones dodged accountability again  —  A leading purveyor of hate keeps gaming the legal system. … Judge Christopher Lopez last Friday booted Infowars out of bankruptcy.  It was mostly a win for hate purveyor Alex Jones, who within hours of the December 14, 2012 …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
A tradwife drops a racist slur: Why the right's trolling economy made Lilly Gaddis' rise inevitable  —  Cashing in as a “cancel culture” martyr is getting harder, so attention addicts have to get more extreme  —  Let's stipulate up front that it is theoretically possible that Lilly Gaddis …
Discussion: Page Six and The Daily Beast
Politico:
J.D. Vance for Trump's VP?  Here are the pros and cons of the 8 candidates on his shortlist  —  The former president is expected to announce his selection next month.  —  Donald Trump Jr. is urging his dad to pick a “fighter” as his running mate.  The elder Trump is locked in a general election …
Discussion: NewsNation and Wall Street Journal
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Washington Post:
Maryland governor to pardon 175,000 marijuana convictions in sweeping order  —  The blanket pardon by Gov. Wes Moore is among the country's most far reaching and will forgive decades of low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people.  —  Maryland Gov. Wes Moore …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Trials reveal depths of Bidens' family tragedy … - When Biden declared for president in 2019, his family was plagued by addiction, grief and soap opera levels of drama, the legal cases involving his son Hunter and daughter Ashley have shown.  — It's affected the president …
Discussion: Power Line
Chris Nesi / New York Post:
Biden appears to freeze up, has to be led off stage by Obama at mega-bucks LA fundraiser  —  President Biden appeared to freeze up on stage and had to be led off by Barack Obama at the conclusion of a star-studded campaign fundraiser in Los Angeles Saturday night.
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Chris Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter:
President Biden and Barack Obama Rip Donald Trump During Starry L.A. Fundraiser
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Sinclair floods local news websites with hundreds of deceptive articles about Biden's mental fitness  —  This month, Sinclair Broadcast Group has flooded a vast network of local news websites with misleading articles suggesting that President Biden is mentally unfit for office.
Brett Bachman / The Daily Beast:
White House Fumes at Trumpworld's Latest ‘Cheap Fake’ Video  —  NOT AGAIN!  —  Another deceptively cut video of President Joe Biden is being circulated by right-wing pundits and media outlets-and the White House is not happy.  —  Less than a week after being derided for using …
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Corporate Tax Rate Spurs Political Fight With More Than $1 Trillion at Stake  —  Biden wants to raise current 21% rate to 28% while Republicans consider further cuts  —  WASHINGTON—The 21% U.S. corporate tax rate is the biggest single variable in the sprawling 2025 tax debate …
Wall Street Journal:
Russia Sets Hearing as It Moves Toward Trial of Falsely Accused WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich  —  U.S. citizen has been held in Moscow's Lefortovo prison for more than a year  —  A Russian court said judicial proceedings in the case of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter held …
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Trump gets name of his doctor wrong as he challenges Biden to cognitive test  —  Gaffe came as 78-year-old Republican presidential candidate sought to bolster his support among Black and Latino voters in Michigan  —  Donald Trump has made a point in recent months of deriding his rival Joe Biden …
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Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
The war in Gaza has wiped out entire Palestinian families. AP documents 60 who lost dozens or more
Discussion: Al-Monitor and New York Times
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Trump unleashed: This is the calm before the storm
Quil Lawrence / NPR:
Half of the U.S. military bases nationwide are in ‘health care deserts’
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
What Happened to Glenn Youngkin?
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Nick Reisman / Politico:
Hochul's bet against congestion pricing is backfiring
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
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Brett Bachman / The Daily Beast:
Trump Lets Loose With Unhinged Father's Day Message for His Enemies
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Anja Karadeglija / The Canadian Press:
Meta clashes with Canada's CRTC over the Online News Act by declining to publicly release information about its measures to block news content on its platforms

 
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