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Jeet Heer / The Nation:
Trump's Violent Threats Can't Hide the Truth: He's a Humiliated Bully  —  Under Trump, the United States is looking for weaker and weaker victims in order to mask its own fragility.  —  Pocket  —  Donald Trump is a rotten peacemaker for many reasons—but one of them is that he can't even remember which enemy he's fighting.
Discussion: The Guardian and New York Times
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Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
The Trump Administration's Incredibly Slow Learning Curve  —  These are not very bright people and things got out of hand.  —  There's a scene from All the President's Men that has become an oft-deployed meme during both terms of the Trump administration.  It's the one where Deep Throat explains …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Semiquincentennial Faceplant  —  Our long national nightmare may be coming to an end: The White House and Iran are reportedly closing in on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran seemingly willing to forgo tolls or controls on the waterway in exchange for various U.S. concessions …
Discussion: The Hill, New York Times and CNN
New York Times:
A Draft U.S.-Iran Plan Is Said to Be on the Table.  Here's What to Know.  —  U.S. and Iranian officials say they are closing in on the terms of a preliminary agreement.  Yet sticking points, particularly over the Strait of Hormuz, remain.  —  For weeks, mediators between Iran and the United States …
Matt Bai / Rolling Stone:
How Donald Trump Became Jimmy Carter  —  An Iran crisis.  Inflation.  Someone should get the president a cardigan sweater … Carter's presidency was overtaken by a hostage crisis in Iran, where in 1979 followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini seized 66 Americans and held them (or most of them, anyway) for more than a year.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Inside Bari's ‘60’ Bloodbath … “They're killing ‘60 Minutes.’”  —  That's how the iconic newsmagazine's former executive producer Bill Owens, who quit last summer citing corporate interference, put it to me by phone on Thursday as news broke about the firings ordered by the widely disliked …
Punchbowl News:
GOP pleads with WH on reconciliation … Welcome to Punchbowl News AM!  We're glad to have you here.  —  Want to get more of what you need?  Share a bit more about yourself to help us tailor your reader experience.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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The Atlantic:   Trump Might Already Be a Lame Duck
Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Exclusive / Republicans still stuck on party-line immigration bill
Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Reuters and MS NOW
Jonathan Tamari / Bloomberg:   Republicans Approach Summer Still Searching for a Win
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump's $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ settlement fund  —  A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president's allies who believe they were victims of a weaponized government.
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Elizabeth Ginexi:
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Stephen Miller's Wife Doxed This Young Dem.  Then the MAGA Rage Hit. … Katie Miller, who is married to Stephen Miller, lashed out at a young Democratic operative on Thursday, after the Democratic Party's official account called her husband an “ugly f-k.”  The aggrieved wife …
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Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
Hell Is Empty, and All the Ken Paxtons Are Here
Raisa Habersham / Miami Herald:
Frederica Wilson is leaving Congress.  She explains why in an exclusive interview  —  Congresswoman Frederica Wilson will not seek a ninth term in Congress, she confirmed to the Miami Herald Thursday in a wide-ranging interview explaining why she obfuscated her plan to give up her seat …
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Oriana González / NOTUS:
Rep. Frederica Wilson on Not Running Again: 'It's Time'25 minutes ago
Discussion: Miami Herald and Florida Politics
Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:25 minutes ago
ICE Agent Charged in Minnesota Shooting Is Arrested in Texas  —  Christian Castro, who had been charged with assault in the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, was taken into custody Friday morning.  —  Law enforcement officials from Minnesota and Texas …
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Why so much election analysis is basically useless  —  Last Friday, I (reluctantly) wrote a long piece about the Democratic National Committee's finally published “autopsy” of the party's 2024 campaign.  In that post I argued that the single biggest cause of Trump's win was the economy/inflation …
Discussion: Tangle
Simon Romero / New York Times:
Boat Strikes Have Failed to Curb Flow of Cocaine to U.S., Experts Say … With deadly precision, the Trump administration has launched dozens of attacks on small boats in the waters off South America, killing nearly 200 people in a campaign U.S. officials say is meant to curb the flow of illicit drugs to the United States.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:25 minutes ago
Trump lays out Iran deal demands, says he's about to make ‘final determination’  —  President Donald Trump on Friday morning said he is meeting in the Situation Room “to make a final determination” after listing everything that Iran must do for him to approve a deal to end the war.
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
White House Whipsaws Once Again on Iran
Discussion: The Hill and CBS News
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Bondi defends handling of Epstein files to House panel … Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.  — CNBC Councils  — Join the CNBC Panel  — News Tips  —  Got a confidential news tip?  We want to hear from you.
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Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
Biden just won't go away  —  Some of us haven't yet finished wishing Barack Obama would just go away.  A decade after leaving the Oval Office, the former president still hovers over our politics issuing sanctimonious tweets in support of dishonest causes, such as the Democrats' botched gerrymander in Virginia.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Politico:
‘Why are we talking about this?’: Democrats are furious that the Bidens won't go away
Paul Krugman:
Who's Deranged, Exactly?  —  Of partisanship and economic sentiment  —  Donald Trump's chief economist said something interesting the other day.  Yes, the remarks by Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, were stupid, but that goes without saying.
Discussion: Politico
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Becerra leads governor's race, with Hilton and Steyer in tight contest for second spot, poll finds  — 9 min Click here to listen to this article  — On the cusp of California's gubernatorial primary, former Biden Cabinet member Xavier Becerra narrowly leads a volatile race …
Gillian Brockell:
Habeas Flight Watch: New tool helps track ICE flights to your city  —  Activists have been quietly piloting a live map of ICE flights to help immigration attorneys with habeas filings.  Now they say it's ready for everyone to use.  —  A group of activists have built a new online tool …
Discussion: MS NOW
Washington Post:
He hasn't been seen in Congress for months.  Now Republicans are worried.  —  Rep. Tom Kean Jr.'s New Jersey district is among the country's most competitive, and his absence from the House since March has sparked increasing alarm in his party.  —  Summary
Discussion: Mediaite
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
The Record Divide Between Corporate Profits and Worker Pay  —  Labor's share of economic output just hit an all-time low, while the profit share hit a near record.  It helps explain why consumers feel so glum.  —  To understand why people are so miserable about the economy …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Rael Ombuor / Washington Post:
A court in Kenya blocks U.S. plan to keep American Ebola patients in Africa  —  A facility built by the U.S. military on a Kenyan air base was intended to isolate Americans exposed to Ebola during the growing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  —  Summary
 
