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8:40 PM ET, June 27, 2016

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David French / National Review:
Crazy Right-Wing Supreme Court Rejects Government Regulations  —  On page 27 of one of today's Supreme Court opinions is this ringing rejection of regulatory regimes.  The majority opinion addressed the argument that new regulations would prevent misconduct: … There you have it, ladies and gentlemen.
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Laurel Raymond / ThinkProgress:
Justice Thomas Passionately Argues That Convicted Domestic Abusers Need Easier Access To Guns  —  Today the Supreme Court handed down two decisions: The first is a monumental, headline-grabbing defeat for anti-abortion groups.  The second is a highly technical case about gun rights that's being mostly overlooked.
Discussion: alan.com, Hullabaloo and Vox
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Strict Texas Abortion Law  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down one of the nation's toughest restrictions on abortion, a Texas law that women's groups said would have forced more than three-quarters of the state's clinics to shut down.  —  The decision was 5-3.
Hannah Levintova / Mother Jones:
Here's Why Today's Supreme Court Decision on Abortion Is So Important  —  This morning, the Supreme Court issued a 5-3 ruling in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, widely considered the most important abortion case to come before the high court in several decades.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Supreme Court's Abortion Decision Is An Unmitigated Disaster For Abortion Opponents  —  Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt is a beat down of Texas' anti-abortion law HB 2.  Justice Stephen Breyer's majority opinion piles facts upon evidence upon statistics to demolish Texas' supposed justification for the law.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court overturns Bob McDonnell's corruption convictions  —  A unanimous Supreme Court has overturned the corruption convictions of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, ruling that federal prosecutors relied on a “boundless” definition of the kinds of acts that could lead politicians to face criminal charges.
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
U.S. Supreme Court Backs Gun Curbs in Domestic-Violence Case
Discussion: Politico, The Hill, CNN, Washington Post and NPR
Alicia Parlapiano / New York Times:   When the Eight-Member Supreme Court Avoids Deadlocks, It Leans Left
Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Texas Abortion Restrictions
Discussion: NoisyRoom.net
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Restrictions
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Fires Back At Warren: She's A ‘Fraud’ And A ‘Racist’!  —  Donald Trump said Monday that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was a “fraud” and a “racist,” escalating his attacks on the senator's Native American heritage after she appeared on the campaign trail with Democrat Hillary Clinton for the first time.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Majority of Republicans Prefer Someone Else to Trump  —  Just 45 percent of Republican voters say they are satisfied with Donald Trump as their party's presumptive presidential nominee, while 52 percent say they would have preferred someone else, according to results from the latest national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
The Texas Politics Project:
University of Texas / Texas Politics Project Poll Shows Trump Leading Clinton Amidst Signs of Disunity in Both Parties  —  Loading chart...  A University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll shows Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton by a margin of 41 percent to 33 percent in a head …
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Scott Brown: Warren Should Take DNA Test To Prove Her Native American Roots  —  Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) suggested Monday that his onetime opponent Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) get a DNA test to prove her Native American heritage.  —  CNN reported that during a call for the Trump campaign …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Clinton and Warren Demonstrate Power of Their New Alliance
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Scott Brown says Warren could ‘take a DNA test’ to prove she's part Cherokee
Discussion: CNN, Little Green Footballs and Jezebel
ABC News:
The Note: The Warren Factor The Note: The Warren Factor
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and The Week
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
More previously unreleased Clinton emails emerge  —  Nearly three dozen new email messages to or from Hillary Clinton  —  were released to the public on Monday, raising additional questions about the scope of the messages she had preserved for safekeeping.
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Michael Biesecker / Associated Press:   More Clinton emails released, including some she deleted
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Hardly anybody wants to speak at Trump's convention  —  A slot at the Republican National Convention used to be a career-maker — a chance to make your name on the big stage and to catch the eye of the Republican donors and activists who make or break campaigns.  —  In the year of Trump: Not so much.
New York Times:
Economic Fears Rising, Britain Hopes to Stay in E.U. Market  —  LONDON — Four days after a decisive vote to leave the European Union, Britain was consumed on Monday with questions of when and how the country's departure from the bloc will happen — and increasingly, of whether it will happen at all.
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Civil Uprising Escalates As 8th EU Nation Threatens Referendum
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Reuters
Daily Mail:
What are military UN trucks doing in Virginia?  Bemused motorists spot white ‘combat vehicles’ on the interstate  —  Military U.N. vehicles have been spotted in Virginia, shocking motorists and sparking conspiracy theories.  —  The white trucks, equipped with large off-road tires …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Bloomberg:
Volkswagen to Face $15 Billion Tab in U.S. Settlement  —  $10 billion for car owners, $5 billion in fines and penalties  —  Carmaker still faces inquiries in other jurisdictions  —  Volkswagen AG's price tag to settle lawsuits in the U.S. over its rigging of diesel emissions tests has jumped …
Milo / Breitbart:
No, JC Penney, Fat People Should Absolutely Hate Themselves  —  The clothing retailer JC Penney, in an irresponsible swipe at America's swelling market of obese shoppers, has produced an alarming video urging fat women (or “prospective Ghostbusters,” as I like to call them) to love themselves as they are …
Aris Folley / NBC News:
‘Racist’ Pool Safety Poster Brings Red Cross Apology  —  A Red Cross Hospital signboard that carried a “super racist” message about swim safety guidelines for children prompted an apology from the hospital on Tuesday.  —  The dialogue opened on Twitter after a photo circulated of the poster in Fort Morgan, Colorado.
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
On Views of Race and Inequality, Blacks and Whites Are Worlds Apart  —  About four-in-ten blacks are doubtful that the U.S. will ever achieve racial equality  —  Almost eight years after Barack Obama's election as the nation's first black president -an event that engendered a sense …
CNN:
Democrats release Benghazi report  —  Washington (CNN)Democrats on Monday pre-empted the upcoming release of a Republican-led House Select Committee report on Benghazi by issuing their own version of a probe into the 2012 terror attack that killed four Americans on Hillary Clinton's watch as secretary of state.
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite and Hot Air
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan: GOP won't ‘tolerate’ another sit-in  —  warned that Republicans “will not tolerate” it if Democrats launch another sit-in on the House floor after the Fourth of July recess to force a vote on gun control.  —  In a television interview in his home state of Wisconsin …
Discussion: WisPolitics.com, Daily Kos and Hot Air
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's failed Baja condo resort left buyers feeling betrayed and angry  —  Sandra Sapol, owner of EmbroidMe in Encinitas, speaks about her experience investing in a Trump development in Baja California in which she and her husband lost a substantial amount of money.  (Misael Virgen / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Discussion: Mother Jones
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee: George Will, Ben Sasse Aren't Republicans Because They Don't Back Trump  —  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a surrogate for Donald Trump, says prominent conservatives who don't back Trump are not Republicans and should leave the party.  —  Appearing on the radio show Kilmeade …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
No Speaking Slots?  Ted Cruz and John Kasich Brush Off Trump's Threat  —  Ted Cruz and John Kasich have a message for Donald J. Trump: They don't care if they are not invited to speak at his convention.  —  As Mr. Trump tries to plan a convention that will run as smoothly as possible …
 
