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9:40 PM ET, June 17, 2024

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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Trump maintains big lead over Biden and RFK Jr. despite felony conviction, Iowa Poll shows … Two weeks after he was convicted in a New York courtroom of multiple felony counts, former Republican president Donald Trump still holds a double-digit lead over Democratic incumbent Joe Biden in Iowa.
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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 …
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: Bloomberg and Forbes
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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
The Surgeon General's Fear-Mongering, Unconstitutional Effort to Label Social Media  —  Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's extraordinarily misguided and speech-chilling call this week to label social media platforms as harmful to adolescents is shameful fear-mongering that lacks scientific evidence …
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Vivek H. Murthy / New York Times:
Surgeon General: Why I'm Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms
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 …
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NPR:
A retired federal judge says Judge Cannon appears to show ‘favoritism’ toward Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
The war cabinet is gone.  Who's left in Netanyahu's inner circle?  —  Israeli Daytime Pause in Combat Appears to Take Hold in Gaza … The daily pause applies to part of southern Gaza, but not to some of the places most in need.  —  The Israeli military said on Monday …
US Department of Justice:
Texas Man Sentenced to Nearly 3 Years in Federal Prison for Threatening Violence Against Los Angeles-Area Congresswoman  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California  —  LOS ANGELES - A Texas man was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison …
Politico:
New Jersey AG charges Democratic power broker George Norcross in bombshell indictment  —  He has long been the subject of scrutiny by law enforcement and a political task force, but has never been charged.  —  New Jersey's attorney general on Monday charged one of the state's most powerful Democrats …
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Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Top Democratic Power Broker Is Charged With Racketeering
NBC News:
Biden plans to announce new policy shielding undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation  —  The action would shield about 500,000 immigrants living in the U.S. from deportation.  “This is the biggest thing since DACA,” said an immigration advocate.
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: Senate Dems line up behind Schumer's bump stock ban … - Republicans are likely to object to Schumer's unanimous consent request to pass the bill.  — Even a single GOP objection would give Democrats the opportunity to paint Republicans as broadly against a ban that polls have shown …
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.
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 …
Doug Bock Clark / ProPublica:
North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code  —  The decisions came despite the Judicial Standards Commission's recommendations to publicly reprimand the judges, and these are likely the only times in more than a decade …
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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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
Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Mystery fundraising firm takes in millions from the Trump campaign  —  The campaign says it has fulfilled its legal reporting obligation, though the spending appears to mirror past attempts to mask who is actually receiving donor cash.  —  Former President Donald Trump's political operation …
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Trump, Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans gang up on Freedom Caucus chair in primary  —  Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., is facing a hotly contested primary Tuesday against state Sen. John McGuire.  —  GOOCHLAND, Va. — For Rep. Bob Good, Tuesday's primary is about much more than the next member …
US Department of Justice:
Doctor charged for unauthorized access to personal information of pediatric patients at Texas Children's Hospital  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas  —  HOUSTON - A Houston doctor has been indicted for obtaining protected individual health information …
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Seinfeld's Perfect Response to Heckler: It's a Comedy Show, You Moron.  Get Out of Here.  "  —  Legendary comic Jerry Seinfeld delivered a master class on how performers should handle useful idiots for Hamas.  He did so during a performance in Australia.  —  When the Hamas supporting …
Jason Cohen / The Daily Caller:
'I'm Like Speechless': CNN's Harry Enten Says Trump ‘Careening Towards A Historic Performance’ With Black Voters  —  CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said on that Monday former President Donald Trump is hurtling toward a remarkable performance with black voters in the 2024 election.
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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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Biden unloads on Trump in ad: 'A convicted criminal who's only out for himself'
Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Secret Weapon Against Trump: Older Voters
Kiera Butler / Mother Jones:
Christian Nationalists Are Opening Private Schools. Taxpayers Are Funding Them.
New York Times:
How Crypto Money Is Poised to Influence the Election
Discussion: The Hill
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Tariff Is a Scheme to Shift the Tax Burden to the Non-Rich
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David Propper / New York Post:
Chuck Schumer deletes Father's Day photo tweet in front of grill after critics slam his spatula skills
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
A tradwife drops a racist slur: Why the right's trolling economy made Lilly Gaddis' rise inevitable
Discussion: Page Six
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
How Alex Jones dodged accountability again
Discussion: Wired
 

 
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Tim Marchman / Wired:
Quora-owned AI chatbot platform Poe is providing users with downloadable HTML files of paywalled articles from outlets including NYT, Forbes, and The Atlantic

Michael Schneider / Variety:
Nielsen: the Biden-Trump debate drew an average audience of 51.3M viewers across 17 networks in the US, down from 2020's first debate, with nearly 73.1M

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Spain's El País launched a digital edition to cover the US in Spanish in May with 11 bilingual correspondents; as of April, the outlet had ~366K subscribers

 
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