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Brynn Tannehill / New Republic:
The Court Just Sealed Everyone's Fate, Including Its Own — This week, the Supreme Court managed to fail to meet the already extremely low expectations most sane people already had for it. First, during the Idaho EMTALA case on whether hospitals receiving federal funding can refuse …
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Samuel Alito's Resentment Goes Full Tilt on a Black Day for the Court — On the day Donald Trump took office in January 2017, pondering what he might do to the country's democratic norms and institutions, I wrote these words: “Trump will destroy them, if keeping Trump on top requires it. Or try to.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Conservative Legal Philosophy Was All a Lie, Too — Great analysis of yesterday's oral arguments across The Bulwark: Kim Wehle was on the site and then talked with Mona and Gregg Nunziata on the livestream. Sarah and George Conway did an emergency pod. Andrew Egger had good stuff in Morning Shots.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Trumpification of the Supreme Court — This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. — The notion that Donald Trump's supporters believe that he should be able to overthrow the government and get away with it sounds like hyperbole …
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Slate:
We've Been Entertaining an Illusion About the Supreme Court. It's Finally Been Shattered.
We've Been Entertaining an Illusion About the Supreme Court. It's Finally Been Shattered.
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Dennis Aftergut / Salon:
SCOTUS majority abandons conservative principles to mount bizarre defense of Trump's immunity claim
SCOTUS majority abandons conservative principles to mount bizarre defense of Trump's immunity claim
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump Melts Institutions, SCOTUS Edition
Trump Melts Institutions, SCOTUS Edition
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
This Whole King Trump Thing Is Getting Awfully Literal
This Whole King Trump Thing Is Getting Awfully Literal
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Former Capitol officer on Trump support of Jan. 6 rioters: 'He's a sick individual'
Former Capitol officer on Trump support of Jan. 6 rioters: 'He's a sick individual'
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Anjali Huynh / New York Times:
'Where's Cricket?' Don't Ask. Kristi Noem Defends Killing Her Dog. — In a forthcoming book, the South Dakota governor, seen as a potential vice-presidential pick, tells of shooting her hunting dog. And a goat. — Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota on Friday defended a story included …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Kristi Noem Describes Executing Puppy She ‘Hated’ in New Book
Kristi Noem Describes Executing Puppy She ‘Hated’ in New Book
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RedState and New Jersey Online
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Potential Trump VP Pick Brags That She Murdered a Puppy She Hated
Potential Trump VP Pick Brags That She Murdered a Puppy She Hated
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Crooks and Liars
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog - and goat - in new book
Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog - and goat - in new book
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Noem Reportedly Describes Executing Her Pet in New Book: ‘I Hated That Dog’
Noem Reportedly Describes Executing Her Pet in New Book: ‘I Hated That Dog’
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The Hill, Washington Times and Raw Story
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida GOP Rep. Posey abruptly announces retirement — He first won his deep-red seat in 2008. — TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) abruptly announced on Friday that he will not seek reelection, after initially planning to run for another term.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Biden Taunts Trump, Calling Him a ‘Loser,’ Trying to Get Under His Skin — President Biden has been trying to hit his opponent where it hurts, critiquing everything from his hairstyle to his energy levels in court. — This week, one presidential candidate has called the other a loser …
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New York Times:
Biden, Asked if He's Planning to Debate Trump, Says ‘I Am’
Biden, Asked if He's Planning to Debate Trump, Says ‘I Am’
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Gil Duran / New Republic:
The Tech Baron Seeking to “Ethnically Cleanse” San Francisco … To fully grasp the current situation in San Francisco, where venture capitalists are trying to take control of City Hall, you must listen to Balaji Srinivasan. Before you do, steel yourself for what's to come …
Sam Stein / Politico:
Maine Dems say they'll consider cutting off Trump's path, if Nebraska moves to hurt Biden — Converting the state's electoral votes to winner-take-all would likely erase any gains Trump would make in Nebraska. — If Nebraska Republicans changed their electoral college rules to help Donald Trump …
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The Dispatch:
After RNC Shakeup, Trump Ground Game Could Be Compromised — Plus: A look at the Washington GOP's unconventional gubernatorial endorsement. — Happy Friday! And we better not bury the lead on the biggest political story of the day: Babydog, the English bulldog owned by Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia …
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Refusing To Go After David Pecker Raises Questions — Speculation has risen as to why Donald Trump has not risked violating his gag order to attack former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker following his damning testimony in the hush money trial.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
RNC's ‘election integrity’ lawyer charged with election crimes — Christina Bobb is the lawyer overseeing the RNC's “election integrity” efforts. She was also just indicted by a grand jury for election-related crimes. — A total of 18 Republicans were indicted in Arizona yesterday as part …
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Dharna Noor / The Guardian:
Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear — Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts — Climate experts fear Donald Trump will follow a blueprint created by his allies …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The dishonest — and ironic — push to blame campus protests on George Soros — There is very obviously an element of opposition to the ongoing protests on college campuses that is rooted in familiar partisan rhetoric. The political right's hostility to college professors and insistences …
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New Republic, New York Post and Clayton Cramer
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
G.O.P. Asks Secret Service to Move Protesters Away From Convention Venue — The Republican National Committee said moving protesters farther away from the venue in Milwaukee would reduce the risk of confrontations. — The Republican Party sent a letter to the Secret Service on Friday urging …
Erwin Chemerinsky / The Atlantic:
No One Has a Right to Protest in My Home — The difference between a private yard and a public forum — as a constitutional scholar and the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, I strongly defend the right to speak one's mind in public forums. But the rancorous debate over the Israel-Hamas war seems …
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Drops Plan to Ban Menthol Cigarettes — White House had been weighing health benefit of ban against angering Black voters — The Biden administration is reversing course on its plan to ban menthol cigarettes, after the White House weighed the potential public-health benefits …
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