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5:00 PM ET, June 23, 2018

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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
As Critics Assail Trump, His Supporters Dig In Deeper  —  LEESBURG, Va. — Gina Anders knows the feeling well by now.  President Trump says or does something that triggers a spasm of outrage.  She doesn't necessarily agree with how he handled the situation.  She gets why people are upset.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
TMZ.com:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Kicked Out of Restaurant on Moral Grounds  —  A restaurant owner in Lexington, Virginia kicked Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her party out of his restaurant ... on moral grounds.  —  The waiter at The Red Hen said, “I just served Sarah Huckabee Sanders for a total …
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Why a small-town restaurant owner asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave — and would do it again  —  Stephanie Wilkinson was at home Friday evening — nearly 200 miles from the White House — when the choice presented itself.  —  Her phone rang about 8 p.m. It was the chef at the Red Hen …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Was Asked to Leave Restaurant Over White House Work  —  WASHINGTON — Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said she was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant Friday night because of her work in the Trump administration, becoming the latest official …
Discussion: Washingtonian, Politico and Townhall
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Reviewers pounce on online report Virginia restaurant refused to serve Sarah Sanders  —  Reviewers from both sides of the aisle flooded a Virginia restaurant's Facebook and Yelp pages with one- and five-star reviews after a server at the restaurant claimed his boss kicked out White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Rory Tingle / Daily Mail:
'I always do my best to treat people respectfully, including those I disagree with': Sarah Sanders slams owner of restaurant who kicked out her and seven members of her family because she ‘works for the president’  —  Sarah Sanders has slammed the manager of a Virginia restaurant who refused …
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Sarah Sanders says she was told to leave restaurant because she works for Trump  —  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said she was told to leave a Virginia restaurant because she works for President Donald Trump.  —  Sanders wrote on Twitter on Saturday that the owner of Red Hen restaurant …
Schuyler Kropf / Post and Courier:
Katie Arrington alert, talking after surgery following two-car fatal accident Friday night  —  Katie Arrington, who two weeks ago won the Republican 1st Congressional District nomination over Mark Sanford, was in a fatal car accident late Friday, sustaining serious injuries but was alert …
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Drew Tripp / WCIV:
Katie Arrington seriously injured in deadly wrong-way wreck in Charleston County  —  Lowcountry elected official Katie Arrington is in a local hospital after she and a friend were seriously injured in a deadly wreck in Charleston County late Friday night, authorities say.
David Travis Bland / The State:
Katie Arrington, Lowcountry lawmaker, seriously injured in wreck
Discussion: Breitbart
Stephanie Leutert / Lawfare:
Who's Really Crossing the U.S. Border, and Why They're Coming  —  Over the past week, the separation of 2,000 children from their parents along the U.S. border has forced immigration into the national spotlight.  President Trump, who initiated the separations and then sought to quash criticism …
Discussion: Mother Jones, NewsBusters and USA Today
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:   Harris Says Trump Guilty of ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ on Border
Washington Post:   Two powerful forces collide at the U.S.-Mexico border, as immigration policy meets desperation
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
FBI hands House GOP thousands of documents on Russia probe  —  The FBI turned over thousands of documents to Congress this week, including details about its use of informants to glean information on Russian contacts with President Donald Trump's campaign, according to letters the bureau sent to three GOP committee chairmen on Friday.
Discussion: emptywheel
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Wall Street Journal:
Mueller's Fruit of the Poisonous Tree  —  It makes no difference how honorable he is.  His investigation is tainted by the bias that attended its origin in 2016.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation may face a serious legal obstacle: It is tainted by antecedent political bias.
Washington Post:
‘Every man and woman for themselves’: White House offers discordant messages on migrant separation policy  —  Melania Trump wore a jacket emblazoned with the message “I really don't care, do u?” while trying to show she cared by visiting migrant children.  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions …
Discussion: The Guardian and The Daily Beast
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Politico:   Hasty immigration order gives way to West Wing tensions
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Britain Has a Russia Collusion Scandal Now.  It Looks Exactly Like Trump's.  —  The most important thing to understand about the Russia scandal is that it perfectly fits a clear pattern of behavior.  What Vladimir Putin is accused of doing to help Donald Trump win the presidency …
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Seven Ways Alabama Has Made It Harder to Vote  —  Five years ago, the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the landmark Voting Rights Act.  Since then, Alabama has enacted a slew of restrictive voting laws and policies.  —  Five years after the Supreme Court invalidated …
John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump, again and again, describes a world detached from reality  — Over and over, he painted fundamentally false portraits of people and events to flatter himself, discredit predecessors and rivals, and promote his political objectives.  — Some highlights from Trump's week include …
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Donald Trump and the 1930s playbook: liberal democracy comes unstuck  —  “I really don't care.  Do u?” said graffiti on the back of Melania Trump's coat as she boarded the plane for Texas to visit encaged child migrants.  No one, except Donald Trump, who tweeted that her garb was meant as a criticism of the …
ABC Columbia:
Officer fired for “abusing his authority” by pulling over daughter's boyfriend  —  Lorain, OH (WOLO) — A 26 year veteran of the police Lorain Police Department is without a job tonight.  According to his superior officer the officer “abused his authority” when he pulled his daughter's boyfriend …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump dubs Nevada Democrat ‘Wacky Jacky’  —  The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Nevada (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump is helping Nevada Sen. Dean Heller raise money for his re-election battle and has come up with a new nickname for his Democratic challenger.
