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11:50 AM ET, June 25, 2024

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Hillary Rodham Clinton / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton: I've Debated Trump and Biden.  Here's What I'm Watching For.  —  Last week, I had the time of my life at the Tony Awards introducing a song from “Suffs,” the Broadway musical I co-produced about the suffragists who won women the right to vote.
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Clinton to Biden: Rebutting Trump's debate “blather” is a “waste of time” … - “He starts with nonsense and then digresses into blather,” she said of the presumptive GOP nominee for president, who defeated her in the 2016 election.  — “Yet expectations for him are so low …
Discussion: AllSides Balanced and Fox News
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
CNN Host Abruptly Shuts Down Interview with Trump Spokeswoman
Elizabeth Stauffer / Washington Examiner:
Trump and Biden's faceoff in Atlanta could be the most consequential debate in political history
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Inside Biden's Camp David Debate Prep
Discussion: HotAir, HuffPost, Axios, Telegraph and Politico
emptywheel:
The Nuclear Weapons Document Trump Stashed under Bubble Wrap and a Christmas Pillow  —  As noted, Jack Smith has filed his response to Trump's bid to throw out his stolen document indictment because the order of certain boxes was not retained.  —  A key part of Smith's response argues …
Discussion: ABC News and Business Insider
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emptywheel:
“Nobody ever slept on that side of the bed usually so he would have it all full of boxes”  —  The government has filed their response to Trump's argument that, because some of the contents of Trump's boxes have shifted during the investigation, the entire indictment must be dismissed.
Associated Press:
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty, return to Australia  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents …
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NBC News:
Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange strikes plea deal with the U.S.
John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Conservatives win longtime Liberal stronghold Toronto-St. Paul's in shock byelection result  —  Stunning result raises questions about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's future  —  Conservative candidate Don Stewart has won the longtime federal Liberal stronghold of Toronto-St. Paul's …
Discussion: The Hub and Toronto Sun
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Kyle Duggan / Politico:
Justin Trudeau gets a wakeup call  —  A stunning loss in the special election amplifies questions about prime minister's future.  —  OTTAWA — The heat just cranked up on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, following a surprise defeat to his party's candidate in a special election for a seat long considered safe.
Discussion: Reuters, Bloomberg and The Hub
Devi Shastri / Associated Press:
Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows  —  In the wake of Texas' abortion ban, the state's infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows.  —  The analysis out of Johns Hopkins University is the latest research …
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Eric Berger / The Guardian:
Conservative US lawmakers are pushing for an end to no-fault divorce  —  Republicans in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas have discussed eliminating or restricting such cases  —  Some prominent conservative lawmakers and commentators are advocating for ending no-fault divorce …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: 16 Nobel economists see a Trump inflation bomb … - “While each of us has different views on the particulars of various economic policies, we all agree that Joe Biden's economic agenda is vastly superior to Donald Trump,” the 16 economists write in a letter, first obtained by Axios.
Discussion: The Bulwark, Vanity Fair and Raw Story
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:   16 Nobel Economists Warn Second Donald Trump Term Would Mean 1 Thing
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Two years ago today, on June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that recognized a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy.  The vote was 6-3.  —  The three justices appointed …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
One question Trump must be asked in the debate  —  On April 12, 2024, former president Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Time Magazine.  During the interview, Trump was asked explicitly about whether he would allow women to obtain abortion pills if he won another term as president.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump reviews plan to halt US military aid to Ukraine unless it negotiates peace with Moscow  —  Two key advisers to Donald Trump have presented him with a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine — if he wins the presidential election — that involves telling Ukraine …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and BizPac Review
Maayan Lubell / Reuters:
Israel supreme court rules religious seminary students must be drafted to military  —  Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students into the military, a decree which creates new political strains for embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis  —  Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for a multipronged effort to reduce gun deaths, modeled on campaigns against smoking and traffic fatalities.  —  The U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, on Tuesday declared gun violence in America …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Introducing Our 2024 Poll Tracker  —  It starts by showing a very close race nationally and in critical battleground states.  —  What do the polls say about the race for the White House?  —  With less than five months to go, new poll averages from The New York Times, which debut today …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Dave Collins / Associated Press:
Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assets  —  A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in lawsuit judgments Jones owes …
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Nick Visser / HuffPost:   Alex Jones' Bankruptcy Trustee Plans To Shutter Infowars And ‘Liquidate Its Inventory’
Hadas Gold / CNN:
Alex Jones' court trustee plans to shut down his notorious conspiracy outlet Infowars
Discussion: UPI
Washington Post:
Special counsel falters in push to limit Trump's attacks on FBI agents  —  Judge Cannon does not seem likely to rule ahead of this week's presidential debate on whether to bar Donald Trump from attacking agents involved in his case  —  FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Federal prosecutors struggled …
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Proposed gag order in classified documents case would stifle Trump in presidential debate, his lawyers say
 
 
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Christopher Roach / American Greatness:
The Presidential Debate Should Expose a Fragile Biden
Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:
The Origins of Trumpism and the Birth of the Present
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News returns to “migrant crime” fixation as migrant crossings, crime plummet
Discussion: The Guardian and Blaze Media
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
From Virginia to Colorado, MAGA infighting during primaries puts the GOP into disarray
Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
Rep. Jamaal Bowman faces tough challenge from George Latimer in Democratic primary in NY suburbs
Politico:
Von der Leyen, Costa, Kallas approved for EU top jobs by negotiators
Discussion: Reuters
Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Florida not a battleground, Biden campaign chair says
 Earlier Items: 
Stephanie van den Berg / Reuters:
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Russia's Shoigu and Gerasimov
Bloomberg:
Modi to Visit Russia for First Time Since Invasion of Ukraine
Discussion: Reuters
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Alvin Bragg Claims Victory as Jim Jordan Seethes About YouTube Gun Vids
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the NFL's two Christmas Day games that streamed on Netflix averaged 24.2M US viewers, peaking at 27M for Beyoncé's Ravens-Texans halftime show

 
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