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Chas Danner / New York Magazine:
Who Is on Donald Trump's Revenge List? — One of the central themes of Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign has been the desire for vengeance against those who he believes have done him and the country wrong. “I am your retribution,” has become a staple of his stump speech, and it's not just rhetoric.
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Just Revealed How He'll Attack Biden at Debate—and It's Vile … You can't say you weren't warned: At the upcoming presidential debate on June 27, Donald Trump plans to highlight a handful of horrific murders—allegedly by undocumented migrants—and blame them on President Biden.
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Washington Examiner
Talia Jane / New Republic:
Sotomayor Issues Dire Warning on Supreme Court Ruling on Noncitizens … In a ruling delivered Friday, the Supreme Court decided 6-3 that U.S. citizens have no constitutional interest in their noncitizen spouses being able to enter the United States—despite the fact that a married person …
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USA Today, HotAir, OutsideTheBeltway, notes from all fours and Los Angeles Times
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Griffin Eckstein / Salon:
“Alarm bells about Obergefell”: Sotomayor pens blistering dissent on SCOTUS marriage attack — Sotomayor warned gay marriage could be next as her colleagues gutted a U.S. citizen's right to marry a non-citizen — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor used her dissent in a case that struck …
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Slate, Advocate and Alternet.org
Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
Pro-Ted Cruz group draws scrutiny for receiving money from his podcast's company — Campaign finance experts have questioned whether the arrangement runs afoul of a ban on candidates directing money to super PACs that can raise unlimited amounts of money. — A super PAC supporting …
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Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg, Dallas Morning News, HuffPost and Rolling Stone
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Politico:
Judge Cannon wants to know whether Merrick Garland is supervising Jack Smith — The judge in Donald Trump's classified documents case asked lawyers how much independence the special counsel has. — FORT PIERCE, Florida — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents …
Robert Reich:
60 years ago today, they murdered my protector — I've shared some of this with you, but today marks 60 years since it happened — when the Klan murdered my protector. — I was always the shortest kid in school, which made me an easy target for bullies. To protect myself …
Eric Neugeboren / The Nevada Independent:
Judge dismisses Nevada fake electors case over lack of jurisdiction — Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled that Clark County was not an appropriate place to decide the case. — Courts Election 2020 — A Clark County judge has dismissed the charges filed against the six Nevada Republicans …
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Breitbart, Las Vegas Review-Journal, UPI, AllSides Balanced, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Examiner
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Ken Ritter / Associated Press:
Judge dismisses charges in Nevada fake electors case over venue question, attorney general to appeal
Judge dismisses charges in Nevada fake electors case over venue question, attorney general to appeal
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Washington Post, BizPac Review, Las Vegas Review-Journal, New Republic, New York Post, Bloomberg, Mediaite, Forbes, Nevada Current, NBC News, The Hill, Politico, Axios and WTOP News
Politico:
Trump keeps flip-flopping his policy positions after meeting with rich people — Top CEOs were seen nodding their heads when Trump talked about finding ways to keep American-educated talent at home. — Donald Trump privately hinted at a shift in immigration policy at a Business Roundtable meeting last week.
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
DeSantis Vetoes All Arts Grants in Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis gave no explanation for zeroing out the $32 million in grants that were approved by state lawmakers. — For the past 10 days, Richard Russell has been rattled, poring over budgets and working the phones in an attempt to limit …
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ARTnews
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
‘Florida loves prison labor’: why most incarcerated people still work for free in the Sunshine state — Many prisoners clean toilets and prep food with no pay - as the state charges $50 a day for their incarceration — A $9bn food services company is using prisoners to make meals …
Wall Street Journal:
Biden vs. Trump: Will the First 2024 Debate Jolt the Race? — Is the election a choice between the two, or purely a referendum on the president?
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The Gateway Pundit and Axios
New York Times:
Louisiana's Ten Commandments Law Signals a Broader Christian Agenda — Gov. Jeff Landry wants his state to be at the forefront of a national movement to advance legislation with a Christian worldview. — The crowd at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School in Lafayette, La. …
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NBC News, Axios, Alternet.org, LGBTQ Nation, Baptist News Global, Associated Press, NPR and New York Post
Military.com:
Texas Congressman Won't Stop Wearing Combat Infantryman Badge that Was Revoked — More than a month after a news report revealed that the Combat Infantryman Badge Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, wears on his lapel was revoked since he was never eligible for the award to begin with, the congressman refuses to take the pin off.
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Alternet.org
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
What the Hell Is Going on With the Supreme Court's Trump Ruling? — BEHIND THE SCENES — The court's deadline to release a decision is next Friday, June 28, but there are fears the conservative majority may have something more sinister up their sleeve. — The Supreme Court released …
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Raw Story, Steady, Sun-Sentinel, Michigan Advance, RedState and emptywheel
Shania Shelton / CNN:
Justice Samuel Alito absent from Supreme Court session for second day in a row — Justice Samuel Alito was not present on Friday morning as the Supreme Court handed down opinions in the courtroom, the second day in a row he has been absent. — Alito's absence, for which the Supreme Court …
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People, The Gateway Pundit, New Republic, Alternet.org, ABC7, RedState, Raw Story and SCOTUSblog
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court Just Made an 8-1 Mad Dash Away From Clarence Thomas' Extremism — The Supreme Court upheld a federal law disarming domestic abusers on Friday, significantly narrowing a radical 2022 precedent in the process. Its 8-1 ruling in U.S. v. Rahimi is a major victory for gun safety laws …
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Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Amid GOP infighting, judge strips Ohio House speaker of control over Republican caucus campaign fund — A county judge stripped Republican Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens of his control over the GOP caucus' campaign fund on Friday, escalating intraparty tensions in the chamber headed into November's election.
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Washington Examiner and Plain Dealer
New York Times:
How Misleading Videos Are Trailing Biden as He Battles Age Doubts — A flurry of recent clips, many of them edited or lacking context, laid bare a major challenge for the president as he tries to persuade voters he has the energy for a second term. — President Biden has many adversaries in this year's election.
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PolitiFact, The Virginian-Pilot and HotAir
Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
Kyle Rittenhouse's Family: We're His Collateral Damage — ROGUE SON — The far-right darling is accused of leaving his mom and sister high and dry as they fight eviction. — Kyle Rittenhouse has been publicly dragged by his own family, who say the far-right darling left them high and dry …
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Atlanta Black Star, Alternet.org and Raw Story
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
On the House Floor, Republicans Gag Mentions of Trump's Conviction — During official proceedings of the G.O.P.-controlled chamber, speaking about former President Donald J. Trump's felony conviction has been forbidden, while disparaging President Biden and Democrats is routine.
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