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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.
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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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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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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Democrats need to push back harder on Trump's immigrant hate
Democrats need to push back harder on Trump's immigrant hate
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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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Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed to qualify for the CNN debate, leaving a Biden-Trump showdown
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed to qualify for the CNN debate, leaving a Biden-Trump showdown
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CNN:
How Biden and Trump are preparing for their first presidential debate
How Biden and Trump are preparing for their first presidential debate
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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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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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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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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Media shares sink 12% as DJT slide accelerates … A sell-off of Trump Media picked up speed Thursday, with shares of former President Donald Trump's company falling about 12% shortly after the opening bell. — The company behind the conservative social media app Truth Social …
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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.
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
June 2024 State Polls: Trump Maintains Edge over Biden — Democratic US Senate Candidates Outperforming Biden — New Emerson College Polling/The Hill state polls find former President Donald Trump with a slight edge on President Joe Biden in Arizona (47% to 43%), Georgia (45% to 41%) …
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.”
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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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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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Washington Post:
Democrats seek to repeal Comstock abortion rule, fearing Trump crackdown — The Comstock Act, an 1873 law that bans abortion-related materials from being sent through the mail, could be used by the GOP to restrict abortion nationwide. — Democrats are seeking to overhaul an 1873 federal law …
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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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Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Redirect Air-Defense Missile Deliveries to Ukraine — Other American allies and partners with contracts for interceptor missiles will face delays — The Biden administration will rush the delivery of air-defense interceptors to Ukraine by halting delivery to allied nations, U.S. administration officials said.
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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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