 
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Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
ICE Agent Charged in Minnesota Shooting Is Arrested in Texas   Find
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Oriana González / NOTUS:
Rep. Frederica Wilson on Not Running Again: 'It's Time'   Find
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Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
Hell Is Empty, and All the Ken Paxtons Are Here   Find
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Stephen Miller's Wife Doxed This Young Dem. Then the MAGA Rage Hit.   Find
 
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Robin Pogrebin / New York Times:
Curating in the Cross Hairs: Is This the Smithsonian Chief's Last Show?
Discussion: KRDO
Jamie Smyth / Financial Times:
Chevron CEO warns oil prices to jump over summer as supplies dwindle
Discussion: Semafor and ZeroHedge News
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats press Patel for information after ‘VIP snorkel’ trip
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Reuters:
China is building launch pads near its nuclear missile silos
Discussion: The Independent
Kris Van Cleave / CBS News:
Air traffic control run by Compaq computers is safe but inefficient, FAA head says
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News
Tyler Spence / NOTUS:
It's Not You — Trump's Face Is Everywhere
Politico:
The 2026 race that's a presidential proxy
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Remy Tumin / New York Times:
Suit Says Black Infants Were Subjected to Experimental Vaccine Without Consent
 Earlier Items: 
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
FBI interviews election workers in a swing state amid Trump's false 2020 claims
Discussion: KTVZ-TV
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a true victim of weaponization
Discussion: Fox News and Slate
Deena Shanker / Bloomberg:
Grocery Shoppers Are In For a Summer of Pain
Paul Kane / NOTUS:
The Rise and Fall of the House Freedom Caucus Leaders
Discussion: Puck
Zachary Basu / Axios:
AI billionaires brace for pitchforks
Ruth Igielnik / New York Times:
Latest Indicator of Political Discontent: 43% of Voters Dissatisfied With Both Parties
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Fox News
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Inside Putin's $26 Billion Quest for Longevity
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Financial Times:
Vietnam moves its dead for Trump golf course
 

 
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