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Akhil Reed Amar / New York Times:
A Liberal's Case for Brett Kavanaugh  —  The nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be the next Supreme Court justice is President Trump's finest hour, his classiest move.  Last week the president promised to select “someone with impeccable credentials, great intellect, unbiased judgment …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
It Took a Village to Raise Kavanaugh  —  In the weeks ahead, we're going to spend a lot of time going over Brett Kavanaugh's biography — where he's from and what he's written.  But that's not the most important way to understand the guy.  —  Kavanaugh is the product of a community.
Discussion: Althouse
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
How Brett Kavanaugh Will Gut Roe v. Wade  —  President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court on Monday night, ending feverish speculation over who would replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy and become the fifth vote to undo the bulk of Kennedy's liberal legacy.
Politico:
How a private meeting with Kennedy helped Trump get to ‘yes’ on Kavanaugh  —  While he was eager to keep the suspense alive, the president was always leaning toward Kennedy's former clerk.  —  After Justice Anthony Kennedy told President Donald Trump he would relinquish his seat on the Supreme Court …
William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
Dick Durbin's Supreme Sacrifice  —  Trading Democratic Senate seats to block Trump's nominee.  What could go wrong?  —  In Tennyson's hands the light brigade's disastrous frontal assault on Russian troops in the Crimean War produced some stirring verse.  But suicidal charges are less advised for political parties.
New York Times:
Brett Kavanaugh Is Trump's Pick for Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday is to nominate Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, a politically connected member of Washington's conservative legal establishment, to fill Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's seat on the Supreme Court …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Picks Kavanaugh for Supreme Court, Capping Theatrics That Would ‘Make P. T. Barnum Proud’ … President Donald Trump nominated federal appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Monday evening, capping a day of reality TV-esque drama in which he managed to keep the decision …
Discussion: Axios, Politico, Breitbart and ABC News
Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's Supreme Court Pick, Is Probably the End of Abortion Rights and Same-Sex Marriage … President Trump announced on Monday he intended to nominate Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, replacing Justice Anthony Kennedy who will retire on July 31.
Discussion: NBC News, Daily Kos, Reason and Bustle
Cass R. Sunstein / Bloomberg:   The Test for Judge Kavanaugh
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Kavanaugh paper chase threatens to draw out confirmation battle
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Monique O. Madan / miamiherald:
New Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh has ties to big Florida moments
Discussion: CBS Miami
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
ABC's Nightline Blasts ‘Controversial’ Nominee Before He's Even Announced!
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Liz Goodwin / BostonGlobe.com:   Susan Collins is no maverick with GOP judicial nominees
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's Supreme Court pick, has sided with broad views of presidential powers
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Pelosi vows to ‘avenge President Obama’ in Supreme Court fight
Associated Press:
All 12 boys, coach rescued from flooded Thai cave  —  MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — All 12 boys and their soccer coach have been rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, the Thai navy SEALs said Tuesday, ending an 18-day ordeal that riveted people around the world.
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Fox News:
Entire Thai soccer team, coach freed from cave after daring rescue, Navy says  —  A dramatic three-day rescue of a Thai youth soccer team from a flooded cave came to end on Tuesday when the last boy and coach were plucked from the underground cavern more than two weeks after they were trapped inside, Navy officials said.
Discussion: CNBC, Townhall and CBS News
Washington Post:
Giuliani works for foreign clients while serving as Trump's attorney  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani continues to work on behalf of foreign clients both personally and through his namesake security firm while serving as President Trump's personal attorney — an arrangement experts say raises conflict …
Discussion: CNN and Talking Points Memo
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Poised to Enter NATO Meeting as Wild Card Among Allies  —  WASHINGTON — As he heads into this week's North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit meeting, President Trump is widely seen as a wild card among allies who are seeking to show solidarity against Russian threats …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:   Trump says Putin meeting ‘may be the easiest of them all’
USA Today:
Family separation combines cruelty, incompetence  —  Make the reunification effort speedy and transparent.  The government needs to provide precise numbers, not vague or rounded ones: Our view  —  CONNECT  —  Americans angrily objected as U.S. government agents wrenched crying children …
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Washington Post:
More than 50 separated children to be reunited with parents Tuesday
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
Woman beats a 91-year-old Mexican man with a brick, tells him to ‘go back to your country’  —  The Los Angeles Fourth of July fireworks display was just beginning when Erik Mendoza realized his 91-year-old grandfather was missing.  Thinking he might have gone for his daily walk …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Tim Ryan weighs new challenge to Pelosi amid Democratic unrest  —  Joe Crowley's primary defeat is fueling a rapid push to overhaul House Democratic leadership.  —  Rep. Tim Ryan is considering taking on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi again in November despite previously ruling out the idea …
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
After Moscow Trip, Ron Johnson Says Election Meddling Overblown  —  One of the Republican senators back from a trip to Moscow is suggesting that Congress went too far in punishing Russia for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.  —  “I've been pretty upfront that the election interference …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Daily Wire, Law & Crime and MSNBC
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet: Yes, We Did Too Many Alan Dershowitz Stories … Even publicity-savvy, Alan Dershowitz is astonished at the flood-the-zone coverage that The New York Times has been devoting to his social sufferings on Martha's Vineyard.
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
Israeli, Saudi, and Emirati Officials Privately Pushed for Trump to Strike a “Grand Bargain” with Putin  —  During a private meeting shortly before the November, 2016, election, Mohammed bin Zayed, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, floated to a longtime American interlocutor what sounded, at the time, like an unlikely grand bargain.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trump, Tariffs, Tofu and Tax Cuts  —  According to early indications, recent U.S. economic growth was full of beans.  —  No, seriously.  More than half of America's soybean exports typically go to China, but Chinese tariffs will shift much of that demand to Brazil, and countries that normally …
Discussion: Raw Story, Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
Sage Lazzaro / Refinery29:
Feminist Apparel CEO Fires Entire Staff After They Learn He's An Admitted Sexual Abuser  —  The employees of the popular clothing company Feminist Apparel thought they were creating tools for the resistance.  The online store's viral shirts and accessories — which feature sayings like …
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Pentagon Says It Won't Pay for Housing of Immigrants  —  Preparing shelters at military bases could take weeks.  —  The U.S. Defense Department made clear Monday that it would not foot the bill for the housing of some 32,000 detained immigrants whom the Trump administration wants sheltered …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Politico:
Scalise defends Jordan amid sex abuse scandal
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Claire McCaskill's wild ride
Luke Harding / The Guardian:
Former Putin adviser has secret investment in US energy firm praised by Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
Anatomy of a Trump rally: 76 percent of claims are false, misleading or lacking evidence
Chris Bing / Cyberscoop:
Two Democratic campaigns hit with DDoS attacks in recent months
Discussion: Associated Press and Axios
Gabriela Galindo / Politico:
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The Babylon Bee:
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
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Carlos Ramirez-Rosa / NBC News:
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa Democrats ignore the left at their peril. …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge rejects Trump request to alter agreement on release of immigrant kids
Discussion: Breitbart, Law & Crime and Axios
Adiel Kaplan / miamiherald:
Miami grandma targeted as U.S. takes aim at naturalized immigrants with prior offenses
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