 
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Why Are Anti-Trump Conservatives Hailing the Brexit?
Discussion: Hullabaloo and New York Times
Fox News:
Al Qaeda urges lone wolves to target whites, to avoid ‘hate crime’ label
Discussion: Power Line and The Right Scoop
Joseph Serna / Los Angeles Times:
Neo-Nazis didn't start the violence at state Capitol, police say
Discussion: Althouse
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Tutors See Stereotypes and Gender Bias in SAT. Testers See None of the Above.
Guardian:
Brexit: Labour MPs to hold no-confidence vote in Jeremy Corbyn - as it happened
Melkorka Licea / New York Post:
City workers being trained on correct transgender pronouns
KIII-TV:
56 Arrests, More To Come In Biggest Sex Trafficking Bust Ever For McLennan County Sheriff's Office
Discussion: Raw Story and Hit & Run
 Earlier Items: 
Nick Gutteridge / Daily Express:
European SUPERSTATE to be unveiled: EU nations ‘to be morphed into one’ post-Brexit
Discussion: Infowars
Martinlongman / Washington Monthly:
Is it Better to Teach Pure Math Instead of Applied Math?
Discussion: Mother Jones
Nancyl / Washington Monthly:
The Other Story About White America and Immigrants
Hortense Goulard / Politico:
English will not be an official EU language after Brexit: Senior MEP
Discussion: Mediaite
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Experts: Donald Trump Is Lying About His Fundraising Haul
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Russia is harassing U.S. diplomats all over Europe
 

 
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