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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
J.D. Vance Wanted a Constitutional Crisis — An interesting new Politico/Ipsos poll, out today, sheds more light on the electorate's reaction to Donald Trump's recent felony conviction. Team Trump has been triaging the political damage with relentless messaging of a rigged trial …
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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 …
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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.
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Social Media Platforms — Dr. Vivek Murthy said he would urge Congress to require a warning that social media use can harm teenagers' mental health. — The United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, announced on Monday that he would push …
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Brad Brooks / Reuters:
Maryland governor plans mass pardon on marijuana convictions — The governor of Maryland told the Washington Post in an interview published on Sunday that he will issue a mass pardon of 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions. — Governor Wes Moore told the Post that he would make the mass pardon on Monday morning.
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Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
White House Tears Into New York Post, Other Outlets For New Biden ‘Freeze’ Claim — Deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said the Post's ethics “could deal with a little unfreezing.” — LOADING — White House spokesperson Andrew Bates accused the New York Post, amid other right-wing media …
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Chris Nesi / New York Post:
Biden appears to freeze up, has to be led off stage by Obama at mega-bucks LA fundraiser
Biden appears to freeze up, has to be led off stage by Obama at mega-bucks LA fundraiser
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Brett Bachman / The Daily Beast:
White House Fumes at Trumpworld's Latest ‘Cheap Fake’ Video
White House Fumes at Trumpworld's Latest ‘Cheap Fake’ Video
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Chris Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter:
President Biden and Barack Obama Rip Donald Trump During Starry L.A. Fundraiser
President Biden and Barack Obama Rip Donald Trump During Starry L.A. Fundraiser
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Washington Post:
Incoming Post editor tied to self-described ‘thief’ who claimed role in his reporting — Unpublished book drafts and other documents raise questions about Robert Winnett's journalistic record just months before he is to assume a top newsroom role. — LONDON — The alleged offense was trying …
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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 …
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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.
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Talking Points Memo, New Republic and Washington Post
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
How Alex Jones dodged accountability again — 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 📊 — Judge Christopher Lopez last Friday booted Infowars out of bankruptcy.
BBC:
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say — The Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine who were deliberately thrown into the water.
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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.
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Hogan stresses his independence from GOP in new ad post-Trump nod of support — Most Republicans would be racing to include an endorsement from former President Donald Trump in their latest TV ad. Not Larry Hogan. Just days after being endorsed by the former president …
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 …
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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 …
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Nick Reisman / Politico:
Hochul's bet against congestion pricing is backfiring — Blocking an unpopular New York City toll program has alienated many of the governor's key supporters. — NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul is facing political consequences for her congestion pricing reversal.
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Washington Examiner, Gothamist, Catalyst and New York Times
Erin Mansfield / USA Today:
334 public officials in 5 swing states have undermined or cast doubt on elections: study — Hundreds of public officials in five key swing states have denied election outcomes, tried to overturn an election, or made statements to undermine an election, a new study says.
Financial Times:
Joe Biden ready to reopen US oil stockpile if petrol prices surge again — President's top energy adviser Amos Hochstein says fuel costs ‘still too high for many Americans’ — The Biden administration is ready to release more oil from its strategic stockpile to halt any jump in petrol prices this summer …
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Washington Examiner and IJR