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CNN:
CNN debate stage set with Trump and Biden going head-to-head — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are set for a historic showdown, with the stage now set for CNN's June 27 presidential debate. — The showdown will make history as the first debate between a sitting president and a former president.
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CNN:
How Biden and Trump are preparing for their first presidential debate — One is secluding himself at a mountainside retreat with a tight circle of advisers, poring over briefing binders, honing attack lines and bracing for personal smears. The other is workshopping responses and retorts …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump Tries to Set Expectations, and Floats Excuses, for His Debate With Biden
Trump Tries to Set Expectations, and Floats Excuses, for His Debate With Biden
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ABC News:
Biden heads to Camp David to prepare for 1st presidential debate with Trump
Biden heads to Camp David to prepare for 1st presidential debate with Trump
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Stephanie Kelly / Reuters:
RFK Jr faces midnight deadline to qualify for CNN presidential debate
RFK Jr faces midnight deadline to qualify for CNN presidential debate
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MSNBC:
Fox News is helping Trump plan another Jan. 6-style assault on democracy — Five months before the election, claims that only fraud could explain a future Trump defeat are already common in the right-wing media ecosystem. — The cycle of lies that drove the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is again underway.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Why Dictators Want Trump … We're big fans both of decarbonization and of reliable electricity, so two thumbs up on this one from us! (One assumes the Democrats don't mind the job creation, either?) Happy Thursday. — The Real World — Things are hopping in American politics.
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Trump-Era Tax Provision — The tax dispute, which was closely watched by experts, involved a one-time foreign income tax, but many saw it as a broader challenge to pre-emptively block Congress from passing a wealth tax. — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a tax …
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court upholds Trump-era tax provision on offshore earnings
Supreme Court upholds Trump-era tax provision on offshore earnings
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David Goldman / CNN:
Wikipedia now labels the top Jewish civil rights group as an unreliable source — Wikipedia's editors declared that the Anti-Defamation League cannot be trusted to give reliable information on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and they overwhelmingly said the ADL is an unreliable source on antisemitism.
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ProPublica:
The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling — LAST YEAR, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. — It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the first product I'd seen born of what's being touted as a cure for a crisis.
James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Illinois Republican Chair Resigns, Slams Colleagues Weeks Before Convention — Party Chair Don Tracy is resigning from his political post, and has condemned colleagues for choosing to fight each other rather than the — , in a letter explaining his decision.
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Favorite Judge Puts Mar-a-Lago Prosecutor on Trial — ADVANTAGE: TRUMP — Judge Aileen Cannon stalled the ex-president's trial for hoarding classified documents. Now she's making Special Counsel Jack Smith prove the case should be brought at all. — The tables have turned.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Three-point shift in Biden-Trump matchup since May — 32% give the economy positive marks, a record-high during Biden's presidency — Join Fox News for access to this content — President Biden is the frontrunner in a hypothetical matchup against former President Trump …
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Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court gets ready to drop its bombshells … - The court has 23 cases left to decide, and will likely hand down all of those opinions by the end of the month, give or take a few days — meaning the next week or so may redefine the limits of presidential power for generations to come.
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Democrats need to push back harder on Trump's immigrant hate — 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 🛂
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
These 25 rainbow-flag waving companies donated $18 million to anti-gay politicians since the last election — At the pride parade in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, accounting giant Deloitte promoted its support of the LGBTQ community: — In June 2023, Deloitte produced a report on “LGBT+ Inclusion @ Work.”
Claire Heddles / NOTUS:
The Supreme Court Is Raising the Stakes of Congressional Dysfunction — One Democrat called the push from the right to rein in government agencies “part of a deeper, darker corporate strategy than this euphemism about putting power back in Congress.” — Copy
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The Guardian:
Washington Post publisher alleged to have advised Boris Johnson to ‘clean up’ phone during Partygate Covid scandal — Sources' claim suggests advice by Will Lewis, an informal adviser to then prime minister, contradicted instructions to staff — Will Lewis, the Washington Post publisher …
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Politico:
Scorched-earth summer: Biden, Sunak and Macron go negative — Struggling leaders in America, Britain and France are bombarding their political opponents, some of whom are testing the bounds of the mainstream. — Even at a glittering Hollywood fundraiser, President Joe Biden's message was dark.
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Politico and Washington Examiner
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Putin Once Tried to Curb North Korea's Nuclear Program. That's Now Over. — Vladimir Putin promised unspecified technological help to North Korea, which could allow it to advance its nuclear weapons program. — 阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.
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Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg:
Putin, Kim Agree to Immediately Offer Military Aid If Attacked
Putin, Kim Agree to Immediately Offer Military Aid If Attacked
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Sara Cline / Associated Press:
The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law — BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday.
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