Top Items:
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's disastrous Trump immunity decision, explained — The Court's six Republicans handed down a decision on Monday that gives Donald Trump such sweeping immunity from prosecution that there are unlikely to be any legal checks on his behavior if he returns to the White House.
RELATED:
New York Times:
Trump Moves to Overturn Manhattan Conviction, Citing Immunity Decision — Former President Donald J. Trump took the action hours after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granted him immunity for official acts committed in office. — Donald J. Trump began an effort on Monday to throw …
Discussion:
Punchbowl News, NBC News, Forbes, Breitbart, Raw Story, HuffPost, UPI, Washington Examiner, DNyuz, CBS News, RedState, New York Post, Politico, The Bulwark, Semafor, Fox News, The Hill, The Post Millennial and IJR
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A five-alarm fire for democracy — On Monday, six members of the Supreme Court granted Donald Trump — and every future president — broad criminal immunity. The court found that, as president, Trump was free to use his “official” powers to commit crimes.
Discussion:
The Maine Wire, Politico, The Dispatch, emptywheel, Just Security, Roll Call and Semafor
Politico:
Playbook: Dems' SCOTUS split-screen — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE TRUMP CASES — “How to Salvage the Jan. 6 Case Against Trump,” by Ankush Khardori: “Special counsel JACK SMITH and Judge TANYA CHUTKAN have a narrow path to move forward with a trial.” ...
Discussion:
NBC News
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Ruling Further Slows Trump Election Case but Opens Door to Airing of Evidence — The Supreme Court's immunity decision directed the trial court to hold hearings on what portions of the indictment can survive — a possible chance for prosecutors to set out their case in public before Election Day.
Discussion:
Robert Reich, Politico, The Hill, Raw Story, Reuters, CNN, Alternet.org, New Republic, Election Law Blog, New York Daily News, New Yorker, NOTUS, Bloomberg, DNyuz, CBS News, Washington Post and New York Magazine
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
A Better Way To Respond To The Supreme Court's Intolerable Immunity Decision
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The President Can Now Assassinate You, Officially
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, OutsideTheBeltway, New York Times, Ballotpedia, Just Security, Breitbart, Hartford Courant, The i Paper, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Must Read Alaska, Chicago Sun Times, Wisconsin Examiner, NPR, Power Line, ABC News, CLAYTOONZ, Washington Post, USA Today, Israpundit, DNyuz, Talking Points Memo, Fox News, NBC News, IJR, Semafor, Rhode Island Current, Blaze Media, Raw Story, El País and NewsNation
Andrew Stanton / Newsweek:
Supreme Court Impeachment Plan Released by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Discussion:
Fox News, acecomments.mu.nu, Crooks and Liars, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, HotAir, UPI, RedState, Washington Examiner, Blaze Media, New Republic, The Post Millennial, Business Insider, Washington Times, HuffPost, One America News Network, Raw Story, Clayton Cramer, Twitchy, The Political Insider, IJR and New York Daily News
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Immunity Ruling Escalates Long Rise of Presidential Power
Discussion:
Rick Wilson's Substack, Diane Ravitch's blog, American Prospect and DNyuz
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Supreme Court's Trump immunity ruling poses risk for democracy, experts say
Discussion:
CNN, Letters from an American, The Dispatch, New York Times, HuffPost, Raw Story, Breitbart, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, Newsbusters, Mediaite, NBC News, The Guardian, Roll Call, IJR, Los Angeles Times, Hartford Courant and UPI
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court's Trump Immunity Ruling Avoids the Obvious: He's Running Again
Discussion:
CBS News, Washington Examiner, Boston Herald, DNyuz, The Japan Times and NOTUS
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Supreme Court Puts Trump Above the Law
Discussion:
The Daily Signal, Rolling Stone, New York Post, Slate, The Bulwark, New Republic, DNyuz, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Maya Homan / USA Today:
What is presumptive immunity? Here's what the Supreme Court ruling could mean for Trump
Discussion:
CBS News, Talking Points Memo, Alabama Political Reporter, Voice of America, SCOTUSblog, DNyuz, Mediaite, Washington Post, PolitiFact, New York Daily News, The Atlantic, New York Post, Media Matters for America, PBS NewsHour, Los Angeles Times, Newsbusters, The Daily Beast, Washington Times, American Greatness, Axios, NBC News, Al Jazeera, israelhayom.com and Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Trump Immunity Ruling Will Be John Roberts' Legacy to American Democracy
Discussion:
CNN, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Axios, emptywheel, Fox News, The Atlantic, Election Law Blog, Business Insider, Politico, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Iowa Starting Line, Ms. Magazine, Washington Times, Must Read Alaska, Forbes, Vanity Fair, GovExec.com, Blaze Media, Washington Post and No More Mister Nice Blog
