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7:25 PM ET, June 28, 2019

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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Joe Biden loses support of top campaign fundraiser in Bay Area after comments on segregationists and Hyde amendment  —  KEY POINTS  — Former Vice President Joe Biden lost a key financial supporter after his comments on working with segregationists and flip flopping on the Hyde Amendment.
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
And Now, the Dream of a Harris-Buttigieg Ticket  —  Two new Democratic stars outshone Biden and Sanders on the debate stage.  —  The big question going into Thursday night's debate was whether Joe Biden, the clear front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, would stumble.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Dems, Please Don't Drive Me Away  —  The dynamic pulling the party leftward.  —  I could never in a million years vote for Donald Trump.  So my question to Democrats is: Will there be a candidate I can vote for?  —  According to a recent Gallup poll, 35 percent of Americans call themselves conservative …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Kamala Harris was the Democrat you could imagine taking on Trump  —  How Harris shut down Joe Biden and transformed her candidacy, plus four other takeaways.  —  Sen. Kamala Harris is the closest Democrats have to a potential consensus candidate.  She doesn't suffer from the enmity …
New York Times:
A Day After Bruising Debate, Biden Pushes Back Against Criticism on Civil Rights  —  CHICAGO — A day after a bruising debate in which Senator Kamala Harris laced into his history on civil rights, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. provided a lengthy and vigorous defense of his record …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
'My Time Is Up. I'm Sorry.'
Discussion: Refinery29 and CityLab
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden addresses one problem, but bigger ones remain
Discussion: ABC News
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
LISTEN: Biden Supported A Constitutional Amendment To End Mandated Busing In 1975
Discussion: Above the Law and Vox
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Joe Biden Loses Support From Top Donor After Segregationist, Hyde Amendment Comments: Report
Discussion: CNBC
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Live Polling of the Debates: Good News for Harris, Warren, Biden, and Substance  —  While 20 Democratic presidential candidates debated over four hours on Wednesday and Thursday night, a group of 210 voters convened by leading party pollster Stanley Greenberg offered their live impressions …
Discussion: The Week
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Dem debates spark fundraising gusher for breakout stars  —  The Democratic digital fundraising platform ActBlue raised $6.9 million on Thursday alone — the party's biggest day in more than two months and a sign of fresh energy coursing through 2020 campaigns after this week's debates.
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:   Kamala Harris's Debate Performance Should Scare Trump
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Harris, Biden face-off is highest-rated Democratic primary debate in history  —  New York (CNN Business)Thursday night's Democratic debate featuring Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, and eight other candidates was the highest-rated Democratic match-up in Nielsen ratings history.
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Elizabeth Warren / Medium:
Revitalizing Diplomacy: A 21st Century Foreign Service  —  American security and prosperity depend on robust diplomacy.  Our diplomats are the front line of our engagement with the world.  They serve in over 270 posts worldwide, many in difficult or dangerous locations.
Discussion: Vox and Politico
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MJ Lee / CNN:   Elizabeth Warren pledges not to give ambassadorships to wealthy donors if elected
Emily Singer / Shareblue Media:
Matt Gaetz is afraid someone will throw pee at him  —  The Florida Republican congressman is pressing charges against a woman who threw a drink at him, saying he's worried about escalation.  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) went on Fox News Thursday night to complain about his harrowing encounter with a protester throwing a drink at him.
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BuzzFeed News:
A New Racist Campaign Against Kamala Harris Is Taking Shape  —  Not long after Sen. Kamala Harris challenged Joe Biden's record on race during part two of the first Democratic debate last night, a barrage of tweets questioned her race and US citizenship.  While these claims erupted …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Slate:
John Roberts Played This Supreme Court Term Perfectly  —  When Justice Anthony Kennedy retired a year ago, it was obvious that Chief Justice John Roberts—nobody's median anything—would become the court's center of gravity, while remaining its center of gravitas.
Discussion: Politico
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Roberts's Rules of Misrepresentation
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tessa Berenson / TIME:   Inside Brett Kavanaugh's First Term on the Supreme Court
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
E. Jean Carroll Joked About Sex in Bergdorf's Department Store Years Before Alleged Trump Rape  —  NEW YORK — Author and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll referenced sex inside Bergdorf Goodman in a column published about two years before the timeframe in which she claimed to have been raped …
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Another Allegation—And Trump's Allies Just Don't Care
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Jimmy Carter says Trump wouldn't be president without help from Russia  —  Former president Jimmy Carter said Friday that he believes a full investigation of the 2016 election would show that President Trump prevailed because of Russian interference on his behalf and otherwise would not be in office.
Discussion: Breitbart, Reuters and Axios
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Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
Kennedy: I now support Trump impeachment inquiry  —  EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Congressman Joe Kennedy III announced Friday he now supports opening an impeachment inquiry against President Trump, becoming one of the most high-profile House Democrats yet to break with Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the charged question.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Harris clarifies private insurance stance: ‘No, no’ I don't think it should be eliminated  —  Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on Friday clarified her stance on health insurance, saying she doesn't support eliminating private insurers after appearing to back just that during the Democratic primary debate on Thursday.
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Says She Misunderstood Question About Eliminating Private Insurance [UPDATE]
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
The Democratic Candidates Are in a Bubble on Immigration  —  There is now a photograph that sums up everything wrong about America's broken and overwhelmed immigration system.  You've seen it, and it is hard to let it leave the mind or the conscience.  Together with the accounts of horrifying abuse …
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Trump jokes to Putin they should ‘get rid’ of journalists  —  US president voices disdain for ‘fake news’ at G20 and makes light of election meddling  —  Play Video  —  Donald Trump joked with Vladimir Putin about getting rid of journalists and Russian meddling in US elections when the two leaders met at the G20 summit in Japan.
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Abigail Summerville / Wall Street Journal:
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes to Face Trial Next Year on Fraud Charges  —  August 2020 trial date set for former biotech entrepreneur, her top deputy  —  SAN JOSE, Calif.—Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of disgraced blood-testing startup Theranos Inc., will face trial in federal court …
Discussion: TechCrunch
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate rejects attempt to curb Trump's Iran war powers  —  Senators blocked an effort on Friday to restrict President Trump's ability to go to war with Iran, handing a victory to Republicans and the White House.  —  Forty Republican senators have voted against the proposal from Democratic Sens. Tim Kaine …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S.: Saudi Pipeline Attacks Originated From Iraq  —  American officials have warned Iraq not to allow Iran-aligned groups to launch attacks from its territory  —  U.S. officials have concluded that drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil industry in May were launched from Iraq, not Yemen …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
J. Breen Mitchell / WFMJ-TV:
Vindicator announces it will stop production  —  After more than a century, The Vindicator will permanently cease production.  —  According to sources, the paper's final issue will be published in mid-August.  —  The announcement came Friday afternoon, just days after the newspaper marked its 150th anniversary.
Associated Press:
The Latest: FBI: Fields sentenced to life in prison  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a man who deliberately drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally (all times local):  —  An avowed white supremacist who drove his car …
 
 
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
7 Months After Florida Approved an Expansion of Voting Rights, the Governor Just Gutted It
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Senator Marco Rubio / Miami Herald:
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Discussion: Townhall
Kevin Baron / Defense One:
Top Diplomat Slams ‘Endless War’ Cries of Campaign Trail as ‘the Echo of the 1930s’
Bloomberg:
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The Intergalactic Presidency of Marianne Williamson
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