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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Germany to order 105 Leopard tanks to equip German brigade in Lithuania  —  Germany plans to order 105 Leopard 2 A8 tanks from armsmaker KNDS for 2.93 billion euros ($3.14 billion), according to a confidential budget draft seen by Reuters on Thursday.  —  The draft still needs parliamentary approval.

The Supreme Court Is Raising the Stakes of Congressional Dysfunction  —  One Democrat called the push from the right to rein in government agencies “part of a deeper, darker corporate strategy than this euphemism about putting power back in Congress.”  — Copy

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 …

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.