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4:30 PM ET, June 17, 2024

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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 …
Discussion: The Dispatch and Thinking about
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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.
Julie Zauzmer Weil / Washington Post:
Closing asset loophole could add billions to tax collections, IRS says  —  The Treasury Department said it will enact rules to prevent certain large businesses from depreciating the same asset repeatedly.  —  The Biden administration plans to stop businesses and wealthy individuals …
Discussion: Forbes
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden launches new $50 million ad buy, calling Trump a “convicted criminal”
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 …
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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
Discussion: Breitbart and Reason
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
Charles R. Davis / Salon:
“The peanut gallery”: Experts say Cannon opened door to “unheard of” GOP intervention in Trump case  —  GOP attorneys general back Trump after Cannon allowed “everyone under the sun to chime in,” lawyer says  —  There should be no consequences for Donald Trump lying about federal law enforcement officers …
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
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NPR:
A retired federal judge says Judge Cannon appears to show ‘favoritism’ toward Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
Biden's Title IX rule blocked by judge in 6 additional states  —  A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration's new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students in six additional states, dealing another setback for a policy that has been under legal attack by Republican attorneys general.
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 …
The Hill:
Psaki agrees to sit for interview with House panel probing Afghanistan withdrawal  —  Former White House press secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki has agreed to be interviewed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said this week.
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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 …
Discussion: Page Six
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Tariff Is a Scheme to Shift the Tax Burden to the Non-Rich … Imagine you were a close observer of American politics who fell asleep, say, 25 years ago and woke up last week.  You discover the Republican Party's leader is a wealthy heir who is broadly supported by CEOs and other rich people.
Discussion: USA Today
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.
Discussion: Metro.co.uk and Associated Press
New York Times:
Florida Used to Be a Swing State.  Now Democrats Can Only Cling to Glimmers of Hope.  —  Democrats in the state are veering from cautious optimism to complete pessimism about their chances in 2024, with two liberal-leaning ballot measures having the potential to boost turnout.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Twitchy
 
 
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Hogan stresses his independence from GOP in new ad post-Trump nod of support
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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