Brad Heath / USA Today:
DOJ: Trump's immigration crackdown ‘diverting’ resources from drug cases  —  Federal prosecutors warned they were diverting resources from drug-smuggling cases in southern California to handle the flood of immigration charges brought on by the Trump administration's border crackdown, records obtained by USA TODAY show.
Derek Robertson / Politico:
Washington, D.C.: the Psychopath Capital of America  —  A new study ranks each state, plus D.C., by their psychopathic tendencies.  The race for first?  It isn't even close.  —  As Washington's shock over winning the Stanley Cup demonstrates, the nation's capital isn't used to being first in anything.
Maya Salam / New York Times:
Thousands of Bourbon Barrels Come Crashing Down in Kentucky  —  Bourbon is flowing in Kentucky, but don't grab a glass.  —  Thousands of full barrels of bourbon, and possibly other spirits, came crashing down when a storage warehouse in Bardstown, Ky., partly collapsed on Friday.
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
Is Mueller's Team Worried that Trump's Strategy Is Working?  —  The special counsel believes polarized media coverage has poisoned the well of potential jurors.  —  Never one to pass up an opportunity to attack the media, Donald Trump excoriated ABC News on Wednesday after the network aired …
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite, Fox News and CNN
Reuters:
Trump-Putin meeting will follow Bolton trip to Moscow, says Pompeo  —  Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, expects a planned visit to Moscow by national security adviser John Bolton will lead to a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.  —  Paul Manafort lawyers want mention of Trump banned in Virginia trial
Military Times:
Desert Storm memorial to be built on National Mall near Vietnam Wall  —  WASHINGTON — The National Desert Storm War Memorial will be located on the National Mall just steps away from the Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, after a federal commission approved the site on Thursday.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Scott Simon / NPR:
Children's Cries Brought Down Walls Of Indifference  —  The cries of children pierce our hearts.  Scientists say they're meant to.  They move us to love and protect children.  This response is healthy; it's human; and it keeps humanity going.  —  As Dr. Marc Bornstein …
Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
Commerce secretary suggested citizenship question to Justice Dept., according to memo, contradicting his congressional testimony  —  In a new twist in the battle over adding a controversial citizenship question to the 2020 Census, Secretary Wilbur Ross filed an unexpected memo Thursday revealing …
 
 
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Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Family Separation: It's a Problem for U.S. Citizens, Too
Tatiana Sanchez / Mercury News:
23andme donating DNA kits to help reunite migrant families
Discussion: National Review and Mother Jones
Bangor Daily News:
New LePage threat to stall bonds imperils road repairs, thousands of jobs
Rebecca Hersher / NPR:
3 Charts That Show What's Actually Happening Along The Southern Border
Discussion: Daily Kos
Erin Griffith / Wired:
Another Failed Silicon Valley Exec Gets a Crypto Project
Marissa J. Lang / Washington Post:
50 years later, the new Poor People's Campaign lays out a political strategy beyond its Washington rally
Nick Pinto / The Intercept:
Debora Barrios-Vasquez Took Sanctuary in a Church Because ICE Separates Families Every Day
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Seth Rogen Reveals How He Dissed Paul Ryan in Front of His Kids
Discussion: twitchy.com and Mashable
 Earlier Items: 
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Dick Leitsch, Whose ‘Sip-In’ Was a Gay Rights Milestone, Dies at 83
Discussion: Towleroad
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
Who's Really to Blame at the Border?
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Trump business dealings raise ‘serious concerns,’ ethics office says
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Poll: Public approval of Mueller is declining
VICE:
The ‘New York Times’ Invites You to Fight Fake News with This $300 T-Shirt
Discussion: Mediaite
Adam Cox / Just Security:
Detention of Migrant Families as “Deterrence”: Ethical Flaws and Empirical Doubts