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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Republican Court and the Era of Minority Rule  —  Democrats have won the national vote in six of the last seven presidential elections, which, with the retirement of Anthony Kennedy, will have resulted in the appointment of eight of its nine justices.  And yet four of those justices …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Justice Kennedy deserves this nasty, unflinching sendoff  —  One of my favorite genres of writing is the charitable obituary written about a political opponent.  My remembrance of Judge Robert Bork, the conservative icon President Ronald Reagan tried and failed to put on the Supreme Court …
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The Only Thing That Might Stop Trump From Replacing Kennedy With a Scalia Clone  —  Buckle up, folks.  If you did not like what the Supreme Court has done in the last few weeks on voting rights, public-sector unions, and Trump's travel ban, things are going to get a whole lot worse …
Politico:
GOP plans to steamroll Dems on Supreme Court pick  —  Senate Republicans will move quickly to replace Anthony Kennedy before the midterm elections.  —  Senate Republicans plan to confirm a new Supreme Court justice to replace retiring Anthony Kennedy before the midterm elections …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justice Kennedy, the pivotal swing vote on the Supreme Court, announces retirement  —  Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced Wednesday that he is retiring from the Supreme Court, a move that gives President Trump the chance to replace the court's pivotal justice and dramatically shift …
Joshua Matz / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court will now fall to chaos  —  Joshua Matz, publisher of the Take Care legal blog, was a law clerk to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy from 2014 to 2015.  —  The Supreme Court teaches us about liberty, dignity and democracy.  It safeguards those principles and helps make the Constitution real in our lives.
Discussion: Politico, USA Today and Daily Kos
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Chris Matthews: ‘Hell to Pay’ If Democrats Don't Block Anthony Kennedy Replacement … MSNBC's Chris Matthews did not mince words in reacting to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's surprise retirement announcement on Wednesday.  —  “I don't think the Democrats should allow meetings …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, RedState and Breitbart
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Anthony Kennedy Just Destroyed His Legacy as a Gay Rights Hero  —  It's no secret that Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced his imminent retirement on Wednesday, always had an eye toward his legacy.  During this 30-year tenure on the Supreme Court, Kennedy often wrote grandiose opinions …
Jack Goldsmith / Washington Post:
Justice Kennedy's retirement leaves the future of U.S. constitutional law entirely up for grabs  —  Jack Goldsmith, a professor at Harvard Law School, clerked for Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy from 1990 to 1991.  —  Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's retirement from the Supreme Court …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Mitch McConnell's politics of shamelessness have won
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
McConnell Promises Fall Vote to Confirm Next Supreme Court Justice
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Anthony Kennedy, crucial Supreme Court swing vote, retiring after 3 decades
Jeffrey Rosen / The Atlantic:
The Justice Who Believed in America
Discussion: CNN, Refinery29 and The Daily Signal
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Will Retire
Washington Post:
Republicans plan to confirm Trump's Supreme Court pick before the November elections
Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement
Discussion: Vox and Mother Jones
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
LIST: Dem Senators Call On GOP To Wait Until After Election To Fill Kennedy Seat
Discussion: Axios, CNN, ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice
USA Today:
President Trump says process to replace Kennedy on Supreme Court will ‘begin immediately’
Kyle Sammin / The Federalist:
The Four Dissenting Votes In The Travel Ban Ruling Are A Dangerous Sign
Discussion: Lawfare
Justin Wise / The Hill:
Bernie Sanders: Sarah Sanders has the right to ‘go into a restaurant and have dinner’  —  (I-Vt.) on Wednesday came to the defense of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, saying individuals should “have the right to go into a restaurant and have dinner.”
Discussion: Mediaite
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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? A 28-Year-Old Democratic Giant Slayer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / americamagazine.org:   Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her Catholic faith and the urgency of a criminal justice reform
Reuters:
Manafort had $10 million loan from Russian oligarch: court filing  —  (Reuters) - A search warrant application unsealed on Wednesday revealed closer links than previously known between President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort and a Russian oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin.
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
New York Times:
Bill Shine Likely as Next White House Communications Director  —  WASHINGTON — Bill Shine, a former Fox News executive who was close to Roger E. Ailes, the network's ousted chairman, is expected to be offered the job of White House communications director, according to two people familiar with the decision.
The Hill:
HHS watchdog launches probe into conditions at child detention centers  —  The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) inspector general is launching a review of the conditions at the agency's shelters for unaccompanied migrant children.  —  The probe will only focus on safety and health concerns …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
92% of Republicans think media intentionally reports fake news  —  Nearly all Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (92%) say that traditional news outlets knowingly report false or misleading stories at least sometimes, according to a new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll.
Will Oremus / Slate:
The Great Facebook Crash  —  The social giant is retreating from the news business.  It's been a painful transition for publications that had come to depend on it—including Slate.  —  The first months of Donald Trump's presidency were a fraught and chaotic time in American politics.
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Rasmussen Reports:
31% Think U.S. Civil War Likely Soon  —  Most voters fear that political violence is coming from opponents of the president's policies, just as they did in the second year of Barack Obama's presidency, and nearly one-in-three think a civil war is next.  —  Thirty-one percent (31%) …
Washington Post:
Man accused of driving into crowd at ‘Unite the Right’ rally charged with federal hate crimes  —  The Justice Department charged James Alex Fields Jr, the driver accused of murdering a counterprotester at last year's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, with multiple hate crime counts Wednesday.
Discussion: USA Today, The Root, IJR, Axios and Mediaite
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Harron Walker / Jezebel:
Private Messages Reveal the Cis Journalist Groupthink Behind Trans Media Narratives  —  Over the past few years, Jesse Singal has become a leading public intellectual and one of the most prominent journalists covering trans issues, including but not limited to adolescent transition.
Discussion: The Atlantic
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Inside Facebook and Twitter's secret meetings with Trump aides and conservative leaders who say tech is biased  —  Twitter and Facebook are scrambling to assuage conservative leaders who have sounded alarms — and sought to rile voters — with accusations that the country's tech giants are censoring right-leaning posts, tweets and news.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Obama expected to hit the campaign trail for Democrats with help from Pelosi and Schumer  — Obama is expected to hit the campaign trail to help the Democrats flip Congress and win governorships, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter, and receive guidance from Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
Meena Venkataramanan / ABC News:
Trump is the ‘most effective uprooter of liberalism’: Newt Gingrich talks GOP, midterms, space  —  Asked about criticism that President Donald Trump has a tendency to mislead, former House Speaker and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich acknowledged that the president “often says things you can catch him on” …
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Some rules of civility for the Trump era  —  “Now, it is well known,” Sir Walter Scott observed, “that a man may with more impunity be guilty of an actual breach either of real good breeding or of good morals, than appear ignorant of the most minute point of fashionable etiquette.”
 