David Corn / Mother Jones:
“The President Is Now a King”: The Most Blistering Lines From Dissents in the Trump Immunity Case
Discussion:
Salon, Washington Post, Steady, Twitchy, The Moderate Voice, Newsbusters, The Guardian, New Republic, RedState, Teen Vogue, The Root, Adam Kinzinger, Rolling Stone and Digby's Hullabaloo
Politico:
'We've all enabled the situation': Dems turn on Biden's inner sanctum post debate — The senior team's management of Biden has grown more strictly controlled as his term has gone on. — Over the course of his presidency, Joe Biden's small clutch of advisers have built …
Discussion:
Fox News, Breitbart, Reason and The Guardian
RELATED:
USA Today:
How much did debate hurt Biden's re-election bid? New poll offers insight. — Trump's new, narrow advantage signals a close contest, not a decisive lead. But other exclusive poll findings raise red flags for the president. — Susan Page Rachel BarberUSA TODAY
Discussion:
Fox News, The Hill, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit and New York Post
Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
Biden Reads Teleprompter For 5 Minutes, Takes No Questions In First Major Post-Debate Appearance — President Joe Biden made his first major appearance since his panic-inspiring debate performance Monday to give brief remarks on the Supreme Court's presidential immunity decision that was released earlier in the day.
Discussion:
The Guardian, JONATHAN TURLEY, Al Jazeera, Roll Call, ABC News and PoliticusUSA
Washington Post:
Biden team courts skittish Democrats as path to replace him narrows
Discussion:
Axios, Reuters, Fox News, Washington Examiner, New York Times, The Guardian, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, DNyuz and HotAir
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden Warns That Supreme Court's Immunity Ruling Will Embolden Trump
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Debate, court rulings give Trump a summer bump
Discussion:
New Jersey Online, Raw Story, Associated Press, HuffPost, The Guardian, DNyuz, Washington Examiner and Washington Times
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: The imperial presidency in waiting … - A re-elected Trump would quickly set up vast camps and deport millions of people in the U.S. illegally. … - In Washington, Trump would move to fire potentially tens of thousands of civil servants using a controversial interpretation of law and procedure.
Discussion:
Digby's Hullabaloo and Alternet.org
RELATED:
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump amplifies radical retaliatory message targeting Liz Cheney — When Donald Trump amplifies radical rhetoric about “treason” and “military tribunals” for his domestic foes, there's a problem. — The question of whether Donald Trump would try to prosecute his perceived political enemies in a second term has already been answered.
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Amplifies Calls to Jail Top Elected Officials, Invokes Military Tribunals — A post that Mr. Trump circulated on Sunday called for Liz Cheney to be prosecuted by a military court reserved for enemy combatants and war criminals. — Former President Donald J. Trump over the weekend escalated …
Discussion:
Boston.com, Alternet.org, Raw Story and Mediaite
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says content moderation is speech — Happy Tuesday! I'm celebrating my independence from waking up every morning to see if the Supreme Court has finally ruled in the NetChoice cases. Send news tips and fireworks emojis to: will.oremus@washpost.com.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
SCOTUS gives Trumpian autocrats a map for abusing power — The imperial court sides with their king. — ∙ Paid … Not content to utterly upend the separation of powers as it did last week by gutting the administrative state, the right-wingers on the US Supreme Court yesterday further unbalanced …
Discussion:
Washington Post and USA Today
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Apocalypse Not — The great operational question before us is not “Is Joe Biden too old?” The question is “Do you trust the delegates to the Democratic convention in Chicago to replace the present ticket with a supposedly more winning ticket without ripping their party apart in catastrophic ways?”
Discussion:
Alternet.org
Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Recall issued for mushroom-infused chocolates and gummies after dozens of illnesses, hospitalizations reported — So far 39 illnesses from the candies have been reported across 20 states. — A brand of mushroom-infused chocolates and sweets has been recalled after dozens of consumers across …
Discussion:
WISH-TV, Las Vegas Review-Journal and UPI
Kevin M. Kruse / Campaign Trails:
The Radical Roberts Court — The current Supreme Court of the United States has just cemented its place in history as the most radical Supreme Court ever. — For a century and a half, that dishonor has gone to the antebellum court led by Chief Justice Roger Taney, whose pro-slavery perversions …
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