 
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CNN:
Mexico goes to the polls this weekend.  132 candidates have been killed since campaigning began, per one count
Brent Solomon / WWBT-TV:
‘Go back to Africa’: Business owner criticized over Facebook post
Discussion: The Root, Raw Story and CNN
Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News:
Officer who fatally shot East Pittsburgh teen Antwon Rose charged with criminal homicide
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN and Hit & Run
Emma Anderson / Politico:
Greece open to migrants deal with Germany
Michael R. Pompeo / US Department of State:
Recent Protests in Iran
Discussion: Breitbart and Weekly Standard
David Siders / Politico:
DNC fight over superdelegates nears resolution
Discussion: Washington Times
Robert Clark / Light Reading:
Huawei Boss Slams ‘Ignorant’ Rubio on Research Restrictions
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Post dismisses reporter for lax attribution in ‘aggregated’ news stories
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 Earlier Items: 
Emily Crane / Daily Mail:
Head of prominent charity that campaigns against child abuse is arrested for 'trying to arrange …
Discussion: RedState
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Freed From Jail, Once-Notorious White Nationalist Says No Interest In Politics
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
David Sivak / checkyourfact.com:
FACT CHECK: ‘Wages Are Growing At Their Fastest Rate Since 2008’
Discussion: RedState
Alana Semuels / The Atlantic:
Is This the End of Public-Sector Unions in America?
Discussion: Chalkbeat
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
GOP incumbents ousted in Oklahoma amid teacher challenges
Discussion: Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
Publisher to Feature Ex-Playmate After Allegation It Buried Trump Affair Story
Discussion: Raw Story
ProPublica:
We've Found $16.1 Million in Political and Taxpayer Spending at Trump Properties
Discussion: Shakesville
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Battleground state polls find more voters prefer Congress as a check on Trump
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles take minority stakes in The Daily Beast; Sherwood will be CEO and publisher, and Coles will be chief creative and content officer

Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources: the BBC plans to stop automatic annual pay increases for its highest-paid employees and instead hand them raises based on their performance

Lucy Craymer / Reuters:
New Zealand's Stuff Group signs a deal with WBD to provide WBD's New Zealand TV channel with a 6PM daily news program; WBD plans to close Newshub on July 5
 
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